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[Federal Register: October 24, 2008 (Volume 73, Number =
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2008-0923]

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Notification of the Imposition of Conditions of Entry for Certain=20
Vessels Arriving to the United States; Cambodia

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces that it will impose conditions of=20
entry on vessels arriving from the country of Cambodia.

DATES: The policy announced in this notice will become effective=20
November 7, 2008.

ADDRESSES: This notice will be available for inspection and copying at=20
the Docket Management Facility at the U.S. Department of=20
Transportation, Room W12-140 on the Ground Floor of the West Building,=20
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5=20
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone=20
number is 202-366-9329.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice,=20
call Mr. Michael Brown, International Port Security Evaluation=20
Division, Coast Guard, telephone 202-372-1081. If you have questions on=20
viewing or submitting material to the docket, call Renee V. Wright,=20
Program Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:=20

Background and Purpose

    Section 70110 of the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002=20
(Pub. L. 107-295, Nov. 25, 2002) provides that the Secretary of=20
Homeland Security may impose conditions of entry on vessels requesting=20
entry into the United States arriving from ports that are not=20
maintaining effective anti-terrorism measures. The Coast Guard has been=20
delegated the authority by the Secretary to carry out the provisions of=20
this section. Previous notices have imposed or removed conditions of=20
entry on vessels arriving from certain countries and those conditions=20
of entry and the countries they pertain to remain in effect unless=20
modified by this notice.
    The Coast Guard has determined that ports in Cambodia, with certain=20
exceptions, are not maintaining effective anti-terrorism measures.=20
Accordingly, effective November 7, 2008 the Coast Guard will impose the=20
following conditions of entry on vessels that visited ports in=20
Cambodia, with the exception of the Phnom Pehn Autonomous Port and=20
Sihanoukville Autonomous Port, during their last five port calls.=20
Vessels must:
     Implement measures per the ship's security plan equivalent=20
to Security level 2 while in a port in the above country;
     Ensure that each access point to the ship is guarded and=20
that the guards have total visibility of the exterior (both landside=20
and waterside) of the vessel while the vessel is in ports in the above=20
country. Guards may be provided by the ship's crew, however, additional=20
crewmembers should be placed on the ship if necessary to ensure that=20
limits on maximum hours of work are not exceeded and/or minimum hours=20
of rest are met, or provided by outside security forces approved by the=20
ship's master and Company Security Officer;
     Attempt to execute a Declaration of Security while in a=20
port in the above country;
     Log all security actions in the ship's log;
     Report actions taken to the cognizant U.S. Coast Guard=20
Captain of the Port prior to arrival into U.S. waters; and
     Based on the findings of the Coast Guard boarding or=20
examination, vessels may be required to ensure that each access point=20
to the ship is guarded by armed private security guards and that they=20
have total visibility of the exterior (both landside and waterside) of=20
the vessel while in U.S. ports. The number and position of the guards=20
have to be acceptable to the cognizant Coast Guard Captain of the Port=20
prior to the vessel's arrival.

    Dated: September 30, 2008.
Rear Admiral Sally Brice-O'Hara,
USCG, Deputy Commandant for Operations.
 [FR Doc. E8-25436 Filed 10-23-08; 8:45 am]

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