[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 105 (Friday, May 30, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31132-31133]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-12048]


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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 New Haven, CT; Benicia, CA; Nikiski, 
AK; Chester, PA; Escanaba, MI; and St. Thomas, VI

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 
New Haven, CT; Benicia, CA; Nikiski, AK; Chester, PA; Escanaba, MI; and 
St. Thomas, VI.

DATES: TWIC enrollment begins in New Haven and Benicia on May 29, 2008; 
and Nikiski, Chester, Escanaba, and St. Thomas on June 18, 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.

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    (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 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 New Haven, CT and Benicia, CA on May 29, 2008; Nikiski, 
AK, Chester, PA, Escanaba, MI, and St. Thomas, VI on June 18, 2008. The 
Coast Guard will publish a separate notice in the Federal Register 
indicating when facilities within the Captain of the Port Zone Long 
Island Sound, including those in the Port of New Haven; Captain of the 
Port Zone San Francisco Bay, including those in the Port of Benicia; 
Captain of the Port Zone Western Alaska, including those in the Port of 
Nikiski; Captain of the Port Zone Delaware Bay, including those in the 
Port of Chester; Captain of the Port Zone Sault Ste. Marie, including 
those in the Port of Escanaba; and Captain of the Port Zone San Juan, 
including those in the Port of St. Thomas 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 May 23, 2008.
Rex Lovelady,
Program Manager, TWIC, Office of Transportation Threat Assessment and 
Credentialing, Transportation Security Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-12048 Filed 5-29-08; 8:45 am]
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