In Monday Dec. 29 2014’s Federal Register, the Coast Guard issues a notice
of proposed rulemaking, and a notice of public meeting, on seafarer access, at www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-12-29/pdf/2014-30013.pdf.
The proposed rule will “require each owner or operator of a
MTSA-regulated facility to implement a system for providing seafarers and other
individuals with access between vessels moored at thefacility and the facility
gate. Each owner or operator would be required to implement a system, within 1
year after publication of the final rule, that incorporates specific methods of
providing access in a timely manner, at no cost to the individual, and in accordance
with existing access control provisions in 33 CFR part 105. We also propose to
require each owner or operator to ensure that the FSP includes a section
describing the system for seafarers’ access.
This rule would not affect the authority of the U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (CBP) to inspect and process individuals seeking entry to
the U.S. For those seafarers and other individuals subject to CBP’s authority, this
rule would apply to facility owners and operators only after such seafarers and
other individuals have been inspected, processed, and admitted to the U.S. by
CBP.”
The Coast Guard will hold a public meeting in Washington, DC
to solicit comments on the proposals in this notice on January 23, 2015 from
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The deadline to reserve a seat is January 16, 2015.
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