Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC): Enrollment Dates for the Ports of New Haven, CT et al.
Federal Register: May 30, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 105)
Notices
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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 New Haven, CT; Benicia, CA; Nikiski,
AK; Chester, PA; Escanaba, MI; and St. Thomas, VI
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
New Haven, CT; Benicia, CA; Nikiski, AK; Chester, PA; Escanaba, MI; and
St. Thomas, VI.
DATES: TWIC enrollment begins in New Haven and Benicia on May 29, 2008; and Nikiski, Chester, Escanaba, and St. Thomas on June 18, 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.
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(1) Searching the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) Web page at http://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), Pub. L. 107-295, 116 Stat. 2064 (November 25, 2002), and the Security and
Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006 (SAFE Port Act), Pub. L. 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 Ports of New Haven, CT and Benicia, CA on May 29, 2008; Nikiski,
AK, Chester, PA, Escanaba, MI, and St. Thomas, VI on June 18, 2008. The
Coast Guard will publish a separate notice in the Federal Register indicating when facilities within the Captain of the Port Zone Long
Island Sound, including those in the Port of New Haven; Captain of the
Port Zone San Francisco Bay, including those in the Port of Benicia;
Captain of the Port Zone Western Alaska, including those in the Port of
Nikiski; Captain of the Port Zone Delaware Bay, including those in the
Port of Chester; Captain of the Port Zone Sault Ste. Marie, including those in the Port of Escanaba; and Captain of the Port Zone San Juan, including those in the Port of St. Thomas 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 May 23, 2008.
Rex Lovelady,
Program Manager, TWIC, Office of Transportation Threat Assessment and
Credentialing, Transportation Security Administration.
FR Doc. E8-12048 Filed 5-29-08; 8:45 am
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