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U.S. Coast Guard Safety and
Security Updates
LCDR Kevin Lynn, USCG
Office of Port & Facility Activities (CG-5442)
COHMED Conference
January 26, 2010
Maritime Transportation
Security Act / SAFE Port Act
• Major legislations that changed the security
culture of the maritime community
• Impacted
- 361 Ports
- 3,200 facilities
• Transportation Worker
Identification Credential
• Security and Accountability
For Every Port Act
Transportation Worker
Identification Credential
• Common credential identifying individuals
who require unescorted access to secure
areas
• Joint TSA / CG effort
• Three elements of a TWIC compliance
check
- Verification
- Authentication
- Validation
• Visual identification check currently
required
TWIC Concepts
•Important terms
- Secure Areas
- Unescorted Access
- Restricted Areas
- Escorting
TWIC Reader Rule
• Advanced Notice of Proposed Rule Making
- Risk-based approach to TWIC reader requirements
regulation
• NPRM based upon results from pilot program
and ANPRM comments
• Future rule may require different levels of TWIC
verification based on risk
- All will have to supply valid TWIC
unescorted access
- Visual and/or biometric check
for
Fraudulent TWICs
• Attempts have been made
- First known case occurred at Port Fourchon, LA
- Identification by facility security staff
- Eight cases known to date
• Fraudulent use will be prosecuted
• Detection methods
- TWIC readers
- Human element
Undeclared HAZMAT
• National Container Inspection Program - 1994
- Federal HAZMAT Transportation Law
- International Safe Container Act of 1977
- Declared HAZMAT, General Cargo & Structural Inspections
• 26,958 containers inspected - 2009
- 33 Undeclared HAZMAT cases involving 68 containers
Ports conducting inspections
Guam
Saipan
Puerto Rico
St. Thomas
Port conducted inspections in 2009
Undeclared HAZMAT Cases
• Undeclared Class 9 Miscellaneous
HAZMAT
- Four containers shipped as “Freight of All
Kind”
- Contained polymeric beads
• Undeclared Class 8 Corrosive
Substance
- Shipped as scrap metal
- Contained batteries
- No caps, liquid leaks, hazardous
atmosphere
Improvement Efforts
• Improve targeting efficiency
- Liaise with other agencies
- Enhance sharing of information
• Expand guidance and effort on Multi-Agency
Strike Force Operations
Regulatory Update
• Cargo Securing Methods for
Packages in Transport Vehicles or
Freight Containers
• Notice and Request for Comments
• Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 5 /
Friday, January 8, 2010 / Notices
• Comment period ends March 9, 2010
- www.regulations.gov
Regulatory Update
• Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards
(CFATS) – www.dhs.gov/chemicalsecurity
• Coast Guard & DHS Infrastructure Security
Compliance Division
• Working to harmonize
CFATS and MTSA
regulations