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addresses the increase of the oil removal
capacity (caps) requirements for tank
vessels and marine transportation-
related (MTR) facilities and added
requirements for new response
technologies. Reopening of the comment
period gives the public more time to
submit comments and recommendations
on the issues raised in the DPEIS.
DATES: Comments must reach the
Docket Management Facility on or
before September 6, 2005.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by Coast Guard docket
number USCG–2000–7833 to the Docket
Management Facility at the U.S.
Department of Transportation. To avoid
duplication, please use only one of the
following methods:
(1) Web Site: http://dms.dot.gov.
(2) Mail: Docket Management Facility,
U.S. Department of Transportation, 400
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC
20590–0001.
(3) Fax: (202) 493–2251.
(4) Delivery: Room PL–401 on the
Plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC,
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
The telephone number is (202) 366–
9329.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you have questions on this notice, call
Bradley McKitrick, Coast Guard,
telephone (202) 267–0995, or e-mail
bmckitrick@comdt.uscg.mil. If you have
questions on viewing or submitting
material to the docket, call Andrea M.
Jenkins, Program Manager, Docket
Operations, telephone (202) 366–0271.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Request for Comments
All comments received will be posted,
without change, to http://dms.dot.gov
and will include any personal
information you have provided. We
have an agreement with the Department
of Transportation (DOT) to use the
Docket Management Facility. Please see
DOT’s ‘‘Privacy Act’’ paragraph below.
Submitting comments: If you submit a
comment, please include your name and
address, identify the docket number for
this notice (USCG–2000–7833) and give
the reason for each comment. You may
submit your comments by electronic
means, mail, fax, or delivery to the
Docket Management Facility at the
address under ADDRESSES; but please
submit your comments by only one
means. If you submit them by mail or
delivery, submit them in an unbound
format, no larger than 81⁄2 by 11 inches,
suitable for copying and electronic
filing. If you submit them by mail and
would like to know that they reached
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the Facility, please enclose a stamped,
self-addressed postcard or envelope. We
will consider all comments received
during the comment period.
Viewing comments and documents:
To view comments, go to http://
dms.dot.gov at any time, click on
‘‘Simple Search,’’ enter the last five
digits of the docket number for this
rulemaking, and click on ‘‘Search.’’ You
may also visit the Docket Management
Facility in room PL–401 on the Plaza
level of the Nassif Building, 400
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC,
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Privacy Act: Anyone can search the
electronic form of all comments
received into any of our dockets by the
name of the individual submitting the
comment (or signing the comment, if
submitted on behalf of an association,
business, labor union, etc.). You may
review the Department of
Transportation’s Privacy Act Statement
in the Federal Register published on
April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477), or you
may visit http://dms.dot.gov.
Background and Purpose
We are requesting your comments on
environmental concerns you may have
related to the Draft Programmatic
Environmental Impact Statement
(DPEIS) for the rulemaking on Vessel
and Facility Response Plans for Oil;
2003 Removal Equipment Requirements
and Alternative Technology Revisions
published on June 1, 2005 (70 FR
31487). We will publish comments
received during the DPEIS review
period in the final PEIS. We will
publish a notice of availability of the
final PEIS in the Federal Register.
Comments previously submitted need
not be resubmitted, as they will be
incorporated into the public record as
part of this reopened comment period,
and will be fully considered.
Dated: August 2, 2005.
R. Petow,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Director
of Standards, Marine Safety, Security, and
Environmental Protection, U.S. Coast Guard.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
[Docket No. DHS–2005–0008; USCIS No.
2340–05]
RIN 1615–ZA17
Important Announcement for Class
Members of American Baptist
Churches v. Thornburgh (ABC)
Regarding Change of Address
Notifications, Discontinuance of Form
I–855, ABC Change of Address Form,
and Permanent Closure of the ABC
Project Post Office Box
AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: This notice informs class
members of American Baptist Churches
v. Thornburgh, 760 F. Supp. 796 (N.D.
Cal. 1991) (ABC) of a change in
procedures for notifying the Office of
Refugee, Asylum, and International
Operations, U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS) of any
address changes. It informs ABC class
members that the ABC Project Post
Office Box in Washington, D.C will be
closed and that USCIS will no longer
accept change of address forms sent to
that address. USCIS intends to
standardize the reporting of all alien
changes of address and has developed a
central repository for tracking and
updating an alien’s change of address.
DATES: This notice is effective October
4, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James Wyrough, Program Manager,
ABC–NACARA, Asylum Division,
Office of Refugee, Asylum, and
International Operations, U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services,
Department of Homeland Security, 20
Massachusetts Ave., NW., Third Floor,
Washington, DC 20536, Telephone
Number (202) 272–1634.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Class
members must notify USCIS of any
change of address by submitting Form
AR–11, Alien’s Change of Address Card,
to the Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) address listed on the Form within
10 days after an address change. If the
ABC asylum application is pending
with a USCIS Asylum Office, the class
member should also notify that office of
the change in address by submitting a
copy of the completed Form AR–11, or
a signed and dated letter containing the
change of address.
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To further that goal, USCIS intends to
discontinue the use of Form I–855, ABC
Change of Address Form, and to
permanently close the ABC Project Post
Office Box because it is no longer
necessary to have a separate centralized
location for receiving ABC class
members’ change of address
notifications. This action will allow
USCIS to expedite action in response to
a change of address and will be more
convenient for USCIS and ABC class
members.
What Is the ABC Settlement
Agreement?
American Baptist Churches v.
Thornburgh, 760 F. Supp. 796 (N.D. Cal.
1991) (ABC) sets out the settlement of
class action law suit brought in 1985 by
Salvadorans and Guatemalans who
alleged that the United States
government discriminated against them
in the adjudication of their asylum
claims. On December 19, 1990, the
United States District Court for the
Northern District of California entered
preliminary approval of a settlement
agreement reached between the
Departments of Justice and State and the
class members, which provided for a de
novo adjudication of asylum
applications by members of the Asylum
Officers Corps. The agreement was
approved on January 31, 1991 and
published as American Baptist
Churches v. Thornburgh, 760 F. Supp.
796 (N.D. Cal. 1991).
The agreement defined the affected
class members to be those Salvadorans
in the United States as of September 19,
1990 and those Guatemalans in the
United States as of October 1, 1990.
Subsequent sections of the agreement
limited the availability of relief under
the settlement to class members who
met specific deadlines for registration
and submitting asylum applications.
Guatemalan class members were
required to apply for asylum on or
before January 3, 1995. Salvadoran class
members were required to apply for
asylum on or before January 31, 1996
(with an administrative grace period to
February 16, 1996). The agreement also
excluded from eligibility those persons
who were convicted of aggravated
felonies or who were apprehended at
the time of entry on or after December
19, 1990. Following the dissolution of
the Immigration and Naturalization
Service (INS), USCIS assumed
responsibility for administering the
terms of the agreement relating to
adjudication of asylum claims.
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Why Is the ABC Project Post Office Box
Going To Be Closed?
The former INS established the ABC
Project Post Office Box in Washington,
DC to provide a centralized location for
the approximately 240,000 ABC class
members to submit change of address
forms via Form I–855, ABC Change of
Address Form. At the time, many ABC
class members who were eligible to seek
benefits of the settlement agreement had
not yet applied for asylum or any other
benefit with the former INS, and
therefore had no A-number and no
record in a national database system,
such as the Refugee, Asylum, and Parole
System (RAPS), for the INS to update.
By creating a central repository, the ABC
Project Post Office Box eliminated
confusion and simplified the process of
reporting a change of address for those
ABC class members, particularly those
who had not yet applied for asylum or
any other immigration benefit.
The ABC Project Post Office Box no
longer serves the purpose for which it
was intended. ABC class members must
have applied for asylum in order to
retain their benefits under the
settlement agreement, and the deadlines
for applying for asylum have long
passed. Many ABC class members have
also filed applications pursuant to
Section 203 of the Nicaraguan
Adjustment and Central American
Relief Act (NACARA 203) (Public Law
105–100) and the regulations (8 CFR
part 240, (H)). ABC class members now
have records in central DHS databases,
where their addresses may be updated,
and a separate centralized location for
submitting changes of address is no
longer required.
Additionally, ABC class members
with pending asylum and/or NACARA
203 applications are now required to
follow standard DHS procedures for
submitting change of address
notifications. Under current DHS
procedure for reporting changes of
address, ABC class members who have
an asylum and/or NACARA application
pending with USCIS are required to
submit Form AR–11 to a centralized
DHS repository and are requested to
notify the Asylum Office having
jurisdiction over their application(s) of
the change address. This can be
accomplished by providing the Asylum
Office with a copy of the Form AR–11.
In light of the foregoing, ABC class
members may end up reporting a change
of address to three different locations:
the central DHS repository, the Asylum
Office, and the ABC Project Post Office
Box. Since the ABC Project Post Office
Box no longer serves its intended
purpose, submission of changes of
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address to that location is superfluous.
Closing the ABC Project Post Office Box
and discontinuing Form I–855 will
eliminate confusion on the part of ABC
class members and ensure that address
changes are properly updated in
accordance with current DHS
procedure.
When Will USCIS Discontinue Form I–
855, ABC Change of Address?
The Form I–855, ABC Change of
Address, will be discontinued with the
effective closing of the ABC Project Post
Office Box on October 4, 2005.
When Will the ABC Project Post Office
Box Be Closed?
USCIS will close the ABC Project Post
Office Box on October 4, 2005. Before
the ABC Project Post Office Box is
closed, USCIS will take additional steps
to publicly, through the media and
community base organizations, inform
ABC class members of the need to
submit Form AR–11, Alien’s Change of
Address Card, directly to the address
listed below and the request that they
additionally notify in writing the
appropriate Asylum Office of any
change of address.
What Will Happen to Change of
Address Notifications That Are Sent to
the ABC Project Post Office Box After
It Is Closed?
The U.S. Postal Service will not
forward Form I–855, ABC Change of
Address, or other mail sent to the ABC
Project Post Office Box to the Asylum
Offices. The U.S. Postal Service will
return to the sender all mail addressed
to the ABC Project Post Office Box after
the box has been closed, as long as the
mail contains a return address on the
envelope. Mail without a return address
will be destroyed.
It is important that a class member
notify USCIS of any changes to ensure
that the class member receives notice of
his or her asylum interview. An ABC
class member may lose the right to an
ABC asylum interview and USCIS may
deny his or her asylum application if
the class member fails to appear for an
interview and that failure to appear has
not been excused for good cause.
How Should ABC Class Members
Notify USCIS of a Change of Address?
Pursuant to 8 CFR part 265 all aliens,
including ABC class members who
change their address, must file Form
AR–11, Alien Change of Address Card,
within 10 days of any change of address,
at the following address:
For regular U.S. Postal Service: U.S.
Department of Homeland Security,
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Change of Address, P.O. Box 7134,
London, KY 40742–7134.
For overnight mailings only: U.S.
Department of Homeland Security,
Change of Address, 1084–I South Laurel
Road, London, KY 40744.
Applicants may obtain Form AR–11 at
their nearest post office, nearest DHS
office, online at http://uscis.gov/
graphics/formsfee/forms/ar-11.htm, or
by calling the USCIS forms request line
at 1–800–870–3676.
Additionally, ABC class members
should notify the Asylum Office that
has jurisdiction over the class member’s
asylum application of any change of
address. This additional notification can
be accomplished by making a copy of
the Form AR–11, or providing a signed
and dated letter containing the change
of address to the Asylum Office
processing the asylum application.
The information should be clearly
printed. Individuals should not use any
copies of the Form I–855 to notify
USCIS of a change of address after the
ABC Project Post Office Box is closed.
After the ABC Project Post Office Box is
closed, Form AR–11, Alien’s Change of
Address Card, is the only form to be
used by an alien to officially report a
change of address to USCIS.
Dated: July 29, 2005.
Robert C. Divine,
Acting Deputy Director, U.S. Citizenship
Immigration Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–4950–C–21]
Notice of HUD’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2005
Notice of Funding Availability Policy
Requirements and General Section to
SuperNOFA for HUD’s Discretionary
Grant Programs; Service Coordinators
in Multifamily Housing Program NOFA;
Competition Reopening
Announcement
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant
Secretary of Housing—Federal Housing
Commissioner, HUD.
ACTION: Super Notice of Funding
Availability (SuperNOFA) for HUD
Discretionary Grant Programs; Service
Coordinators in Multifamily Housing
Program NOFA; competition reopening
announcement.
SUMMARY: On March 21, 2005, HUD
published its Fiscal Year (FY) 2005,
Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA)
Policy Requirements and General
Section to the SuperNOFA for HUD’s
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Discretionary Grant Programs. The
Service Coordinators in Multifamily
Housing Program NOFA competition,
which was included in the SuperNOFA,
closed on June 24, 2005. This document
announces the reopening of the Service
Coordinators in Multifamily Housing
Program NOFA competition.
DATES: The new application submission
date for the Service Coordinators in
Multifamily Housing Program NOFA
competition is September 6, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carissa L. Janis, Housing Project
Manager, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street,
SW., Room 6146, Washington, DC
20410–7000; telephone 202–708–3000
(this is not a toll-free number). Persons
with speech or hearing impairments
may access this number via TTY by
calling the toll-free Federal Information
Relay Service at 800–877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March
21, 2005 (70 FR 13575), HUD published
its Notice of HUD’s Fiscal Year (FY)
2005, Notice of Funding Availability
(NOFA), Policy Requirements and
General Section to the SuperNOFA for
HUD’s Discretionary Grant Programs.
The Service Coordinators in Multifamily
Housing Program, which was included
in the SuperNOFA, made approximately
$10 million available in HUD assistance.
According to the SuperNOFA, the
application submission date for the
Service Coordinators in Multifamily
Housing Program NOFA was June 24,
2005. On May 11, 2005 (70 FR 24835),
HUD published additional guidance to
the General Section, that included a link
to Frequently Asked Questions, located
at http://www.grants.gov/
ForApplicants#. Frequently asked
questions can also be found on the HUD
Web site at http://www.hud.gov/offices/
adm/grants/egrants/grantsgovfaqs.pdf.
HUD understands that many eligible
applicants may have had difficulty
submitting their applications. Therefore,
in order to give all NOFA applicants
sufficient time to submit completed
applications, and ensure their
Grants.gov registration is complete, this
notice published in today’s Federal
Register reopens the Service
Coordinators in Multifamily Housing
Program NOFA competition. The new
application submission date for the
Service Coordinators in Multifamily
Housing Program NOFA competition is
September 6, 2005.
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Applicability of SuperNOFA General
Section and Service Coordinators in
Multifamily Housing Program NOFA
Requirements to Reopened Competition
Please note that the Service
Coordinators in Multifamily Housing
Program NOFA competition description,
application submission information,
and application review information
were published in HUD’s FY2005
SuperNOFA on March 21, 2005 (70 FR
13575). All requirements listed in the
SuperNOFA General Section and in the
Service Coordinators in Multifamily
Housing Program NOFA are applicable
to this reopened competition except for
those requirements explicitly changed
by this notice (such as the due date and
requirement for electronic submission).
Submission Instructions
If you have already submitted an
application electronically through
Grants.gov and received a confirmation
of successful receipt from Grants.gov,
you do not need to resubmit another
application. If you submitted a paper
application, however, without first
obtaining a waiver from the electronic
submission requirement, you must
resubmit your applications
electronically or by paper submission. If
an applicant decides to resubmit an
application, the applicant must
download a new application package
and submit a complete new application.
HUD will not accept partial
amendments to applications that were
previously submitted.
Applicants that have already
submitted an application do not need to
resubmit another application. However,
if an applicant chooses to make any
changes to an application that has
already been submitted, it must
download a new application from
Grants.gov, complete the application,
and resubmit by the new deadline date.
HUD will review the most recent
application and disregard any
previously submitted application.
Applicants are encouraged to
complete their registration and submit
their electronic applications through
Grants.gov as described in the
SuperNOFA. In addition, for this
FY2005 reopened funding opportunity,
an applicant may submit a paper
application without requesting a waiver
from this requirement. HUD does not
intend to accept paper applications in
the future without a waiver. Applicants
that choose to submit a paper
application must submit an original and
two copies by mail or permitted
delivery service to the appropriate HUD
Multifamily (MF) Hub or Program
Center office identified on HUD’s Web
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