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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 Date for
the Port of American Samoa
Transportation Security
Administration; United States Coast
Guard; DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) through the
Transportation Security Administration
(TSA) issues this notice of the date for
the beginning of the initial enrollment
for the Transportation Worker
Identification Credential (TWIC) for the
Port of American Samoa.
DATE: TWIC enrollment begins in
American Samoa on August 20, 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 https://www.regulations.gov;
(2) Accessing the Government
Printing Office’s Web page at https://
www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/; or
(3) Visiting TSA’s Security
Regulations Web page at https://
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
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Security Administration, 601 South
12th Street, Arlington, VA 22202–4220.
Transportation Threat Assessment and
Credentialing (TTAC), TWIC Program,
(571) 227–4545; e-mail:
credentialing@dhs.gov.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Background
Expansion of Global Entry Pilot
Program
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), Public Law 107–295, 116 Stat.
2064 (November 25, 2002), and the
Security and Accountability for Every
Port Act of 2006 (SAFE Port Act), Public
Law 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 Port of
American Samoa on August 20, 2008.
The Coast Guard will publish a separate
notice in the Federal Register indicating
when facilities within the Captain of the
Port Zone Guam including those in the
Port of American Samoa 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 preenrollment and enrollment process, and
enrollment locations, visit TSA’s TWIC
Web site at https://www.tsa.gov/twic.
Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on August 8,
2008.
Stephen Sadler,
General Manager, Operations, Office of
Transportation Threat Assessment and
Credentialing, Transportation Security
Administration.
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[Docket No. USCBP–2006–0037]
Customs and Border Protection;
Department of Homeland Security.
ACTION: General notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) is currently conducting
a pilot international registered traveler
program, referred to as Global Entry, at
three airports. This document
announces the expansion of the pilot to
four additional airports and to
additional terminals at one of the
airports at which Global Entry is
currently operational.
DATES: Effective Dates: The pilot will be
expanded to include the additional
locations on or after August 1, 2008. The
exact starting date for each airport
location will be announced on the CBP
Web site at https://www.cbp.gov. The
pilot will continue for a minimum of six
months. Applications are currently
being accepted and will be accepted for
the duration of the pilot. Comments
concerning this notice and all aspects of
the announced pilot may also be
submitted throughout the duration of
the pilot.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Fiorella Michelucci, Office of Field
Operations, (202) 344–2564.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In a General Notice published in the
Federal Register (73 FR 19861) on April
11, 2008, CBP announced a pilot
international registered traveler
program, then referred to as
International Registered Traveler (IRT),
scheduled to commence operations at
three initial airports on June 10, 2008.
In a notice published in the Federal
Register (73 FR 30416) on May 27, 2008,
CPB announced that the program is now
known as Global Entry and that the
starting date had been moved to June 6,
2008. The pilot began operations as
scheduled at three initial airport
locations: John F. Kennedy International
Airport, Jamaica, New York (JFK); the
George Bush Intercontinental Airport,
Houston, Texas (IAH); and the
Washington Dulles International
Airport, Sterling, Virginia (IAD).
The Global Entry pilot program allows
for the expedited clearance of preapproved, low-risk travelers into the
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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 Date for the Port of American Samoa
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
date for the beginning of the initial enrollment for the Transportation
Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) for the Port of American Samoa.
DATE: TWIC enrollment begins in American Samoa on August 20, 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 https://www.regulations.gov;
(2) Accessing the Government Printing Office's Web page at https://
www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/; or
(3) Visiting TSA's Security Regulations Web page at https://
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: credentialing@dhs.gov.
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), Public Law
107-295, 116 Stat. 2064 (November 25, 2002), and the Security and
Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006 (SAFE Port Act), Public Law
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 Port of American Samoa on August 20, 2008. The Coast Guard will
publish a separate notice in the Federal Register indicating when
facilities within the Captain of the Port Zone Guam including those in
the Port of American Samoa 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 https://
www.tsa.gov/twic.
Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on August 8, 2008.
Stephen Sadler,
General Manager, Operations, Office of Transportation Threat Assessment
and Credentialing, Transportation Security Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-18777 Filed 8-12-08; 8:45 am]
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