51502 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 171 / Wednesday, September 3, 2008 / Notices 

DATES: TWIC enrollment begins in 

Saipan on September 17, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: 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 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: 

credentialing@dhs.gov. 

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 Port of 

Saipan on September 17, 2008. The 

Coast Guard will publish a separate 

notice in the Federal Register indicating 

when facilities within the Captain of the 

Port Zone Guam including those in the 

Port of Saipan 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 August 

28, 2008. 

Rex Lovelady, 

Program Manager, TWIC, Office of 

Transportation Threat Assessment and 

Credentialing, Transportation Security 

Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Form I–601, Revision of a 

Currently Approved Information 

Collection; Comment Request 

ACTION: 60-Day Notice of Information 

Collection Under Review: Form I–601, 

Application for Waiver of Grounds of 

Inadmissibility; OMB Control Number 

1615–0029. 

The Department of Homeland 

Security, U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services has submitted the 

following information collection request 

for review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995. The information collection is 

published to obtain comments from the 

public and affected agencies. Comments 

are encouraged and will be accepted for 

sixty days until November 3, 2008. 

Written comments and suggestions 

regarding items contained in this notice 

and especially with regard to the 

estimated public burden and associated 

response time should be directed to the 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS), USCIS, Chief, Regulatory 

Management Division, Clearance Office, 

111 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Suite 

3008, Washington, DC 20529. 

Comments may also be submitted to 

DHS via facsimile to 202–272–8352, or 

via e-mail at rfs.regs@dhs.gov. When 

submitting comments by e-mail, please 

add the OMB Control Number 1615– 

0029 in the subject box. 

Written comments and suggestions 

from the public and affected agencies 

concerning the collection of information 

should address one or more of the 

following four points: 

(1) Evaluate whether the collection of 

information 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 

agencies’ estimate of the burden of the 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(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 through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Overview of This Information 

Collection 

(1) Type of Information Collection: 

Revision of a currently approved 

information collection. 

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: 

Application for Waiver of Grounds of 

Inadmissibility. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the 

Department of Homeland Security 

sponsoring the collection: Form I–601. 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Individuals or 

Households. The information collected 

on this form is used by U.S. Citizenship 

and Immigration Services (USCIS) to 

determine whether the applicant is 

eligible for a waiver of excludability 

under section 212 of the Immigration 

and Nationality Act. 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: 15,500 responses at 11⁄2 hours 

per response. 

(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: 23,250 annual burden hours. 

If you have additional comments, 

suggestions, or need a copy of the 

information collection instrument, 

please visit: http://www.regulations.gov/ 

search/index.jsp. 

We may also be contacted at: USCIS, 

Regulatory Management Division, 111 

Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Suite 

3008, Washington, DC 20529, telephone 

number 202–272–8377. 

Dated: August 28, 2008. 

Stephen Tarragon, 

Acting Chief, Regulatory Management 

Division, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services, Department of Homeland Security. 

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