Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 116 Part 3.djvu/479

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PUBLIC LAW 107-295—NOV. 25, 2002 116 STAT. 2071 "(B) periodically review previously approved Area Maritime Transportation Security Plans. "(4) In security zones designated by the Secretary in each Area Maritime Transportation Security Plan, the Secretary shall consider— "(A) the use of public/private partnerships to enforce security within the security zones, shoreside protection alternatives, and the environmental, public safety, and relative effectiveness of such alternatives; and "(B) technological means of enhancing the security zones of port, territorial waters, and waterways of the United States. "(c) VESSEL AND FACILITY SECURITY PLANS. —(1) Within 6 months after the prescription of interim final regulations on vessel and facility security plans, an owner or operator of a vessel or facility described in paragraph (2) shall prepare and submit to the Secretary a security plan for the vessel or facility, for deterring a transportation security incident to the maximum extent practicable. "(2) The vessels and facilities referred to in paragraph (1)— "(A) except as provided in subparagraph (B), are vessels and facilities that the Secretary believes may be involved in a transportation security incident; and "(B) do not include any vessel or facility owned or operated by the Department of Defense. "(3) A security plan required under this subsection shall— "(A) be consistent with the requirements of the National Maritime Transportation Security Plan and Area Maritime Transportation Security Plans; "(B) identify the qualified individual having full authority to implement security actions, and require immediate communications between that individual and the appropriate Federal official and the persons providing personnel and equipment pursuant to subparagraph (C); "(C) include provisions for— "(i) establishing and maintaining physical security, passenger and cargo security, and personnel security; "(ii) establishing and controlling access to secure areas of the vessel or facility; "(iii) procedural security policies; "(iv) communications systems; and "(v) other security systems; "(D) identify, and ensure by contract or other means approved by the Secretary, the availability of security measures necessary to deter to the maximum extent practicable a transportation security incident or a substantial threat of such a security incident; "(E) describe the training, periodic unannounced drills, and security actions of persons on the vessel or at the facility, to be carried out under the plan to deter to the maximum extent practicable a transportation security incident, or a substantial threat of such a security incident; "(F) be updated at least every 5 years; and "(G) be resubmitted for approval of each change to the vessel or facility that may substantially affect the security of the vessel or facility. "(4) The Secretary shall— "(A) promptly review each such plan;