[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 214 (Friday, November 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60444-60445]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-28988]


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OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY


Designation of Three (3) Additional Counties in New Mexico as 
Part of the New Mexico Partnership/Southwest Border High Intensity Drug 
Trafficking Area

AGENCY: Office of National Drug Control Policy, Executive Office of the 
President.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice lists the counties of Rio Arriba, Santa Fe, and 
San Juan in New Mexico designated by the Director of National Drug 
Control Policy, as additions to the New Mexico Partnership/Southwest 
Border High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA). The New Mexico 
Partnership currently consists of 10 counties and municipalities New 
Mexico. HIDTAs are domestic regions identified as having the most 
critical drug trafficking problems that adversely affect the United 
States. These new counties are designated pursuant to 21 USC 1706 (b), 
as amended, to promote more effective coordination of drug control 
efforts. This action will support local, New Mexico, and federal law 
enforcement officers in assessing regional drug threats, designing 
strategies to combat

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the threats, developing initiatives to implement the strategies, and 
evaluation of the effectiveness of these coordinated efforts.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Comments and questions regarding this 
notice should be directed to Mr. Kurt F. Schmid, Acting National HIDTA 
Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), Executive 
Office of the President, Washington, DC 20503; 202-395-6692.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1990, the Director of ONDCP designated 
the first five HIDTAs. These original HIDTAs, areas through which most 
illegal drugs enter the United States, are the Southwest Border, 
Houston, Los Angeles, New York/New Jersey, and South Florida. In 1994, 
the Director designated the Washington/Baltimore HIDTA to address the 
extensive drug distribution networks serving hardcore drug users and 
the Puerto Rico/U.S. Virgin Islands HIDTA based upon the significant 
amount of drugs entering the United States through this region. In 
1995, HIDTAs were designated in Atlanta, Chicago, and Philadelphia/
Camden to target drug abuse and drug trafficking in those areas. In 
1997, the Gulf Coast HIDTA (includes parts of Alabama, Louisiana, and 
Mississippi), the Lake County HIDTA, the Midwest HIDTA (includes parts 
of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and South Dakota, with the focus 
on methamphetamine), the Northwest HIDTA (includes seven counties of 
Washington State), the Rocky Mountain HIDTA (includes parts of 
Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming), and the San Francisco HIDTA were 
designated. In 1998, new HIDTAs were designated in Appalachia (includes 
parts of Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia), Central Florida, 
Milwaukee, North Texas, and Southeast Michigan. In 1999, new HIDTA's 
were designated in Central Valley Californina, Hawaii, New England, 
Ohio and Oregon.
    The HIDTA Program supports over 250 co-located joint task forces in 
twenty regions of the country, including the entire Southwest Border. 
The HIDTA Program strengthens local, state, and federal drug 
trafficking and money laundering task forces, bolsters drug enforcement 
information networks and, improves integration of law enforcement, drug 
treatment, and drug abuse prevention programs, where appropriate.

    Signed October 18, 1999.
Barry R. McCaffrey,
Director.
[FR Doc. 99-28988 Filed 11-4-99; 8:45 am]
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