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Highway and Motor Carrier Regulatory
Requirements Presented by Highway and Motor
Carrier Division Transportation Security
Administration
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Highway and Motor Carrier
Highway Transportation regulations required under
Public Law P.L. 110-53, HR 1, 9/11
Implementation Act signed August 3, 2007

• Rulemakings required
• Security Sensitive Hazardous Materials (Sec.
  1501)
• Over-the-Road Bus (OTRB) Operators to complete
  vulnerability assessments and have approved
  security plans (Sec. 1531)
• Develop Exercise Program for OTRB Operators (Sec.
  1533)
• OTRB Training Program (Sec. 1534)
• TSA is also required to develop a program
  regarding Motor Carrier Shipment Tracking of
  Security-Sensitive Materials (Sec. 1554)

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Highway Motor Carrier

• Security Sensitive Hazardous Materials (P.L.
  110-53, Sec. 1501)
• Security sensitive materials means a material,
  or a group or class of material, in a particular
  amount and form the Secretary, in conjunction
  with the Secretary of Transportation, determines,
  through a rulemaking, poses a significant risk to
  national security while being transported in
  commerce due to the potential use of the material
  in an act of terrorism.
• TSA is in the process of drafting this NPRM

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Highway Motor Carrier

• Over-the-Road Bus (OTRB) Operators to complete
  vulnerability assessments and have approved
  security plans (P.L. 110-53, Sec. 1531)
• Develop and issue regulations for a program
  requiring over-the-road bus operators to conduct
  vulnerability assessments and implement security
  plans.
• TSA is currently drafting a combined NPRM with
  similar requirements with Mass Transit, Freight
  Rail and Highway and Motor Carrier

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Highway Motor Carrier

• Over-the-Road Bus Training Program (Sec. 1534)
• Develop and issue regulations for an
  over-the-road bus training program to prepare
  frontline employees for potential security
  threats.
• TSA is drafting a combined NPRM with similar
  requirements with Mass Transit, Freight Rail and
  Highway and Motor Carrier

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Highway Motor Carrier

• Develop Exercise Program for Over-the-Road Bus
  Operators (P.L. 110-53, Sec. 1533)
• Establish a program for conducting security
  exercises for over-the-road bus operators
• TSA has an operational exercise program, ISTEP,
  the Intermodal Security Training Exercise
  Program.
• The Highway and Motor Carrier Division is
  currently scheduling 6 exercises/workshops
  through September 2009. Four are modal specific
  and two will be multi-modal.
• April-motorcoach May-hazmat trucking June-multi
  modal July-school transportation
  August-infrastructure September-multi modal.

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Highway Motor Carrier

• Motor Carrier Shipment Tracking of
  Security-Sensitive Materials (Sec. 1554)
• Develop a program to facilitate the tracking of
  motor carrier shipments of security-sensitive
  materials and to equip vehicles used in such
  shipments with technology to enable tracking.
• TSA has completed developing the program and
  submitted the report to Congress. DHS is
  currently working on an operational pilot.

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Highway Motor Carrier

• School Bus Transportation Security (Sec. 1538)
  and Truck Security Assessment (Sec. 1540)
• TSA is required to complete risk and security
  assessment of the nations school bus
  transportation system and the trucking industry.
• TSA is currently finalizing the school bus
  transportation risk assessment report and is
  working to complete the assessment process of the
  trucking industry.

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Highway Motor Carrier POCs

• Bill Arrington, General Manager
• Highway and Motor Carrier Security Division
• Office [phone]
• Email william.arrington_at_dhs.gov

• Ray Cotton, Assistant General Manager
• Highway and Motor Carrier Security Division
• Office [phone]
• Email ray.cotton_at_dhs.gov

• Phil Forjan, Branch Chief
• Truck and Motor Carrier Branch
• Office [phone]
• Email phil.forjan_at_dhs.gov

• Steve Sprague, Branch Chief
• Licensing Infrastructure Branch
• Office [phone]
• Email steve.sprague_at_dhs.gov

• Bud Hunt, Branch Chief
• Threat, Vulnerability, and Consequence Branch
• Office 571-227-2152
• Email bud.hunt_at_dhs.gov

• Paul Pitzer, Branch Chief
• Policy, Planning and Stakeholder Coordination
  Branch
• Office 571-227-1233
• Email paul.pitzer_at_dhs.gov

Website http//www.tsa.gov/highway E-Mail
www.highwaysecurity_at_dhs.gov