§ 1520.3 Terms used in this part.

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Title 49 CFR: Transportation › Chapter XII: TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY › Part 1520: PROTECTION OF SENSITIVE SECURITY INFORMATION › § 1520.3: § 1520.3 Terms used in this part.

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In addition to the terms in § 1500.3 of this chapter, the following terms apply in this part:

Administrator

means the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security referred to in 49 U.S.C. 114(b), or his or her designee.

Coast Guard

means the United States Coast Guard.

Covered person

means any organization, entity, individual, or other person described in § 1520.7. In the case of an individual,

covered person

includes any individual applying for employment in a position that would be a covered person, or in training for such a position, regardless of whether that individual is receiving a wage, salary, or other form of payment.

Covered person

includes a person applying for certification or other form of approval that, if granted, would make the person a covered person described in § 1520.7.

Federal Flight Deck Officer

means a pilot participating in the Federal Flight Deck Officer Program under 49 U.S.C. 44921 and implementing regulations.

Maritime facility

means any facility as defined in 33 CFR part 101.

Rail secure area

means “rail secure area” as defined in 49 CFR 1580.3.

Railroad carrier

means “railroad carrier” as defined in 49 U.S.C. 20102(2).

Security contingency plan

means a plan detailing response procedures to address a transportation security incident, threat assessment, or specific threat against transportation, including details of preparation, response, mitigation, recovery, and reconstitution procedures, continuity of government, continuity of transportation operations, and crisis management.

Security screening

means evaluating a person or property to determine whether either poses a threat to security.

SSI

means sensitive security information, as described in § 1520.5.

Threat image projection system

means an evaluation tool that involves periodic presentation of fictional threat images to operators and is used in connection with x-ray or explosives detection systems equipment.

TSA

means the Transportation Security Administration

or property to determine whether either poses a threat to security.

SSI

means sensitive security information, as described in § 1520.5.

Threat image projection system

means an evaluation tool that involves periodic presentation of fictional threat images to operators and is used in connection with x-ray or explosives detection systems equipment.

TSA

means the Transportation Security Administration.

[69 FR 28082, May 18, 2004, as amended at 70 FR 41599, July 19, 2005; 73 FR 72172, Nov. 26, 2008; 74 FR 47695, Sept. 16, 2009; 85 FR 16499, Mar. 23, 2020]

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