[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 55 (Tuesday, March 22, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15326-15327]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-06431]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2016-0201]


Notification of the Removal of Conditions of Entry on Vessels 
Arriving From the Republic of Cuba

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

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ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces that it is removing the conditions 
of entry on vessels arriving from the country of the Republic of Cuba.

DATES: The policy announced in this notice is effective on March 22, 
2016.

ADDRESSES: This notice is part of docket USCG-2016-0201 and is 
available online by going to http://www.regulations.gov, inserting 
USCG-2016-0201 in the ``Keyword'' box, and then clicking ``Search.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice, 
contact Mr. Michael Brown, Office of Domestic and International Port 
Security, United States Coast Guard, telephone 202-372-1081 and email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background and Purpose

    Section 70110 of title 46, United States Code, enacted as part of 
section 102(a) of the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 
(Pub. L. 107-295, Nov. 25, 2002) authorizes the Secretary of Homeland 
Security to impose conditions of entry on vessels requesting entry into 
the United States arriving from ports that are not maintaining 
effective anti-terrorism measures. It also requires public notice of 
the ineffective anti-terrorism measures. The Secretary has delegated to 
the Coast Guard authority 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. On April 4, 2008 the Coast Guard published a Notice of Policy 
in the Federal Register, (73 FR 18546), announcing that it had 
determined that ports in the Republic of Cuba were not maintaining 
effective anti-terrorism measures, and imposed conditions of entry.
    Based on port assessments conducted in February 2016, the Coast 
Guard has determined that the Republic of Cuba is now maintaining 
effective anti-terrorism measures, and is accordingly removing the 
conditions of entry announced in the previously published Notice of 
Policy. With this notice, the current list of countries not maintaining 
effective anti-terrorism measures is as follows: Cambodia, Cameroon, 
Comoros, Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, 
Iran, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, 
Syria, Timor-Leste, Venezuela and Yemen. Notwithstanding this Notice, 
the ``Unauthorized Entry into Cuban Territorial Waters'' regulations 
located at 33 CFR part 107 remain in effect.
    This notice is issued under authority of 46 U.S.C. 70110(d).

    Dated: March 16, 2016.
Fred M. Midgette,
Vice Admiral, USCG, Deputy Commandant for Operations.
[FR Doc. 2016-06431 Filed 3-21-16; 8:45 am]
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