[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 226 (Wednesday, November 24, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68385-68386]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-26057]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Office of the Secretary

[Docket No. DHS-2004-0023]


Homeland Security Advisory Council

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) will hold a 
meeting for purposes of (1) receiving reports from Senior Advisory 
Committees; (2) receiving briefings from DHS staff on Departmental 
initiatives; and (3) holding roundtable deliberations and discussions 
among HSAC members.

DATES: The Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) will hold its next 
meeting in San Diego, CA on Tuesday, December 14, 2004.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be partially closed; the open portions of 
the meeting for purposes of (1) above will be held at the Westin Horton 
Plaza Hotel Library, 910 Broadway Circle, San Diego, CA 92101 from 9:30 
a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The closed portions of the meeting, for purposes of 
(2) and (3) above will be held at the Westin Horton Plaza Hotel Harbor 
Room, 910 Broadway Circle, San Diego, CA 92101 from 8:30 a.m. to 9:20 
a.m. and from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

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    You may submit comments, identified by DHS-2004-0023, by one of the 
following methods:
     EPA Federal Partner EDOCKET Web site: http://www.epa.gov/feddocket. Follow instructions for submitting comments on the Web site. 
The Department of Homeland Security has joined the Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA) online public docket and comment system on its 
Partner Electronic Docket System (Partner EDOCKET). The Department of 
Homeland Security and its agencies (excluding the United States Coast 
Guard and Transportation Security Administration) will use the EPA 
Federal Partner EDOCKET system. The USCG and TSA [legacy Department of 
Transportation (DOT) agencies] will continue to use the DOT Docket 
Management System until full migration to the electronic rulemaking 
federal docket management system in 2005.
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     E-mail: [email protected]. Include docket number in the subject 
line of the message.
     Fax: (202) 772-9718.
     Mail: Mike Miron, Homeland Security Advisory Council, 
Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC 20528.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and docket number for this rulemaking. All comments received will be 
posted without change to www.epa.gov/feddocket, including any personal 
information provided.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to http://www.epa.gov/feddocket. You may also 
access the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information concerning 
the meeting, please contact Rich Davis, Jeff Gaynor, Mike Miron, or 
Candice Stoltz of the HSAC staff via email at [email protected], or via 
phone at 202-692-4283.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Public Attendance: A limited number of members of the public may 
register to attend the public session on a first-come, first-served 
basis per the procedures that follow. Security requires that any member 
of the public who wishes to attend the public session provide his or 
her name, social security number, and date of birth no later than 5 
p.m., EST, Tuesday, December 7, 2004 to the Responsible Agency 
Officials (listed above) via email at [email protected], or via phone at 
(202) 692-4283. Persons with disabilities who require special 
assistance should indicate so in their admittance request and are 
encouraged to indicate their desires to attend as early as possible. 
Photo identification will be required for entry into the public 
session, and everyone in attendance must be present and seated by 9:15 
a.m.
    Basis for Closure: In accordance with Section 10(d) of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 
2), the Secretary has issued a determination that portions of this HSAC 
meeting will concern matters sensitive to homeland security within the 
meaning of 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(7) and (c)(9)(B) and that, accordingly, 
these portions of the meeting will be closed to the public.

    Dated: November 18, 2004.
Tom Ridge,
Secretary of Homeland Security.
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