SUBPART D
Contingency
Measures
107.301 Isolated aircraft parking position
(a) Each airport operator shall insure that an
isolated aircraft parking position is designated at the airport to be suitable
for the parking of an aircraft which is known or believed to be the subject of
unlawful interference, or which for other reasons needs isolation from normal
airport activities.
(b) For details about the isolated aircraft parking
position, refer to ECAR Part 139 subpart F 139.313(b).
107.303 Airport contingency
plan and emergency operations center
(a)
Each airport operator required to have a security program under
107.103(a) and (e) shall adopt a contingency plan and shall:
(1)
Implement its contingency plan when directed by the
ECAA;
(2)
Regularly conduct reviews and exercises of its
contingency plan as specified in the security program with all persons having
responsibilities under the plan;
(3)
Ensure that all parties involved know their
responsibilities and that all information contained in the plan is current; and
(4)
The contingency plan shall be practiced and
exercised on a regular basis.
(b)
The ECAA may approve alternative implementation measures, reviews, and
exercises to the contingency plan, which will provide an overall level of
security equal to the contingency plan under 107.301(a).
(c)
Each airport operator shall ensure that authorized and suitably trained
personnel are readily available for deployment at its airport serving
international civil aviation to assist in dealing with suspected, or actual,
cases of unlawful interference with civil aviation. The Training programmes for
those personnel must be supervised and approved by ECAA.
(d)
Each airport operator concerned with an act of unlawful interference
shall re-evaluate security controls and procedures and take action necessary to
remedy weaknesses so as to prevent recurrence. These actions shall be notified
to ECAA.
(e)
For more details about the airport emergency plan, emergency operations
center, and command post, refer to ECAR Part 139 subpart L, sec. 139.335
107.305 Security directives and information
circulars
(a)
The ECAA may issue an Information Circular to notify airport operators
of security concerns. When the ECAA determines that additional security
measures are necessary to respond to a threat assessment or to a specific threat
against civil aviation, the ECAA issues a Security Directive setting forth
mandatory measures.
(b)
Each airport operator shall comply with each Security Directive issued
to the airport operator within the time prescribed in the Security Directive.
(c)
Each airport operator that receives a Security Directive shall:
(1) Within the time
prescribed in the Security Directive, verbally acknowledge receipt of the
Security Directive to the ECAA; and
(2) Within the time
prescribed in the Security Directive, specify the method by which the measures
in the Security Directive have been implemented (or will be implemented, if the
Security Directive is not yet effective).
(d)
In the event that the airport operator is unable to implement the
measures in the Security Directive, the airport operator shall submit proposed
alternative measures and the basis for submitting the alternative measures to
the ECAA for approval. The airport operator shall submit the proposed
alternative measures within the time prescribed in the Security Directive. The
airport operator shall implement any alternative measures approved by the ECAA.
(e)
Each airport operator that receives a Security Directive may comment on
the Security Directive by submitting data, views, or arguments in writing to
the ECAA. The ECAA may amend the Security Directive based on comments received.
Submission of a comment does not delay the effective date of the Security
Directive.
(f)
Each airport operator that receives a Security Directive or an
Information Circular and each person who receives information from a Security
Directive or an Information Circular shall:
(1) Restrict the
availability of the Security Directive or Information Circular, and information
contained in either document, to those persons with an operational need-to-know;
and
(2) Refuse to release the
Security Directive or Information Circular, and information contained in either
document, to persons other than those who have an operational need to know
without the prior written consent of the ECAA.
When advised by the ECAA, each airport operator
shall prominently display and maintain in public areas information concerning
foreign airports that, in the judgment of the Minister of Civil Aviation, do
not maintain and administer effective security measures. This information shall
be posted in the manner specified in the security program and for such a period
of time determined by the Minister of Civil Aviation.
In the event of an incident, ECAA shall be notified
with all information about it and how it’s managed, and the certificate holder
shall comply with all the ECAA directions concerning the incident.
(a)
Each airport operator shall establish procedures to
evaluate bomb threats, threats of sabotage, aircraft piracy, and other unlawful
interference to civil aviation operations.
(b)
Immediately upon direct or referred receipt of a
threat of any of the incidents described in paragraph (a) of this section, each
airport operator shall:
(1) Evaluate the threat in
accordance with its security program;
(2) Initiate appropriate
action as specified in the Airport Emergency Plan; and
(3) Immediately notify the
ECAA of acts, or suspected acts, of unlawful interference to civil aviation
operations, including specific bomb threats to aircraft and airport facilities.
(c)
Airport operators required to have a security
program under 107.103(e), shall develop emergency response procedures to
incidents of threats identified in paragraph (a) of this section.
(d)
Each Airport operators shall provide such assistance to an aircraft
subjected to an act of unlawful seizure, including the provision of navigation
aids, air traffic services and permission to land as may be necessitated by the
circumstances.
(e)
To ensure that all parties know their
responsibilities and that all procedures are current, at least once every 12
calendar months each airport operator shall review the procedures required in
paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section with all persons having responsibilities
for such procedures
107.311 Standards
and procedures for compliance with the certification and operations
requirements of this Part
(a) New aerodrome constructions, reconstruction
and/or expansions the
specification requirements of this revised Part that include the operative verb
“ shall “ or “ should are considered mandatory, as of the date of effectiveness
of this revised Part.
(b)
Existing aerodromes
(1)
The specification requirements of this revised Part that include the
operative verb “ shall ” are mandatory, as of the date of effectiveness of this
revised Part.
(2)
Existing aerodromes that do not comply with any of the specifications
requirements that include the operative verb “should”, at the date of
effectiveness of this revised Part, shall submit a relevant compliance plan to
be reviewed and approved by ECAA prior to certification.