T&T: TWIC Card & 100-Ton License Holder

[Gregory Han]

Just got this from CG
It amends the previous CFR

So you CG license is invalid if you do not get the card even if you
are non commercial

Miami deadline is Jan 2009



---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Pipkins, Ternia YN1 <Ternia.R.Pipkins at uscg.mil>
Date: Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 10:56 AM
Subject: TWIC Card & 100-Ton License Holder


Sir,

Please see the following the amendment to TITLE 46--SHIPPING dated May 7, 2008.

[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 1]
[Revised as of May 7, 2008]
>From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov
[CITE: 46CFR10.113]


                          TITLE 46--SHIPPING

        CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

PART 10_LICENSING OF MARITIME PERSONNEL--Table of Contents

                           Subpart A_General

Sec. 10.113  Transportation Worker Identification Credential.

By April 15, 2009 all mariners holding an active License, Certificate
of Registry or STCW endorsement issued under this part must hold a
valid Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) issued by
the Transportation Security Administration under 49 CFR part 1572.
Failure to obtain or hold a valid TWIC may serve as a basis for
suspension or revocation of a mariner's license, COR or STCW
endorsement under 46 U.S.C. 7702 and 7703.

[CG-2006-24196, 72 FR 3587, Jan. 25, 2007, as amended at 73 FR 25566,
May 7, 2008]

>From the TSA website, see
http://www.tsa.gov/what_we_do/layers/twic/twic_faqs.shtm#who_gets_twic

Will these rules affect all Merchant Mariners?
Yes. All credentialed U.S. merchant mariners must obtain a TWIC. This
includes all persons holding a Coast Guard-issued merchant mariner's
license, merchant mariner's document (MMD), Operator of Uninspected
Passenger Vessels (OUPV), Standards of Training, Certification and
Watchkeeping (STCW) Certificate, or certificate of registry (COR).

With the implementation of TWIC, the Coast Guard MMD would primarily
serve as proof of professional qualifications. The Coast Guard has
drafted a supplementary proposed rule (published in the same Federal
Register edition as the TWIC final rule) that proposes to combine the
elements of all four current merchant mariner professional credentials
into one certificate called the Merchant Mariner Credential (MMC).

The Coast Guard and TSA are streamlining the process for the two
credentials to reduce costs, duplication of effort and processing time
for mariners. If the MMC proposed rulemaking is finalized as currently
written, the Coast Guard would begin issuing the MMC in September of
2008 and would phase in the replacement of mariner's current
credentials over a period of five years. Mariners would be issued
their credential in the form of an MMC at the time they renew their
current credential, or when applying for a new credential. The
proposed rulemaking would not affect the validity of a mariner's
current credential.

The Coast Guard's official position is that failure to acquire a TWIC
by the published deadline will consequently invalidate a mariner's
CG-issued credential.  Enforcement of this will subsequently occur as
a result of TWIC verifications conducted by CG personnel either at
random or during scheduled annual MTSA spot checks, during the course
of a marine casualty investigation or vessel inspection and during the
CG-credential renewal process.  If a mariner is discovered to have a
credential without a TWIC after the published deadline, the mariner's
credential will be subject to Suspension and Revocation proceedings.

Thank You,

TWIC Enforcement and Policy Guidance Help Desk Team




-- 
Greg and Susan Han
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