FRA and TSA Security Regulations Overview

FRA Security Regulations

• Company Security Plan (49 CFR 172.802)

• Security Awareness Training (49 CFR 172.704)

• Safety and Security Inspection (49 CFR 172.9)

• Additional Planning Requirements for Transportation by Rail (49 CFR 172.820)

TSA Security Regulations

• Rail Security Coordinator (49 CFR 1570.201)

• RSSM Location & Shipping Information (49 CFR 1580.203)

• Reporting Significant Security Concerns (49 CFR 1570.203)

• Positive Hand-Offs (49 CFR 1580.205)

Help Documents

• Positive Hand-Off FAQs

• Manually Creating a PHO Record 
  (Use when no PHO shell record was auto created in PHO Database)

• Deleting a PHO Record
  (Supt. and above only)

• Editing a PHO Record after it has been closed
  (To correct a PHO Record once it has been closed out)

• Providing PHO Records to TSA  
  (Use when TSA requests a PHO record)

• PHO Record Closeout Flow 
  (Close out process and notification escalation)

• PHO Paper Form
  (for use to record info for input into PHO Database Record - not a required document)

• Changing PHO Hand-Off Location - Memphis 
  (Positive Hand-Off Locations Must be Yard Specific in Memphis, TN) 

• Editing a Memphis Circ7 after it has been closed
  (Correcting XG093 - Memphis, TN to the Correct Memphis Yard)

• Form 8620 (Making and Documenting a Positive Hand-Off or RSSM)

• Creating a Rule in Outlook
  (To forward PHO Notifications to employees or a group for handling)

• Approved Positive Hand-Off Interchange Locations List
  (Approved Identified Positive Hand-Off Interchange Locations)

 

Please contact Chad M. Deasy, Director - Homeland Security with any questions or concerns.