Waiver of Compliance With Navigation Laws; Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, 43782 [2017-19902]
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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 180 / Tuesday, September 19, 2017 / Notices
Dated: September 11, 2017.
Ira S. Reese,
Executive Director, Laboratories and
Scientific Services Directorate.
[FR Doc. 2017–19863 Filed 9–18–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Office of the Secretary
Waiver of Compliance With Navigation
Laws; Hurricanes Harvey and Irma
Office of the Secretary,
Department of Homeland Security.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
On September 8, 2017, I issued a
limited waiver of the Jones Act upon the
recommendation of the Department of
Energy and at the request of the
Department of Defense.1 Hurricane
Harvey striking the U.S. Gulf Coast has
resulted in severe disruptions in both
the midstream and downstream sectors
of the oil supply system. Some
refineries and pipeline networks are
shut-in or running at reduced rates.
Thus, conditions exist for a continued
shortage of energy supply in areas
predicted to be affected by Hurricane
Irma. In light of this, the Department of
Energy has recommended that the
Department of Homeland Security
waive the requirements of the Jones Act
in the interest of national defense to
facilitate the transportation of the
necessary volume of petroleum products
through September 22, 2017.
Furthermore, the Department of Defense
has requested a waiver of the Jones Act
in the interest of national defense
through September 22, 2017,
commencing immediately.
The Jones Act, 46 United States Code
(U.S.C.) 55102, states that a vessel may
not provide any part of the
transportation of merchandise by water,
or by land and water, between points in
the United States to which the coastwise
laws apply, either directly or via a
foreign port unless the vessel was built
in and documented under the laws of
the United States and is wholly owned
by persons who are citizens of the
United States. Such a vessel, after
obtaining a coastwise endorsement from
the U.S. Coast Guard, is ‘‘coastwisequalified.’’ The coastwise laws generally
apply to points in the territorial sea,
which is defined as the belt, three
nautical miles wide, seaward of the
territorial sea baseline, and to points
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located in internal waters, landward of
the territorial sea baseline.
The navigation laws, including the
coastwise laws, can be waived under the
authority provided by 46 U.S.C. 501.
The statute provides in relevant part
that on request of the Secretary of
Defense, the head of an agency
responsible for the administration of the
navigation or vessel-inspection laws
shall waive compliance with those laws
to the extent the Secretary considers
necessary in the interest of national
defense. 46 U.S.C. 501(a).
For the reasons stated above, and in
light of the request from the Department
of Defense and the concurrence of the
Department of Energy, I am exercising
my authority to waive the Jones Act
through September 22, 2017,
commencing immediately, to facilitate
movement of refined petroleum
products, including gasoline, diesel, and
jet fuel, to be shipped from New York,
New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland,
Pennsylvania, New Mexico, Texas,
Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and
Arkansas to Florida, Georgia, South
Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, West
Virginia, and Puerto Rico. This waiver
applies to covered merchandise laded
on board a vessel through and including
September 22, 2017.
Executed this 12th day of September,
2017.
Elaine C. Duke,
Acting Secretary of Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
National Protection and Programs
Directorate; Notification of Issuance of
Binding Operational Directive 17–01
and Establishment of Procedures for
Responses
National Protection and
Programs Directorate, DHS.
ACTION: Issuance of binding operational
directive; procedures for responses;
notice of availability.
AGENCY:
In order to safeguard Federal
information and information systems,
DHS has issued a binding operational
directive to all Federal, executive
branch departments and agencies
relating to information security
products, solutions, and services
supplied, directly or indirectly, by AO
Kaspersky Lab or affiliated companies.
The binding operational directive
requires agencies to identify Kasperskybranded products (as defined in the
directive) on Federal information
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systems, provide plans to discontinue
use of Kaspersky-branded products,
and, at 90 calendar days after issuance
of the directive, unless directed
otherwise by DHS in light of new
information, begin to remove Kasperskybranded products. DHS is also
establishing procedures, which are
detailed in this notice, to give entities
whose commercial interests are directly
impacted by this binding operational
directive the opportunity to respond,
provide additional information, and
initiate a review by DHS.
DATES: Binding Operational Directive
17–01 was issued on September 13,
2017. DHS must receive responses from
impacted entities on or before
November 3, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit electronic responses
to Binding Operational Directive 17–01,
along with any additional information
or evidence, to BOD.Feedback@
hq.dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of Homeland Security
(‘‘DHS’’ or ‘‘the Department’’) has the
statutory responsibility, in consultation
with the Office of Management and
Budget, to administer the
implementation of agency information
security policies and practices for
information systems, which includes
assisting agencies and providing certain
government-wide protections. 44 U.S.C.
3553(b). As part of that responsibility,
the Department is authorized to
‘‘develop[ ] and oversee[ ] the
implementation of binding operational
directives to agencies to implement the
policies, principles, standards, and
guidance developed by the Director [of
the Office of Management and Budget]
and [certain] requirements of [the
Federal Information Security
Modernization Act of 2014.]’’ 44 U.S.C.
3553(b)(2). A binding operational
directive (‘‘BOD’’) is ‘‘a compulsory
direction to an agency that (A) is for
purposes of safeguarding Federal
information and information systems
from a known or reasonably suspected
information security threat,
vulnerability, or risk; [and] (B) [is] in
accordance with policies, principles,
standards, and guidelines issued by the
Director[.]’’ 44 U.S.C. 3552(b)(1).
Agencies are required to comply with
these directives. 44 U.S.C.
3554(a)(1)(B)(ii).
Overview of BOD 17–01
In carrying out this statutory
responsibility, the Department issued
BOD 17–01, titled ‘‘Removal of
Kaspersky-Branded Products.’’ The text
of BOD 17–01 is reproduced in the next
section of this document.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Office of the Secretary
Waiver of Compliance With Navigation Laws; Hurricanes Harvey and
Irma
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Department of Homeland Security.
ACTION: Notice.
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On September 8, 2017, I issued a limited waiver of the Jones Act
upon the recommendation of the Department of Energy and at the request
of the Department of Defense.\1\ Hurricane Harvey striking the U.S.
Gulf Coast has resulted in severe disruptions in both the midstream and
downstream sectors of the oil supply system. Some refineries and
pipeline networks are shut-in or running at reduced rates. Thus,
conditions exist for a continued shortage of energy supply in areas
predicted to be affected by Hurricane Irma. In light of this, the
Department of Energy has recommended that the Department of Homeland
Security waive the requirements of the Jones Act in the interest of
national defense to facilitate the transportation of the necessary
volume of petroleum products through September 22, 2017. Furthermore,
the Department of Defense has requested a waiver of the Jones Act in
the interest of national defense through September 22, 2017, commencing
immediately.
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2017).
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The Jones Act, 46 United States Code (U.S.C.) 55102, states that a
vessel may not provide any part of the transportation of merchandise by
water, or by land and water, between points in the United States to
which the coastwise laws apply, either directly or via a foreign port
unless the vessel was built in and documented under the laws of the
United States and is wholly owned by persons who are citizens of the
United States. Such a vessel, after obtaining a coastwise endorsement
from the U.S. Coast Guard, is ``coastwise-qualified.'' The coastwise
laws generally apply to points in the territorial sea, which is defined
as the belt, three nautical miles wide, seaward of the territorial sea
baseline, and to points located in internal waters, landward of the
territorial sea baseline.
The navigation laws, including the coastwise laws, can be waived
under the authority provided by 46 U.S.C. 501. The statute provides in
relevant part that on request of the Secretary of Defense, the head of
an agency responsible for the administration of the navigation or
vessel-inspection laws shall waive compliance with those laws to the
extent the Secretary considers necessary in the interest of national
defense. 46 U.S.C. 501(a).
For the reasons stated above, and in light of the request from the
Department of Defense and the concurrence of the Department of Energy,
I am exercising my authority to waive the Jones Act through September
22, 2017, commencing immediately, to facilitate movement of refined
petroleum products, including gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel, to be
shipped from New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania,
New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Arkansas to
Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, West
Virginia, and Puerto Rico. This waiver applies to covered merchandise
laded on board a vessel through and including September 22, 2017.
Executed this 12th day of September, 2017.
Elaine C. Duke,
Acting Secretary of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2017-19902 Filed 9-18-17; 8:45 am]
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