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effectiveness. To increase the security
awareness levels across the pipeline
industry, TSA plans to develop and
distribute a Security Awareness
Training compact disk (CD–1) to
interested pipeline companies. In order
to measure the effectiveness of CD–1 on
raising pipeline company employee
security awareness levels, TSA will
solicit voluntary feedback from pipeline
companies seeking to utilize the CD–1.
TSA will use this information to: (1)
Assess the effect of the CD–1 project on
raising the baseline level of security
awareness within the pipeline industry,
and (2) obtain, based on individual
company input, an indication of CD–1
user participation and employee
participation levels throughout the
pipeline industry.
Number of Respondents: 300.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An
estimated 200 hours annually.
Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on November
27, 2007.
Fran Lozito,
Director, Business Management Office,
Operational Process and Technology.
[FR Doc. E7–23365 Filed 11–30–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
[Docket No. TSA–2006–24191]

Intent to Request Renewal From OMB
of One Current Public Collection of
Information: Transportation Worker
Identification Credential Program
Transportation Security
Administration, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.

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AGENCY:

SUMMARY: The Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) invites public
comment on one currently approved
information collection requirement
abstracted below that we will submit to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for renewal in compliance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act. OMB
approved the collection of information
for six months and TSA now seeks the
maximum three-year approval. The
collection involves the submission of
identifying and other information by
individuals applying for a TWIC and a
customer satisfaction survey.
DATES: Send your comments by
February 1, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed
or delivered to Joanna Johnson,
Communications Branch, Business
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and Technology, TSA–32,
Transportation Security Administration,
601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA
22202–4220.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joanna Johnson at the above address, or
by telephone (571) 227–3651 or
facsimile (571) 227–3588.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comments Invited
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), an agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a valid OMB control
number. The ICR documentation is
available at http://www.reginfo.gov.
Therefore, in preparation for OMB
review and approval of the following
information collection, TSA is soliciting
comments to—
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed
information requirement is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions
of the agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including using
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Information Collection Requirement
1652–0046; Transportation Worker
Identification Credential (TWIC)
Program. TSA developed the
Transportation Worker Identification
Credential (TWIC) program to mitigate
threats and vulnerabilities in the
national transportation system. The
TWIC is a biometric credential that can
be used as an identification tool for
workers in various segments of the
national transportation system. Before
issuing an individual a credential, TSA
performs a security threat assessment,
which requires it to collect certain
personal information such as name,
address, etc.
The program implements authorities
set forth in the Aviation and
Transportation Security Act (ATSA)
(Pub. L. 107–71; Nov. 19, 2002; sec.
106), the Maritime Transportation
Security Act of 2002 (MTSA) (Pub. L.
107–295; Nov. 25, 2002; sec. 102), and
the Safe, Accountable, Flexible,
Efficient Transportation Equity Act—A
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L. 109–59; Aug. 10, 2005; sec. 7105),
codified at 49 U.S.C. 5103a(g). TSA and
the U.S. Coast Guard (Coast Guard)
issued a joint Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking (NPRM) on May 22, 2006.
71 FR 29396. After consideration of
public comment on the NPRM, TSA
issued a joint Final Rule (FR) with the
Coast Guard on January 25, 2007
applicable to the maritime
transportation sector that would require
this information collection. 72 FR 3492.
Data is collected during an optional
pre-enrollment step or during the
enrollment session at an enrollment
center. Among the records checks
required by MTSA are: (1) A criminal
history records check; (2) a check of
intelligence databases; and (3) an alien
status check. TSA also intends to
conduct a survey to capture worker
overall satisfaction with the enrollment
process. The current estimated
annualized reporting burden is
1,289,816 hours and the estimated
annualized cost burden is $47,971,669.
Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on November
27, 2007.
Fran Lozito,
Director, Business Management Office,
Operational Process and Technology.
[FR Doc. E7–23388 Filed 11–30–07; 8:45 am]
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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 Dates
for the Ports of Long Beach, CA and
Indiana Harbor, IN
Transportation Security
Administration; United States Coast
Guard; DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) through the
Transportation Security Administration
(TSA) issues this notice of the dates for
the beginning of the initial enrollment
for the Transportation Worker
Identification Credential (TWIC) for the
Ports of Long Beach, CA and Indiana
Harbor, IN.
DATES: TWIC enrollment in Indiana
Harbor, IN will begin on December 7,
2007; and Long Beach, CA, December
12, 2007.
ADDRESSES: You may view published
documents and comments concerning
the TWIC Final Rule, identified by the

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docket numbers of this notice, using any
one of the following methods.
(1) Searching the Federal Docket
Management System (FDMS) Web page
at http://www.regulations.gov;
(2) Accessing the Government
Printing Office’s Web page at http://
www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html; or
(3) Visiting TSA’s Security
Regulations Web page at http://
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:
[email protected].

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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 Ports of
Long Beach, CA and Indiana Harbor, IN.
Enrollment in Indiana Harbor, IN will
begin on December 7, 2007, and Long
Beach, CA on December 12, 2007. The
Coast Guard will publish a separate
notice in the Federal Register indicating
when facilities within the Captain of the
Port Zone Lake Michigan, including
those in the Port of Indiana Harbor, and
Captain of the Port Zone Los AngelesLong Beach, including those in the Port
of Long Beach, 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.
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enrollment locations, visit TSA’s TWIC
Web site at http://www.tsa.gov/twic.
Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on November
28, 2007.
Stephen Sadler,
Director, Maritime and Surface Credentialing,
Office of Transportation Threat Assessment
and Credentialing, Transportation Security
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5161–N–02]

Credit Watch Termination Initiative
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing
Commissioner, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: This notice advises of the
cause and effect of termination of
Origination Approval Agreements taken
by HUD’s Federal Housing
Administration (FHA) against HUDapproved mortgagees through the FHA
Credit Watch Termination Initiative.
This notice includes a list of mortgagees
which have had their Origination
Approval Agreements terminated.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
Quality Assurance Division, Office of
Housing, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street,
SW., Room B133–P3214, Washington,
DC 20410–8000; telephone (202) 708–
2830 (this is not a toll free number).
Persons with hearing or speech
impairments may access that number
through TTY by calling the Federal
Information Relay Service at (800) 877–
8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HUD has
the authority to address deficiencies in
the performance of lenders’ loans as
provided in HUD’s mortgagee approval
regulations at 24 CFR 202.3. On May 17,
1999 (64 FR 26769), HUD published a
notice on its procedures for terminating
Origination Approval Agreements with
FHA lenders and placement of FHA
lenders on Credit Watch status (an
evaluation period). In the May 17, 1999
notice, HUD advised that it would
publish in the Federal Register a list of
mortgagees, which have had their
Origination Approval Agreements
terminated.
Termination of Origination Approval
Agreement: Approval of a mortgagee by
HUD/FHA to participate in FHA
mortgage insurance programs includes
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mortgagee. Under the Agreement, the
mortgagee is authorized to originate
single-family mortgage loans and submit
them to FHA for insurance
endorsement. The Agreement may be
terminated on the basis of poor
performance of FHA-insured mortgage
loans originated by the mortgagee. The
termination of a mortgagee’s Agreement
is separate and apart from any action
taken by HUD’s Mortgagee Review
Board under HUD’s regulations at 24
CFR part 25.
Cause: HUD’s regulations permit HUD
to terminate the Agreement with any
mortgagee having a default and claim
rate for loans endorsed within the
preceding 24 months that exceeds 200
percent of the default and claim rate
within the geographic area served by a
HUD field office, and also exceeds the
national default and claim rate. For the
32nd review period, HUD is terminating
the Agreement of mortgagees whose
default and claim rate exceeds both the
national rate and 200 percent of the
field office rate.
Effect: Termination of the Agreement
precludes that branch(s) of the
mortgagee from originating FHA-insured
single-family mortgages within the area
of the HUD field office(s) listed in this
notice. Mortgagees authorized to
purchase, hold, or service FHA-insured
mortgages may continue to do so.
Loans that closed or were approved
before the termination became effective
may be submitted for insurance
endorsement. Approved loans are (1)
those already underwritten and
approved by a Direct Endorsement (DE)
underwriter employed by an
unconditionally approved DE lender
and (2) cases covered by a firm
commitment issued by HUD. Cases at
earlier stages of processing cannot be
submitted for insurance by the
terminated branch; however, they may
be transferred for completion of
processing and underwriting to another
mortgagee or branch authorized to
originate FHA insured mortgages in that
area. Mortgagees are obligated to
continue to pay existing insurance
premiums and meet all other obligations
associated with insured mortgages.
A terminated mortgagee may apply for
a new Origination Approval Agreement
if the mortgagee continues to be an
approved mortgagee meeting the
requirements of 24 CFR 202.5, 202.6,
202.7, 202.8 or 202.10 and 202.12, if
there has been no Origination Approval
Agreement for at least six months, and
if the Secretary determines that the
underlying causes for termination have
been remedied. To enable the Secretary
to ascertain whether the underlying
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