Document: 10 CFR Part 73
Document ID: 7d8269bd-54a2-4d5a-9b84-85dfab2746cc
Document Type: cfr
Title: Transportation physical protection systems, subsystems, components, and procedures.
Source: 10 CFR Part 73
Source URL: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-10/part-73/section-73.26
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Section ID: 73.26
CFR Part: 73
CFR Title: 10

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ysical protection related subsystems and components to assure that they comply with their respective design criteria and performance specifications. ( 2 ) Preoperational tests and inspections shall be conducted for physical protection related subsystems and components to demonstrate their effectiveness, availability, and reliability with respect to their respective design criteria and performance specifications. ( 3 ) Operational tests and inspections shall be conducted for physical protection related subsystems and components to assure their maintenance in an operable and effective condition. ( 4 ) Preventive maintenance programs shall be established for physical protection related subsystems and components to assure their continued maintenance in an operable and effective condition. ( 5 ) All physical protection related subsystems and components shall be maintained in operable condition. Corrective action procedures and compensatory measures shall be developed and employed to assure that the effectiveness of the physical protection system is not reduced by any single failure or other contingencies affecting the operation of the physical protection related equipment or structures. ( 6 ) The transportation security program must be reviewed at least every 12 months by individuals independent of both security program management and personnel who have direct responsibility for implementation of the security program. The review must include an audit of transportation security procedures and practices, an evaluation of the effectiveness of the transportation physical protection system, an audit of the transportation physical protection system testing and maintenance program, and an audit of commitments established for response by local law enforcement authorities. The results and recommendations of the review, management's findings on whether the transportation security program is currently effective, and any actions taken as a result of recommendations from prior