[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 39 (Monday, February 29, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 10289]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-04291]


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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

Office of National Drug Control Policy


Designation of 14 Counties as High Intensity Drug Trafficking 
Areas

AGENCY: Office of National Drug Control Policy.

ACTION: Notice of HIDTA designations.

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SUMMARY: The Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy 
designated 14 additional counties as High Intensity Drug Trafficking 
Areas (HIDTA) pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 1706. The new counties are (1) 
Blount County, Tennessee and Carroll and Grayson Counties (including 
the Independent City of Galax) in Virginia as part of the Appalachia 
HIDTA; (2) Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties in Florida as part of the 
Gulf Coast HIDTA; (3) Muskegon County, Michigan as part of the Michigan 
HIDTA; (4) Bristol County, Massachusetts as part of the New England 
HIDTA; (5) Broome and Ulster Counties in New York as part of the New 
York/New Jersey HIDTA; (6) Linn County, Oregon as part of the Oregon-
Idaho HIDTA; (7) McIntosh and Pittsburg Counties in Oklahoma as part of 
the Texoma HIDTA; (8) Carroll County, Maryland and Jefferson County, 
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: January 14, 2016.
Michael Passante,
Deputy General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2016-04291 Filed 2-26-16; 8:45 am]
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