HOMELAND SECURITY

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HOMELAND SECURITY
Commander Edward ParsonsExecutive OfficerMarine
Safety Office Houston-Galveston
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Legacy Missions

• Search Rescue
• Aids to Navigation
• International Ice Patrol
• Law Enforcement
• Marine Environmental Protection
• National Security

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Legacy Missions

• Search Rescue
• Aids to Navigation
• International Ice Patrol
• Law Enforcement
• Marine Environmental Protection
• National Security

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COTP Zone Houston-Galveston
53 mile Houston Ship Channel 180 designated
waterfront facilities 50 U.S. gasoline refined
in port
2nd largest petrochem facility in the world 7600
deep draft vessel arrivals annually Over 700
vessel transits daily 40 Liquefied gas tanker
movements per week Passenger cruise ships
weekly 1 port for U.S. ship arrivals 1 port for
U.S. foreign tonnage
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Warren Gas
Houston
Oxychem
Galveston BayPorts Security Challenges 40
liquefied gas tanker (ships barges) movements
per week Home to Exxon - Mobils largest
refinery in the world Dows largest petrochem
plant in the West Hemisphere Shells largest
refinery in US Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Marichem Co.
Lyondell Petrochem
Shell Oil
BASF
Exxon-Mobil
Dow Chemical
Aristech Chem
Gulf Oil
Dupont
Phillips 66
Texas Petrochem
Barbour's Cut
Barbour's Cut
Crown Central
Galveston Bay
Petro United
Ethyl Corp
Bayport
Owen Corning
Lubrizol
Hoechst Celanese
FINA Oil Chem
Baytank
Kemah
Eagle Point
Amoco
Teppco
Texas City
Sterling Chemical
Union Carbide
Oil / Chem Facilities Bridges Passenger Vessels
Gulf of Mexico
Galveston
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Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA)

• Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002
• Signed November 25, 2002
• Designed to protect nations ports and waterways
  from terrorist attack.
• Regulations promulgating requirements of the Act
  will be implemented simultaneously with the
  International Code for Security of Ships and Port
  Facilities (ISPS), the international counterpart
  to the MTSA, on 01 July 2004

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Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA)

• Major Components
• Threat Security Assessments
• Port Threat Vulnerability Assessments
• Vessel Facility Vulnerability Assessments
• Foreign Port Assessments
• Security Plans and Advisory Committees
• National/Area Maritime Plan Advisory
  Committee
• Vessel Facility Security Plans

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Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA)

• Major Components
• Other Initiatives Programs
• Transportation Security cards
• Maritime Safety Security Teams
• Grants
• Maritime Intelligence
• Automatic Identification Systems
• International Seafarer Identification
• Sea Marshals

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Security Regulations

• 33 CFR Subchapter H Maritime Security
• Part 101 General Provisions
• Part 102 reserved
• Part 103 Area Maritime Security (Port Security)
• Part 104 Vessel Security
• Part 105 Facility Security
• Part 106 OCS Facility Security

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Security Guidelines

• Existing security guidelines
• NVIC 04-02 Security Guidelines for Passenger
  Vessels Passenger Terminals
• NVIC 09-02 Security Guidelines for Ports
• NVIC 10-02 Security Guidelines for Vessels
• Website http//www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/nvic/

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Maritime Security Conditions
MARSEC Three Incident Imminent Physical
Control
MARSEC Two Heightened Risk Targeted Control
MARSEC One New Normalcy Intel
Partnering Harbor Patrol Air Surveillance
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Security Measures

• Vessel Traffic Service (VTS)
• Harbor Shore Patrols
• Sea Marshals
• Off-Shore Boardings
• Aircraft Surveillance
• Industry / Pilots Eyes Ears

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Security Measures

• Vessel Traffic Service (VTS)
• Harbor Shore Patrols
• Sea Marshals
• Off-Shore Boardings
• Aircraft Surveillance
• Industry / Pilots Eyes Ears

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Security Measures

• Vessel Traffic Service (VTS)
• Harbor Shore Patrols
• Sea Marshals
• Off-Shore Boardings
• Aircraft Surveillance
• Industry / Pilots Eyes Ears

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Marine Safety Security Team (MSST)

• 100 man team
• 6 high speed boats
• Heavily armed
• Trained by Marine Corps Special Forces
• Deployable to anywhere in U.S.

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Security Measures

• Vessel Traffic Service (VTS)
• Harbor Shore Patrols
• Sea Marshals
• Off-Shore Boardings
• Aircraft Surveillance
• Industry / Pilots Eyes Ears

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Security Measures

• Vessel Traffic Service (VTS)
• Harbor Shore Patrols
• Sea Marshals
• Off-Shore Boardings
• Aircraft Surveillance
• Industry / Pilots Eyes Ears

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Security Measures

• Vessel Traffic Service (VTS)
• Harbor Shore Patrols
• Sea Marshals
• Off-Shore Boardings
• Aircraft Surveillance
• Industry / Pilots Eyes Ears

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Security Measures

• Vessel Traffic Service (VTS)
• Harbor Shore Patrols
• Sea Marshals
• Off-Shore Boardings
• Aircraft Surveillance
• Industry / Pilots Eyes Ears

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Intelligence Gathering
FUSION CENTER
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U.S. Coast Guard
Poised in the 21st Century
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Reporting Terrorist Activity

• Natl Response Center (NRC)1-800-424-8802 (24
  hr/day)
• Contact point for all oil/HAZMAT spills
• Clearinghouse for reports of terrorist activity
• Works w/FBI Strategic Intelligence Ops Center
  (SIOC)
• FBI will assess credibility of threat
• On scene assessment may be made by FBI or other
  agencies (federal, state, or local)

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Questions?

• Dept. of Homeland Security

http//www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/

• Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002

http//www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/mp/mtsa.shtml
Existing Security Guidelines
http//www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/nvic/

• U.S. Coast Guard

http//www.uscg.mil/USCG.shtm