[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 188 (Friday, September 29, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 45629]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-20937]


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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

Office of National Drug Control Policy


Designation of 16 Counties as High Intensity Drug Trafficking 
Areas

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

ACTION: Notice of HIDTA designations.

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SUMMARY: The Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy 
designated 16 additional counties/cities and removed two counties as 
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTAs) pursuant to agency law.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions regarding this notice should 
be directed to Michael K. Gottlieb, National HIDTA Program Director, 
Office of National Drug Control Policy, Executive Office of the 
President, Washington, DC 20503; (202) 395-4868.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The new counties/cities are (1) Sullivan 
County in Tennessee and Wood County in West Virginia as part of the 
Appalachia HIDTA; (2) Greenville County in South Carolina as part of 
the Atlanta/Carolinas HIDTA; (3) DuPage County in Illinois as part of 
the Chicago HIDTA; (4) St. Clair County in Michigan as part of the 
Michigan HIDTA; (5) Ocean County in New Jersey and Oneida County in New 
York as part of the New York/New Jersey HIDTA; (6) Bradford and Union 
Counties in Florida as part of the North Florida HIDTA; (7) San Benito 
County in California as part of the Northern California HIDTA; (8) 
Bannock County in Idaho as part of the Oregon/Idaho HIDTA; (9) 
Montgomery County in Pennsylvania as part of the Philadelphia/Camden 
HIDTA; (10) Collier and Martin Counties in Florida as part of the South 
Florida HIDTA; (11) Taos County in New Mexico as part of the Southwest 
Border HIDTA--New Mexico Region; and (12) Dorchester County in Maryland 
as part of the Washington/Baltimore HIDTA. The Director of ONDCP also 
removed two counties as HIDTAs pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 1706, effective 
July 10, 2017. The two counties removed from HIDTA county designation 
within the Houston HIDTA are Orange and San Patricio counties in Texas. 
The Executive Board of the Houston HIDTA requested removal of these 
counties from designation after assessing the threat and determining 
that these counties no longer met the statutory criteria necessary for 
designation as HIDTA counties. ONDCP evaluated and accepted the 
request.

    Dated: September 26, 2017.
Michael J. Passante,
Acting General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2017-20937 Filed 9-28-17; 8:45 am]
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