[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR172.802]

[Page 419]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
   CHAPTER I--PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, 
                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 172_HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TABLE, SPECIAL PROVISIONS, HAZARDOUS 
MATERIALS COMMUNICATIONS, EMERGENCY RESPONSE INFORMATION, AND 
 
                        Subpart I_Security Plans
 
Sec.  172.802  Components of a security plan.

    (a) The security plan must include an assessment of possible 
transportation security risks for shipments of the hazardous materials 
listed in Sec.  172.800 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:
    (1) 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. Such 
confirmation system must be consistent with applicable Federal and State 
laws and requirements concerning employment practices and individual 
privacy.
    (2) 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.
    (3) 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.
    (b) The security plan must be in writing and must be retained for as 
long as it remains in effect. Copies of the security plan, or portions 
thereof, 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.