[Federal Register: October 21, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 203)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Directorate of Science and Technology
[Docket No. DHS-2004-0008]
Notice of Meeting of Homeland Security Science and Technology
Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory
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Committee (HSSTAC) will meet in a partially closed session on November
15-16, 2004.
DATES: The HSSTAC will meet in closed session on November 15, 2004,
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on November 16, 2004, from 8:30 a.m. to
10 a.m. The Committee will meet in open session on November 16, 2004,
from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting location for the open session is Booz Allen
Hamilton, Virginia Square Plaza, 3811 Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA
22203.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda Leckey, Homeland Security
Science and Technology Advisory Committee, Department of Homeland
Security, Directorate of Science and Technology, Washington, DC 20528;
telephone (202) 254-5041; e-mail HSSTAC@dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Pub. L. 92-463, as amended (5
U.S.C. app. 2). The HSSTAC will meet for purposes of receiving
briefings from its subcommittees on recent activities and findings in
support of the annual report to Congress, deliberating subcommittee
findings and providing recommendations to the Under Secretary, and
determining future subcommittee and committee activities. In accordance
with section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub. L. 92-
463, as amended (5 U.S.C. app. 2), the Under Secretary for Science and
Technology has determined that this HSSTAC meeting will concern
unclassified but sensitive matters to homeland security within the
meaning of 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B) and that, accordingly, the meeting
will be partially closed to the public.
Public Attendance: Due to meeting space restrictions, the maximum
number of public attendees will be 20. Members of the public will be
registered to attend the public session on a first-come, first-served
basis per the procedures that follow. Any member of the public who
wishes to attend the public session must provide his or her name,
affiliation, social security number, and date of birth no later than 5
p.m. e.s.t., Monday, November 8, 2004. Please provide the required
information to Brenda Leckey via e-mail at HSSTAC@dhs.gov, or via phone
at (202) 254-5721. Persons with disabilities who require special
assistance should indicate so in their admittance request. Photo
identification will be required for entry into the public session, and
everyone in attendance must be present and seated by 10 a.m. on
November 16, 2004.
Public Comments: You may submit comments, identified by DHS-2004-
0008, 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: hsstac@dhs.gov. Include DHS-2004-0008 in the
subject line of the message.
Fax: (202) 254-6177.
Mail: Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory
Committee, 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 http://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.
Dated: October 14, 2004.
Charles E. McQueary,
Under Secretary for Science and Technology.
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