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NOTIONAL – FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Version 2.2
Hank Suderman Collection
Highway and Motor CarrierTruck and Hazmat Shipment Tracking
Presented by
Highway and Motor Carrier DivisionTransportation Security Administration
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Highway and Motor Carrier Hazmat Truck Security Pilot (Jan. 05 – Dec. 07)
Objectives
Identify, test, and evaluate technologically different tracking solutions (50 states) commercially available
Prototype centralized truck tracking center
Non-proprietary universal interface between tracking systems and a tracking center
Feasibility of utilizing a universal interface between a truck tracking center and a government intelligence operations center
Independent evaluation of tracking center, interface, and feasibility study.
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Highway and Motor Carrier
• The HAZMAT Truck Security Pilot was a congressionally mandated pilot project to design and build a centralized truck tracking center capability.
• TSA developed a set of protocols capable of interfacing with existing truck tracking systems.
• The desired outcome was to test the feasibility of a centralized truck tracking center and capability that allowed TSA to continually track truck locations and HAZMAT load types in all 50 states and to receive exception based events.
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Highway and Motor Carrier
October 2005 – Program StartedJune 2006 – HAZMAT Tracking Security System (HTSS) OperationalSeptember 2007 – HTSS Fully FunctionalDecember 2007 – Pilot Concluded
Industry
Carriers – 10
Tracking Vendors – 7
Trucks - 128
Government
Regional Public Safety• Western NY• North Carolina• Metropolitan DC Area
TSA• Transportation Sector Network Management• Highway and Motor Carrier• TSA Freedom Center (aka TSOC)
Stakeholder Participation
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Highway and Motor CarrierStakeholder Benefits
Real time exchange of critical information provides benefit to all stakeholders. Industry
• Supports flow of commerce by: -Using security threat information to adjust routes
-More timely identification and resolution of national security events
Federal and Regional Government• Supports safeguarding security by:
-More timely awareness of carrier security events-Comprehensive data set for emergency responsecoordination
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Highway and Motor CarrierThe Way Forward
• The 9/11 Act, Sec. 1554- Motor Carrier Security-Sensitive Material Tracking:
…shall 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 that provides:
(A) Frequent or continuous communications(B) Vehicle position location and tracking capabilities(C) A feature that allows a driver of such vehicles to broadcast an emergency distress signal
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Highway & Motor Carrier POCs
Phil Forjan, Branch Chief
Truck and Motor Carrier Branch
Office: (571) 227-1467
Email: [email protected]
Ray Cotton, Assistant General Manager
Highway and Motor Carrier Security Division
Office: (571) 227-4237
Email: [email protected]
Steve Sprague, Branch Chief
Licensing & Infrastructure Branch
Office: (571) 227-1468
Email: [email protected]
Paul Pitzer, Branch ChiefPolicy, Planning and Stakeholder Coordination BranchOffice: 571-227-1233Email: [email protected]
Bill Arrington, General ManagerHighway and Motor Carrier Security Division
Office: (571) 227-2436
Email: [email protected]
Bud Hunt, Branch ChiefThreat, Vulnerability, and Consequence BranchOffice: 571-227-2152Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.tsa.gov/highway
E-Mail: [email protected]