[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 11 (Friday, January 16, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3092-3093]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-845]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2008-1057]


Notification of the Imposition of Conditions of Entry for Certain 
Vessels Arriving to the United States; Venezuela

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces that it will impose conditions of 
entry on vessels arriving from the country of Venezuela.

DATES: The policy announced in this notice will become effective 
January 23, 2009.

ADDRESSES: This notice will be available for inspection and copying at 
the Docket Management Facility at the U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Room W12-140 on the Ground Floor of the West Building, 
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone 
number is 202-366-9329.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice, 
call Mr. Michael Brown, International Port Security Evaluation 
Division, Coast Guard, telephone 202-372-1081. If you have questions on 
viewing or submitting material to the docket, call Ms. Renee V. Wright, 
Program Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background and Purpose

    Section 70110 of the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 
(Pub. L. 107-295, Nov. 25, 2002) (46 U.S.C. 70110) provides that the 
Secretary of Homeland Security may impose conditions of entry on 
vessels requesting entry into the United States arriving from ports 
that are not maintaining effective anti-terrorism measures. The Coast 
Guard has been delegated the authority by the Secretary to carry out 
the provisions of this section. Previous notices have imposed or 
removed conditions of entry on vessels arriving from certain countries 
and those conditions of entry and the countries they pertain to remain 
in effect unless modified by this notice.
    The Coast Guard has determined that ports in Venezuela are not 
maintaining effective anti-terrorism measures. Accordingly, effective 
January 23, 2009 the Coast Guard will impose the following conditions 
of entry on vessels

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that visited ports in Venezuela during their last five port calls. 
Vessels must:
     Implement measures per the ship's security plan equivalent 
to Security level 2 while in a port in the above country;
     Ensure that each access point to the ship is guarded and 
that the guards have total visibility of the exterior (both landside 
and waterside) of the vessel while the vessel is in ports in the above 
country. Guards may be provided by the ship's crew, however, additional 
crewmembers should be placed on the ship if necessary to ensure that 
limits on maximum hours of work are not exceeded and/or minimum hours 
of rest are met, or provided by outside security forces approved by the 
ship's master and Company Security Officer;
     Attempt to execute a Declaration of Security while in a 
port in the above country;
     Log all security actions in the ship's log;
     Report actions taken to the cognizant U.S. Coast Guard 
Captain of the Port prior to arrival into U.S. waters; and
     Based on the findings of the Coast Guard boarding or 
examination, vessels may be required to ensure that each access point 
to the ship is guarded by armed private security guards and that they 
have total visibility of the exterior (both landside and waterside) of 
the vessel while in U.S. ports. The number and position of the guards 
has to be acceptable to the cognizant Coast Guard Captain of the Port 
prior to the vessel's arrival.

    Dated: January 9, 2009.
Rear Admiral Sally Brice-O'Hara,
USCG, Deputy Commandant for Operations.
 [FR Doc. E9-845 Filed 1-15-09; 8:45 am]
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