Upload
others
View
1
Download
0
Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
An Overview of the Transportation Security Administration’s
Surface Transportation Security Inspection Program By
Gary A. Gordon, P.E.
Assistant Federal Security Director-Surface, South Central Region
2007 AREMA Annual Conference
September 10, 2007
September 10, 2007 2
Introduction
• Background
• Mission
• Activities
o Passenger rail
o Freight rail
• Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
• Coordination
September 10, 2007 3
Background
• FY 2005 DHS Appropriations Act
o Mandated deployment of 100 inspectors
o Madrid bombings
• Inspectors in 20 offices nationwide including two newest
offices - Salt Lake City and Pittsburgh
• 12 regional supervisors (AFSD-Surface)
• New offices considered for cities, such as Miami & Dallas
• Policy-level coordination at HQ TSA
• Local coordination with AFSD-Surface
September 10, 2007 4
AFSD
Surface
OFFICE
SPOKE
Seattle
Deborah Wojnicz
(206) 834-2460
San Francisco
Dennis Biggs
(650) 745-2172
Los Angeles (Burbank)
William Woodward
(818) 526-0906
South Central (Houston)
Gary Gordon
(713) 454-8820
Midwest (Chicago)
Edward Gross
(773) 498-1339
Southeast
(Jacksonville)
Curt Secrest
(904) 380-4075
Cleveland
Kenneth McCully
(216) 265-0123
Boston
Thomas McCarthy
(617) 428-4513
Washington, DC
George Heilmann
(571) 227-1326
Philadelphia
Daniel Draheim
(215) 446-6372
New York City
Lawrence King
(718) 640-8149
Edward Pearce (Deputy)
(718) 640-7834
Headquarters
Peter Roe, Branch Chief
(571) 227-2226
September 10, 2007 5
Coordination Branch Chief
Peter Roe
Section Chief
Carl Ciccarello
Program
Coordination/Support
STSI Field Inspection
Oversight/National Training
BOS FSD
G.
Naccara
LAX FSD
L.
Fetters
CLE FSD
M.
Young
HOU FSD
J.
Marchand
DCA FSD
K.
Burke
JAX FSD
E.
Goodwin
JFK FSD
W.
Hall
MDW FSD
D.
Starks
PHL FSD
R.
Ellis
SEA FSD
J.
Kelley
SFO FSD
E.
Gomez
BOS
AFSD-
Surface
T.
McCarthy
BUR
AFSD-
Surface
B.
Woodward
CLE
AFSD-
Surface
K.
McCully
HOU
AFSD-
Surface
G.
Gordon
DCA
AFSD-
Surface
G.
Heielman
JAX
AFSD-
Surface
C.
Secrest
JFK
AFSD-
Surface
L.
King
MDW
AFSD-
Surface
E.
Gross
PHL
AFSD-
Surface
D.
Draheim
SEA
AFSD-
Surface
D.
Wojnicz
SFO
AFSD-
Surface
D.
Biggs
BOS
6
Inspectors
BUR
4
Inspectors
CLE
5
Inspectors
HOU
4
Inspectors
DCA
3
Inspectors
JAX
2
Inspectors
JFK
12
Inspectors
MDW
8
Inspectors
PHL
6
Inspectors
SEA
4
Inspectors
SFO
4
Inspectors
PHX
2
Inspectors
PIT
New
Location
2
Inspectors
MSY
2
Inspector
CLT
3
Inspectors
ATL
2
Inspectors
STL
3
Inspectors
ANC
1
Inspector
SLC
New
Location
2
Inspectors
BWI
New
Location
2
Inspectors
MIA
New
Location
2
Inspectors
MSP
2
Inspectors
September 10, 2007 6
Background
•Boston/New England – Former MBTA Police Captain
•NY/NJ/SW CT Metropolitan Area (2) – Former NYPD Transit Division and LIRR
•Phil/So. NJ – Former Amtrak Police Detective
•Mid-Atlantic – Former WMATA Police Captain
•Southeast – Former CSX, FRA and TSA
•Cleveland/North Central – Former CSX Police
•Midwest – Former Chicago PD Transit Division
•South Central – Former B&M/Guilford Rail and Army Transportation Officer
•Southwest – TSA and Former Navy
•SF/Central CA – former UP and CA PUC
•Northwest – Former FRA
ASFD/DAFSD – Surface Experience
September 10, 2007 7
Mission
• Develop and foster collaborative working relationship with the rail industry
o Freight rail
o Passenger rail
• Begin working with other surface modes as resources allow
o Bus
o Pipeline
o Trucking
September 10, 2007 8
Mission
• Work closely with applicable Local, State, and
Federal entities to:
o Share information
o Identify industry-wide security baseline and best
practices
o Evaluate security system performance
o Discover and assist in mitigating gaps and
vulnerabilities in the industry’s security systems
September 10, 2007 9
Mission
• Engage the rail industry in developing,
evaluating, and ensuring implementation of:
o Necessary security measures
o Innovative approaches to protecting our transportation
systems
o A positive relationship with industry to foster
industry-wide security enhancements
o A consistent understanding of and compliance with
security requirements
September 10, 2007 10
Visible Intermodal Protection
and Response (VIPR)
• Visible TSA presence at random times at transit and passenger rail facilities
• Foster uncertainty on the part of potential terrorists
• Enhance public confidence in security measures
• Further partnering with local transit systems and passenger/commuter railroads
• Enhances preparedness and working framework among the entities involved
• Sharing of lessons learned on the National level furthers the development of the operational concept
September 10, 2007 11
Security Evaluations/Assessments
• Security Analysis and Action Program (SAAP)
• Physical security inventory and assessments of rail stations (and other infrastructure)
• Baseline Assessment for Security Enhancement (BASE) Surveys
September 10, 2007 12
Emergency Deployment
• Hurricane Katrina/Rita response
• Hurricane and other disaster preparedness planning
• Derailment and incident response
• NSSE deployments
• Increase in HSAS threat level
September 10, 2007 13
Baseline Assessment for Security
Enhancement (BASE) Surveys
• Voluntary assessments of transit systems’ security
• Built on Federal Transit Administration’s Public Transportation
System Security and Emergency Preparedness Guide
o Top 17 Security Action Recommendations for Transit Systems
• TSA’s Security Directives for rail-based passenger systems
• Develop and industry baseline for benchmarking and improving
security procedures and practices
September 10, 2007 14
• Support security requirements in 49
CFR 659
• BASE evaluates PROGRAM
components through
o Review of security and emergency
response documents
o Interviews of personnel for process
insight
o System observations prompted by
BASE checklist line items
Baseline Assessment for Security
Enhancement (BASE) Surveys (Cont.)
September 10, 2007 15
Security Action Item (SAI) Assessments • Assessments of freight rail
carriers’ implementation of 27
DHS/DOT voluntary Security
Action Items
• Developed through a
cooperative effort of
DHS/TSA and the railroads.
• Toxic Inhalation Hazards
(TIH) – High Threat Urban
Areas
September 10, 2007 16
Security Action Item (SAI) Assessments
• PURPOSE: To assess freight railroads’
implementation of recommended Security
Action Items (SAI) in TIH transport
• Phase I/II completed in late 2006
• Focused on 7 Security Action Items
• Cooperative effort between TSA and
freight railroads
September 10, 2007 17
Security Action Item Assessments
• Phase I/II SAI focus
o Employee security awareness
o Reporting suspicious activity
o Control of sensitive information
o Employee identification
o Systems to locate TIH cars
o Security focused inspection of TIH cars
o Placement of TIH cars in yards
September 10, 2007 18
Security Action Item Assessments – Phase I/II
• Vital Statistics o No. of Class 1 facilities surveyed 123
o No. of Short Line and Terminal facilities surveyed 28
o Total No. of railroad facilities surveyed 151
o Employee interviews conducted 2,613
o Number of High Threat Urban Areas surveyed 41
September 10, 2007 19
Security Action Item Assessments – Phase I/II
September 10, 2007 20
Security Action Item Assessments – Phase I/II
September 10, 2007 21
Security Action Item Assessments – Phase III
• Remaining Security Action Items
• Focus on management and security plans
• Phase III completed in early 2007
September 10, 2007 22
Security Action Item Assessments – Phase IV
• Baseline for dwell time of
TIH rail cars in HTUAs
• Determines attended vs.
unattended rail cars in
yards
• Records review of car
movement data
• Physically locate the rail
cars containing TIH
September 10, 2007 23
Security Action Item Assessments – Phase IV
• Comply with Secretary Chertoff’s initiative to reduce TIH in HTUAs
o 25% by end of CY07
o 50% by end of CY08
• Initial focus is on railroads and then on to shippers and receivers
• Impact on adjacent land use
September 10, 2007 24
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)
September 10, 2007 25
NPRM (49 CFR 1520 and 1580) Rail Transportation Security Act
• Published in Federal Registered December 15, 2006
• Published in tandem with PHMSA NPRM
• Covers all freight and passenger railroad carriers, and
rail transit systems
• Covers certain facilities that ship and receive/unload
TIH High Treat Urban Areas (HTUAs)
• Clarifies TSA inspection authority
September 10, 2007 26
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)
• If published as written, the rule would also require:
o All railroads to designate a Security Coordinator
o Location and shipping information for TIH rail cars
o Incidents/suspicious activity reporting to TSA
o Chain of custody and control requirements
o Physical inspection of rail car before handoff to rail carrier
September 10, 2007 27
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)
Five of the most commonly transported TIH materials
o Anhydrous Ammonia
o Chlorine
o Ethylene Oxide
o Anhydrous Hydrogen Fluoride
o Sulfur Dioxide
Note - 80% of TIH Shipments are Anhydrous Ammonia and Chlorine
September 10, 2007 28
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)
Proposed security
measure and rule
section
Freight railroad
carriers NOT
transporting
specified
hazardous
materials
Freight railroad
carriers
transporting
specified
hazardous
materials
Rail operations at
certain facilities that
ship (i.e., offer,
prepare, or load for
transportation)
hazardous materials
Rail operations at
certain facilities that
receive or unload
hazardous materials
within HTUA
Passenger
railroad
carriers and
rail transit
systems
Certain other rail
operations (private,
business/office, circus,
tourist, historic,
excursion)
Allow TSA to inspect X X X X X X
Appoint rail security
coordinator X X X X X Only if notified in
writing that security
threat exists
Report significant
security concerns X X X X X X
Provide location and
shipping information for
rail cars containing
specified hazardous
materials if requested
X X X
Chain of custody and
control requirements for
transport of specified
hazardous materials that
are or may be in HTUA
X X X
September 10, 2007 29
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)
• Comment period closed February 20, 2007
• View the NPRM at www.regulations.gov
o Agency search
−Transportation Security Administration
• Finalizing the regulation. Targeted promulgation by the end of this
fiscal year
September 10, 2007 30
9/11 Bill Highlights H.R.1, Implementing recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007
• Section 1302 – Enforcement authority for TSA Surface Transportation
Inspectors
• Section 1303 – Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response (VIPR) Teams
• Section 1304 – Surface Transportation Security Inspectors (STSI)
o Mission of STSIs
o Authority
o Requirements
o Inspectors and Civil Penalties
o STSI Staffing – 100 in FY 2007 (current - $11.4M), 150 in FY 2008 ($17.1M), 175
in FY 2009 ($19.95M) and 200 in FYs 2010 and 2010 ($22.8M each year)
September 10, 2007 31
Questions?