[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 8]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR1542.101]

[Page 307-308]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
   CHAPTER XII--TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                            HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 1542_AIRPORT SECURITY--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart B_Airport Security Program
 
Sec. 1542.101  General requirements.


    (a) No person may operate an airport subject to this part unless it 
adopts and carries out a security program that--
    (1) Provides for the safety and security of persons and property on 
an aircraft operating in air transportation or intrastate air 
transportation against an act of criminal violence, aircraft piracy, and 
the introduction of an unauthorized weapon, explosive, or incendiary 
onto an aircraft;
    (2) Is in writing and is signed by the airport operator;
    (3) Includes the applicable items listed in Sec. 1542.103;
    (4) Includes an index organized in the same subject area sequence as 
Sec. 1542.103; and
    (5) Has been approved by TSA.
    (b) The airport operator must maintain one current and complete copy 
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its security program and provide a copy to TSA upon request.
    (c) Each airport operator must--
    (1) Restrict the distribution, disclosure, and availability of 
sensitive security information (SSI), as defined in part 1520 of this 
chapter, to persons with a need to know; and
    (2) Refer all requests for SSI by other persons to TSA.