49 Cfr 1554

Transportation Security Administration, DHS

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§ 1554.101

Subpart B—Security Measures

TSA inspection authority.

(a) General. Each repair station must
allow TSA and other authorized DHS
officials, at any time and in a reasonable manner, without advance notice,
to enter, conduct any audits, assessments, or inspections of any property,
facilities, equipment, and operations;
and to view, inspect, and copy records
as necessary to carry out TSA’s security-related statutory or regulatory
authorities, including its authority
to—
(1) Assess threats to transportation
security;
(2) Enforce security-related regulations, directives, and requirements;
(3) Inspect, assess, and audit security
facilities, equipment, and systems
(4) Ensure the adequacy of security
measures;
(5) Verify the implementation of security measures;
(6) Review security plans; and
(7) Carry out such other duties, and
exercise such other powers, relating to
transportation security as the TSA Administrator considers appropriate, to
the extent authorized by law.
(b) Evidence of compliance. At the request of TSA, each repair station must
provide evidence of compliance with
this part, including copies of records
required by this part.
(1) All records required under this
part must be provided in English upon
TSA’s request.
(2) All responses and submissions provided to TSA or its designee, pursuant
to this part, must be in English, unless
otherwise requested by TSA.
(c) Access to repair station. (1) TSA
and DHS officials working with TSA
may enter, and be present within any
area without access media or identification media issued or approved by
the repair station in order to inspect,
assess, or perform any other such duties as TSA may direct.
(2) Repair stations may request TSA
inspectors and DHS officials working
with TSA to present their credentials
for examination, but the credentials
may not be photocopied or otherwise
reproduced.

§ 1554.101

Security Measures.

(a) Applicability of this section. This
section applies to part 145 certificated
repair stations located—
(1) On airport. On an air operations
area or security identification display
area of an airport covered by an airport
security program under 49 CFR part
1542 in the United States, or on the security restricted area of any commensurate airport outside the United
States regulated by a government entity; or
(2) Adjacent to an airport. Adjacent to
an area of the airport described in
paragraph (a)(1) of this section if there
is an access point between the repair
station and the airport of sufficient
size to allow the movement of large
aircraft between the repair station and
the area described in paragraph (a)(1)
of this section.
(b) Security Measures. Each repair station described in paragraph (a) of this
section must carry out the following
measures:
(1) Provide TSA with the name and
means of contact on a 24-hour basis of
a person or persons designated by the
repair station with responsibility for—
(i) Compliance with the regulations
in this part;
(ii) Serving as the primary point(s) of
contact for security-related activities
and communications with TSA;
(iii) Maintaining a record of all employees responsible for controlling
keys or other means used to control access to aircraft described in paragraph
(b)(2) of this section; and
(iv) Maintaining all records necessary to comply with paragraph (b)(3)
of this section.
(2) When not attended, prevent the
unauthorized operation of all large aircraft capable of flight, by using one or
more of the means listed in paragraphs
(b)(2)(i) through (iv) of this section. In
these examples, a key, if used, must
only be available to an individual authorized by the repair station who has
successfully undergone a check as described in paragraph (b)(3) of this section.
(i) Block the path of the aircraft such
that it cannot be moved, and control

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49 CFR Ch. XII (10–1–14 Edition)

the vehicle key if a vehicle is used to
block the path.
(ii) Park the aircraft in a locked
hangar and control the key to the
hangar.
(iii) Move stairs away from the aircraft and shut and, if feasible, lock all
cabin and/or cargo doors, and control
the key.
(iv) Other means approved in writing
by TSA.
(3) Verify background information of
those individuals who are designated as
the TSA point(s) of contact and those
who have access to any keys or other
means used to prevent the operation of
large aircraft described in paragraph
(b)(2) of this section by one or more of
the following means:
(i) Verify an employee’s employment
history. The repair station obtains the
employee’s employment history for the
most recent five year period or the
time period since the employee’s 18th
birthday, whichever period is shorter.
The repair station verifies the employee’s employment history for the most
recent 5-year period via telephone,
email, or in writing. If the information
is verified telephonically, the repair
station must record the date of the
communication and with whom the information was verified. If there is a gap
in employment of six months or longer,
without a satisfactory explanation of
the gap, employment history is not
verified. The repair station must retain
employment
history
verification
records for at least 180 days after the
individual’s employment ends. The repair station must maintain these
records electronically or in hardcopy,
and provide them to TSA upon request.
(ii) Confirm an employee holds an
airman certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration.
(iii) Confirm an employee of a repair
station located within the United
States has obtained a security threat
assessment or comparable security
threat assessment pursuant to part
1540, subpart C of this chapter, such as
by holding a SIDA identification media
issued by an airport operator that
holds a complete program under 49
CFR part 1542.
(iv) Confirm an employee of a repair
station located outside the United
States has successfully completed a se-

curity threat assessment commensurate to a security threat assessment
described in part 1540, subpart C of this
chapter.
(v) Other means approved in writing
by TSA.
§ 1554.103

Security Directives.

(a) General. When TSA determines
that additional security measures are
necessary to respond to a threat assessment or to a specific threat against
civil aviation, TSA issues a Security
Directive setting forth mandatory
measures.
(b) Compliance. Each repair station
must comply with each Security Directive TSA issues to the repair station
within the time prescribed. Each repair
station that receives a Security Directive must—
(1) Acknowledge receipt of the Security Directive as directed by TSA;
(2) Specify the method by which security measures have been or will be implemented to meet the effective date;
and
(3) Notify TSA to obtain approval of
alternative measures if the repair station is unable to implement the measures in the Security Directive.
(c) Availability. Each repair station
that receives a Security Directive and
each person who receives information
from a Security Directive must—
(1) Restrict the availability of the Security Directive and the information
contained in the document to persons
who have an operational need to know;
and
(2) Refuse to release the Security Directive or the information contained in
the document to persons other than
those who have an operational need to
know without the prior written consent of TSA.
(d) Comments. Each repair station
that receives a Security Directive may
comment on the Security Directive by
submitting data, views, or arguments
in writing to TSA. TSA may amend the
Security Directive based on comments
received. Submission of a comment
does not delay the effective date of the
Security Directive.

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