---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 105.295"
title: "33"
number: "105.295"
heading: "Additional requirements-Certain Dangerous Cargo (CDC) facilities."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/105.295"
---

# §105.295. Additional requirements-Certain Dangerous Cargo (CDC) facilities.

- (a) At all MARSEC Levels, owners or operators of CDC facilities must ensure the implementation of the following security measures in addition to the requirements of this part:
  - (1) Escort all visitors, contractors, vendors, and other non-facility employees at all times while on the facility, if access identification is not provided. Escort provisions do not apply to prearranged cargo deliveries;
  - (2) Control the parking, loading, and unloading of vehicles within a facility;
  - (3) Require security personnel to record or report their presence at key points during their patrols;
  - (4) Search unmanned or unmonitored waterfront areas for dangerous substances and devices prior to a vessel's arrival at the facility; and
  - (5) **Provide an alternate or independent power source for security and communications systems.**
- (b) At MARSEC Level 2, in addition to the requirements for MARSEC Level 1, owners or operators of CDC facilities must ensure the implementation of the following security measures:
  - (1) Release cargo only in the presence of the Facility Security Officer (FSO) or a designated representative of the FSO; and
  - (2) **Continuously patrol restricted areas.**
- (c) At MARSEC Level 3, in addition to the requirements for MARSEC Level 1 and MARSEC Level 2, owners or operators of CDC facilities must ensure the facilities are continuously guarded and restricted areas are patrolled.

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-2003-14732, 68 FR 39322, July 1, 2003, as amended at 68 FR 60542, Oct. 22, 2003]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 70034, 70103, 70116; sec. 811, Pub. L. 111-281, 124 Stat. 2905 (46 U.S.C. 70103 note); 33 CFR 1.05-1, 6.04-11, 6.14, 6.16, and 6.19; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: USCG-2003-14732, 68 FR 39322, July 1, 2003, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[USCG-2003-14732, 68 FR 39322, July 1, 2003, as amended at 68 FR 60542, Oct. 22, 2003]