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the Port prior to arrival into U.S. waters;
and
• 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 ship 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.
With this notice, the current list of
countries not maintaining effective antiterrorism measures is as follows:
Indonesia, Cameroon, Equatorial
Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, and
Mauritania.
Dated: February 18, 2008.
Rear Admiral David Pekoske,
USCG Assistant Commandant For
Operations.
[FR Doc. 08–842 Filed 2–21–08; 10:57 am]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments Invited

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
[Docket No. TSA–2006–24191]

Extension of Agency Information
Collection Activity Under OMB Review:
Transportation Worker Identification
Credential Program
Transportation Security
Administration, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.

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AGENCY:

SUMMARY: This notice announces that
the Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) has forwarded the
Information Collection Request (ICR)
abstracted below to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval of an extension of
the currently approved collection under
the Paperwork Reduction Act. The ICR
describes the nature of the information
collection and its expected burden. TSA
published a Federal Register notice,
with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments, of the following collection of
information on December 3, 2007, 72 FR
67945. The collection mechanisms
include (1) a Disclosure Form that
requires a TWIC applicant to certify his/
her eligibility and provide basic
biographic information and (2) a
customer satisfaction survey that
evaluates an applicant’s entire
enrollment experience.
DATES: Send your comments by March
26, 2008. A comment to OMB is most
effective if OMB receives it within 30
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Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments on
the proposed information collection to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget. Comments should be addressed
to Nathan Lesser, Desk Officer,
Department of Homeland Security/TSA,
and sent via electronic mail to
[email protected] or faxed
to (202) 395–6974.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joanna Johnson, Communications
Branch, Business Management Office,
Operational Process and Technology,
TSA–32, Transportation Security
Administration, 601 South 12th Street,
Arlington, VA 22202–4220; telephone
(571) 227–3651; facsimile (703) 603–
0822.
ADDRESSES:

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
TSA developed the TWIC program to
mitigate security threats and
vulnerabilities in the national maritime
system. The TWIC is a biometric
credential that is issued to all mariners
and individuals who require unescorted
access to maritime facilities and vessels.
Before issuing an individual a
credential, TSA performs a security
threat assessment, which requires the
collection of certain biographic and
biometric information during the
enrollment process. Each TWIC
applicant must complete the TWIC

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Disclosure and Certification Form. This
form provides the applicant a Privacy
Act Notice and a Paperwork Reduction
Act Statement, explains how an
applicant’s biographic information will
be used, and requires each applicant to
certify his/her eligibility for a TWIC, as
required in the TWIC final rule. The
TWIC Enrollment Customer Satisfaction
Survey is entirely voluntary. However,
participation is recommended to all
applicants in order to provide the
government key insights regarding the
quality of each applicant’s enrollment
experience (initial enrollment through
completion of card activation). The data
collected from the surveys will be used
for process improvements and
contractor performance reviews.
The TWIC program implements
authorities set forth in 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 Legacy
for Users (SAFETEA–LU) (Pub. L. 109–
59; Aug. 10, 2005; sec. 7105), codified
at 49 U.S.C. 5103a(g). TSA and the
United States Coast Guard (Coast Guard)
issued a joint final rule on January 25,
2007, cited in the Federal Register, 72
FR 3492.
Applicants may provide enrollment
data electronically during an optional
pre-enrollment step, via an enrollment
Web site which streamlines the
applicant’s enrollment experience.
Applicants who pre-enroll are able to
provide all of the biographic
information electronically that is
required to complete enrollment and
make an appointment at the enrollment
center where enrollment must be
completed in-person. During in-person
enrollment, applicants pay the
enrollment fee, complete a TWIC
Disclosure and Certification Form
(required of all applicants), provide and
verify biographic information (if not
already provided during pre-enrollment)
and a complete set of fingerprints, and
sit for a digital photograph. All
applicants are required to provide
acceptable documents to verify their
identity and immigration status (if
required) at this time as well. These
documents are reviewed by the Trusted
Agent and scanned into the electronic
enrollment record. The current
estimated annualized reporting burden
is 1,353,100 hours and the estimated
annualized cost burden is $14,779,500
(low)/$18,063,833 (high).
Title: Transportation Worker
Identification Credential Program.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection
mechanisms.

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OMB Control Number: [1652–0047].
Forms(s): Transportation Worker
Identification Credential (TWIC)
Disclosure Form and Certifications, and
TWIC Enrollment Customer Service
Survey.
Affected Public: Individuals applying
for a TWIC.
Abstract: The data collected will be
used for processing TWIC enrollment
and conducting the security threat
assessment. At the enrollment center,
applicants verify their biographic
information and provide identity
documentation, biometric information,
and proof of immigration status (if
required). This information allows TSA
to complete a comprehensive security
threat assessment.
If TSA determines that the applicant
is qualified to receive a TWIC, TSA
notifies the applicant that their TWIC is
ready for activation. Once activated, this
credential will be used for identification
verification and access control.
Number of Respondents: 777,000.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An
estimated 1,000,000 hours annually.
Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on February
15, 2008.
Fran Lozito,
Director, Business Management Office,
Operational Process and Technology.
[FR Doc. E8–3467 Filed 2–22–08; 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 Marine City, MI; St.
Ignace, MI; Palm Beach, FL; and St.
Louis, MO
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 dates for
the beginning of the initial enrollment
for the Transportation Worker
Identification Credential (TWIC) for the
Ports of Marine City, MI; St. Ignace, MI;
Palm Beach, FL; and St. Louis, MO.
DATES: TWIC enrollment begins in
Marine City and St. Louis on March 5,
2008; and St. Ignace and Palm Beach on
March 6, 2008.

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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 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].
ADDRESSES:

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), Pub. L. 107–295, 116 Stat. 2064
(November 25, 2002), and the Security
and Accountability for Every Port Act of
2006 (SAFE Port Act), Pub. L. 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
Marine City, MI; St. Ignace MI; Palm
Beach, FL; and St. Louis, MO.
Enrollment will begin in Marine City
and St. Louis on March 5, 2008; and St.
Ignace and Palm Beach on March 6,
2008. The Coast Guard will publish a
separate notice in the Federal Register
indicating when facilities within the
Captain of the Port Zone Detroit,
including those in the Port of Marine
City; Captain of the Port Zone Upper
Mississippi River, including those in the
Port of St. Louis; Captain of the Port
Zone Sault Ste. Marie, including those
in the Port of St. Ignace; and Captain of
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the Port of Palm 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.
To obtain information on the preenrollment and enrollment process, and
enrollment locations, visit TSA’s TWIC
Web site at http://www.tsa.gov/twic.
Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on February
20, 2008.
Rex Lovelady,
Program Manager, TWIC, Office of
Transportation Threat Assessment and
Credentialing, Transportation Security
Administration.
[FR Doc. E8–3527 Filed 2–22–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5187–N–05]

Continuation of Interest Reduction
Payments After Refinancing Section
236 Projects
Office of the Chief Information
Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: The proposed information
collection requirement described below
has been submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act. The Department is
soliciting public comments on the
subject proposal.
Owners of section 236 projects may
submit information to HUD to request
continuation of interest reduction
payments after refinancing. As part of
these refinancing transactions, HUD
requires the execution of interest
Reduction Payment Agreements and
Use Agreements. HUD uses the
information to ensure that projects are
maintained as low-income housing
resources.
DATES:

Comments Due Date: March 26,

2008.
Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to
the proposal by name and/or OMB
approval Number (2502–NEW) and
should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer,
Office of Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, Washington,
DC 20503; fax: 202–395–6974.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lillian Deitzer, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh
ADDRESSES:

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