federal_register: 04-11142
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| 04-11142 | Protection of Sensitive Security Information | Rule | TSA is revising its regulation governing the protection of sensitive security information (SSI) in order to protect the confidentiality of maritime security measures adopted under the U.S. Coast Guard's regulations, published on October 22, 2003, implementing the Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA) and other activities related to port and maritime security. SSI is information that TSA has determined must be protected from improper disclosure in order to ensure transportation security. TSA's SSI regulation establishes certain requirements for the handling and dissemination of SSI, including restrictions on disclosure and civil penalties for violations of those restrictions. Currently, the SSI regulation applies primarily to information related to aviation security. Airlines, airports, and others operating in civil aviation are required to limit access to this information to those personnel who need it to carry out their security functions. Under MTSA, Congress directed the Coast Guard to issue regulations requiring maritime facility and vessel operators to develop security plans detailing the types of security measures they will implement under varying threat conditions. In order to meet statutory deadlines for implementation of these plans, the Coast Guard issued a series of final rules on October 22, 2003, requiring facility and vessel operators to submit security plans to the Coast Guard for approval. In order to protect the security of the facilities and vessels that prepare security plans, it is necessary to ensure that the plans and related security information are subject to limitations on their disclosure. Therefore, TSA is issuing an interim final rule expanding the scope of its SSI regulation so that it covers security plans and other information about security measures required by the Coast Guard's MTSA regulations. The Coast Guard also will supplement the MTSA regulations by exercising its longstanding authority under the Ports and Waterways Safety Act and the Magnuson Act. Sensitive information related to maritime security collected pursuant to these authorities should likewise be protected from public disclosure. In connection with this revision to the regulations, TSA is requiring employees, contractors, grantees, and agents of DHS and DOT to follow the same requirements governing protection of SSI as those in the transportation sector who are subject to the regulation. This change will provide clear standards for those persons employed by and acting on behalf of DHS and DOT regarding the obligation to safeguard SSI. The interim rule also makes clarifying changes to existing provisions of the SSI regulation governing aviation security. The Office of the Secretary of Transportation (OST) is issuing this rule jointly with TSA to implement DOT's parallel authority to protect SSI. In order to promote the efficiency and effectiveness of the regulation as well as ease of compliance, TSA and OST are adopting identical regulatory standards governing SSI. | 2004-05-18 | 2004 | 5 | https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2004/05/18/04-11142/protection-of-sensitive-security-information | https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2004-05-18/pdf/04-11142.pdf | Transportation Department; Transportation Department; Homeland Security Department; Transportation Security Administration | 492,492,227,494 | TSA is revising its regulation governing the protection of sensitive security information (SSI) in order to protect the confidentiality of maritime security measures adopted under the U.S. Coast Guard's regulations, published on October 22, 2003,... |