Transportation Worker Identification Credential: Enrollment Dates for the Ports of Lafayette, LA; Eureka, CA; Riverhead, NY; Lindenhurst, NY; and Stockton, CA

Federal Register: July 3, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 129)

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Transportation Security Administration

Docket Nos. TSA-2006-24191; Coast Guard-2006-24196

Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC);

Enrollment Dates for the Ports of Lafayette, LA; Eureka, CA; Riverhead,

NY; Lindenhurst, NY; and Stockton, CA

AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration; United States Coast

Guard; DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through the

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) issues this notice of the dates for the beginning of the initial enrollment for the

Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) for the Ports of

Lafayette, LA; Eureka, CA; Riverhead, NY; Lindenhurst, NY; and

Stockton, CA.

DATES: TWIC enrollment begins in Lafayette on July 10, 2008; Eureka on

July 16, 2008; Riverhead on July 23, 2008; Lindenhurst on July 30, 2008; and Stockton on August 13, 2008.

ADDRESSES: You may view published documents and comments concerning the

TWIC Final Rule, identified by the docket numbers of this notice, using any one of the following methods.

(1) Searching the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) Web page at www.regulations.gov;

(2) Accessing the Government Printing Office's Web page at http:// www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html; or

(3) Visiting TSA's Security Regulations Web page at http:// www.tsa.gov and accessing the link for ``Research Center'' at the top of the page.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Orgill, TSA-19, Transportation

Security Administration, 601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA 22202- 4220. Transportation Threat Assessment and Credentialing (TTAC), TWIC

Program, (571) 227-4545; e-mail: credentialing@dhs.gov.

Background

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), through the United

States Coast Guard and the Transportation Security Administration

(TSA), issued a joint final rule (72 FR 3492; January 25, 2007) pursuant to the Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA), Public Law 107-295, 116 Stat. 2064 (November 25, 2002), and the Security and

Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006 (SAFE Port Act), Public Law 109-347 (October 13, 2006). This rule requires all credentialed merchant mariners and individuals with unescorted access to secure areas of a regulated facility or vessel to obtain a TWIC. In this final rule, on page 3510, TSA and Coast Guard stated that a phased enrollment approach based upon risk assessment and cost/benefit would be used to implement the program nationwide, and that TSA would publish a notice in the Federal Register indicating when enrollment at a specific location will begin and when it is expected to terminate.

This notice provides the start date for TWIC initial enrollment at the Port of Lafayette, LA on July 10, 2008; Eureka, CA on July 16, 2008; Riverhead, NY on July 23, 2008; Lindenhurst, NY on July 30, 2008; and Stockton, CA on August 13, 2008. The Coast Guard will publish a separate notice in the Federal Register indicating when facilities within the Captain of the Port Zone MSU Morgan City, including those in the Port of Lafayette; Captain of the Port Zone San Francisco Bay, including those in the Ports of Eureka and Stockton; and Captain of the

Port Zone Long Island Sound, including those in the Ports of Riverhead and Lindenhurst must comply with the portions of the final rule requiring TWIC to be used as an access control measure. That notice will be published at least 90 days before compliance is required.

To obtain information on the pre-enrollment and enrollment process, and enrollment locations, visit TSA's TWIC Web site at http:// www.tsa.gov/twic.

Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on June 27, 2008.

Stephen Sadler,

General Manager, Operations, Office of Transportation Threat Assessment and Credentialing, Transportation Security Administration.

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