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1 ‘‘Sensitive Security Information’’ or ‘‘SSI’’ is 

information obtained or developed in the conduct 

of security activities, the disclosure of which would 

constitute an unwarranted invasion of privacy, 

reveal trade secrets or privileged or confidential 

information, or be detrimental to the security of 

transportation. The protection of SSI is governed by 

49 CFR part 1520. 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Transportation Security Administration 

49 CFR Parts 1544, 1546, and 1548 

[Docket No. TSA–2004–19515; Amendment 

Nos. 1544–6, 1546–3, and 1548–3] 

RIN 1652–AA52 

Air Cargo Security Requirements; 

Compliance Dates; Amendment 

AGENCY: Transportation Security 

Administration (TSA), DHS. 

ACTION: Interim final rule; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: This interim final rule (IFR) 

amends the Air Cargo Security 

Requirements final rule (Air Cargo Final 

Rule) (published May 26, 2006, and 

corrected in June 2006) by extending the 

compliance dates by which certain 

requirements must be completed. TSA 

has concluded that the regulated 

community will be unable to meet some 

deadlines in the Air Cargo Final Rule 

because of the large number of 

employees and agents subject to the 

requirements. TSA is, therefore, 

extending dates for the following 

requirements: That aircraft operators, 

foreign air carriers, and indirect air 

carriers (IACs) ensure that their 

employees and agents with unescorted 

access to cargo successfully complete a 

Security Threat Assessment (STA); that 

IACs ensure that their employees and 

agents performing security-related 

duties are trained in the IAC’s security 

program; and that airport operators 

ensure that individuals with unescorted 

access to expanded Security 

Identification Display Areas (SIDA) are 

subjected to a criminal history records 

check (CHRC) and a name-based 

security threat assessment (STA), 

receive proper security training, and 

hold appropriate personnel 

identification. 

DATES: Effective Date: This rule is 

effective October 23, 2006. 

Comment Date: Comments must be 

received by December 26, 2006. 

Compliance Dates: Compliance date 

for STAs for employees under 

§§ 1544.228, 1546.213, 1548.15, and for 

IAC proprietors, general partners, 

officers, directors and certain owners of 

the entity under § 1548.16: Changed 

from December 1, 2006 to March 15, 

2007. 

Compliance date for STAs for agents 

under §§ 1544.228, 1546.213 and 

1548.15: Changed from December 1, 

2006 to June 15, 2007. 

Compliance date for training of IAC 

employees under §§ 1548.11: Remains 

November 22, 2006. 

Compliance date for training of IAC 

agents §§ 1548.11: Changed from 

November 22, 2006 to June 15, 2007. 

Compliance date for submission and 

approval of extension of Secure 

Identification Display Area (SIDA) 

boundaries to cargo areas under 

§ 1542.205(a)(2) and (3): Remains 

October 23, 2006. 

Compliance date for full compliance 

with requirements for individuals with 

unescorted access to expanded SIDA 

under §§ 1542.205(b)(2), 1542.209, 

1542.211, 1542.213, and Security 

Directives: Changed from October 23, 

2006 to January 22, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by the TSA docket number to 

this rulemaking, using any one of the 

following methods: 

Comments Filed Electronically: You 

may submit comments through the 

docket Web site at http://dms.dot.gov. 

You also may submit comments through 

the Federal Rulemaking portal at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

Comments Submitted by Mail, Fax, or 

In Person: Address or deliver your 

written, signed comments to the Docket 

Management System, U.S. Department 

of Transportation, Room Plaza 401, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20590–0001; Fax: 202–493–2251. 

See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for 

format and other information about 

comment submissions. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tamika McCree, Office of 

Transportation Security Network 

Management (TSA–28), Transportation 

Security Administration, 601 South 

12th Street, Arlington, VA 22202; (571– 

227–2632); tamika.mccree@dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

This interim final rule is being 

adopted without prior notice and prior 

public comment. However, to the 

maximum extent possible, TSA will 

provide an opportunity for public 

comment on regulations issued without 

prior notice. Accordingly, TSA invites 

interested persons to participate in this 

rulemaking by submitting written 

comments, data, or views. We also 

invite comments relating to the 

economic, environmental, energy, or 

federalism impacts that might result 

from adopting the proposals in this 

document. See ADDRESSES above for 

information on where to submit 

comments. 

With each comment, please include 

your name and address, identify the 

docket number at the beginning of your 

comments, and give the reason for each 

comment. The most helpful comments 

reference a specific portion of the 

rulemaking, explain the reason for any 

recommended change, and include 

supporting data. You may submit 

comments and material electronically, 

in person, by mail, or fax as provided 

under ADDRESSES, but please submit 

your comments and material by only 

one means. If you submit comments by 

mail or delivery, submit them in two 

copies, in an unbound format, no larger 

than 8.5 by 11 inches, suitable for 

copying and electronic filing. 

If you want TSA to acknowledge 

receipt of comments submitted by mail, 

include with your comments a selfaddressed, stamped postcard on which 

the docket number appears. We will 

stamp the date on the postcard and mail 

it to you. 

TSA will file in the public docket all 

comments received by TSA, except for 

comments containing confidential 

information and sensitive security 

information (SSI).1 TSA will consider 

all comments received on or before the 

closing date for comments and will 

consider comments filed late to the 

extent practicable. The docket is 

available for public inspection before 

and after the comment closing date. 

Handling of Confidential or Proprietary 

Information and Sensitive Security 

Information (SSI) Submitted in Public 

Comments 

Do not submit comments that include 

trade secrets, confidential commercial 

or financial information, or SSI to the 

public regulatory docket. Please submit 

such comments separately from other 

comments on the rulemaking. 

Comments containing this type of 

information should be appropriately 

marked as containing such information 

and submitted by mail to the address 

listed in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. 

Upon receipt of such comments, TSA 

will not place the comments in the 

public docket and will handle them in 

accordance with applicable safeguards 

and restrictions on access. TSA will 

hold them in a separate file to which the 

public does not have access, and place 

a note in the public docket that TSA has 

received such materials from the 

commenter. If TSA receives a request to 


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2Security Directives constitute sensitive security 

information (SSI) that can be disclosed only to 

persons with a need to know, in accordance with 

49 CFR part 1520. 

3Security programs constitute SSI that can be 

disclosed only to persons with a need to know, in 

accordance with 49 CFR part 1520. Therefore, the 

security programs could only be distributed to 

affected aircraft operators, foreign air carriers, and 

IACs for comment. 

examine or copy this information, TSA 

will treat it as any other request under 

the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 

(5 U.S.C. 552) and the Department of 

Homeland Security’s (DHS’s) FOIA 

regulation found in 6 CFR part 5. 

Reviewing Comments in the Docket 

Please be aware that anyone is able to 

search the electronic form of all 

comments received into any of our 

dockets by the name of the individual 

submitting the comment (or signing the 

comment, if submitted on behalf of an 

association, business, labor union, etc.). 

You may review the applicable Privacy 

Act Statement published in the Federal 

Register on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477), or you may visit http:// 

dms.dot.gov. 

You may review the comments in the 

public docket by visiting the Dockets 

Office between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. The Dockets Office is located 

on the plaza level of the Nassif Building 

at the Department of Transportation 

address, previously provided under 

ADDRESSES. Also, you may review 

public dockets on the Internet at http:// 

dms.dot.gov. 

Availability of Rulemaking Document 

You can get an electronic copy using 

the Internet by—

(1) Searching the Department of 

Transportation’s electronic Docket 

Management System (DMS) Web page 

(http://dms.dot.gov/search); 

(2) Accessing the Government 

Printing Office’s Web page at http:// 

www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html; or 

(3) Visiting TSA’s Security 

Regulations Web page at http:// 

www.tsa.gov and accessing the link for 

‘‘Research Center’’ at the top of the page. 

In addition, copies are available by 

writing or calling the individual in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section. Make sure to identify the docket 

number of this rulemaking. 

Small Entity Inquiries 

The Small Business Regulatory 

Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA) of 

1996 requires TSA to comply with small 

entity requests for information and 

advice about compliance with statutes 

and regulations within TSA’s 

jurisdiction. Any small entity that has a 

question regarding this document may 

contact the person listed in FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. Persons can 

obtain further information regarding 

SBREFA on the Small Business 

Administration’s Web page at http:// 

www.sba.gov/advo/law_lib.html. 

Background 

On May 26, 2006, TSA published a 

final rule in the Federal Register (71 FR 

30478) on air cargo security 

requirements (Air Cargo Final Rule) to 

enhance and improve the security of air 

cargo transportation. Sections 1544.228, 

1546.213, 1548.15, and 1548.16 of the 

final rule incorrectly stated that the 

deadline for completion of the security 

threat assessments (STAs) required by 

those sections was November 22, 2006 

(71 FR 30478, 30511–12 and 30516). 

This conflicted with the DATES section 

of the rule, which listed the compliance 

date for STAs as December 1, 2006. On 

June 2, 2006, TSA issued a notice 

correcting the deadline for STAs in the 

pertinent regulatory text to December 1, 

2006 (71 FR 31964). Also, on June 8, 

2006 (71 FR 33254), TSA published an 

additional correction notice that added 

an amendatory instruction in § 1548.1 to 

remove the word ‘‘passenger’’ that had 

inadvertently been included in the Air 

Cargo Final Rule. 

Requirements of the Air Cargo Final 

Rule 

The Air Cargo Final Rule, in part, 

requires that aircraft operators, foreign 

air carriers, and indirect air carriers 

(IACs) ensure that security threat 

assessments (STAs) are completed on 

their employees and agents with 

unescorted access to cargo under 

§§ 1544.228, 1546.213, and 1548.15, and 

on proprietors, general partners, 

officers, directors, and certain owners of 

an IAC entity under § 1548.16. The 

compliance date for these sections 

(following the June 2, 2006 correction) 

is December 1, 2006. In addition, 

§ 1548.11 requires that by November 22, 

2006, IACs must ensure that no 

employee or agent may perform any 

security-related duties under the IAC’s 

security program unless that employee 

or agent is properly trained. 

Another requirement of the Air Cargo 

Final Rule provides that each part of the 

air operations area in an airport that is 

regularly used to load or unload cargo 

from an aircraft, and areas where cargo 

is present after a carrier or IAC accepts 

it, must be a security identification 

display area (SIDA) (See 

§§ 1542.205(a)(2) and (3)). Under 

requirements in effect before 

publication of the Air Cargo Final Rule, 

airport operators must ensure that each 

individual with unescorted access to the 

SIDA is subject to a criminal history 

records check (CHRC), holds an 

appropriate identification, successfully 

completes training in accordance with 

the TSA-approved curriculum, and 

undergoes a name-based STA by TSA 

(See §§ 1542.209, 1542.211 and 

1542.213(b); and Security Directives).2

The current deadline for all of the above 

SIDA requirements is October 23, 2006. 

On June 1, 2006, TSA issued 

proposed revised and new security 

programs for aircraft operators, foreign 

air carriers (FACs), and IACs that would 

implement the requirements of the Air 

Cargo Final Rule.3 TSA received 

extensive comments to the proposed 

revised and new security programs. 

STAs and Training for Employees and 

Agents of Aircraft Operators, Foreign 

Air Carriers, and IACs 

Some commenters were very 

concerned about their ability to comply 

with the deadlines for completion of 

STAs and training for the employees 

and numerous agents of the regulated 

parties. Under the final rule, the 

deadline for completion of training is 

November 22, 2006. 

Agents are not direct employees of the 

air carriers, nor are they directly 

regulated by TSA. Rather, ‘‘agents’’ are 

entities under contract with the air 

carriers to perform a security 

responsibility. For example, an IAC may 

contract with a cartage agent to move 

cargo from a warehouse to an airport. 

An IAC may use the services of many 

agents for cartage and warehousing, and 

each of those cartage and warehousing 

agents may serve multiple IACs. IACs 

are responsible for ensuring that their 

agents are properly trained to perform 

security responsibilities, and actually 

carry out the IAC’s security program. 

Commenters raised concerns as to 

how these agents will determine 

whether or not the driver picking up, or 

delivering cargo, actually has undergone 

an STA and has been trained in the IAC 

security program. TSA is enhancing the 

IAC Management System (IACMS) to 

process STA applications and results, 

and is providing online training for 

employees and agents. However, only 

IACs will have access to the IACMS data 

base to determine if a driver has an 

STA. Commenters stated that it would 

be helpful to have a system that will 

allow them to identify and verify those 

individuals with the requisite STAs and 

training. Otherwise, in order for an IAC 

to ensure compliance with the Air Cargo 

Final Rule and their security program, 

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4All of the compliance dates were stated in the 

Air Cargo Final Rule text, except the requirement 

that airport operators extend the boundaries of the 

SIDA to cargo operations. The compliance date for 

this requirement is the effective date of the Air 

Cargo Final Rule: October 23, 2006. 

and train a driver who may already have 

undergone an STA and had the training. 

This would be unnecessary and 

duplicative. 

This is an important issue that bears 

both on the regulated parties’

compliance and on aviation security. In 

recognition of this complex issue, and to 

facilitate a high level of compliance 

with the requirements of the Air Cargo 

Final Rule, TSA is extending the 

deadlines for STAs and training, as 

discussed below. TSA has provided 

more time for the STAs and training of 

the agents of airport operators, FACs 

and IACs than for employees because 

there are fewer employees than agents, 

and airport operators and air carriers 

have more control over their own direct 

employees, than agents. 

CHRCs, STAs, and Identification Media 

for SIDA Access; Training 

TSA has also received comments 

indicating that there will be hundreds, 

if not thousands, of airport employees 

who will be affected by the expansion 

of SIDA to include air operation areas 

regularly used to load cargo on, or 

unload cargo from, an aircraft that is 

operated under a full program or a full 

all-cargo program as specified in 

§ 1542.205. These comments indicate 

that it will not be possible to subject 

each of these individuals to a CHRC, a 

name-based STA, SIDA training, or the 

appropriate personnel identification 

requirements by October 23, 2006. 

Extension of Compliance Dates 

For the above stated reasons, TSA has 

determined that the compliance date for 

STAs for employees of aircraft 

operators, FACs, and IACs under 

§§ 1544.228, 1546.213, 1548.15, and 

1548.16 will be extended to March 15, 

2007. STAs for agents of these entities 

will be extended to June 15, 2007. 

The compliance date of November 22, 

2006 for training is still applicable to 

employees of aircraft operators, foreign 

air carriers and IACs under § 1548.11. 

Because of the high volume of agents 

and the complications associated with 

carriers trying to determine which 

agents need STAs and training, 

however, TSA is extending the deadline 

for the training of IAC agents from 

November 22, 2006 to June 15, 2007. 

Based on comments received, TSA is 

also extending the deadlines for 

subjecting each individual with 

unescorted access to a SIDA to a CHRC, 

to a name-based STA, to SIDA training, 

or to personnel identification 

requirements from October 23, 2006 to 

January 22, 2007. TSA is not changing 

the compliance date for submission and 

approval of the new SIDA boundaries, 

as there is no need to do so. Airport 

operators will already know where 

cargo is present and being loaded and 

unloaded; therefore, they will be able to 

comply with the October 23, 2006 

compliance date. 

Summary of Compliance Date Changes 

TSA has made the following 

amendments to the Air Cargo Final Rule 

text: 4

STAs/training and other requirements 

Air Cargo Final Rule 

(May 26, 2006), as 

amended (June 2, 

2006), compliance 

dates 

Amended 

compliance 

dates 

STAs for employees of aircraft operators, foreign air carriers and indirect air carriers (IACs) under 

§§ 1544.228, 1546.213, 1548.15.

December 1, 2006 .. March 15, 2007. 

STAs for agents of aircraft operators, foreign air carriers and IACs under §§ 1544.228, 1546.213, 

1548.15.

December 1, 2006 .. June 15, 2007. 

STAs for IAC proprietors, general partners, officers, directors and certain owners under § 1548.16 December 1, 2006 .. March 15, 2007. 

Training of IAC employees under § 1548.11 ....................................................................................... November 22, 2006 Same. 

Training of IAC agents under § 1548.11 .............................................................................................. November 22, 2006 June 15, 2007. 

Establishing the boundaries of SIDA for air cargo areas under § 1542.205(a)(2) .............................. October 23, 2006 .... Same. 

CHRC, training, name-based STAs, and ID requirements for individuals with unescorted access to 

expanded SIDA under §§ 1542.205, 1542.209, 1542.211, 1542.213, and SDs.

October 23, 2006 .... January 22, 2007. 

Good Cause for Immediate Adoption 

and Immediate Effective Date 

TSA is issuing this amendment 

without providing the public prior 

notice and the opportunity for 

comment, and it has an effective date 

less than 30 days after publication in the 

Federal Register. 

Sections 553(b) and (d) of the 

Administrative Procedure Act (APA) (5 

U.S.C. 553) authorize agencies to 

dispense with certain notice procedures 

for rules when they find good cause to 

do so. Under section 553(b), the 

requirements of notice and opportunity 

for comment do not apply when the 

agency for good cause finds that those 

procedures are ‘‘impracticable, 

unnecessary, or contrary to the public 

interest.’’ Section 553(d) allows an 

agency, upon finding good cause, to 

make a rule effective immediately, 

thereby avoiding the 30-day delayed 

effective date requirement in section 

553. 

TSA finds that providing an 

opportunity for prior notice and public 

comment on the extensions of the 

compliance dates in the provisions of 

the Air Cargo Final Rule identified in 

the IFR is unnecessary and contrary to 

the public interest. As detailed above, 

TSA believes that: (a) Regulated parties 

will have significant difficulty in 

complying with the regulations in the 

time specified; (b) no party will be 

adversely affected by the extensions; (c) 

the lack of notice will not cause any 

hardship; and (d) it would be 

impracticable to provide timely notice 

and opportunity to comment prior to the 

implementation dates currently set forth 

in the regulations. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) requires 

that a Federal agency consider the 

impact of paperwork and other 

information collection burdens imposed 

on the public and, under the provisions 

of PRA section 3507(d), obtain approval 

from the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for each collection of 

information it conducts, sponsors, or 

requires through regulations. TSA has 

determined that there are no current or 

new information collection 

requirements associated with this rule. 


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Regulatory Analyses 

Executive Order 12866 Assessment 

In conducting these analyses, TSA has 

determined that this rulemaking is not 

a ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ as 

defined in the Executive Order. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 

(RFA) (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq., as amended 

by the Small Business Regulatory 

Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA) of 

1996), requires agencies to perform a 

review to determine whether a proposed 

or final rule will have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities when the 

Administrative Procedure Act (APA) 

requires notice and comment 

rulemaking. Consistent with the APA 

and for the reasons provided under 

‘‘Good Cause for Immediate Adoption,’’

TSA is issuing this rule as an interim 

final rule. Accordingly, the regulatory 

flexibility analysis as described in the 

RFA is not required. 

TSA notes, however, that we have 

analyzed the small business impacts of 

the air cargo rulemaking that this IFR 

amends. A Final Regulatory Flexibility 

Analysis (FRFA) was placed on the 

public docket in the Regulatory Impact 

Analysis document for the Air Cargo 

Final Rule issued on May 26, 2006. The 

extension of the compliance dates in 

this IFR provides more flexibility than 

the final rule. 

International Trade Impact Assessment 

The Trade Agreement Act of 1979 

prohibits Federal agencies from 

establishing any standards or engaging 

in related activities that create 

unnecessary obstacles to the foreign 

commerce of the United States. 

Legitimate domestic objectives, such as 

safety, are not considered unnecessary 

obstacles. The statute also requires 

consideration of international standards 

and, where appropriate, that they be the 

basis for U.S. standards. TSA has 

assessed the potential effect of this 

rulemaking and has determined that it 

will not create any unnecessary 

obstacles to foreign commerce. 

Unfunded Mandates Assessment 

The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995 is intended, among other things, 

to curb the practice of imposing 

unfunded Federal mandates on State, 

local, and tribal governments. Title II of 

the Act requires each Federal agency to 

prepare a written statement assessing 

the effects of any Federal mandate in a 

proposed or final agency rule that may 

result in a $100 million or more 

expenditure (adjusted annually for 

inflation) in any one year by State, local, 

and tribal governments, in the aggregate, 

or by the private sector; such a mandate 

is deemed to be a ‘‘significant regulatory 

action.’’

This rulemaking does not contain 

such a mandate. The requirements of 

Title II of the Act, therefore, do not 

apply and TSA has not prepared a 

statement under the Act. 

Executive Order 13132, Federalism 

TSA has analyzed this final rule 

under the principles and criteria of 

Executive Order 13132, Federalism. We 

determined that this action will not 

have a substantial direct effect on the 

States, or the relationship between the 

National Government and the States, or 

on the distribution of power and 

responsibilities among the various 

levels of government, and, therefore, 

does not have federalism implications. 

Environmental Analysis 

TSA has reviewed this action for 

purposes of the National Environmental 

Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 

4321–4347) and has determined that 

this action will not have a significant 

effect on the human environment. 

Energy Impact Analysis 

The energy impact of the action has 

been assessed in accordance with the 

Energy Policy and Conservation Act 

(EPCA), Public Law 94–163, as amended 

(42 U.S.C. 6362). We have determined 

that this rulemaking is not a major 

regulatory action under the provisions 

of the EPCA. 

List of Subjects 

49 CFR Part 1544 

Air carriers, Aircraft, Aviation safety, 

Freight forwarders, Incorporation by 

reference, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Security measures. 

49 CFR Part 1546 

Aircraft, Aviation safety, Foreign Air 

Carriers, Incorporation by reference, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Security measures. 

49 CFR Part 1548 

Air transportation, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Security 

measures. 

The Amendment 

■ For the reasons set forth above, the 

Transportation Security Administration 

amends title 49 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations, parts 1544, 1546, and 1548, 

as follows: 

PART 1544—AIRCRAFT OPERATOR 

SECURITY: AIR CARRIERS AND 

COMMERCIAL OPERATORS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 1544 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 114, 5103, 40113, 

44901–44905, 44907, 44913–44914, 44916–

44918, 44932, 44935–44936, 44942, 46105. 

■ 2. Revise § 1544.228(d) to read as 

follows: 

§ 1544.228 Access to cargo: Security 

threat assessments for cargo personnel in 

the United States. 

* * * * * 

(d) Operators must comply with the 

requirements of this section not later 

than March 15, 2007, for direct 

employees and not later than June 15, 

2007, for agents. 

PART 1546—FOREIGN AIR CARRIER 

SECURITY 

■ 3. The authority citation for part 1546 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 114, 5103, 40113, 

44901–44905, 44907, 44914, 44916–44917, 

44935–44936, 44942, 46105. 

■ 4. Revise § 1546.213(d) to read as 

follows: 

§ 1546.213 Access to cargo: Security 

threat assessments for cargo personnel in 

the United States. 

* * * * * 

(d) Operators must comply with the 

requirements of this section not later 

than March 15, 2007, for direct 

employees and not later than June 15, 

2007, for agents. 

PART 1548—INDIRECT AIR CARRIER 

SECURITY 

■ 5. The authority citation for part 1548 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 114, 5103, 40113, 

44901–44905, 44913–44914, 44916–44917, 

44932, 44935–44936, 46105. 

■ 6. Revise § 1548.11(d) to read as 

follows: 

§ 1548.11 Training and knowledge for 

individuals with security-related duties. 

* * * * * 

(d) Operators must comply with the 

requirements of this section not later 

than November 22, 2006, for direct 

employees and not later than June 15, 

2007, for agents. 

■ 7. Revise § 1548.15(d) to read as 

follows: 

§ 1548.15 Access to cargo: Security threat 

assessments for individuals having 

unescorted access to cargo. 

* * * * * 


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(d) Operators must comply with the 

requirements of this section not later 

than March 15, 2007, for direct 

employees and not later than June 15, 

2007, for agents. 

■ 8. Revise § 1548.16(a) to read as 

follows: 

§ 1548.16 Security threat assessments for 

each proprietor, general partner, officer, 

director, and certain owners of the entity. 

(a) Each indirect air carrier, or 

applicant to be an indirect air carrier, 

must ensure that each proprietor, 

general partner, officer, director, and 

owner of the entity has successfully 

completed a Security Threat Assessment 

under part 1540, subpart C, of this 

chapter. Each indirect air carrier must 

comply with the requirements of this 

section not later than March 15, 2007. 

* * * * * 

Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on October 

20, 2006. 

Robert D. Jamison, 

Deputy Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 06–8904 Filed 10–23–06; 2:47 pm] 

BILLING CODE 9110–05–P 


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