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Hank Suderman Collection

Highway and Motor Carrier Regulatory Requirements Presented by Highway and Motor Carrier Division Transportation Security Administration. Hank Suderman Collection. Highway and Motor Carrier.

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Hank Suderman Collection

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  1. Highway and Motor Carrier Regulatory Requirements Presented by Highway and Motor Carrier Division Transportation Security Administration Hank Suderman Collection

  2. Highway and Motor Carrier Highway Transportation regulations required under Public Law P.L. 110-53, HR 1, “9/11 Implementation Act” signed August 3, 2007 • Rulemakings required: • Security Sensitive Hazardous Materials (Sec. 1501) • Over-the-Road Bus (OTRB) Operators to complete vulnerability assessments and have approved security plans (Sec. 1531) • Develop Exercise Program for OTRB Operators (Sec. 1533) • OTRB Training Program (Sec. 1534) • TSA is also required to develop a program regarding Motor Carrier Shipment Tracking of Security-Sensitive Materials (Sec. 1554)

  3. Highway & Motor Carrier Security Sensitive Hazardous Materials (P.L. 110-53, Sec. 1501) • “Security sensitive materials” means a material, or a group or class of material, in a particular amount and form the Secretary, in conjunction with the Secretary of Transportation, determines, through a rulemaking, poses a significant risk to national security while being transported in commerce due to the potential use of the material in an act of terrorism. • TSA is in the process of drafting this NPRM

  4. Highway & Motor Carrier Over-the-Road Bus (OTRB) Operators to complete vulnerability assessments and have approved security plans (P.L. 110-53, Sec. 1531) • Develop and issue regulations for a program requiring over-the-road bus operators to conduct vulnerability assessments and implement security plans. • TSA is currently drafting a combined NPRM with similar requirements with Mass Transit, Freight Rail and Highway and Motor Carrier

  5. Highway & Motor Carrier Over-the-Road Bus Training Program (Sec. 1534) • Develop and issue regulations for an over-the-road bus training program to prepare frontline employees for potential security threats. • TSA is drafting a combined NPRM with similar requirements with Mass Transit, Freight Rail and Highway and Motor Carrier

  6. Highway & Motor Carrier Develop Exercise Program for Over-the-Road Bus Operators (P.L. 110-53, Sec. 1533) • Establish a program for conducting security exercises for over-the-road bus operators • TSA has an operational exercise program, ISTEP, the Intermodal Security Training Exercise Program. • The Highway and Motor Carrier Division is currently scheduling 6 exercises/workshops through September 2009. Four are modal specific and two will be multi-modal. • April-motorcoach; May-hazmat trucking; June-multi modal; July-school transportation; August-infrastructure; September-multi modal.

  7. Highway & Motor Carrier Motor Carrier Shipment Tracking of Security-Sensitive Materials (Sec. 1554) • Develop a program to facilitate the tracking of motor carrier shipments of security-sensitive materials and to equip vehicles used in such shipments with technology to enable tracking. • TSA has completed developing the program and submitted the report to Congress. DHS is currently working on an operational pilot.

  8. Highway & Motor Carrier School Bus Transportation Security (Sec. 1538) and Truck Security Assessment (Sec. 1540) • TSA is required to complete risk and security assessment of the nations school bus transportation system and the trucking industry. • TSA is currently finalizing the school bus transportation risk assessment report and is working to complete the assessment process of the trucking industry.

  9. Highway & Motor Carrier POCs • Bill Arrington, General Manager Highway and Motor Carrier Security Division Office: (571) 227-2436 Email: william.arrington@dhs.gov • Ray Cotton, Assistant General Manager Highway and Motor Carrier Security Division Office: (571) 227-4237 Email: ray.cotton@dhs.gov • Steve Sprague, Branch Chief Licensing & Infrastructure Branch Office: (571) 227-1468 Email: steve.sprague@dhs.gov • Phil Forjan, Branch Chief Truck and Motor Carrier Branch Office: (571) 227-1467 Email: phil.forjan@dhs.gov • Bud Hunt, Branch Chief Threat, Vulnerability, and Consequence Branch Office: 571-227-2152 Email: bud.hunt@dhs.gov • Paul Pitzer, Branch Chief Policy, Planning and Stakeholder Coordination Branch Office: 571-227-1233 Email: paul.pitzer@dhs.gov Website: http://www.tsa.gov/highway E-Mail: www.highwaysecurity@dhs.gov

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