[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 121 (Monday, June 23, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35406-35407]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-14053]


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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 Bridgeport, CT; New Castle, DE; 
Burlington, VT; Pennsbury Manor, PA; Alpena, MI; Perth Amboy, NJ; and 
Evansville, IN

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 
Bridgeport, CT; New Castle, DE; Burlington, VT; Pennsbury Manor, PA; 
Alpena, MI; Perth Amboy, NJ; and Evansville, IN.

DATES: TWIC enrollment begins in Bridgeport and New Castle on June 25, 
2008; Burlington, Pennsbury Manor, Alpena, and Perth Amboy on July 2, 
2008; and Evansville on July 9, 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 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 Bridgeport, CT and New Castle, DE on June 25, 2008; 
Burlington, VT, Pennsbury Manor, PA, Alpena, MI, and Perth Amboy, NJ on 
July 2, 2008; and Evansville, IN on July 9, 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 Bridgeport; Captain of the Port Zone 
Delaware Bay, including those in the Port of New Castle; Captain of the 
Port Zone Northern New England, including those in the Port of 
Burlington; Captain of the Port Zone Delaware Bay, including those in 
the Port of Pennsbury Manor; Captain of the Port Zone Sault Ste. Marie, 
including those in the Port of Alpena; Captain of the Port Zone New 
York, including those in the Port of Perth Amboy; and Captain of the 
Port Zone Ohio Valley, including those in the Port of Evansville 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.


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    Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on June 17, 2008.
Rex Lovelady,
Program Manager, TWIC, Office of Transportation Threat Assessment and 
Credentialing,Transportation Security Administration.
 [FR Doc. E8-14053 Filed 6-20-08; 8:45 am]
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