Overview
A written security plan must include an assessment of possible transportation security risks for shipments of the hazardous materials and appropriate measures to address the assessed risks. Specific measures put into place by the plan may vary commensurate with the level of threat at a particular time. At a minimum, a security plan must include the following elements:
- Personnel security. Measures to confirm information provided by job applicants hired for positions that involve access to and handling of the hazardous materials covered by the security plan.
- Unauthorized access. Measures to address the assessed risk that unauthorized persons may gain access to the hazardous materials covered by the security plan or transport conveyances being prepared for transportation of the hazardous materials covered by the security plan.
- En route security. Measures to address the assessed security risks of shipments of hazardous materials covered by the security plan en route from origin to destination, including shipments stored incidental to movement.
The security plan must also include the following:
- Identification by job title of the senior management official responsible for the overall development and implementation of the security plan;
- Security duties for each position or department that is responsible for implementing the plan, or a portion of the plan, and the process of notifying employees when specific elements of the security plan must be implemented; and
- A plan for training hazmat employees.
Copies of the security plan must be available to the employees who are responsible for implementing it, consistent with personnel security clearance or background investigation restrictions and a demonstrated need to know. The security plan must be revised and updated as necessary to reflect changing circumstances. When the security plan is updated or revised, all copies of the plan must be maintained as of the date of the most recent revision.