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DHS/TSA RIN: 1652-AA23 Publication ID: Spring 2006 
Title: Air Cargo Security Requirements 
Abstract: This rulemaking will amend current transportation security regulations to enhance and improve the security of air cargo transportation, by requiring the adoption of security measures throughout the air cargo supply chain--applicable to airport operators, aircraft operators, foreign air carriers, and indirect air carriers. These regulatory requirements will impose significant barriers to terrorists seeking to use the air cargo transportation system for malicious purposes. This rule will also change the requirement for a Twelve-Five Program from aircraft with a maximum certificated takeoff weight "of 12,500 pounds or more" to "more than 12,500 pounds." This change will conform the regulation to recent legislation. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is promulgating these amendments after extensive consultation with industry through its Aviation Security Advisory Committee, and with other Federal agencies including the Department of Transportation and Bureau of Customs and Border Protection. 
Agency: Department of Homeland Security(DHS)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 49 CFR 1540    49 CFR 1542    49 CFR 1544    49 CFR 1546    49 CFR 1548   
Legal Authority: 49 USC 114    49 USC 5103    49 USC 40113    49 USC 44901 to 44907    49 USC 44913 to 44914    49 USC 44916 to 44918    49 USC 44935 to 44936    49 USC 44942    49 USC 46105   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Final  Statutory  Section 4053 of IRPTA requires TSA to issue a final rule NLT 240 days from enactment to enhance and improve the security of air cargo transported in both passenger and all-cargo aircraft.  08/14/2005 

Overall Description of Deadline: Section 4053 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (IRTPA) (Pub. L. 108-458), mandates that TSA issue a final rule not later than 240 days from enactment.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  11/10/2004  69 FR 65258   
NPRM Comment Period End  01/10/2005    
Final Rule  05/00/2006    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Agency Contact:
Pamela Hamilton
Assistant General Manager, Cargo Programs
Department of Homeland Security
Transportation Security Administration
Office of Transportation Sector Network Management, TSA-28, HQ, E4, 601 South 12th Street,
Arlington, VA 22202-4220
Phone:571 227-2623
Fax:571 227-1374
Email: pamela.hamilton@dhs.gov

Alice Crowe
Senior Counsel, Regulations and Security Standards Division
Department of Homeland Security
Transportation Security Administration
Office of the Chief Counsel, TSA-2, HQ, E12-320N, 601 South 12th Street,
Arlington, VA 20598-6002
Phone:571 227-2652
Fax:571 227-1379
Email: alice.crowe@tsa.dhs.gov