[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 34 (Wednesday, February 20, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9347-9348]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-3131]


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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 Anacortes, WA and Norfolk, VA

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 
Anacortes, WA and Norfolk, VA.

DATES: TWIC enrollment begins in Anacortes, WA on February 22, 2008, 
and in Norfolk, VA on February 29, 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

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3492; January 25, 2007) pursuant to the Maritime Transportation 
Security Act (MTSA), Public Law 107-295, 116 Stat. 2064 (November 25, 
2002), and the Security and Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006 
(SAFE Port Act), Public Law 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 dates for TWIC initial enrollment at 
the Ports of Anacortes, WA on February 22, 2008, and in Norfolk, VA on 
February 29, 2008. The Coast Guard will publish a separate notice in 
the Federal Register indicating when facilities within the Captain of 
the Port Zone Seattle, including those in the Port of Anacortes, and 
Captain of the Port Zone Hampton Roads, including those in the Port of 
Norfolk 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 February 13, 2008.
Rex Lovelady,
Program Manager, TWIC, Office of Transportation Threat Assessment and 
Credentialing, Transportation Security Administration.
 [FR Doc. E8-3131 Filed 2-19-08; 8:45 am]
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