---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 1542.307"
title: "49"
number: "1542.307"
heading: "Incident management."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/1542.307"
---

# §1542.307. Incident management.

- (a) Each airport operator must 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)](#a) of this section, each airport operator must—
  - (1) Evaluate the threat in accordance with its security program;
  - (2) Initiate appropriate action as specified in the Airport Emergency Plan under [14 CFR 139.325](/cfr/14/139.325.md); and
  - (3) Immediately notify TSA 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 [§ 1542.103(c)](/cfr/49/1542.103.md?p=c) but not subject to [14 CFR part 139](/cfr/14/part139.md), must develop emergency response procedures to incidents of threats identified in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section.
- (d) To ensure that all parties know their responsibilities and that all procedures are current, at least once every 12 calendar months each airport operator must review the procedures required in paragraphs [(a)](#a) and [(b)](#b) of this section with all persons having responsibilities for such procedures.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 114, 5103, 40113, 44901-44905, 44907, 44913-44914, 44916-44917, 44935-44936, 44942, 46105.

### Source

Source: 67 FR 8355, Feb. 22, 2002, unless otherwise noted.