Air Cargo Security Requirements

TSA-2004-19515

November 3, 2004

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Pre-Publication)

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (As Published in Federal Register)

Draft Preliminary Regulatory Evaluation, Regulatory Flexibility Determination, Trade Impact Assessment, and Unfunded Mandates Assessment | Word

TSA proposes to create a mandatory security program for all-cargo aircraft operations with a maximum certificated take-off weight over 45,500 kg (100,309.3 lbs) and to amend existing security regulations and programs for aircraft operators, foreign air carriers, airport operators, and indirect air carriers (IAC). IAC would be redefined to include those transporting goods via all-cargo aircraft. Mandatory security programs for all-cargo operations would replace the voluntary Domestic Security Integration Program (DSIP) and extensively build on the requirements of the Twelve-Five Standard Security Program. TSA also proposes to expand the use of background checks and threat assessments to new populations, including IAC employees and individuals who have unescorted access to cargo, where such operations are either outside of the currently defined airport Security Identification Display Area (SIDA) or at an airport that does not currently serve operations requiring a security program.

By: David Stone

November 11, 2004

Re: Comments of Air Cargo Management Group

While the new rules require extensive personnel screening and greater monitoring of cargo operations in general at airlines and forwarders, an additional enforcement mechanism is necessary to ensure that shippers comply in the same fashion as airlines and forwarders to the proposed regulations. For that reason, we recommend that the TSA perform random spot inspections of shipper warehouses and handing facilities to monitor and assess how they are in compliance with the new cargo rules for airlines for airlines and forwarders. Similar to the health inspections of restaurants common in most localities, such TSA inspections must be infrequent and unannounced for maximum effectiveness. If the inspectors find that the shipper is not in compliance with the proposed TSA air cargo security rules, fines should be levied and follow-up inspections performed so that the company in question is in line with the proposed regulatory authority.

By: ACMG, John A. Salagaj

TSA-2004-19515 - Air Cargo Security Requirements

Filed May 25, 2006 | Published in Federal Register May 26, 2006

Final Rule

By: Kip Hawley

TSA-2004-19515 - Air Cargo Security Requirements

October 20, 2006

Interim Final Rule and Request for Comments | On File at Federal Register October 23, 2006

This interim final rule amends the Air Cargo Security Requirements final rule (published May 26, 2006, and corrected in June 2006) by extending the compliance dates by which certain requirements must be completed. TSA has concluded that the regulated community will be unable to meet some deadlines in the Air Cargo Final Rule because of the large number of employees and agents subject to the requirements. TSA is, therefore, extending dates for the following requirements: that aircraft operators, foreign air carriers, and indirect air carriers ensure that their employees and agents with unescorted access to cargo successfully complete a Security Threat Assessment; that LACS ensure that their employees and agents performing security-related duties are trained in the LACS security program; and that airport operators ensure that individuals with unescorted access to expanded Security Identification Display Areas are subjected to a criminal history records check and a name-based security threat assessment, receive proper security training, and hold appropriate personnel identification.

By: Robert Jamison