[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 2 (Thursday, January 3, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 496-497]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-25590]


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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 Portland, OR; Victoria, TX; Kahului, 
Maui, HI; and Kauai, HI

AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration; United States Coast 
Guard; DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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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 
Portland, OR; Victoria, TX; Kahului, Maui, HI; and Kauai, HI.

DATES: TWIC enrollment in Portland, OR, will begin on January 17, 2008; 
Victoria, TX, January 16, 2008; Kahului, Maui, HI, January 17, 2008; 
and Kauai, HI, January 25, 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 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: [email protected].

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

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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 Portland, OR; Victoria, TX; Kahului, Maui, HI; and Kauai, 
HI. Enrollment in Portland, OR will begin on January 17, 2008; 
Victoria, TX on January 16, 2008; Kahului, Maui, HI on January 17, 
2008; and Kauai, HI on January 25, 2008. The Coast Guard will publish a 
separate notice in the Federal Register indicating when facilities 
within the Captain of the Port Zone Portland, including those in the 
Port of Portland; Captain of the Port Zone Corpus Christi, including 
those in the Port of Victoria; and Captain of the Port Zone Honolulu, 
including those in the Ports of Kahului, Maui and Kauai 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 December 27, 2007.
Rex Lovelady,
Program Manager, TWIC, Office of Transportation Threat Assessment and 
Credentialing, Transportation Security Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-25590 Filed 1-2-08; 8:45 am]
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