Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 740 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY › Title 740 CMR 30.00 - Airport Security › Section 30.01 - Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
Except as otherwise provided, the definitions in
				740 CMR 21.01 and 740
				CMR 30.01 shall apply to
				740 CMR
				30.00. In the event of a conflict between the
				definitions in
				740 CMR 21.00 and
				740 CMR
				30.00, the definition in
				740 CMR
				30.00 shall apply.
Access Control Door (ACS Door)
- shall
				mean any door, gate or portal that provides access:
(a) to a SIDA; or
(b) to a Sterile Area from a public area of the Airport.
Aerodrome
- shall mean that part of
				the Airport that is not open for public vehicular traffic or for other general
				public use, except for enplaning or deplaning Aircraft, said Aerodrome
				including but in no way being limited to runways, taxiways, landing areas, ramp
				and apron areas, and Aircraft parking and storage areas.
Air Carrier (AC)
- shall mean any
				Person conducting operations at the Airport pursuant to a federal certificate
				to conduct commercial air transportation services.
Air Operations Area (AOA)
- shall mean
				any area of the Airport used or intended to be used for landing, takeoff, or
				surface maneuvering of Aircraft.
Aircraft
- shall mean and include any
				and all contrivances now or hereafter used for flight in air or space,
				including but not limited to airplanes, airships, dirigibles, helicopters,
				gliders, amphibians and seaplanes.
Airport
- shall mean an airport owned
				or operated by the Authority.
Authority
- shall mean the
				Massachusetts Port Authority, created by St. 1956, c. 465.
Aviation Service Operator (ASO)
-
				shall mean and include any Person authorized by the Executive Director to
				perform aeronautical services as described in
				740 CMR 26.01
				through
				26.99 at an
				Airport.
Executive Director
- shall mean the
				duly-appointed Executive Director of Massachusetts Port Authority. In all
				matters pertaining to operation of an Airport the powers of the Executive
				Director under
				740 CMR 21.00 may be
				exercised by the Director of Aviation, and specific powers may be further
				delegated in writing to other of the Authority staff.
Firearm
- shall mean a weapon or
				device that is capable of expelling or is designed to or may readily be
				converted or assembled to enable it to expel either a single projectile or
				multiple projectiles at high velocity by the action of deflagration or a
				compressed gas.
Fixed Based Operator (FBO)
- shall
				mean a company authorized by the Authority to sell and deliver and to provide
				into-Aircraft services, aviation fuel and lubricants and supplies or other
				aviation services authorized under
				740 CMR 26.00 or otherwise
				approved by the Authority to owners and operators of Aircraft at an
				Airport.
General Aviation Termina
l - shall
				mean a terminal building or facility that serves general aviation users of an
				Airport, including its associated parking ramps for general aviation
				Aircraft.
Holder
- shall mean a person to whom
				Security Media or Identification Media has been issued.
Identification Media
- shall mean a
				badge and/or other Authority-issued or approved media, the purpose of which is
				to evidence authorization by the Authority for the Holder of that media to work
				in a non-secured area, public area or non-Restricted Area of an Airport.
In-flight Emergency
- shall mean a
				problem or condition arising while an Aircraft is in the air, which in the
				judgment of the pilot could endanger the safe completion of the flight, and is
				so declared by the pilot to ATC.
Permission
- shall mean permission
				expressly granted by the Authority, unless otherwise specifically
				provided.
Person
- shall mean and include any
				individual, firm, co-partnership, corporation, association or company
				(including any legally recognized or authorized entity, including without
				limitation, any assignee, receiver, trustee or similar representative thereof)
				or the United States of America or any foreign government or any state,
				political division thereof, or the United Nations.
Personal Identification Information
-
				shall mean the numeric or alpha-numeric pass code, fingerprint, voiceprint,
				retinal print, facial recognition display or other method of identity
				verification that may be used in connection with the Airport's access control
				system.
Piggyback or Piggybacking
- shall mean
				more than one person passing through or intentionally or knowingly allowing
				another person to pass through an ACS Door into a Secured Area or a Sterile
				Area during a single opening of that ACS Door without each person using her
				individual Security Media and Personal Identification Information for
				verification of access authorization.
Property
- shall mean any object,
				item, parcel, luggage, baggage, material or tangible personal property.
Prohibited Item
- shall mean Property
				not permitted by TSA to be carried by a person or within a person's possession
				into or within a Sterile Area.
Restricted Area
- shall mean any area
				of the Airport to which the public does not have authorized access.
Security Identification Display Area
				("SIDA")
- shall mean an area of the Airport, for access to which
				the Authority requires Security Media, Massport-designated administrative
				office and operating facilities (
e.g
., the Tower and the
				Boutwell Building) excepted.
Security Media
- shall mean the badge
				and/or other media or credential issued or recognized by the Authority as
				authorization to enter and to be present in a Restricted Area without
				escort.
Sponsor
- shall mean the Person who
				certifies an applicant's need for Security Media or Identification Media and
				whose name appears on such media.
Sterile Area
- shall have the meaning
				ascribed to it by 49 CFR 1540.
Temporary Visitor Pass (TVP)
- shall
				mean a credential issued by the Authority that permits escorted access to a
				SIDA or Sterile Area of the Airport under the terms and conditions set forth in
				740 CMR
				30.00.
Transportation Security Administration
				(TSA)
- shall mean the United States Transportation Security
				Administration or its successor agency.
Vehicle
- shall mean and include any
				conveyance, including without limitation, any automobiles, trucks, buses,
				motorcycles, horse drawn vehicles, bicycles, pushcarts, limousines, taxicabs,
				vehicles of carriers for hire, charter motor vehicles, and any other device in
				or upon or by which any person or Property is or may be transported, carried or
				drawn upon land except railroad rolling equipment or other devices running only
				on stationary rails or tracks, and Aircraft.