Security plans .Transporting hazardous materials

Each person who offers for transportation in commerce or transports in commerce one or more of the following hazardous materials must develop and adhere to a transportation security plan for hazardous materials. 

The handling, transportation, communications, emergency response, training requirements, and security plans for hazardous materials can be found in 49 CFR 171-179. 

Each plan must include an assessment of possible transportation security risks for hazardous materials including site-specific or location-specific risks associated with facihties at which the materials are prepared for transport, stored, or unloaded incidental to movement, and appropriate measures to address them. Specific measures may vary depending upon the level of threat. At a minimum, the security plan must consist of the following elements ... 

Transporters of Hazardous Materials (49 CFR Part 172, Subpart I). This regulation, which became effective in 2003, requires any offeror or transporter of certain hazardous materials to develop a security plan (including sections on personnel security, unauthorized access, and en-route security) and to conduct security training. 

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration s Hazardous Materials Regulations (49 CFR 171-180) contain specific requirements for the safe transportation of hazardous materials. The topic of security is specifically addressed in these regulations in Part 172, Subpart H (training) and Subpart I (security plans). Comphance with these regulations will improve the security of hazardous materials transportation. 

On March 25, 2003, a final rule for Security Requirements for Offerors and Transporters of Hazardous Materials (HM-232) was pubhshed in the Federal Register. This final rule estabhshed new requirements for secmity training and security plans. 

Security plans must be developed and implemented to address security risks related to the transportation of hazardous materials in commerce. 

Security plans must include an assessment of possible transportation security risks for shipments of hazardous materials that require a security plan and appropriate measures to address the assessed risks. 

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