73 FR 37 pgs. 10042-10043 - Notification of the Imposition of Conditions of Entry for Certain Vessels Arriving to the United States; Indonesia
Type: NOTICEVolume: 73Number: 37Pages: 10042 - 10043
Docket number: [Docket No. USCG-2007-0142]
FR document: [FR Doc. 08-842 Filed 2-21-08; 10:57 am]
Agency: Homeland Security Department
Sub Agency: Coast Guard
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[Docket No. USCG-2007-0142]
Notification of the Imposition of Conditions of Entry for Certain Vessels Arriving to the United States; Indonesia
AGENCY:
Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
The Coast Guard announces that effective anti-terrorism measures are not in place in certain ports of Indonesia and that it will impose conditions of entry on vessels arriving from that country.
DATES:
The policy announced in this notice will become effective March 10, 2008.
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 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) 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. The Docket contains previous notices imposing or removing 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 Indonesia, with certain exceptions, are not maintaining effective anti-terrorism measures. Accordingly, effective March 10, 2008, Coast Guard will impose the following conditions of entry on vessels that visited ports in Indonesia with the exception of PT Terminal Petikemas Surabaya, Banjarmasin Port, PT Pertamina Unit Pemasaran III Jakarta, Pertamina Unit Pengolahan V Balikpapan, Senipah Terminal Total EP Indonesia Balikpapan, Caltex Oil Terminal Dumai, Pelindo II Conventional Terminal Jakarta, Jakarta International Container Terminal, PT Pupuk Kaltim Bontang, PT Badak Bontang, PT Indominco Mandiri Bontang, Pertamina Unit Pengolahan II Dumai, PT Pelabuhan Indonesia I Cabang Dumai, Semarang International Container Terminal, Belawan Multi-Purpose Terminal and PT Multimas Nabati Asahan during their last five port calls. Vessels must:
• Implement measures per the ship's security plan equivalent to Security Level 2;
• 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 ship while the ship is in an Indonesian port other than those specified above. 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;
• 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
• 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 anti-terrorism 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]
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