[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR103.310]

[Page 345]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELANDSECURITY
 
PART 103_MARITIME SECURITY: AREA MARITIMESECURITY--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart C_Area Maritime Security (AMS) Committee
 
Sec. 103.310  Responsibilities of the Area Maritime Security (AMS) Committee.

    (a) The AMS Committee shall:
    (1) Identify critical port infrastructure and operations;
    (2) Identify risks (threats, vulnerabilities, and consequences);
    (3) Determine mitigation strategies and implementation methods;
    (4) Develop and describe the process to continually evaluateoverall 
port security by considering consequences and vulnerabilities,how they 
may change over time, and what additional mitigationstrategies can be 
applied; and
    (5) Provide advice to, and assist the COTP in, developing the 
AMSPlan.
    (b) The AMS Committee shall also serve as a link for 
communicatingthreats and changes in MARSEC Levels, and disseminating 
appropriatesecurity information to port stakeholders.