[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 88 (Tuesday, May 6, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25021-25022]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-10003]


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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 Houma, LA; Morgan City, LA; Calcite, 
MI; San Francisco, CA; and Kansas City, MO

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 
Houma, LA; Morgan City, LA; Calcite, MI; San Francisco, CA; and Kansas 
City, MO.

DATES: TWIC enrollment begins in Houma on May 7, 2008; Morgan City on 
May 9, 2008; Calcite and San Francisco on May 14, 2008; and Kansas City 
on May 15, 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

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2006 (SAFE Port Act), Pub. L. 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 date for TWIC initial enrollment at 
the Ports of TWIC enrollment begins in Houma, LA on May 7, 2008; Morgan 
City, LA on May 9, 2008; Calcite, MI and San Francisco, CA on May 14, 
2008; and Kansas City, MO on May 15, 2008. The Coast Guard will publish 
a separate notice in the Federal Register indicating when facilities 
within the Captain of the Port Zone MSU Morgan City, including those in 
the Ports of Houma and Morgan City; Captain of the Port Zone Sault Ste. 
Marie, including those in the Port of Calcite; Captain of the Port Zone 
San Francisco Bay, including those in the Port of San Francisco; and 
Captain of the Port Zone Upper Miss. River, including those in the Port 
of Kansas City 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 April 30, 2008.
Rex Lovelady,
Program Manager, TWIC, Office of Transportation Threat Assessment and 
Credentialing, Transportation Security Administration.
 [FR Doc. E8-10003 Filed 5-5-08; 8:45 am]
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