[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 14 (Monday, January 24, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 3378]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-1244]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY


Security of Aircraft and Safety of Passengers Transiting Port-au-
Prince, Haiti

AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This Notice informs the public that the Department of Homeland 
Security has determined that Port-au-Prince International Airport in 
Port-au-Prince, Haiti does not maintain and carry out effective 
security measures. Pursuant to this Notice, all United States and 
foreign air carriers (and their agents) providing service between the 
United States and Port-au-Prince International Airport are directed to 
provide written notice of this determination to any passenger 
purchasing a ticket for transportation between the United States and 
Haiti and to post notice of the determination at United States airports 
in accordance with statutory requirements.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Tiedge, Director, International 
Affairs, Transportation Security Administration, 601 South 12th Street, 
Arlington, VA, 22202, Telephone: (571) 227-2257, E-mail: 
[email protected].
    Notice: Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 44907(a), the Secretary of Homeland 
Security is authorized to assess periodically the effectiveness of the 
security measures maintained by foreign airports that handle air 
carriers that serve the United States or that may pose a ``high risk of 
introducing danger to international air travel.'' If the Secretary 
determines that a foreign airport does not maintain and carry out 
effective security measures, the Secretary is required to ``notify the 
appropriate authorities of the government of the foreign country of the 
decision and recommend the steps necessary to bring the security 
measures up to the standard used * * * in making the assessment.'' 49 
U.S.C. 44907(c).
    Further, the Secretary must: (a) Publish the identity of the 
foreign airport in the Federal Register, (b) post the identity of such 
airport at all United States airports at which scheduled air carrier 
operations are provided regularly, and (c) notify the news media of the 
identity of the airport. 49 U.S.C. 44907(d). In addition, the statute 
requires all air carriers providing service between the United States 
and the foreign airport in question to provide written notice of the 
determination, either on or with the ticket, to all passengers 
purchasing transportation between the United States and the airport. 49 
U.S.C. 44907(d)(1)(B).
    On December 22, 2004, the Secretary of Homeland Security notified 
the Government of Haiti that, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 44907, he had 
determined that Port-au-Prince International Airport, Port-au-Prince, 
Haiti, does not maintain and carry out effective security measures. 
This determination is based on Transportation Security Administration 
(TSA) assessments that reveal that security measures used at Port-au-
Prince International Airport do not meet the standards established by 
the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
    The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is issuing this Notice 
pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 44907(d)(1) to inform the public of this 
determination. DHS directs that notice of the determination be 
displayed prominently in all United States airports with regularly 
scheduled air carrier operations. Further, DHS will notify the news 
media of this determination. In addition, as a result of this 
determination, 49 U.S.C. 44907(d)(1)(B) requires that each United 
States and foreign air carrier (and their agents) providing 
transportation between the United States and Port-au-Prince 
International Airport shall provide notice of DHS's determination to 
each passenger buying a ticket for transportation between the United 
States and Port-au-Prince International Airport, with such notice to be 
made by written material included on or with such ticket.

    Dated: January 13, 2005.
Tom Ridge,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-1244 Filed 1-21-05; 8:45 am]
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