---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 101.555"
title: "33"
number: "101.555"
heading: "Recurring Unescorted Access for Risk Group A vessels and facilities."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/101.555"
---

# §101.555. Recurring Unescorted Access for Risk Group A vessels and facilities.


This section describes how designated TWIC-holders may access certain secure areas on Risk Group A vessels and facilities on a continual and repeated basis without undergoing repeated electronic TWIC inspections.

- (a) An individual may enter a secure area on a vessel or facility without undergoing an electronic TWIC inspection under the following conditions:
  - (1) Access is through a Designated Recurring Access Area (DRAA), designated under an approved Vessel, Facility, or Joint Vessel-Facility Security Plan.
  - (2) The entire DRAA is continuously monitored by security personnel at the access points to secure areas used by personnel seeking Recurring Unescorted Access.
  - (3) **The individual possesses a valid TWIC.**
  - (4) The individual has passed an electronic TWIC inspection within each shift and in the presence of the on-scene security personnel.
  - (5) The individual passes an additional electronic TWIC inspection prior to being granted unescorted access to a secure area if he or she enters an unsecured area outside the DRAA and then returns.
- (b) **The following requirements apply to a DRAA—**
  - (1) It must consist of an unsecured area where personnel will be moving into an adjacent secure area repeatedly.
  - (2) The entire DRAA must be visible to security personnel.
  - (3) During operation as a DRAA, there must be security personnel present at all times.
- (c) An area may operate as a DRAA at certain times, and during other times, access to secure areas may be obtained through the procedures in [§ 101.535](/cfr/33/101.535.md).
- (d) Personnel may enter the secure areas adjacent to a DRAA at any time using the procedures in [§ 101.535](/cfr/33/101.535.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-2007-28915, 81 FR 57710, Aug. 23, 2016]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 70101-70104 and 70124; Executive Order 12656, 3 CFR, 1988 Comp., p. 585; 33 CFR 1.05-1, 6.04-11, 6.14, 6.16, and 6.19; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: USCG-2003-14792, 68 FR 39278, July 1, 2003, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[USCG-2007-28915, 81 FR 57710, Aug. 23, 2016]