[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 91 (Friday, May 10, 2013)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 27335-27336]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-11227]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Parts 101, 104, 105, and 106
[Docket No. USCG-2007-28915]
RIN 1625-AB21
Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC)--Reader
Requirements
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is extending the comment period for the notice
of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) published March 22, 2013, entitled
``Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC)--Reader
Requirements'' for 30 days. This extension of the comment period is
designed to accommodate requests from the public for more time to
review the proposed rule and associated analysis.
DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published March 22,
2013, at 78 FR 17781, is extended. Comments and related material must
be submitted to the docket by June 20, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number using
any one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Fax: 202-493-2251.
Mail or Delivery: Docket Management Facility (M-30), U.S.
Department of Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001. Deliveries
accepted between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except
federal holidays. The telephone number is 202-366-9329.
See the ``Public Participation and Request for Comments'' portion
of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below for further instructions
on submitting comments. To avoid duplication, please use only one of
these three methods.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this rule,
call or email Lieutenant Commander Loan T. O'Brien, U.S. Coast Guard,
telephone 202-372-1133, email Loan.T.O'[email protected]. If you have
questions on viewing or submitting material to the docket, call Barbara
Hairston, Program Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Public Participation and Request for Comments
We encourage you to participate in this rulemaking by submitting
comments and related materials. All comments received will be posted
without change to http://www.regulations.gov and will include any
personal information you have provided.
1. Submitting Comments
If you submit a comment, please include the docket number for this
rulemaking, indicate the specific section of this document to which
each comment applies, and provide a reason for each suggestion or
recommendation. You may submit your comments and material online at
http://www.regulations.gov, or by fax, mail, or hand delivery, but
please use only one of these means. If you submit a comment online, it
will be considered received by the Coast Guard when you successfully
transmit the comment. If you fax, hand deliver, or mail your comment,
it will be considered as having been received by the Coast Guard when
it is received at the Docket Management Facility. We recommend that you
include your name and a mailing address, an email address, or a
telephone number in the body of your document so that we can contact
you if we have questions regarding your submission.
To submit your comment online, go to http://www.regulations.gov,
type the docket number (USCG-2007-28915) in the ``SEARCH'' box and
click ``SEARCH.'' Click on ``Submit a Comment'' on the line associated
with this rulemaking.
If you submit your comments by mail or hand delivery, submit them
in an unbound format, no larger than 8\1/2\ by 11 inches, suitable for
copying and electronic filing. If you submit comments by mail and would
like to know that they reached the Facility, please enclose a stamped,
self-addressed postcard or envelope. We will consider all comments and
material received during the comment period and may change the rule
based on your comments.
2. Viewing Comments and Documents
To view comments, as well as documents mentioned in this preamble
as being available in the docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov,
type the docket number (USCG-2007-28915) in the ``SEARCH'' box and
click ``SEARCH.'' Click on Open Docket Folder on the line associated
with this
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rulemaking. You may also visit the Docket Management Facility in Room
W12-140 on the ground floor of the Department of Transportation West
Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
3. Privacy Act
Anyone can search the electronic form of comments received into any
of our dockets by the name of the individual submitting the comment (or
signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an association,
business, labor union, etc.). You may review a Privacy Act notice
regarding our public dockets in the January 17, 2008, issue of the
Federal Register (73 FR 3316).
B. Regulatory History and Information
The Coast Guard published an NPRM entitled ``Transportation Worker
Identification Credential (TWIC)--Reader Requirements'' on March 22,
2013 (78 FR 17782) that proposes to require owners and operators of
certain vessels and facilities regulated by the Coast Guard to use
electronic readers designed to work with the Transportation Worker
Identification Credential (TWIC) as an access control measure. The NPRM
also proposes additional requirements associated with electronic TWIC
readers, including recordkeeping requirements for those owners and
operators required to use an electronic TWIC reader, and security plan
amendments to incorporate TWIC requirements. The TWIC program,
including the proposed TWIC reader requirements in the proposed rule,
is an important component of the Coast Guard's multi-layered system of
access control requirements and other measures designed to enhance
maritime security. All comments on this NPRM were originally due on May
21, 2013.
C. Background and Purpose
The Coast Guard believes that the public would benefit from
additional time to provide comments on the proposed rule and analysis.
For that reason, we are extending the comment period for a period of 30
days. Comments on the NPRM will now be accepted until June 20, 2013.
D. Authority
This notice is issued under authority of 5 U.S.C. 552(a).
Dated: May 3, 2013.
Paul F. Thomas,
Director of Inspections and Compliance, U.S. Coast Guard.
[FR Doc. 2013-11227 Filed 5-8-13; 11:15 am]
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