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NOTIONAL – FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY Version 2.2 Hank Suderman Collection Highway and Motor Carrier Truck and Hazmat Shipment Tracking Presented by Highway and Motor Carrier Division Transportation Security Administration
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2 Highway and Motor Carrier Hazmat Truck Security Pilot (Jan. 05 – Dec. 07) Objectives Identify, test, and evaluate technologically different tracking solutions (50 states) commercially available Prototype centralized truck tracking center Non-proprietary universal interface between tracking systems and a tracking center Feasibility of utilizing a universal interface between a truck tracking center and a government intelligence operations center Independent evaluation of tracking center, interface, and feasibility study.
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3 Highway and Motor Carrier The HAZMAT Truck Security Pilot was a congressionally mandated pilot project to design and build a centralized truck tracking center capability. TSA developed a set of protocols capable of interfacing with existing truck tracking systems. The desired outcome was to test the feasibility of a centralized truck tracking center and capability that allowed TSA to continually track truck locations and HAZMAT load types in all 50 states and to receive exception based events.
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4 Highway and Motor Carrier October 2005 – Program Started June 2006 – HAZMAT Tracking Security System (HTSS) Operational September 2007 – HTSS Fully Functional December 2007 – Pilot Concluded Industry Carriers – 10 Tracking Vendors – 7 Trucks - 128 Government Regional Public Safety Western NY North Carolina Metropolitan DC Area TSA Transportation Sector Network Management Highway and Motor Carrier TSA Freedom Center (aka TSOC) Stakeholder Participation
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5 Highway and Motor Carrier Stakeholder Benefits Real time exchange of critical information provides benefit to all stakeholders. Industry Supports flow of commerce by: -Using security threat information to adjust routes -More timely identification and resolution of national security events Federal and Regional Government Supports safeguarding security by: -More timely awareness of carrier security events -Comprehensive data set for emergency response coordination
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6 Highway and Motor Carrier The Way Forward The 9/11 Act, Sec. 1554- Motor Carrier Security-Sensitive Material Tracking: …shall develop a program to facilitate the tracking of motor carrier shipments of security-sensitive materials and to equip vehicles used in such shipments with technology that provides: (A) Frequent or continuous communications (B) Vehicle position location and tracking capabilities (C) A feature that allows a driver of such vehicles to broadcast an emergency distress signal
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7 Highway & Motor Carrier POCs Phil Forjan, Branch Chief Truck and Motor Carrier Branch Office: (571) 227-1467 Email: phil.forjan@dhs.gov Ray Cotton, Assistant General Manager Highway and Motor Carrier Security Division Office: (571) 227-4237 Email: ray.cotton@dhs.gov Steve Sprague, Branch Chief Licensing & Infrastructure Branch Office: (571) 227-1468 Email: steve.sprague@dhs.gov Paul Pitzer, Branch Chief Policy, Planning and Stakeholder Coordination Branch Office: 571-227-1233 Email: paul.pitzer@dhs.gov Bill Arrington, General Manager Highway and Motor Carrier Security Division Office: (571) 227-2436 Email: william.arrington@dhs.gov Bud Hunt, Branch Chief Threat, Vulnerability, and Consequence Branch Office: 571-227-2152 Email: bud.hunt@dhs.gov Website: http://www.tsa.gov/highwayhttp://www.tsa.gov/highway E-Mail: www.highwaysecurity@dhs.govwww.highwaysecurity@dhs.gov
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