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DHS/TSA | RIN: 1652-AA23 | Publication ID: Fall 2006 |
Title: Air Cargo Security Requirements | |
Abstract: This rulemaking amends 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 impose significant barriers to terrorists seeking to use the air cargo transportation system for malicious purposes. This rule also changes 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 conforms 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. Although TSA listed the correct compliance dates in the "DATES" section of the final rule preamble, we incorrectly listed the compliance date dealing with security threat assessments in sections 1544.228(d), 1546.213(d), 1548.5(a), and 1548.16(a), and a mandatory security program requirement in section 1548.15(d) for operators. Correction No. 1 document corrects the date in these sections from the incorrect date of November 22, 2006, to the correct date of December 1, 2006. TSA inadvertently left out the amendatory instruction to remove the word “passenger” in section 1548.1. Correction No. 2 document adds the amendatory change as instruction number 31a. | |
Agency: Department of Homeland Security(DHS) | Priority: Economically Significant |
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda | Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions |
Major: Yes | Unfunded Mandates: Private Sector |
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 |
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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. |
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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 |