81_FR_3000 81 FR 2988 - Privacy Act; STATE-09, Records Maintained by the Office of Civil Rights

81 FR 2988 - Privacy Act; STATE-09, Records Maintained by the Office of Civil Rights

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 12 (January 20, 2016)

Page Range2988-2989
FR Document2016-00557

The Department of State is issuing a final rule to amend its Privacy Act regulation exempting portions of a system of records from certain provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974. Certain portions of the Records Maintained by the Office of Civil Rights, STATE-09, contain investigatory material for law enforcement purposes, and testing or examination material.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 12 (Wednesday, January 20, 2016)
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 12 (Wednesday, January 20, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 2988-2989]
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[FR Doc No: 2016-00557]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

22 CFR Part 171

[Public Notice: 9405]
RIN 1400-AD86


Privacy Act; STATE-09, Records Maintained by the Office of Civil 
Rights

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Department of State is issuing a final rule to amend its 
Privacy Act regulation exempting portions of a system of records from 
certain provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974. Certain portions of the 
Records Maintained by the Office of Civil Rights, STATE-09, contain 
investigatory material for law enforcement purposes, and testing or 
examination material.

DATES: This final rule is effective January 20, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Hackett, Director; Office of 
Information Programs and Services, A/GIS/IPS; Department of State, SA-
2; 515 22nd Street NW., Washington, DC 20522-8001, or at 
[email protected].

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The system, Records Maintained by the Office 
of Civil Rights, designated as STATE-09, supports the Office of Civil 
Rights, Department of State, in the investigation, processing, and 
resolution of informal and formal complaints of discrimination filed 
against the Department in accordance with 29 CFR part 1614 and the 
Department's internal procedures for addressing Equal Employment 
Opportunity (EEO) complaints; in the investigation, processing, and 
resolution of complaints of discrimination under 42 U.S.C. 2000d; and 
complaints under 20 U.S.C. 1681, 29 U.S.C. 794 and 794d, 42 U.S.C. 
6101, 29 U.S.C. 621, and 36 CFR chapter XI.
    For additional background, see the notice of proposed rulemaking 
and the system of records notice published on July 14, 2015 (80 FR 
40951 and 80 FR 41137, respectively). The Department received no public 
comment on these documents.

List of Subjects in 22 CFR Part 171

    Privacy.

    For the reasons stated in the preamble, 22 CFR part 171 is amended 
as follows:

PART 171--[AMENDED]

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1. The authority citation for part 171 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552, 552a; 22 U.S.C. 2651a; Public Law 95-
521, 92 Stat. 1824, as amended; E.O. 13526, 75 FR 707; E.O. 12600, 
52 FR 23781, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 235.


Sec.  171.36  [Amended]

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2. Section 171.36 is amended by adding an entry, in alphabetical order, 
for ``Records Maintained by the Office of Civil Rights, STATE-09'' to 
the lists in paragraphs (b)(5) and (6).

Joyce A. Barr,
Assistant Secretary for Administration, U.S. Department of State.
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                                                In 1989, the FAA published in the                    part 71 by removing the route segment                  PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A,
                                             Federal Register a rule to amend V–443                  of V–443 that extends from Aylmer, ON,                 B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR
                                             (54 FR 39166, September 25, 1989). The                  Canada, to Toronto, ON, Canada. The                    TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND
                                             amendment inserted an intersection fix                  remaining portion of V–443 is                          REPORTING POINTS
                                             between the Aylmer, ON, Canada, VOR/                    unchanged. This action responds to the
                                             DME and the Toronto, ON, Canada,                        route changes made by Canada as part                   ■ 1. The authority citation for part 71
                                             VOR/DME NAVAIDs to adjust the                           of their WTM airspace redesign project.                continues to read as follows:
                                             arrival/departure routes to/from                        Canada has subsequently removed this                     Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103,
                                             Toronto, ON, Canada, and alleviate the                  route segment and it no longer exists on               40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR,
                                             congestion and compression of air                                                                              1959–1963 Comp., p. 389.
                                                                                                     aeronautical charts. Therefore, notice
                                             traffic in that area. As a result, the V–
                                                                                                     and public procedure under 5 U.S.C.                    § 71.1       [Amended]
                                             433 description was amended to reflect
                                             the route being realigned from the                      553(b) are unnecessary.
                                                                                                                                                            ■ 2. The incorporation by reference in
                                             Aylmer, Ontario, Canada, VOR/DME, to                      All radials in the route description                 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.9Z,
                                             an intersection fix defined by the                      below are unchanged and stated in True                 Airspace Designations and Reporting
                                             Aylmer 051° and Toronto 210° radials,                   degrees.                                               Points, dated August 6, 2015 and
                                             to the Toronto, ON, Canada, VOR/DME.                                                                           effective September 15, 2015, is
                                                In November 2014, Canada removed                     Regulatory Notices and Analyses
                                                                                                                                                            amended as follows:
                                             the V–443 route segment from the                           The FAA has determined that this
                                             Aylmer, ON, Canada, VOR/DME, to the                     regulation only involves an established                Paragraph 2010(a)        Domestic VOR Federal
                                             Toronto, ON, Canada, VOR/DME, as                                                                               Airways.
                                                                                                     body of technical regulations for which
                                             part of their WTM airspace redesign                                                                            *        *      *    *      *
                                                                                                     frequent and routine amendments are
                                             program; however, corresponding action
                                                                                                     necessary to keep them operationally                   V–443 [Amended]
                                             amending the FAA’s V–443 legal
                                             description was not accomplished. This                  current. It, therefore: (1) Is not a                     From INT Newcomerstown, OH, 099° and
                                             disconnect led to the charted depiction                 ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ under                Bellaire, OH, 044° radials; Newcomerstown;
                                             of V–443 being amended in the                           Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a                    Tiverton, OH; Dryer, OH; INT Dryer 049° and
                                                                                                     ‘‘significant rule’’ under Department of               Aylmer, ON, Canada, 205° radials; to Aylmer.
                                             Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) low                                                                              The airspace within Canada is excluded.
                                             altitude enroute charts and the FAA                     Transportation (DOT) Regulatory
                                             National Airspace System Repository                     Policies and Procedures (44 FR 11034;                  *        *      *    *      *
                                             (NASR) database being updated, but the                  February 26, 1979); and (3) does not                     Issued in Washington, DC, on January 7,
                                             V–443 legal description published in                    warrant preparation of a regulatory                    2016.
                                             FAA Order 7400.9, Airspace                              evaluation as the anticipated impact is                Gary A. Norek,
                                             Designations and Reporting Points,                      so minimal. Since this is a routine                    Manager, Airspace Policy Group.
                                             which is incorporated by reference in 14                matter that only affects air traffic                   [FR Doc. 2016–00521 Filed 1–19–16; 8:45 am]
                                             CFR part 71, remaining unchanged.                       procedures and air navigation, it is                   BILLING CODE 4910–13–P
                                                Since the basis for establishing the V–              certified that this rule, when
                                             443 route segment between the Alymer,                   promulgated, does not have a significant
                                             ON, Canada, VOR/DME to the Toronto,                     economic impact on a substantial                       DEPARTMENT OF STATE
                                             ON, Canada, VOR/DME no longer exists,                   number of small entities under the
                                             the FAA is amending the route                           criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.            22 CFR Part 171
                                             description in FAA Order 7400.9 and 14
                                             CFR part 71.                                            Environmental Review                                   [Public Notice: 9405]
                                                VOR Federal airways are published in                                                                        RIN 1400–AD86
                                             paragraph 2010 of FAA Order 7400.9Z                       The FAA has determined that this
                                             dated August 6, 2015, and effective                     action qualifies for categorical exclusion             Privacy Act; STATE–09, Records
                                             September 15, 2015, which is                            under the National Environmental                       Maintained by the Office of Civil Rights
                                             incorporated by reference in 14 CFR                     Policy Act in accordance with FAA
                                                                                                     Order 1050.1F, Environmental Impacts:                  AGENCY:       Department of State.
                                             71.1. The VOR Federal airway listed in
                                             this document will be subsequently                      Policies and Procedures, paragraph 5–                  ACTION:      Final rule.
                                             amended in the Order.                                   6.5a. This airspace action consists of                 SUMMARY:   The Department of State is
                                                                                                     modifying an airway and it is not                      issuing a final rule to amend its Privacy
                                             Availability and Summary of
                                                                                                     expected to cause any potentially                      Act regulation exempting portions of a
                                             Documents for Incorporation by
                                             Reference                                               significant environmental impacts, and                 system of records from certain
                                                                                                     no extraordinary circumstances exists                  provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974.
                                                This document amends FAA Order                       that warrant preparation of an                         Certain portions of the Records
                                             7400.9Z, Airspace Designations and                      environmental assessment.                              Maintained by the Office of Civil Rights,
                                             Reporting Points, dated August 6, 2015,
                                                                                                                                                            STATE–09, contain investigatory
                                             and effective September 15, 2015. FAA                   List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71
                                                                                                                                                            material for law enforcement purposes,
                                             Order 7400.9Z is publicly available as
                                                                                                      Airspace, Incorporation by reference,                 and testing or examination material.
                                             listed in the ADDRESSES section of this
                                             document. FAA Order 7400.9Z lists                       Navigation (air).                                      DATES: This final rule is effective
                                                                                                                                                            January 20, 2016.
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                                             Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas,                 The Amendment
                                             air traffic service routes, and reporting                                                                      FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
                                             points.                                                   In consideration of the foregoing, the               Hackett, Director; Office of Information
                                                                                                     Federal Aviation Administration                        Programs and Services, A/GIS/IPS;
                                             The Rule                                                                                                       Department of State, SA–2; 515 22nd
                                                                                                     amends 14 CFR part 71 as follows:
                                               The FAA is amending Title 14 of the                                                                          Street NW., Washington, DC 20522–
                                             Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR)                                                                           8001, or at Privacy@state.gov.


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                                             SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:     The                      ACTION:   Temporary final rule.                        comment when the agency for good
                                             system, Records Maintained by the                                                                              cause finds that those procedures are
                                             Office of Civil Rights, designated as                   SUMMARY:   The Coast Guard is                          ‘‘impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary
                                             STATE–09, supports the Office of Civil                  establishing emergency temporary safety                to the public interest.’’ Under 5 U.S.C.
                                             Rights, Department of State, in the                     zones for all waters of the Upper                      553(b)(B), the Coast Guard finds that
                                             investigation, processing, and resolution               Mississippi River (UMR) between miles                  good cause exists for not publishing a
                                             of informal and formal complaints of                    109.9 and 185.5 and all waters of the                  notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)
                                             discrimination filed against the                        Illinois River (ILR) between miles 0 and               with respect to this rule because of the
                                             Department in accordance with 29 CFR                    128.9. The emergency safety zones are                  increased safety risks caused by high
                                             part 1614 and the Department’s internal                 needed to protect persons, property, and               waters on the UMR and ILR. On
                                             procedures for addressing Equal                         infrastructure from potential damage                   December 28, 2015, the Coast Guard
                                             Employment Opportunity (EEO)                            and safety hazards associated with high                determined that immediate action is
                                             complaints; in the investigation,                       waters. Entry of vessels or persons into               necessary to establish emergency safety
                                             processing, and resolution of complaints                these zones is prohibited unless                       zones to protect life and property from
                                             of discrimination under 42 U.S.C.                       specifically authorized by the Captain of              the hazards associated with and
                                             2000d; and complaints under 20 U.S.C.                   the Port (COTP). Deviation from the                    resulting from high waters. It is
                                             1681, 29 U.S.C. 794 and 794d, 42 U.S.C.                 safety zones may be requested and will                 impracticable to publish an NPRM
                                             6101, 29 U.S.C. 621, and 36 CFR chapter                 be considered on a case-by-case basis as               because we must establish these safety
                                             XI.                                                     specifically authorized by the Captain of              zones by December 28, 2015. Broadcast
                                               For additional background, see the                    the Port (COTP) or a designated                        Notices to Mariners (BNM) and
                                             notice of proposed rulemaking and the                   representative.                                        information sharing with waterway
                                             system of records notice published on                   DATES: This rule is effective without                  users will update mariners of the
                                             July 14, 2015 (80 FR 40951 and 80 FR                    actual notice from January 20, 2016                    closures and enforcement times during
                                             41137, respectively). The Department                    until 11:59 p.m. on January 22, 2016.                  this emergency situation.
                                             received no public comment on these                     For the purposes of enforcement, actual                   We are issuing this rule, and under 5
                                             documents.                                              notice will be used from 3:00 p.m. on                  U.S.C. 553(d)(3), the Coast Guard finds
                                                                                                     December 28, 2015 until January 20,                    that good cause exists for making it
                                             List of Subjects in 22 CFR Part 171                                                                            effective less than 30 days after
                                                                                                     2016.
                                               Privacy.                                                                                                     publication in the Federal Register.
                                                                                                     ADDRESSES:   To view documents                         Providing 30 days notice would be
                                               For the reasons stated in the                         mentioned in this preamble as being
                                             preamble, 22 CFR part 171 is amended                                                                           contrary to public interest because
                                                                                                     available in the docket, go to http://                 immediate action is needed to protect
                                             as follows:                                             www.regulations.gov, type USCG–2015–                   life and property from the hazards
                                             PART 171—[AMENDED]                                      1121 in the ‘‘SEARCH’’ box and click                   associated with and resulting from high
                                                                                                     ‘‘SEARCH.’’ Click on Open Docket                       waters.
                                             ■ 1. The authority citation for part 171                Folder on the line associated with this
                                                                                                     rule.                                                  III. Legal Authority and Need for Rule
                                             continues to read as follows:
                                                                                                     FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If                       The Coast Guard is issuing this rule
                                               Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552, 552a; 22 U.S.C.
                                             2651a; Public Law 95–521, 92 Stat. 1824, as             you have questions on this rule, call or               under authority in 33 U.S.C. 1231. The
                                             amended; E.O. 13526, 75 FR 707; E.O. 12600,             email LCDR Sean Peterson, Chief of                     Captain of the Port Upper Mississippi
                                             52 FR 23781, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 235.                 Prevention, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone                River determined that potential hazards
                                                                                                     314–269–2332, email Sean.M.Peterson@                   associated with and resulting from high
                                             § 171.36   [Amended]                                    uscg.mil.                                              waters and related recovery efforts are
                                             ■ 2. Section 171.36 is amended by                       SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                             present in the area. These hazards
                                             adding an entry, in alphabetical order,                                                                        require additional safety measures in
                                             for ‘‘Records Maintained by the Office of               I. Table of Abbreviations                              the form of safety zones extending from
                                             Civil Rights, STATE–09’’ to the lists in                                                                       mile 109.9 to 185.5 on the UMR and
                                             paragraphs (b)(5) and (6).                              BNM Broadcast Notice to Mariners                       mile 0 to 128.9 on the ILR to protect
                                                                                                     CFR Code of Federal Regulations
                                                                                                     COTP Captain of the Port
                                                                                                                                                            those operating in the area and for the
                                             Joyce A. Barr,
                                                                                                     DHS Department of Homeland Security                    Coast Guard to maintain navigational
                                             Assistant Secretary for Administration, U.S.
                                                                                                     E.O. Executive order                                   safety.
                                             Department of State.
                                                                                                     FR Federal Register                                    IV. Discussion of the Rule
                                             [FR Doc. 2016–00557 Filed 1–19–16; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                     ILR Illinois River
                                             BILLING CODE 4710–10–P                                  NPRM Notice of proposed rulemaking                        The Coast Guard is establishing two
                                                                                                     Pub. L. Public Law                                     temporary emergency safety zones
                                                                                                     § Section                                              prohibiting access to the UMR between
                                             DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND                                  UMR Upper Mississippi River                            miles 109.9 and 185.5 and the ILR
                                             SECURITY                                                U.S.C. United States Code                              between miles 0 and 128.9, extending
                                                                                                                                                            the entire widths of the rivers beginning
                                             Coast Guard                                             II. Background Information and                         at 3:00 p.m. on December 28, 2015,
                                                                                                     Regulatory History                                     through 11:59 p.m. on January 22, 2016
                                             33 CFR Part 165                                           The Coast Guard is issuing this                      or until waters recede and conditions
                                                                                                     temporary rule without prior notice and                allow for safe navigation, whichever
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                                             [Docket Number USCG–2015–1121]
                                                                                                     opportunity to comment pursuant to                     occurs earlier. Deviation from the
                                             RIN 1625–AA00                                           authority under section 4(a) of the                    emergency safety zones may be
                                             Safety Zone; Upper Mississippi River                    Administrative Procedure Act (APA) (5                  requested and will be considered on a
                                             and Illinois River, MO and IL                           U.S.C. 553(b)). This provision                         case-by-case basis as specifically
                                                                                                     authorizes an agency to issue a rule                   authorized by the COTP or a designated
                                             AGENCY:    Coast Guard, DHS.                            without prior notice and opportunity to                representative. Deviation requests will


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Document Created: 2016-01-19 23:44:00
Document Modified: 2016-01-19 23:44:00
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionRules and Regulations
ActionFinal rule.
DatesThis final rule is effective January 20, 2016.
ContactJohn Hackett, Director; Office of Information Programs and Services, A/GIS/IPS; Department of State, SA- 2; 515 22nd Street NW., Washington, DC 20522-8001, or at [email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 2988 
RIN Number1400-AD86

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