MTSA

 

Policy Advisory Council (PAC) documents provide Coast Guard Headquarters guidance on the practical interpretation of various issues not directly addressed (or clear) in the MTSA  and TWIC regulations. The following are some of the more commonly used PACs issued by the Coast Guard:

• PAC 02-11: Waiving Facilities that Transfer Certain Low Risk Commodities
• PAC 03-03: Remote Facilities (Change 2)
• PAC 05-03: Applying MTSA Regulations to Facilities Having Periods of Variable Risk (Change 1)
• PAC 20-04: Certain Dangerous Cargo Facilities
• PAC 22-04: Declarations of Security
• PAC 30-04: Credentialing of Federal, State and Local Officials
• PAC 37-04: Screening Guidance to Private Security Firms and Consultants
• PAC 45-04: Timelines for MTSA Required Exercises (Change 1)
• PAC 48-04: Capability to Continuously Monitor
• PAC 52-05: Personnel Conducting Security Audits (Change 1)
• PAC 55-05: Auditing Alternate Security Programs (ASPs) (Change 1)

 

• PAC 01-07: Law Enforcement & Other Regulatory Agencies
• PAC 01-08: Redefining Secure Areas and Acceptable Access Control
• PAC 01-09: U.S. Flag Overnight Passenger Vessels in Domestic Trade “Other Persons in Crew”
• PAC 01-11: Voluntary Use of TWIC Readers
• PAC 02-07: Escorting Aboard U.S. Flagged Vessels in Foreign Waters
• PAC 02-08: Federal & Law Enforcement Officials Authority to Act as Escorts on Regulated Facilities and Vessels
• PAC 02-09: Training Requirements for Escorts on Regulated Facilities and Vessels
• PAC 03-08: Escorting Standards for “Persons in addition to Crew”
• PAC 04-08: TWIC Applicability Regarding Railroad Police Officers
• PAC 05-08: TWIC Requirements and Rail Access into Secure Areas
• PAC 06-09: Escorting Requirements  for Passengers Traveling with Commercial Truck Drivers
• PAC 07-09: Foreign Flagged Cruise Ship Crew & Escorting through Secure + Restricted Areas
• PAC 08-08: Private, Non-Governmental Emergency Responders Access to Regulated Facilities and Vessels for Mutual Aid Response
• PAC 08-09: Incorporating TWIC into Existing Physical Access Control Systems
• PAC 09-08: Bulk Grain, Oil Seed, and Edible Oils Facilities and the Redefinition of Secure Areas