LCDR Kevin Lynn, USCGOffice of Port & Facility Activities (CG-5442)

COHMED Conference January 26, 2010

U.S. Coast Guard Safety and U.S. Coast Guard Safety and Security UpdatesSecurity Updates

Maritime Transportation Security Act / SAFE Port

Act•Major legislations that changed the security culture of the maritime community

•Impacted- 361 Ports- 3,200 facilities

•Transportation Worker Identification Credential

•Security and Accountability For Every Port Act

Transportation Worker Identification Credential

•Common credential identifying individuals who require unescorted access to secure areas

•Joint TSA / CG effort

•Three elements of a TWIC compliance check

- Verification - Authentication - Validation

•Visual identification check currently required

TWIC Concepts

•Important terms- Secure Areas - Restricted Areas- Unescorted Access - Escorting

TWIC Reader Rule

•Advanced Notice of Proposed Rule Making- Risk-based approach to TWIC reader requirements

regulation

•NPRM based upon results from pilot program and ANPRM comments

•Future rule may require different levels of TWIC verification based on risk

- All will have to supply valid TWIC for unescorted access

- Visual and/or biometric check

Fraudulent TWICs

•Attempts have been made- First known case occurred at Port Fourchon, LA- Identification by facility security staff- Eight cases known to date

•Fraudulent use will be prosecuted

•Detection methods - TWIC readers- Human element

Undeclared HAZMAT

•National Container Inspection Program - 1994

- Federal HAZMAT Transportation Law - International Safe Container Act of 1977- Declared HAZMAT, General Cargo & Structural

Inspections

•26,958 containers inspected - 2009- 33 Undeclared HAZMAT cases involving 68 containers

Ports conducting inspections

Puerto RicoSt.

Thomas

GuamSaipan

Port conducted inspections in 2009

Undeclared HAZMAT Cases

•Undeclared Class 9 Miscellaneous HAZMAT

- Four containers shipped as “Freight of All Kind”

- Contained polymeric beads

•Undeclared Class 8 Corrosive Substance

- Shipped as scrap metal- Contained batteries- No caps, liquid leaks, hazardous

atmosphere

Improvement Efforts

•Improve targeting efficiency- Liaise with other agencies- Enhance sharing of information

•Expand guidance and effort on Multi-Agency Strike Force Operations

Regulatory Update

•Cargo Securing Methods for Packages in Transport Vehicles or Freight Containers

•Notice and Request for Comments

•Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 5 / Friday, January 8, 2010 / Notices

•Comment period ends March 9, 2010

- www.regulations.gov

Regulatory Update

•Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) – www.dhs.gov/chemicalsecurity

•Coast Guard & DHS Infrastructure Security Compliance Division

•Working to harmonize CFATS and MTSA regulations