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DHS/TSA RIN: 1652-AA41 Publication ID: Fall 2008 
Title: Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) Implementation in the Maritime Sector; Hazardous Materials Endorsement for a Commercial Driver’s License 
Abstract: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), through the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the United States Coast Guard (Coast Guard), issued a final rule on January 25, 2007, implementing provisions of the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002. The rule requires credentialed merchant mariners and workers with unescorted access to secure areas of vessels and facilities to undergo a security threat assessment and receive a biometric credential, known as a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC). After enrollment in a Captain of the Port Zone is complete, persons without TWICs will not be granted unescorted access to secure areas at affected maritime facilities or on vessels. The final rule enhances the security of ports by requiring security threat assessments of persons with unescorted access to secure areas. In the final rule, TSA applies its security threat assessment standards that apply to commercial drivers authorized to transport hazardous materials to merchant mariners and workers who require unescorted access to secure areas on vessels and at maritime facilities. To minimize redundant background checks of workers, TSA amended the threat assessment standards to include a process by which TSA determines if a background check conducted by another governmental agency is comparable to the standards in this rule. TSA expanded existing appeal and waiver provisions to apply to TWIC applicants and air cargo employees who undergo a security threat assessment. These modifications include a process for the review of adverse waiver decisions and certain disqualification cases by an administrative law judge. TSA also extends the time period in which applicants may apply for an appeal or waiver. The rule establishes the user fee and card replacement fee for the TWIC. The standard TWIC fee total is $132.50, and is valid for five years. Workers with current, comparable background checks will pay a reduced fee of $105.25. The cost of a replacement TWIC, if the original is lost, stolen, or damaged is $60. 
Agency: Department of Homeland Security(DHS)  Priority: Economically Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: Yes  Unfunded Mandates: Private Sector 
CFR Citation: 33 CFR 101    33 CFR 103 to 106    33 CFR 125    46 CFR 10    46 CFR 12    46 CFR 15    49 CFR 1515    49 CFR 1570    49 CFR 1572   
Legal Authority: 6 USC 469    18 USC 842    18 USC 845    46 USC 70105    49 USC 114    49 USC 5103a    49 USC 40113    49 USC 44903    49 USC 46105   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Notice--Information Collection; Prototype 60-Day New Collection  04/05/2004  69 FR 17704   
Notice--Information Collection; National Survey 60-Day New Collection   04/05/2004  69 FR 17703   
Notice--Information Collection; Prototype 30-Day New Collection   07/27/2004  69 FR 44675   
Notice--Information Collection; National Survey 30-Day New Collection   07/27/2004  69 FR 44675   
NPRM  05/22/2006  71 FR 29396   
NPRM; Comment Period End  07/06/2006    
Notice--Public Meetings  05/26/2006  71 FR 30352   
Notice--Response to Letters From Congress  08/21/2006  71 FR 48527   
Final Rule; Request for Comments  01/25/2007  72 FR 3492   
Final Rule; Comment Period End For Card Replacement Fee  02/26/2007    
Final Rule Effective  03/26/2007    
Final Rule; Correction 1  02/07/2007  72 FR 5632   
Final Rule; TWIC Fees  03/20/2007  72 FR 13026   
Final Rule; Correction 2  03/26/2007  72 FR 14049   
Final Rule; OFR Editorial Correction to TSA Correction 2  03/30/2007  72 FR 15195   
Notice; TWIC Biometric Reader Specs and SmartCard Application  09/20/2007  72 FR 53784   
Final Rule; TWIC Amendment Fees and Non-resident Alien Applicants  09/28/2007  72 FR 55043   
Notice; TWIC Enrollment Date for Port of Wilmington, DE  10/09/2007  72 FR 57342   
Notice: TWIC Enrollment Date for the Port of Corpus Christi, TX  10/26/2007  72 FR 60871   
Notice: TWIC Enrollment Dates - Ports of Honolulu; Baton Rouge; Takoma; Beaumont; Oakland  11/06/2007  72 FR 62667   
Notice: Public Meeting on Reader Hardware and Card Application Specifications  11/08/2007  72 FR 63106   
Notice: TWIC Enrollment Dates--Ports of Houston; Providence; Chicago; Port Arthur; Savannah  11/13/2007  72 FR 63919   
Notice: TWIC Enrollment Dates--Ports of Dundalk, MD; Minneapolis, MN; and St. Paul, MN  11/16/2007  72 FR 64662   
Notice: TWIC Enrollment Dates--Ports of Lake Charles, LA  11/19/2007  72 FR 65054   
Notice: TWIC Enrollment Dates--Ports of Boston, MA; Charleston, SC; Cleveland, OH et al.  11/21/2007  72 FR 65586   
Notice: TWIC Enrollment Dates--Ports of Mobile, AL; Brunswick, GA; Milwaukee, WI; and Phila. PA  11/28/2007  72 FR 67312   
Notice: Information Collection; 60-Day Renewal  12/03/2007  72 FR 67945   
Notice: TWIC Enrollment Dates--Ports of Long Beach, CA and Indiana Harbor, IN  12/03/2007  72 FR 67945   
Notice: TWIC Enrollment Dates--Ports of Tulsa, OK and Albany, NY  12/04/2007  72 FR 68174   
Notice: TWIC Enrollment Dates--Ports of Seattle, WA; New York/New Jersey; Wilmington, NC et al.  12/10/2007  72 FR 69698   
Notice: TWIC Enrollment Dates--Port of Los Angeles/Long Beach, CA  12/13/2007  72 FR 70877   
Notice: TWIC Enrollment Dates--Ports of Peoria and Joliet, IL; Memphis, TN; and Buffalo, NY  12/14/2007  72 FR 71143   
Notice: TWIC Enrollment Dates--Ports of Hilo, HI; International Falls, MN; Ontonagon, MI et al.  12/26/2007  72 FR 73040   
Notice: TWIC Enrollment Dates--Ports of Portland, OR; Victoria, TX; Kahului, Maui, HI et al.  01/03/2008  73 FR 496   
Notice: TWIC Enrollment Dates--Ports of Bourne, MA; Green Bay, WI; Pittsburgh, PA et al.  01/11/2008  73 FR 2058   
Notice: TWIC Enrollment Dates--Ports of Vicksburg, MS; Muskegon, MI; and Miami, FL  01/17/2008  73 FR 3261   
Notice: TWIC Enrollment Dates--Ports of Louisville, KY; Ashtabula, OH; Everett, WA et al.  01/29/2008  73 FR 5204   
Notice: TWIC Enrollment Dates--Ports of Tampa, FL; Cincinnati, OH; Richmond, CA; S. Louisiana, LA  02/15/2008  73 FR 8893   
Notice: TWIC Enrollment Dates--Ports of Anacortes, WA and Norfolk, VA  02/20/2008  73 FR 9347   
Notice: TWIC Enrollment Dates--Ports of Marine City MI; St. Ignace MI; Palm Beach FL; St. Louis, MO  02/25/2008  73 FR 10044   
Notice--Information Collection; 30-Day Renewal TWIC Program  02/25/2008  73 FR 10043   
Notice: TWIC Enrollment Dates--Ports of Newport News, Panama City, SanDiego, Gulfport, KeyWest et al  03/06/2008  73 FR 12186   
TWIC Correcting Amendments  03/12/2008  73 FR 13155   
Notice: TWIC Enrollment Dates for Port of Bangor, ME  03/12/2008  73 FR 13244   
Notice: TWIC Enrollment Dates--Ports of Ponce, PR and Laporte, TX   04/04/2008  73 FR 18550   
Notice: TWIC Enrollment Dates--Ports of Portsmouth, NH; Chattanooga, TN; and San Juan, PR  04/11/2008  73 FR 19859   
Notice: TWIC Enrollment Dates--Ports of Juneau, AK; Freeport, TX; Anchorage, AK and Sandusky, OH  04/18/2008  73 FR 21149   
Notice: TWIC Enrollment Dates--Port of Hueneme, CA  04/25/2008  73 FR 22429   
Notice: TWIC Enrollment Dates--Ports of Houma, LA; Morgan City, LA; Calcite, MI; San Francisco, CA  05/06/2008  73 FR 250215   
Notice: TWIC Enrollment Dates--Ports of Manatee, FL; Marcus Hook, PA; Rochester, NY; Greenville, MS  05/15/2008  73 FR 28149   
Notice: TWIC Enrollment Dates--Ports Paulsboro NJ; Paducah KY; Marquette, MI et al.  05/27/2008  73 FR 30415   
Notice: TWIC Enrollment Dates--Ports of New Haven, CT, Benicia, CA, Nikiski, AK, Chester, PA et al.  05/30/2008  73 FR 31132   
Notice: TWIC Enrollment Dates--Ports of Little Rock, AR and Camden, NJ  06/17/2008  73 FR 34307   
Notice: TWIC Enrollment Dates--Ports of Pasco, WA, Coram, NY and Sacramento, CA  06/20/2008  73 FR 35148   
Notice: TWIC Enrollment Dates--Ports of Bridgeport, CT; New Castle, DE; Burlington, VT et al.  06/23/2008  73 FR 35406   
Notice: TWIC Enrollment Dates--Ports of Longview, WA and Vancouver, WA  06/26/2008  73 FR 36344   
Notice: TWIC Enrollment Dates--Ports of Terminal Island, CA and Decatur, AL  06/30/2008  73 FR 36888   
Notice: TWIC Enrollment Dates--Ports of Lafayette, LA; Eureka, CA; Riverhead; NY et al.  07/03/2008  73 FR 38239   
Notice: TWIC Enrollment Date--Port of American Samoa  08/13/2008  73 FR 47204   
Notice: TWIC Enrollment Date--Port of Guam  08/27/2008  73 FR 50632   
Notice: TWIC Enrollment Date--Port of Salpan  09/03/2008  73 FR 51501   
Additional Information: Joint rulemaking with Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard (Docket No. Coast Guard-2006-24196)
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes  Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions  Federalism: Yes 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: Yes 
Related RINs: Merged with 1652-AA27, Related to 1652-AA47, Related to 1625-AB02, Related to 1625-AB21 
Agency Contact:
Maurine Fanguy
TWIC Project Manager
Department of Homeland Security
Transportation Security Administration
Office of Threat Assessment & Credentialing, TSA-19, HQ, E8, 601 South 12th Street,
Arlington, VA 20598-6019
Phone:571 227-3741
Email: maurine.fanguy@dhs.gov

Christine Beyer
Senior Counsel, Regulations and Security Standards
Department of Homeland Security
Transportation Security Administration
TSA-2, Chief Counsel, Chief Counsel's Office, 6595 Springfield Center Drive,
Springfield, VA 20598-6002
Phone:571 227-3653
Email: christine.beyer@tsa.dhs.gov