[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 83 (Monday, May 2, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 22668]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-8726]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2005-21093]


Notification of the Imposition of Conditions of Entry for Certain 
Vessels Arriving to the United States

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of policy.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces that effective anti-terrorism 
measures are not in place in ports of certain countries and will impose 
conditions of entry on vessels arriving from those countries.

DATES: The policy announced in this notice is effective on May 23, 
2005.

ADDRESSES: The Docket Management Facility maintains the public docket 
for this notice. This notice will be available for inspection or 
copying at room PL-401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 
Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except Federal holidays. You may also find this docket, 
including this notice, on the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice, 
call Lieutenant Galia Kaplan, Coast Guard, telephone 202-366-2591.

SUPPLEMTARY INFORMATION:

Background and Purpose

    Section 70110 of the Maritime Transportation Security Act provides 
that the Secretary of Homeland Security may impose conditions of entry 
into the United States from ports that are not maintaining effective 
anti-terrorism measures. The Coast Guard has been delegated the 
authority by the Secretary to carry out the provisions of this section. 
The Coast Guard has determined that ports in the following countries 
are not maintaining effective anti-terrorism measures: Democratic 
Republic of the Congo, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Nauru. 
Accordingly, effective 23 May 2005, the Coast Guard will impose the 
following conditions of entry on vessels that visited the countries 
listed above during their last five port calls. Vessels must:
     Implement measures per the ship's security plan equivalent 
to Security Level 2;
     Ensure that each access point to the ship is guarded and 
that the guards have total visibility of the exterior (both landside 
and waterside) of the vessel while the vessel is in ports in the above 
countries. Guards may be provided by the ship's crew, however 
additional crewmembers should be placed on the ship if necessary to 
ensure that limits on maximum hours of work are not exceeded and/or 
minimum hours of rest are met, or provided by outside security forces 
approved by the ship's master and Company Security Officer;
     Attempt to execute a Declaration of Security;
     Log all security actions in the ship's log;
     Report actions taken to the cognizant U.S. Coast Guard 
Captain of the Port prior to arrival into U.S. waters; and
     Ensure that each access point to the ship is guarded by 
armed, private security guards and that they have total visibility of 
the exterior (both landside and waterside) of the vessel while in U.S. 
ports. The number and position of the guards has to be acceptable to 
the Coast Guard Captain of the Port.

    Dated: April 26, 2005.
L.L. Hereth,
Director of Port Security.
[FR Doc. 05-8726 Filed 4-29-05; 8:45 am]
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