Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
(a)
Security.
(1) The authority's
Uniformed Security Department has the overall responsibility for security of
the airport. This department is tasked by the authority to ensure a safe and
secure environment at the airport.
(2) Persons using the airport shall fully
comply with the security requirements established by the authority pursuant to
49 CFR, chapter XII, parts 1540 and 1542, as amended.
(3) Security gates that provide access to the
AOA shall remain closed, locked, and secured except when actually in use.
(i) Vehicle operators shall stop the vehicle
and allow the gate to fully close before proceeding. The vehicle operator shall
also ensure that no other vehicles or persons gain access to the airport while
the gate is in the process of opening or closing. If the vehicle operator
cannot prevent such access, the vehicle operator shall immediately contact the
authority or "911".
(4)
Tampering with, interfering with, or disabling the lock or closing mechanism,
or breaching any other security device is prohibited unless authorized by the
authority.
(5) Persons who have
been provided a code or device for the purpose of obtaining access to a
restricted area shall not, under any circumstances, divulge, duplicate, or
otherwise distribute or convey the code or device to any other person unless
authorized by the authority.
(6)
Access to restricted areas is limited to persons:
(i) displaying a proper and current
authority-issued security identification area (SIDA) badge;
(ii) who are aircraft crewmembers, dressed in
the full uniform of his/her company, displaying a photo ID issued by an
authorizing airline; (iii) under appropriate supervision or escort; or (iv) as
otherwise approved by the authority. (7) Access to or entry to sterile areas is
limited to persons:
(i) who have been
screened by Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
personnel and possess a valid boarding pass;
(ii) displaying an
authority-issued sterile area access badge, authority-issued
SIDA badge; or
(iii) under appropriate supervision and
escorted by a person displaying an
authority-issued airport identification badge.
(b)
Weapons and explosives.
(1) Weapons (including, but not limited to,
firearms, tear gas, mace, pepper spray, or other similar devices, materials, or
substances) or explosives may only be carried (possessed) and/or handled in
accordance with applicable regulatory measures.
(i) No person, other than a NYS Police
Officer, a NYS Peace Officer, or a member of the armed forces of the United
States on official duty, shall carry a weapon on airport property except for
the sole purpose of checking an encased weapon for shipment purposes as baggage
to be lawfully transported on any aircraft.
(ii) No person, other than a NYS Police
Officer or a NYS Peace Officer who is on-duty or responding to a specific
incident, shall carry a weapon in the sterile area.
(2) Discharge of any weapon at the airport is
prohibited, except in the performance of official duties, the lawful defense of
persons or property, or by authorized personnel for purposes of wildlife
management.
(3) No person shall
store, keep, handle, use, dispose of, or transport any class A or class B
explosives or class A poison (as defined in the Interstate Commerce
Commission Regulation for transportation of explosives and other dangerous
articles) or any other poisonous substance or material (solid, liquid,
or gas) at such time or place or in such manner or condition that may
unreasonably endanger persons or property or would be likely to do
so.
(4) No person shall possess or
ignite class C explosives (e.g., fireworks, firecrackers,
etc.) with exception of explosives that may be used by authority authorized
personnel for purposes of wildlife management.
(c)
Airport identification
badge.
(1) Persons requiring access or
entry to a restricted area or a sterile area shall complete and submit an
airport identification badge application to the authority.
(2) Prior to accessing or entering a
restricted area, individuals who are not under
escort must display an airport identification badge in full
view, above waist level, on their outermost garment.
(3) All employees of a lessee, sub-lessee,
operator, or permittee at the airports are required to obtain an
authority-issued airport identification badge. Prior to obtaining an airport
identification badge, an authorization signature letter listing at least one
person who is authorized to request airport identification badges on behalf of
the lessee, sub-lessee, operator, or permittee shall be submitted to the
authority.
(4) Prior to obtaining
an authority issued airport identification badge, a person must complete the
credentialing check process as required by Federal regulations. This will
include fingerprinting by the authority for a required criminal history records
check, and other background checks to the extent allowable by law, including,
but not limited to, reference and prior employment history.
(5) Persons desiring or in possession of an
authority issued airport identification badge shall complete all authority
training programs and meet all related requirements as may be amended by the
authority from time to time.
(6)
All fees as established and assessed by the authority must be paid in advance
by persons seeking to obtain or renew an authority issued airport
identification badge.
(7) When
permitted to do so by Federal regulations, the final decision as to whether to
issue or renew an airport identification badge lies in the sole discretion of
the authority.
(d)
Tenant, lessee and/or sub-lessee responsibilities.
(1) Tenants, lessees and sub-lessees are
responsible for the internal security of leased premises, including
aprons.
(2) Every tenant, lessee,
and/or sub-lessee shall be responsible to lock all:
(i) openings in fence barriers controlled by
them with keys issued by the authority when their respective facilities are
unoccupied by responsible personnel or when operations for the day have been
terminated;
(ii) fence barrier
openings after use. Any person granted access to the AOA by the authority,
including every tenant, lessee, and/or sub-lessee, or its employees, servants,
contractors, vendors, or any other person, shall be responsible to close and
lock any common use gate.
(3) In the event any fence barrier opening is
required to be in an open or unlocked positon, tenant, lessee, and/or
sub-lessee shall provide a monitoring service to prevent unauthorized access to
the AOA.
(i) Monitoring other than by visual
monitoring must be approved by the authority.
(4) In the event a key, or other access
control device, which has been issued by the authority, to a door or gate
accessible to the AOA is lost, tenant, lessee, or sublessee shall immediately
report, in writing, the loss to the authority.
(i) The report must include the following:
date of loss; circumstances surrounding the loss; and efforts to locate the key
or access control device.
(ii) In
the event that the executive director, in his or her sole discretion, concludes
that the loss of the key or access control device will result in a
security breach, the tenant, lessee and/or sub-lessee shall
be responsible for the cost of changing the access control system on all doors
and gates specified by the executive director.
(e)
Escort
procedures.
(1) The required procedure
for escorting people on the AOA or SIDA is to accompany and supervise any
individual who does not have unescorted access authority in a manner sufficient
to take action should the individual engage in activities other than those for
which the escorted access is granted.
(i)
While under escort, the person being escorted must continuously be within
the line of sight of the person performing the escort.
(ii) Escorting of people will be
conducted for business purposes only.