[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 120 (Friday, June 20, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35148-35149]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-13934]


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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 Pasco, WA; Coram, NY; and Sacramento, 
CA

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 
Pasco, WA; Coram, NY; and Sacramento, CA.

DATES: TWIC enrollment begins in Pasco, Coram, and Sacramento on June 
19, 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 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

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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 Pasco, WA, Coram, NY, and Sacramento, CA on June 19, 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 Pasco; Captain of the Port 
Zone Long Island Sound, including those in the Port of Coram; and 
Captain of the Port Zone San Francisco Bay, including those in the Port 
of Sacramento 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 June 16, 2008.
Rex Lovelady,
Program Manager, TWIC, Office of Transportation Threat Assessment and 
Credentialing, Transportation Security Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-13934 Filed 6-19-08; 8:45 am]
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