[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 142 (Tuesday, July 25, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 42103]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-11761]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY


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

AGENCY: Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice informs the public that the Secretary of Homeland 
Security has now determined that Port-au-Prince International Airport, 
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, maintains and carries out effective security 
measures.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard H. Stein, General Manager, 
International, Transportation Security Administration, 601 South 12th 
Street, Arlington, VA, 22202, Telephone: (571) 227-2764, e-mail: 
[email protected].

Notice

    On January 24, 2005, the Secretary of Homeland Security published 
notice in the Federal Register (70 FR 3378) of his determination issued 
on December 22, 2004, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 44907, that Port-au-Prince 
International Airport, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, did not maintain and 
carry out effective security measures. He based the determination on 
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) assessments that security 
measures used at Port-au-Prince International Airport did not meet the 
standards established by the International Civil Aviation Organization 
(ICAO).
    The Secretary of Homeland Security now finds that Port-au-Prince 
International Airport maintains and carries out effective security 
measures; based on recent assessments by TSA that reveal that security 
measures used at the airport meet the ICAO standards. Accordingly, the 
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is removing the public 
notification requirements on U. S. and foreign air carrier (and their 
agents) to provide notice of the Department's determination to each 
passenger buying a ticket between the United States and Port-au-Prince 
International Airport, and is directing all U. S. airports to remove 
signs posted regarding the determination. Further, DHS is notifying the 
news media of this determination.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on June 27, 2006.
 Michael Chertoff,
 Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E6-11761 Filed 7-24-06; 8:45 am]
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