BRIEFING PRESENTATION

BRIEFING PRESENTATION

Safety and Security Management Plans (SSMPs) for Major Capital Projects

U.S. DOTFederal Transit Administration

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What is a Safety and Security Management Plan (SSMP)?


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Safety and Security Management Plans (SSMPs)• Required for major capital projects, as defined in 49 CFR Part

633.5, as a component of the Project Management Plan (PMP)

• Written by recipients of federal financial assistance to describe how safety and security will be addressed in their major capital projects

• Must cover initial project planning through initiation of revenue service

• Must be developed and submitted to FTA for review and approval

• FTA approval of SSMP must be received prior the recipient receiving approval to enter the next project phase


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Why are SSMPs necessary?


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Purpose of SSMP requirement is to…• Establish a consistent baseline for the management of safety

and security activities

• Specify minimum safety and security management activities to be performed and documented by the recipient during each project phase

• Ensure safety and security are adequately addressed in all project development phases


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FTA Safety and Security Management Guidance Circular 5800.1


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FTA Safety and Security Management Guidance Circular 5800.1• Becomes effective August 1, 2007

• Cancels previous guidance

• Applies to recipients of major capital projects that are initiated after, or are in the preliminary engineering or earlier phases of project development as of August 1, 2007


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Circular 5800.1 has been developed to…• Provide safety and security management guidance to

recipients with major capital projects covered by 49 CFR Part 633

• Explain why SSMPs are necessary

• Identify the specific safety and security activities that must be performed and documented by the recipient in the SSMP

• Provide guidance to recipients for achieving compliance with FTA’s safety and security management requirements


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Circular 5800.1 does not apply to…• Small Starts and Very Small Starts projects unless FTA’s

Administrator determines that a PMP is necessary

• Recipients with major capital projects involving the rehabilitation or modernization of existing fixed guideway with total project costs in excess of $100 million, and initiated before August 1, 2007

• Recipients with major capital projects involving construction of new fixed guideway or extensions of existing fixed guideway that are in final design or later phases as of August 1, 2007

• Recipients with major capital projects designated by the Administrator, and initiated before August 1, 2007


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Cancellation of previous SSMP guidance is through a two phased approach…• Recipients in the final design or later phases of project

development as of August 1, 2007 will continue to follow the previous guidance

• Recipients with projects in preliminary engineering or earlier phases as of August 1, 2007 will follow Circular 5800.1 guidance


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Required Safety and Security Management Activities


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Required Safety and Security Management Activities• Recipients must complete the following to achieve

compliance with FTA’s SSMP requirements:

1. Prepare a Policy Statement2. Identify Safety and Security Interfaces3. Establish a Safety and Security Organization4. Identify Specific Safety and Security Activities by Project Phase5. Ensure Construction Safety and Security 6. Ensure Coordination with External Agencies


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Identification of SSMP Sections that may not be applicable to the Major Capital Project• Recipients should contact their FTA Regional Office with

questions regarding applicability

• Recipients must provide a clear explanation as to why the SSMP activity, section, or sub-section is not applicable

• FTA determines applicability and whether or not it must be address in the recipient’s SSMP

• Sections that are not applicable must still be included in the SSMP immediately followed by the phrase “not applicable”


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Preparation of Policy Statement

• Recipients must develop a signed statement, issued by their executive management, endorsing the SSMP and stating the project’s commitment to safety and security

• Policy statement provides the overall intentions and direction of the recipient’s organization regarding safety and security for the project

• Policy statement should be in letter or memorandum format and signed by the recipient’s chief executive officer


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Sample Policy StatementSample Safety and Security Policy Statement

It is the policy of [insert name of grant recipient] that [insert name of project] be designed and constructed in full compliance with requirements for safety and security established by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), [insert name of grant recipient], and other local, State and Federal agencies. Safety and security are to be priorities in conducting all work on the [insert name of project] to ensure the safety and security of employees, the public, and emergency responders during the design, construction, and operation of the project.

[Insert name of grant recipient] is committed to ensure that [insert name of project] fully complies with the safety and security requirements contained in the design criteria and standards established for [insert name of project]. The [insert name of project] will not be placed into passenger service until it can be certified be safe and secure as specified in the [insert name of grant recipient]’s Safety and Security Certification Program and Plan.

All persons assigned to conduct work on the [insert name of project] are required to comply with the requirements of this Safety and Security Management Plan as well as the Plans, Procedures, and Instructions referenced by this Plan. The [insert title of grant recipient manager assigned to safety and security] has been assigned the authority to ensure that the requirements of this Plan are implemented properly by all project participants. The [insert name of grant recipient manager assigned to safety and security] will bring any safety and security issues on the project that are not being resolved in a timely or acceptable manner to the attention of the [insert name of grant recipient] Project Director for resolution.

Signed:________________________________ Date:___________Chief Executive Officer

Agency Name


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Identification of Safety and Security Interfaces• Recipients must identify who among the project team

leadership has ultimate decision-making responsibilities for safety and security issues

• These individuals must be identified by name, title, and department or affiliation

• The recipient must also explain how these individuals interface with other project team functions regarding safety and security issues


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Establishing a Safety and Security Organization • Recipients must establish a specific organization to manage safety

and security for the project

• All recipient staff and contractors assigned to the this organization must be identified by name, title, and department or affiliation

• Committees established to support this organization must be identified along with their participants by name, title and affiliation

• For all contractors, recipients must identify a recipient staff member or committee responsible for overseeing the contractor

• The safety and security management organization must be illustrated by the recipient in the form of an organizational chart in the SSMP


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Identifying Specific Safety and Security Activities by Project Phase• At a minimum, recipients must perform the following:

– Identify and assess safety hazards and security vulnerabilities, using formal safety and security analysis techniques

– Establish safety and security requirements for the project– Establish a process for verifying that contractors and recipient

staff and committees build, install, inspect, and test all facilities, systems, and equipment comprising the project

– Develop documentation through which the recipient conveys the safety, security, and emergency rules and procedures it establishes for the project to employees, contractors, and oversight agencies


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Identifying Specific Safety and Security Activities by Project Phase (continued)• At a minimum, recipients must perform the following:

– Establish qualifications and training programs for all personnel who will operate and maintain the project in revenue service

– Ensure that documented verification is available to show how it trained and qualified its personnel and/or contractors to operate and maintain the project and to respond to emergencies

– Maintain a process to manage open safety and security items, resulting from design deviations, change orders, non-conformances, and other sources

– Conduct emergency exercises or drills prior to placing the project into revenue service

– Make final safety and security certification prior to the placement of the project into revenue service


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Identifying Specific Safety and Security Activities by Project Phase – Sample Matrix

*Partial Matrix Shown


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Ensuring Construction Safety and Security • Recipients must establish requirements for construction

safety and security – This must include requirements for contractors at construction

sites– Requirements must meet OSHA standards

• Recipients must ensure that contractor oversight is provided

• Safety and security analyses that contractors must perform for the construction site must be identified

• If appropriate for the project, incentives must also be identified


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Ensuring Coordination with External Agencies • Recipient’s must identify required activities and develop

schedules to ensure compliance with requirements specified by local, State and Federal agencies

• This includes:– State Safety Oversight Agencies– Federal Railroad Administration– Department of Homeland Security– Transportation Security Administration– Office of Grants and Training– Other DHS agencies as appropriate

• Recipients must document coordination with metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs)


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Required SSMP Contents


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Required SSMP Contents• Recipient’s must develop and implement an SSMP that contains

the following 11 sections:1. Management Commitment and Philosophy2. Integration of Safety and Security into Project Development Process3. Assignment of Safety and Security Responsibilities4. Safety and Security Analysis5. Development of Safety and Security Design Criteria6. Process for Ensuring Qualified Operations and Maintenance

Personnel7. Safety and Security Verification Process (Including Final Safety

Security Certification)8. Construction Safety and Security 9. Requirements for 49 CFR Part 659, Rail Fixed Guideway Systems,

State Safety Oversight10.FRA Coordination11.DHS Coordination


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Section 1: Management Commitment and Philosophy• Must explain how the recipient’s leadership is committed to

safety and security throughout the project

• Section 1 must include:– Safety and Security Policy Statement– Purpose of SSMP– Applicability and Scope– SSMP Goal


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Section 2: Integration of Safety and Security Into Project Development Process• Safety and Security Activities: Must identify the safety and

security tasks the recipient must perform through all project phases. Must include:

– Both text description and matrix listing of activities and corresponding project phase

• Procedures and Resources: Must identify the procedures and resources that will support performance of safety and security tasks. Must include:

– Project budget and schedule– Procedures for managing safety and security contractors – Procedures for coordinating safety and security activities with other

recipient staff and contractors– Procedures for managing Sensitive Security Information (SSI)


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Section 2: Integration of Safety and Security Into Project Development Process (continued)

• Interface with Management: Must identify the process and lines of communication through which recipient’s will communicate safety and security issues to project leadership

• Organizational Chart must be provided with supporting text to:

– Identify, by name, title, and department or affiliation, individuals who have ultimate decision-making responsibility for safety and security

– Explain how these individuals interface with project team functions

– Identify relationships between project leadership and construction contractors and subcontractors


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Section 3: Assignment of Safety and Security Responsibilities

• Responsibility and Authority: Must establish a specific organization to perform safety and security tasks

– All staff and contractors assigned must be identified by name, title, and department/affiliation

– All committees and committee members must be identified by name, title, and affiliation

– Organizational chart must be provided

• Committee Structure: Describes the organization and responsibilities of committees used by the recipient during the project

• Safety and Security Responsibility Matrix: Presents responsibilities and reporting relationships established for staff, committees, and contractors performing safety and security activities

– For all contractors, the recipient must identify a recipient staff member or committee responsible for overseeing the contractor


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Section 3: Assignment of Safety and Security Responsibilities – Sample Matrix

*Partial Matrix Shown


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Section 4: Safety and Security Analysis • Approach to Safety and Security Analysis: Must describe recipients

process for identifying, documenting, analyzing, controlling, eliminating, and tracking safety hazards and security vulnerabilities

– Must also identify the level of hazards and vulnerabilities acceptable to project management

• Requirements for Safety and Security Analysis: Must specify distinct types of analysis the recipient will perform during the project

– Must identify who will perform analyses and when– Must describe how results of analyses will be communicated to and

incorporated into project– Must include a process for assuring resolution of identified hazards and

vulnerabilities establish a specific organization to perform safety and security tasks


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Section 4: Safety and Security Analysis (continued)• Safety and security analysis systematically identifies, evaluates, and resolves hazards and vulnerabilities during each project phase• Recipients’ approach to hazard and vulnerability identification, analysis, and resolution is the basis of their risk management system• Risk management, when applied to safety and security, means

– “a structured system for measuring uncertainty in safety and security loss and evaluating corresponding impacts on project cost, schedule and performance to support sound decisions.”• In general:

– Greater probability of occurrence = Greater Risk and greater need for resolution– Greater severity of consequences = Greater Risk and greater need for resolution– Probability + Severity = Risk Assessment


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• Safety and security analysis is used during the design process to help identify design requirements and criteria

Project Definition and General

Requirements

Identification of Safety and

Security Codes, Standards,

Requirements

Preliminary Hazard and

Vulnerability List and Supporting

Analysis

Preliminary Project Description and

Component Identification

SAFETY AND SECURITY

DESIGN CRITERIA

DESIGN

Preliminary Specifications and

Drawings

System Safety and Security Analysis

Design Reviews

Final Project Specifications and

Drawings

Design Approval

Safety and Security Certifiable

Elements and Items

Section 4: Safety and Security Analysis (continued)


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• MIL-STD-882 is the most frequently used approach for hazard analysis in transit• Degrees of Hazard Severity are defined as follows:

– Category I, Catastrophic – could result in death, permanent total disability, loss exceeding $1 million, or irreversible environmental damage– Category II, Critical – could result in permanent total disability, injuries or occupational illnesses resulting in hospitalization of 2 or more persons, loss exceeding $200,000, but less than $1 million, or

reversible environmental damage– Category III, Marginal - could result in injury or occupational illness resulting in one or more lost workdays, loss exceeding $10,000, but less than $200,000, or mitigatible environmental damage without

violation of law or regulation where restoration activities can be accomplished– Category IV, Negligible - could result in injury or illness not resulting in a lost work day, loss exceeding $2,000, but less than $10,000, or minimal environmental damage not violating law or regulation



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• Degrees of Hazard Probability are defined as follows:– A, Frequent - Likely to occur often in the life of an item, with a probability of occurrence greater than 10-1 in that life. Continuously experienced in fleet. – B, Probable - Likely to occur several times in the life of an item, with a probability of occurrence less than 10-1 by greater than 10-2 in that life. Will occur frequently in fleet. – C, Occasional - Likely to occur some time in the life of an item, with a probability of occurrence less than 10-2 but greater than 10-3 in that life. Will occur several times in the life of

the fleet. – D, Remote - Unlikely but possible to occur in the life of an item, with a probability of occurrence less than 10-3 but greater than 10-6 in that life. Unlikely, but can reasonably be

expected to occur in the fleet.– E, Unlikely - So unlikely to occur in the lifetime of an item, it can be assumed occurrence will not be experienced, with a probability of occurrence less than 10-6 in that life. Unlikely

to occur in the fleet, but possible



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• Hazard risk classification combines the hazard severity and probability characteristics into a single hazard risk index

Probability of Occurrence

Severity of Occurrence Catastroph

icCritical Marginal Negligible

A Frequent 1 3 7 13B Probable 2 5 9 16C Occasional 4 6 11 18D Remote 8 10 14 19E Unlikely 12 15 17 20



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• Hazard risk classification combines the hazard severity and probability characteristics into a single hazard risk index

Hazard Risk Assessment

Value

Priority Hazard Risk Category

Hazard Risk Acceptance/Approv

al Level1-5 1 High Project Chief

Executive6-9 2 Serious Safety Organization

10-17 3 Medium Project Engineering and Safety

Organization18-20 4 Low Project Engineering



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• FTA’s threat and vulnerability analysis approach may also be employed

Audit Approach ...

Assets Threats

ThreatAsset Scenario

Terminals Multi-modal Stations Maintenance Facilities Vessels Slips, Docks, and

Bridges

Bombs Chemical Agents Biological Agents Guns/Knives Hijacking

Vulnerability ImpactA IB IIC IIID IVE

I II III IVA H H S SB H H S LC H S L LD S L L LE S L L L

• H = High• S = Serious• L = Low

Very EasyRelatively Easy

DifficultVery DifficultToo Difficult

Loss of lifeSerious injuries, major service impact, >$250k damageMinor injuries, minor service impact, <$250k damageNo injuries, no service impact

Criticality Matrix



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• Similar vulnerability classifications can be made using a modified approach

RISK LEVEL ASSETS/IMPACTS THREAT VULNERABILITY

Critical Loss of Life Definite threat exists Both the capability and intent

exist Similar assets are targeted on a

frequent or reoccurring basis

Few effective countermeasures exist

Known adversaries would exploit the asset

High Serious injuries Major service impact >$250K damage

Credible threat exists Plausible capability and intent

exists Related incidents exist on similar

assets in the past

Some countermeasures exist, but multiple weaknesses still exist

Many adversaries could exploit the asset

Medium Minor injuries Minor service impact <$250K damage

Potential threat exists Adversary’s desire to gain

capability and intent exists Capability could exist through a

third party

Effective countermeasures exist, but at least one weakness still exists

Some known adversaries could exploit the asset

Low No injuries No service impact

Little or no credible evidence of capability or intent exists

No history of actual or planned threats

Multiple levels of effective countermeasures exist

Few or no known adversaries would be capable of exploiting asset



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• Hazard and vulnerability resolution is performed through the following methods, listed in order of precedence:– Design for Minimum Risk – Incorporate Safety Devices– Provide Warning Devices– Develop Special Procedures and Training



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Preliminary

Engineering

Final Design Construction Operations

Safety & Security Analysis-

Concepts


Systems and Subsystems


Personnel, Procedures

And Equipment

SSHA, FMEA, FMECA, FTA, TRA & SSSA

Inputs to Design,

Procedures, Test,

Training, Manufacturing

& Assembly

SHA, Updated FEMA, FMECA, FTA, TRA & SSSA

O&SHA, HHA

Inputs to Design, Changes, Training &

Procedures

PHA and TVA

Revise PHA/TVA

PHVL

Inputs to Specifications



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HAZARD OR VULNERABILITY IS IDENTIFIEDHAZARDS OR VULNERABILITY CAN BE IDENTIFIED BY ANY PROJECT MEMBER, INCLUDING

CONTRACTORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS

HAZARD OR VULNERABILITY REPORTEDHAZARDS AND VULNERABILITIES ARE REPORTED TO PROJECT SAFETY ORGANIZATION AND DOCUMENTED

HAZARD AND VULNERABLITY ASSESSMENT MADEDETERMINE HAZARD AND VULNERABILITY CAUSES; ANALYZE SEVERITY AND PROBABILITY FACTORS; DETERMINE

CORRECTIVE ACTIONS; COMMUNICATE TO PROJECT PERSONNEL

RESOLVE HAZARDSASSUME RISK OR IMPLEMENT CORRECTIVE ACTION TO ELIMINATE OR CONTROL HAZARD OR

VULNERABILITY; DOCUMENT ACTIONS TAKEN

FOLLOW-UPMONITOR CORRECTIVE ACTIONS FOR EFFECTIVENESS

Hazard and Vulnerability Analysis Process


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Section 5: Development of Safety and Security Design Criteria

• Approach to Development of Safety and Security Requirements and Design Criteria: Must describe recipients approach to creating suitable safety and security requirements and design criteria. Recipient must:

– Describe resources that will be used to develop requirements – Describe how requirements will be used to develop design criteria– Describe how requirements and criteria will be used to identify safety and

security certifiable elements– Explain approach for ensuring requirements and criteria are included in

final specifications and contract documents

• Design Reviews: Recipient must explain how safety and security will be addressed during design reviews

• Deviations and Changes: Must identify process for ensuring all proposed changes are appropriately reviewed and approved prior to adoption


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Section 6: Process for Ensuring Qualified Operations and Maintenance Personnel

• Operations and Maintenance Personnel Requirements: Must identify quantity and job classifications of personnel needed to operate and maintain the completed project

– Must specify qualifications and core competencies– Must place special emphasis on front-line personnel

• Plans, Rules and Procedures: Must identify, by name, specific safety, security, and emergency plans, rules, procedures, and manuals that will be developed by the recipient for the project

– Must include a schedule for development


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Section 6: Process for Ensuring Qualified Operations and Maintenance Personnel (continued)

• Training Program: Must identify training elements provided to employees, by job classification, to ensure capabilities to provide safe and secure service and to respond to emergencies

– Must provide development and training schedule including completion dates for employee qualifications and certifications

– Must document and retain personnel training records, qualifications, and certifications

• Emergency Preparedness: Must identify exercises, drills, tabletops, or other activities used to ensure project readiness

– Must explain how exercise results will be assessed, documented, and incorporated into project (i.e., after action reports or equivalent document)

• Public Awareness: Must identify public outreach and education programs


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Section 7: Safety and Security Verification Process

• Design Criteria Verification Process: Must describe process used to verify specifications, drawings, and contract documents conform to safety and security requirements and design criteria

– Must explain approach to ensuring required inspections and tests are incorporated into project test plans

• Construction Specification Conformance Process: Must describe process used to verify project elements conform to safety and security components of specifications, drawings, and contract documents

• Testing/Inspection Verification: Must describe process used to verify as-built or delivered configuration contains/meets safety and security requirements of specifications, drawings, and contract documents

– Includes contractual testing, system integration testing, and pre-revenue testing


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Section 7: Safety and Security Verification Process (continued)

• Hazard and Vulnerability Resolution Verification Process: Must describe process used to verify hazards and vulnerabilities have been appropriately identified, analyzed, and resolved to acceptable levels

• Operational Readiness Verification: Must describe process used to verify plans, procedures, rules, manuals, and training/qualification programs conforming to safety and security requirements

– Must explain process for ensuring qualification and readiness of operations and maintenance personnel

• Safety and Security Certification Requirements: Must describe process used to deliver final certification that project is safety and secure for revenue operation

– Includes individual certificates of compliance for safety and security certifiable elements


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Section 7: Safety and Security Verification Process (continued)

• Final Safety and Security Certification is the responsibility of the recipient

• Includes a signed statement by the Project’s Chief Executive that the project has met established safety and security requirements and is ready for revenue operations

• Failure to administer safety and security certification program can delay the start or revenue operation


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Section 8: Construction Safety and Security

• Construction Safety and Security Program Elements: Must describe recipient’s program for construction safety and security

– Including contractor requirements for plans and reports that must be submitted by the contractor to the recipient

– Must describe activities recipient will perform to track and manage contractor construction safety and security programs and plans

• Construction Phase Hazard and Vulnerability Analysis: Must describe recipient’s requirements for safety and security analysis at construction sites

– Including approach to identifying and mitigating hazards and threats unique to the construction site

• Safety and Security Incentives: Must describe incentives (if any) the recipient may provide for construction safety and security program


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Section 9: Requirements for 49 CFR Part 659, Rail Fixed Guideway Systems: State Safety Oversight

• Only required for recipients with major capital projects undertaken for rail transit agencies as defined by 49 CFR Part 659.5

• These recipients must describe activities performed to coordinate with its State Safety Oversight Agency

• Must identify State Oversight Agency requirements and activities to be performed to address these requirements

– Must provide a schedule for the activities the recipient will perform to ensure compliance with these requirements


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Section 10: FRA Coordination • Only required for recipients that propose to share track with

one or more FRA regulated railroads or that will operate on the general railroad system

• Activities that will be performed to comply with FRA regulations must be identified with a schedule for there completion

• Recipients with commuter or passenger railroads, regulated by FRA, must also describe their process for developing or updating an SSPP and submitting it to FRA for review and approval

– The SSPP must conform to APTA “Guidelines for the Development of Commuter Rail System Safety Program Plans”

• These recipients must also submit for FRA review and approval, plans for the completion of a collision/derailment hazard analysis that conforms to the hazard management process in the approved SSPP or the “Draft FRA Guide to Collision/ Derailment Hazard Analysis.”


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Section 11: DHS Coordination

• Must address how the project will meet DHS requirements including security directives issued by TSA and OGT

• Recipients must identify activities to be performed with a schedule for completion

• Concerns regarding potential conflicts between DHS/TSA/OGT and FTA/PMOCs must be documented


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Referencing Other Documentation


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Referencing Other Documentation• If references to existing programs, plans or other documentation

are used by a recipient in the SSMP, the reference must include:– Document name– Chapter or Title– Appropriate page numbers– A brief statement regarding how the referenced document

addresses the applicable SSMP requirement

• All referenced material must be made available to FTA and the PMOC for review

• Materials appropriate for referencing include:– Other sections of the PMP– Other Plans (e.g., SSPP, System Security Plan, Safety and Security

Certification Plan, Construction Safety Plans, Emergency Plans, etc.)– Contract Specifications and Project Documents


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Sensitive Security Information (SSI) Management


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Sensitive Security Information (SSI) Management • In accordance with 49 CFR Part 15, each recipient is required to

control the release of SSI

• DOT policies and procedures for the control of SSI apply to all DOT employees, contractors, recipients, consultants, licensees, and regulated entities that have access to or receive SSI

• All recipients must document or reference their procedures for managing SSI materials in the SSMP

• FTA and its PMOCs will follow the recipients SSI management policies when reviewing SSI materials

• Any SSI submitted to the FTA or its PMOCs by the recipient will be exempted from being available under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)


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FTA Evaluation of Recipient SSMP Development and Implementation


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FTA Evaluation of Recipient SSMP Development and Implementation• SSMP development and implementation is an on-going process

that will be reviewed by the FTA through its PMOCs

• SSMP review procedures have been developed and will be provided to recipients prior to the review

• Recipients are strongly encouraged to use Appendix A of Circular 5800.1 to prepare for review

• Review results will be documented in a report that will be provided to the recipient

• PMOCs will work with recipients to close outstanding issues


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FTA Evaluation of Recipient SSMP Development and Implementation (continued)• Evaluation is based on 12, equally weighted criteria:

1. Recipients assignment of safety and security responsibilities2. Effectiveness of recipient’s process for identifying, communicating,

and resolving safety hazards and security vulnerabilities3. Recipient’s technical capacity to support and maintain identified

duties and responsibilities 4. Recipient’s safety and security budget and schedule5. Extent to which safety and security requirements are incorporated

into technical specifications and contract documents6. Extent to which SSMP activities and requirements are incorporated

into technical direction given to contractors and recipient personnel7. Effectiveness of recipient’s management of contractor safety and

security activities8. Extent to which recipients take documented action to address safety

and security concerns


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FTA Evaluation of Recipient SSMP Development and Implementation (continued)• Evaluation is based on 12, equally weighted criteria:

9. Effectiveness of recipient’s verification that contractors, staff and committees built, installed, inspected and tested facilities, systems, and equipment according to safety and security requirements

10. Effectiveness of recipient’s process for verifying contractors, recipient staff, and committees ensure the readiness of operations and maintenance personnel for revenue service

11. Effectiveness of recipient’s process for providing safety and security certification, issuing Final Verification Report, and managing identified work-arounds or restrictions to full safety and security certification

12. Effectiveness of recipient’s process for ensuring compliance with requirements specified by other agencies (e.g., State Oversight Agency, FRA, DHS, TSA, OGT, etc.)

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