83_FR_52435 83 FR 52235 - Designation of 10 Areas as High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas

83 FR 52235 - Designation of 10 Areas as High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Office of National Drug Control Policy

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 200 (October 16, 2018)

Page Range52235-52235
FR Document2018-22462

The Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy designated 10 additional areas as High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 1706. The new areas are (1) Montgomery and Powell Counties in Kentucky as part of the Appalachia HIDTA; (2) Charleston County in South Carolina and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indian Reservation as part of the Atlanta/Carolinas HIDTA; (3) Atlantic County in New Jersey as part of the Liberty Mid-Atlantic HIDTA; (4) Allegheny, Beaver, and Washington Counties in Pennsylvania and Butler County in Ohio as part of the Ohio HIDTA; and (5) Mineral County in West Virginia as part of the Washington/Baltimore HIDTA.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 200 (Tuesday, October 16, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 200 (Tuesday, October 16, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 52235]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-22462]


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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

Office of National Drug Control Policy


Designation of 10 Areas as High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas

AGENCY: Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP).

ACTION: Notice of HIDTA Designations.

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SUMMARY: The Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy 
designated 10 additional areas as High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas 
(HIDTA) pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 1706. The new areas are (1) Montgomery 
and Powell Counties in Kentucky as part of the Appalachia HIDTA; (2) 
Charleston County in South Carolina and the Eastern Band of Cherokee 
Indian Reservation as part of the Atlanta/Carolinas HIDTA; (3) Atlantic 
County in New Jersey as part of the Liberty Mid-Atlantic HIDTA; (4) 
Allegheny, Beaver, and Washington Counties in Pennsylvania and Butler 
County in Ohio as part of the Ohio HIDTA; and (5) Mineral County in 
West Virginia as part of the Washington/Baltimore HIDTA.

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.

    Dated: October 11, 2018.
Michael Passante,
Deputy General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2018-22462 Filed 10-15-18; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 200 / Tuesday, October 16, 2018 / Notices 52235 Dated: October 9, 2018. the National Environmental Policy Act measures, including financial and Michel Smyth, of 1969 (‘‘NEPA’’), Executive Order technical assistance, in a manner Departmental Clearance Officer. (‘‘E.O.’’) 11514 (as amended), and calculated to foster and promote the [FR Doc. 2018–22434 Filed 10–15–18; 8:45 am] Council on Environmental Quality general welfare, as well as to create and BILLING CODE 4510–HX–P (‘‘CEQ’’) NEPA implementing maintain conditions under which man regulations. Pursuant to CEQ and nature can exist in productive regulations, NEH is soliciting comments harmony and fulfill the social, on its proposed procedures. economic, and other requirements of EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE DATES: NEH is providing a 30-day present and future generations of PRESIDENT review period. You must submit Americans. The CEQ regulations Office of National Drug Control Policy comments by no later than November implementing the procedural provisions 15, 2018. of NEPA are designed to ensure that this Designation of 10 Areas as High ADDRESSES: You may send comments by national policy, environmental Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas any of the following methods: considerations, and associated public • Email: akress@neh.gov. Include concerns are given careful attention and AGENCY: Office of National Drug Control appropriate weight in all decisions of Policy (ONDCP). ‘‘NEH NEPA Implementing Procedures’’ in the subject line of the email. the federal government. Sections 102(2) ACTION: Notice of HIDTA Designations. of NEPA and 40 CFR 1505.1 and 1507.3 • Mail: National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of the General require federal agencies to develop and, SUMMARY: The Director of the Office of Counsel, 400 7th Street SW, Room 4060, as needed, revise implementing National Drug Control Policy designated Washington, DC 20506, ATTN: Adam procedures consistent with the CEQ 10 additional areas as High Intensity Kress. regulations. NEH is issuing the Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) • Fax: (202) 606–8600. Please send following NEPA implementing pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 1706. The new procedures that comply with NEPA and areas are (1) Montgomery and Powell your comments to the attention of Adam Kress. supplement the CEQ regulations. Counties in Kentucky as part of the In accordance with CEQ regulations Appalachia HIDTA; (2) Charleston Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name and title (40 CFR 1507.3), NEH consulted with County in South Carolina and the CEQ prior to publication of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indian for this Federal Register document: ‘‘NEPA Implementing Procedures.’’ proposed procedures set forth below. Reservation as part of the Atlanta/ These proposed procedures include Carolinas HIDTA; (3) Atlantic County in Please submit your comments using only one method. NEH will post proposed categorical exclusions specific New Jersey as part of the Liberty Mid- to NEH projects and actions that NEH Atlantic HIDTA; (4) Allegheny, Beaver, comments as received to https:// www.neh.gov/about/foia/library. NEH determined will not normally have a and Washington Counties in potentially significant effect, Pennsylvania and Butler County in Ohio will not redact or edit personal identifying information from comment individually or cumulatively, on the as part of the Ohio HIDTA; and (5) human environment. Mineral County in West Virginia as part submissions. You should only submit of the Washington/Baltimore HIDTA. information that you wish to make Executive Order 12866: Regulatory publicly available. NEH reserves the Planning and Review and Executive FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: right, but shall have no obligation, to Order 13563: Improving Regulation and Questions regarding this notice should redact and/or refuse to post any or all Regulatory Review be directed to Michael K. Gottlieb, of your submission that it may deem to Executive Orders 13563 and 12866 National HIDTA Program Director, be inappropriate for publication, such as direct agencies to assess all costs and Office of National Drug Control Policy, obscene language. benefits of available regulatory Executive Office of the President, Washington, DC 20503; (202) 395–4868. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: alternatives and, if regulation is Adam M. Kress, (202) 606–8322; necessary, to select regulatory Dated: October 11, 2018. akress@neh.gov. approaches that maximize net benefits Michael Passante, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NEH is an (including potential economic, Deputy General Counsel. independent agency within the environmental, public health and safety [FR Doc. 2018–22462 Filed 10–15–18; 8:45 am] executive branch of the United States effects, distribute impacts, and equity). 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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of HIDTA Designations.
ContactQuestions 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.
FR Citation83 FR 52235 
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