Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of Homeland Security is modifying and reissuing a current Department of Homeland Security system of records titled, ``Department of Homeland Security/United States Coast Guard-029 Notice of Arrival and Departure System of Records.'' This system of records notice was previously re- issued in the Federal Register on November 27, 2015. The Department is providing a further update based on comments received in response to the November 2015 update. This system of records allows the United States Coast Guard (Coast Guard) to facilitate the effective and efficient entry and departure of vessels into and from the United States, and assist with assigning priorities for complying with maritime safety and security regulations. As part of the Department's ongoing effort to promote transparency regarding its collection of information, the Coast Guard is updating its November 2015 system of records notice to explain its changes to the routine uses. Additional updates to this notice were explained in the November 2015 update. Further, this notice includes non-substantive changes to simplify the formatting and text of the previously published notice. The Coast Guard has re-issued this systems of records notice in its entirety for clarity and transparency. The Coast Guard also issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to clarify the exemptions for this system at 80 FR 74018 (Nov. 27, 2015). Concurrently with this modified system of records notice, the Coast Guard has issued a Final Rule. Responses from the Coast Guard to comments to the NPRM for this system may be found in the Final Rule elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register. This modified system will be included in the Department of Homeland Security's inventory of record systems.