The Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee (HOGANSAC) and its working groups will meet to discuss waterway improvements, aids to navigation, area projects impacting safety on the Houston Ship Channel, and various other navigation safety matters in the Galveston Bay area. All meetings will be open to the public.

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : Coast Guard

In the recently enacted Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2004, the Congress directed the Coast Guard to add towing vessels to the list of vessels subject to inspections, and to consider the establishment of a safety management system appropriate for towing vessels. With this notice, we are seeking public and industry involvement as

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : Coast Guard

The Commander, First Coast Guard District, has issued a temporary deviation from the drawbridge operation regulations for the Amtrak Old SaybrookOld Lyme Bridge, mile 3.4, across the Connecticut River, Connecticut. Under this temporary deviation, effective from February 21, 2005 through March 31, 2005, the bridge shall open on signal on a fixed

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : Coast Guard

The Commander, First Coast Guard District, has issued a temporary deviation from the drawbridge operation regulations for the Metropolitan Avenue Bridge, mile 3.4, across English Kills at New York City, New York. Under this temporary deviation the bridge may remain closed 6 a.m. to midnight from December 27, 2004 through December 29, 2004 and

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : Coast Guard

The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone for the demolition of the Chicago SunTimes Building. This safety zone is necessary to protect vessels and persons from potential falling debris during the demolition phase of the Chicago SunTimes Building along the Chicago River Main Branch. The safety zone is intended to restrict vessels

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : Coast Guard

The Coast Guard is re-establishing a temporary regulated navigation area (RNA) that was in effect from 6 December to 10 December, until 10 March 2005. The area of this RNA covers the entrance of East Rockaway Inlet to the Atlantic Beach Bridge, Nassau County, New York. This rule restricts the passage of commercial vessels carrying petroleum

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : Coast Guard

The Coast Guard proposes to change the regulations that govern the operation of the SR 175 Bridge, at mile 3.5, at Chincoteague, Virginia. The proposal would require hourly openings of the draw from 6 a.m. to Midnight yearround; except from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the last consecutive Wednesday and Thursday in July, the draw need not be opened. At all

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : Coast Guard

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of West Virginia (FEMA1558DR), dated September 20, 2004, and related determinations.

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : Federal Emergency Management Agency

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has submitted an emergency information collection request (ICR) utilizing emergency review procedures, to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with section 1320.13(a)(1)(ii) and (a)(2)(iii) of the Paperwork

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is correcting a notice that was published in the Federal Register on November 19, 2004, at 69 FR 67751 which announced the expansion of the Direct Mail Program to provide that certain filings of Forms I485, I 765, and I131, be filed at a designated Chicago, Illinois lockbox facility for initial

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

This rule identifies communities participating in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and suspended from the NFIP. These communities have applied to the program and have agreed to enact certain floodplain management measures. The communities' participation in the program authorizes the sale of flood insurance to owners of property located

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : Federal Emergency Management Agency

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has submitted an emergency information collection request (ICR) utilizing emergency review procedures, to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with section 1320.13(a)(1)(ii) and (a)(2)(iii) of the Paperwork

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has submitted an emergency information collection request (ICR) utilizing emergency review procedures, to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with section 1320.13(a)(1)(ii) and (a)(2)(iii) of the Paperwork

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has submitted an emergency information collection request (ICR) utilizing emergency review procedures, to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with section 1320.13(a)(1)(ii) and (a)(2)(iii) of the Paperwork

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has submitted an emergency information collection request (ICR) utilizing emergency review procedures, to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with section 1320.13(a)(1)(ii) and (a)(2)(iii) of the Paperwork

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has submitted an emergency information collection request (ICR) utilizing emergency review procedures, to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with section 1320.13(a)(1)(ii) and (a)(2)(iii) of the Paperwork

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

The Coast Guard proposes establishing permanent moving security zones around escorted vessels while they are in the navigable waters of the Fifth Coast Guard District. The proposed security zones would require all vessels in a 500yard radius around escorted vessels to operate at the minimum speed necessary to navigate safely and prohibit any

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : Coast Guard

The National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC) will meet on Tuesday, January 11, 2005, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Hamilton Crowne Plaza in Washington, DC. The meeting will be open to the public. Limited seating will be available. Reservations are not accepted.

The NIAC advises the President of the United States on the security of critical

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : Homeland Security Department

The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone in the Delaware River encompassing all waters from the TaconyPalmyra Bridge to the Bellevue/Marcus Hook ship ranges at Buoy 2M, shoreline to shoreline. The temporary safety zone prohibits persons or vessels from entering the zone, unless authorized by the Captain of the Port Philadelphia, PA or

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : Coast Guard

The Coast Guard announces that it has begun a rulemaking project
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for the regulation of nonhazardous and nontoxic dry cargo residue discharges by vessels operating on the Great Lakes. As part of the rulemaking project, the Coast Guard will conduct an environmental assessment. In order to conduct this environmental assessment, the Coast

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : Coast Guard

The Coast Guard has set the calendar year 2005 minimum random drug testing rate at 50 percent of covered crewmembers. An evaluation of the 2003 Management Information System (MIS) data collection forms submitted by marine employers determined that random drug testing on covered crewmembers for the calendar year 2003 resulted in positive test results

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : Coast Guard

As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on an information collection requirement concerning Lay Order PeriodGeneral Order Merchandise. This request for comment is being made pursuant to the

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : Customs and Border Protection Bureau

As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on an information collection requirement concerning Declaration for Unaccompanied Articles. This request for comment is being made pursuant to the Paperwork

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : Customs and Border Protection Bureau

As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on an information collection requirement concerning the North American Free Trade Agreement Duty Deferral. This request for comment is being made pursuant to the

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : Customs and Border Protection Bureau

As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on an information collection requirement concerning Entry of Articles for Exhibition. This request for comment is being made pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : Customs and Border Protection Bureau