16 January 2009
[Federal Register: January 16, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 11)]
[Notices]
[Page 3092-3093]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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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