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339: Science Education Partnership Awards
(SEPA).
Date: November 5–6, 2018.
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Place: Westin Grand, 2350 M Street NW,
Washington, DC 20037.
Contact Person: Jonathan Arias, Ph.D.,
Scientific Review Officer, Center for
Scientific Review, National Institutes of
Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 5170,
MSC 7840, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–435–
2406, ariasj@csr.nih.gov.
Name of Committee: Center for Scientific
Review Special Emphasis Panel; PAR Panel:
Pilot Clinical Trials for the Spectrum of
Alzheimer’s Disease.
Date: November 5, 2018.
Time: 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701
Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892
(Telephone Conference Call).
Contact Person: Wind Cowles, Ph.D.,
Scientific Review Officer, Center for
Scientific Review, National Institutes of
Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive Room 3172,
Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–437–7872,
cowleshw@csr.nih.gov.
Name of Committee: Center for Scientific
Review Special Emphasis Panel; Member
Conflict: Eukaryotic Parasites and Vectors.
Date: November 6–7, 2018.
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701
Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892
(Virtual Meeting).
Contact Person: Fouad A. El-Zaatari, Ph.D.,
Scientific Review Officer, Center for
Scientific Review, National Institutes of
Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 3186,
MSC 7808, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 435–
1149, elzaataf@csr.nih.gov.
Name of Committee: Center for Scientific
Review Special Emphasis Panel; Small
Business: Radiation Therapy and Biology.
Date: November 6–7, 2018.
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701
Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892
(Virtual Meeting).
Contact Person: Bo Hong, Ph.D., Scientific
Review Officer, Center for Scientific Review,
National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge
Drive, Room 6194, MSC 7804, Bethesda, MD
20892, 301–996–6208, hongb@csr.nih.gov.
Name of Committee: Center for Scientific
Review Special Emphasis Panel; Topics in
Bacterial Pathogenesis.
Date: November 6, 2018.
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Place: Embassy Suites at the Chevy Chase
Pavilion, 4300 Military Road NW,
Washington, DC 20015.
Contact Person: Richard G. Kostriken,
Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, Center for
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MSC 7808, Bethesda, MD 20892, 240–519–
7808, kostrikr@csr.nih.gov.
Name of Committee: Center for Scientific
Review Special Emphasis Panel; Member
Conflict: Topics in Diabetes.
Date: November 6, 2018.
Time: 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701
Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892
(Telephone Conference Call).
Contact Person: Liliana N. Berti-Mattera,
Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, Center for
Scientific Review, National Institutes of
Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, RM 4215,
Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–827–7609,
liliana.berti-mattera@nih.gov.
Name of Committee: Center for Scientific
Review Special Emphasis Panel; Member
Conflict: Molecular Hematology.
Date: November 6, 2018.
Time: 12:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701
Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892
(Telephone Conference Call).
Contact Person: Katherine M. Malinda,
Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, Center for
Scientific Review, National Institutes of
Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 4140,
MSC 7814, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–435–
0912, Katherine_Malinda@csr.nih.gov.
(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance
Program Nos. 93.306, Comparative Medicine;
93.333, Clinical Research, 93.306, 93.333,
93.337, 93.393–93.396, 93.837–93.844,
93.846–93.878, 93.892, 93.893, National
Institutes of Health, HHS)
Dated: October 4, 2018.
Melanie J. Pantoja,
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory
Committee Policy.

1–2, of the 2016.1 PREP Guidelines, the
effective date is ‘‘60 days after the date
of publication in the Federal Register.’’
The Coast Guard has corrected Section
1.3 of the 2016.1 PREP Guidelines to
reflect the effective date is ‘‘October 1,
2018.’’ A corrected version of the 2016.1
PREP Guidelines has been uploaded to
the USCG Homeport site at the
following link: https://
homeport.uscg.mil/missions/incidentmanagement-and-preparedness/
contingency-exercises/port-levelexercises/port-level-exercises-generalinformation.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Jonathan Smith, Office of Marine
Environmental Response Policy, U.S.
Coast Guard, 202–372–2675.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On page
1–2 of the 2016.1 PREP Guidelines, in
Section 1.3, the ‘‘Effective Date’’ is
corrected to read: ‘‘The 2016.1 PREP
Guidelines are effective on October 1,
2018. The PREP Guidelines follow the
calendar year (January 1–December
31).’’ A corrected version of the 2016.1
PREP Guidelines has been uploaded to
the Coast Guard Homeport site and can
be accessed at https://
homeport.uscg.mil/missions/incidentmanagement-and-preparedness/
contingency-exercises/port-levelexercises/port-level-exercises-generalinformation.
Dated: October 4, 2018.
Ricardo M. Alonso,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Chief, Office of
Marine Environmental Response and Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Coast Guard
[Docket No. USCG–2017–0894]

Update to the 2016 National
Preparedness for Response Exercise
Program (PREP) Guidelines;
Correction
Coast Guard, DHS.
Notice.

AGENCY:

On October 2, 2018, the Coast
Guard published a notice of availability
of the 2016.1 PREP Guidelines. In the
DATES section of the Notice of
availability, the effective date of the
2016.1 PREP Guidelines is October 1,
2018. However, in Section 1.3, page
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Office of the Secretary,
Department of Homeland Security.
ACTION: Notice of determination.
AGENCY:

RIN 1625–ZA37

ACTION:

Determination Pursuant to Section 102
of the Illegal Immigration Reform and
Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996,
as Amended

The Secretary of Homeland
Security has determined, pursuant to
law, that it is necessary to waive certain
laws, regulations, and other legal
requirements in order to ensure the
expeditious construction of barriers and
roads in the vicinity of the international
land border of the United States in
Hidalgo County in the State of Texas.
DATES: This determination takes effect
on October 11, 2018.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Important
mission requirements of the Department
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of Homeland Security (‘‘DHS’’) include
border security and the detection and
prevention of illegal entry into the
United States. Border security is critical
to the nation’s national security.
Recognizing the critical importance of
border security, Congress has mandated
DHS to achieve and maintain
operational control of the international
land border. Secure Fence Act of 2006,
Public Law 109–367, § 2, 120 Stat. 2638
(Oct. 26, 2006) (8 U.S.C. 1701 note).
Congress defined ‘‘operational control’’
as the prevention of all unlawful entries
into the United States, including entries
by terrorists, other unlawful aliens,
instruments of terrorism, narcotics, and
other contraband. Id. Consistent with
that mandate from Congress, the
President’s Executive Order on Border
Security and Immigration Enforcement
Improvements directed executive
departments and agencies to deploy all
lawful means to secure the southern
border. Executive Order 13767, § 1. In
order to achieve that end, the President
directed, among other things, that I take
immediate steps to prevent all unlawful
entries into the United States, including
the immediate construction of physical
infrastructure to prevent illegal entry.
Executive Order 13767, § 4(a).
Congress has provided to the
Secretary of Homeland Security a
number of authorities necessary to carry
out DHS’s border security mission. One
of those authorities is found at section
102 of the Illegal Immigration Reform
and Immigrant Responsibility Act of
1996, as amended (‘‘IIRIRA’’). Public
Law 104–208, Div. C, 110 Stat. 3009–
546, 3009–554 (Sept. 30, 1996) (8 U.S.C
1103 note), as amended by the REAL ID
Act of 2005, Public Law 109–13, Div. B,
119 Stat. 231, 302, 306 (May 11, 2005)
(8 U.S.C. 1103 note), as amended by the
Secure Fence Act of 2006, Public Law
109–367, § 3, 120 Stat. 2638 (Oct. 26,
2006) (8 U.S.C. 1103 note), as amended
by the Department of Homeland
Security Appropriations Act, 2008,
Public Law 110–161, Div. E, Title V,
§ 564, 121 Stat. 2090 (Dec. 26, 2007). In
section 102(a) of IIRIRA, Congress
provided that the Secretary of
Homeland Security shall take such
actions as may be necessary to install
additional physical barriers and roads
(including the removal of obstacles to
detection of illegal entrants) in the
vicinity of the United States border to
deter illegal crossings in areas of high
illegal entry into the United States. In
section 102(b) of IIRIRA, Congress
mandated the installation of additional
fencing, barriers, roads, lighting,
cameras, and sensors on the southwest
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IIRIRA, Congress granted to the
Secretary of Homeland Security the
authority to waive all legal requirements
that I, in my sole discretion, determine
necessary to ensure the expeditious
construction of barriers and roads
authorized by section 102 of IIRIRA.
Determination and Waiver
Section 1
The United States Border Patrol’s Rio
Grande Valley Sector is an area of high
illegal entry. For the last several years,
the Rio Grande Valley Sector has seen
more apprehensions of illegal aliens
than any other sector of the United
States Border Patrol (‘‘Border Patrol’’).
For example, in fiscal year 2017 alone,
Border Patrol apprehended over 137,000
illegal aliens. In that same year Border
Patrol seized approximately 260,000
pounds of marijuana and approximately
1,200 pounds of cocaine.
In order to satisfy the need for
additional border infrastructure in the
Rio Grande Valley Sector, DHS will take
action to construct barriers and roads.
DHS will construct barriers and roads
within various segments of the border in
the Rio Grande Valley Sector. The
segments of the border within which
such construction will occur are
referred to herein as the ‘‘project area’’
and are more specifically described in
Section 2 below.
Section 2
I determine that the following areas in
the vicinity of the United States border,
located in Hidalgo County in the State
of Texas, within the United States
Border Patrol’s Rio Grande Valley
Sector, are areas of high illegal entry
(the ‘‘project area’’):
• Starting approximately a quarter
mile west of the location where the
levee intersects Goodwin/Abram road
and running east in proximity to the
International Boundary and Water
Commission (‘‘IBWC’’) levee to
approximately a quarter mile east of
Anzalduas Dam Road, a total distance of
approximately eight (8) miles.
• Starting at the eastern boundary of
the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge
and running east in proximity to the
IBWC levee approximately two and
four-tenths (2.4) miles to the western
boundary of the Monterrey Banco Tract
of the Lower Rio Grande Valley National
Wildlife Refuge.
• Starting at the eastern boundary of
the Monterrey Banco Tract of the Lower
Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife
Refuge and running south and east in
proximity to the IBWC levee for
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• Starting at the eastern boundary of
the La Coma Tract of the Lower Rio
Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge
and running east in proximity to the
IBWC levee for approximately two and
one-half (2.5) miles.
• Starting where South International
Boulevard crosses the IBWC levee and
running west and east in proximity to
the IBWC levee approximately one-half
(0.5) of a mile in both directions.
• Starting approximately one-quarter
(0.25) of a mile west of the western
boundary of the Mercedes Settling Basin
and running northeast in proximity to
the IBWC levee approximately two and
one-half (2.5) miles.
There is presently an acute and
immediate need to construct physical
barriers and roads in the vicinity of the
border of the United States in order to
prevent unlawful entries into the United
States in the project area. In order to
ensure the expeditious construction of
the barriers and roads in the project
area, I have determined that it is
necessary that I exercise the authority
that is vested in me by section 102(c) of
IIRIRA.
Accordingly, pursuant to section
102(c) of IIRIRA, I hereby waive in their
entirety, with respect to the
construction of roads and physical
barriers (including, but not limited to,
accessing the project area, creating and
using staging areas, the conduct of
earthwork, excavation, fill, and site
preparation, and installation and
upkeep of physical barriers, roads,
supporting elements, drainage, erosion
controls, safety features, lighting,
cameras, and sensors) in the project
area, all of the following statutes,
including all federal, state, or other
laws, regulations, and legal
requirements of, deriving from, or
related to the subject of, the following
statutes, as amended: The National
Environmental Policy Act (Pub. L. 91–
190, 83 Stat. 852 (Jan. 1, 1970) (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.)); the Endangered
Species Act (Pub. L. 93–205, 87 Stat.
884 (Dec. 28, 1973) (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.)); the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act (commonly referred to as
the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et
seq.)); the National Historic Preservation
Act (Pub. L. 89–665, 80 Stat. 915 (Oct.
15, 1966), as amended, repealed, or
replaced by Public Law 113–287 (Dec.
19, 2014) (formerly codified at 16 U.S.C.
470 et seq., now codified at 54 U.S.C.
100101 note and 54 U.S.C. 300101 et
seq.)); the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16
U.S.C. 703 et seq.); the Migratory Bird
Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 715 et seq.);
the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et
seq.); the Archeological Resources
Protection Act (Pub. L. 96–95 (16 U.S.C.

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470aa et seq.)); the Paleontological
Resources Preservation Act (16 U.S.C.
470aaa et seq.); the Federal Cave
Resources Protection Act of 1988 (16
U.S.C. 4301 et seq.); the Safe Drinking
Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.); the
Noise Control Act (42 U.S.C. 4901 et
seq.); the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as
amended by the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et
seq.); the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.); the
Archaeological and Historic
Preservation Act (Pub. L. 86–523, as
amended, repealed, or replaced by Pub.
L. 113–287 (Dec. 19, 2014) (formerly
codified at 16 U.S.C. 469 et seq., now
codified at 54 U.S.C. 312502 et seq.));
the Antiquities Act (formerly codified at
16 U.S.C. 431 et seq., now codified 54
U.S.C. 320301 et seq.); the Historic
Sites, Buildings, and Antiquities Act
(formerly codified at 16 U.S.C. 461 et
seq., now codified at 54 U.S.C. 3201–
320303 & 320101–320106); the
Farmland Protection Policy Act (7
U.S.C. 4201 et seq.); the Coastal Zone
Management Act (Pub. L. 92–583 (16
U.S.C. 1451, et seq.)); the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act (Pub. L.
94–579 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)); the
National Wildlife Refuge System
Administration Act (Pub. L. 89–669, 16
U.S.C. 668dd–668ee); National Fish and
Wildlife Act of 1956 (Pub. L. 84–1024
(16 U.S.C. 742a, et seq.)); the Fish and
Wildlife Coordination Act (Pub. L. 73–
121 (16 U.S.C. 661 et seq.)); the
Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C.
551 et seq.); the River and Harbors Act
of 1899 (33 U.S.C. 403)); the Eagle
Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 668 et seq.);
the Native American Graves Protection
and Repatriation Act (25 U.S.C. 3001 et
seq.); and the American Indian
Religious Freedom Act (42 U.S.C. 1996).
This waiver does not revoke or
supersede the previous waiver
published in the Federal Register on
April 8, 2008 (73 FR 19077), which shall
remain in full force and effect in
accordance with its terms. I reserve the
authority to execute further waivers
from time to time as I may determine to
be necessary under section 102 of
IIRIRA.
Dated: October 4, 2018.
Kirstjen M. Nielsen,
Secretary of Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5994–N–04]

Operations Notice for the Expansion of
the Moving to Work Demonstration
Program; Republication and Extension
of Comment Period
Office of Public and Indian
Housing, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

HUD is republishing the
Operations Notice published in the
Federal Register on October 5, 2018,
which omitted the Appendix. This
Notice includes the Appendix and the
public comment period is extended
accordingly.
The Public Housing/Section 8 Moving
to Work (MTW) demonstration program
was first established under Section 204
of the Omnibus Consolidated
Rescissions and Appropriations Act of
1996 to provide statutory and regulatory
flexibility to participating public
housing agencies (PHAs) under three
statutory objectives. Those three
statutory objectives are: To reduce cost
and achieve greater cost effectiveness in
Federal expenditures; to give incentives
to families with children whose heads
of household are either working, seeking
work, or are participating in job
training, educational or other programs
that assist in obtaining employment and
becoming economically self-sufficient;
and to increase housing choices for lowincome families. This Operations Notice
for the Expansion of the MTW
Demonstration Program (Operations
Notice) establishes requirements for the
implementation and continued
operation of the MTW demonstration
program pursuant to the 2016 MTW
Expansion Statute.
DATES: Comment Due Date: November
26, 2018.
ADDRESSES:
Electronic Submission of Comments.
HUD strongly encourages interested
persons to submit comments
electronically. Electronic submission of
comments allows the commenter
maximum time to prepare and submit a
comment, ensures timely receipt by
HUD, and enables HUD to make them
immediately available to the public.
Interested persons may submit
comments electronically through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at
www.regulations.gov. Comments
submitted electronically through the
www.regulations.gov website can be
viewed by other commenters and
interested members of the public.
Commenters should follow the
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instructions provided on that site to
submit comments electronically.
Submission of Comments by Mail.
Alternatively, interested persons may
submit comments regarding this Notice
to the Regulations Division, Office of
General Counsel, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451
7th Street SW, Room 10276,
Washington, DC 20410–0500.
Communications must refer to the above
docket number and title.
Note: To receive consideration as
public comments, comments must be
submitted through one of the two
methods specified above. Again, all
submissions must refer to the docket
number and title of the Notice.
No Facsimile Comments. Facsimile
(fax) comments are not acceptable.
Public Inspection of Public
Comments. All properly submitted
comments and communications
submitted to HUD will be available for
public inspection and copying between
8 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays at the above
address. Due to security measures at the
HUD Headquarters building, an
appointment to review the public
comments must be scheduled in
advance by calling the Regulations
Division at 202–708–3055 (this is not a
toll-free number). Individuals with
speech or hearing impairments may
access this number via TTY by calling
the Federal Relay Service at 1–800–877–
8339 (this is a toll-free number). Copies
of all comments submitted are available
for inspection and downloading at
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Marianne Nazzaro, Director, Moving to
Work Demonstration Program, Office of
Public and Indian Housing, Department
of Housing and Urban Development,
451 7th Street SW, Room 4130,
Washington, DC 20410; email address
mtw-info@hud.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
republication of the October 5, 2018
Operations Notice, originally published
at 83 FR 50387, includes an Appendix
that was omitted.
I. Background
Section 239 of the Fiscal Year 2016
Appropriations Act, Public Law 114–
113 (2016 MTW Expansion Statute),
signed by the President in December
2015, authorizes HUD to expand the
MTW demonstration program from the
current size of 39 agencies to an
additional 100 agencies over a period of
7 years. This Notice was originally
published on January 23, 2017, in the
Federal Register, entitled ‘‘Operations
Notice for the Expansion of the Moving
to Work Demonstration Program

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