Document ID: USCG-2020-0485-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Notice
Title: Notification of the Removal of Conditions of Entry on Vessels Arriving From the Republic of Liberia
Posted Date: 2020-12-22T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 246 (Tuesday, December 22, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 83588-83589]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-28162]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2020-0485]

Notification of the Removal of Conditions of Entry on Vessels 
Arriving From the Republic of Liberia

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces that it is removing the conditions 
of entry on vessels arriving from the country of the Republic of 
Liberia.

DATES: The policy announced in this notice is effective on December 22, 
2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about this document 
call or email D.R. McBryde, International Port Security Evaluation 
Division, United States Coast Guard, telephone 202-372-1213, 
doris.r.mcbryde@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Discussion: The authority for this notice is 5 U.S.C. 552(a) 
(``Administrative Procedure Act''), 46 U.S.C. 70110 (``Maritime 
Transportation Security Act''), and Department of Homeland Security 
Delegation No. 0170.1(II)(97.f). As delegated, section 70110(a) 
authorizes the Coast Guard to impose conditions of entry on vessels 
arriving in U.S. waters from ports that the Coast Guard has not found 
to maintain effective anti-terrorism measures. It also requires public 
notice of the ineffective anti-terrorism measures. The Secretary has 
delegated to the Coast Guard authority to carry out the provisions of 
this section.
    On May 2, 2005 the the Coast Guard published a Notice in the 
Federal Register, (70 FR 22668), announcing that it had determined that 
effective anti-terrorism measures were not in place in the ports of the 
Republic of Liberia. Accordingly, conditions of entry were imposed on 
vessels that visited the Republic of Liberia in their last five port 
calls. Based on recent assessments conducted in 2018, the Coast Guard 
has determined that the Republic of Liberia is maintaining effective 
anti-terrorism measures, and is accordingly removing the conditions of 
entry announced in the previously published Notice. With this notice, 
the current list of countries assessed and not maintaining effective 
anti-terrorism measures is as follows: Cambodia, Cameroon, Comoros, 
Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, 
Iran, Iraq, Libya, Madagascar, Micronesia, Nauru,

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Nigeria, Republic of Seychelles, Sao Tome and Principe, Syria, Timor-
Leste, Venezuela, Yemen. The current Port Security Advisory is 
available at: http://www.dco.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Prevention-Policy-CG-5P/International-Domestic-Port-Assessment/.

    Dated: December 16, 2020.
Scott A. Buschman,
Vice Admiral, Deputy Commandant for Operations, U.S. Coast Guard.
[FR Doc. 2020-28162 Filed 12-21-20; 8:45 am]
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