349 

Transportation Security Administration, DHS 

§ 1544.211 

in American Society for Testing Mate-
rials (ASTM) Standard F792–88 (Re-
approved 1993). This standard is incor-
porated by reference in paragraph (g) of 
this section. 

(b) 

Annual radiation survey. 

No air-

craft operator may use any X-ray sys-
tem unless, within the preceding 12 cal-
endar months, a radiation survey is 
conducted that shows that the system 
meets the applicable performance 
standards in 21 CFR 1020.40. 

(c) 

Radiation survey after installation 

or moving. 

No aircraft operator may use 

any X-ray system after the system has 
been installed at a screening point or 
after the system has been moved unless 
a radiation survey is conducted which 
shows that the system meets the appli-
cable performance standards in 21 CFR 
1020.40. A radiation survey is not re-
quired for an X-ray system that is de-
signed and constructed as a mobile 
unit and the aircraft operator shows 
that it can be moved without altering 
its performance. 

(d) 

Defect notice or modification order. 

No aircraft operator may use any X- 
ray system that is not in full compli-
ance with any defect notice or modi-
fication order issued for that system by 
the FDA, unless the FDA has advised 
TSA that the defect or failure to com-
ply does not create a significant risk of 
injury, including genetic injury, to any 
person. 

(e) 

Signs and inspection of photo-

graphic equipment and film. 

(1) At loca-

tions at which an aircraft operator 
uses an X-ray system to inspect acces-
sible property the aircraft operator 
must ensure that a sign is posted in a 
conspicuous place at the screening 
checkpoint. At locations outside the 
United States at which a foreign gov-
ernment uses an X-ray system to in-
spect accessible property the aircraft 
operator must ensure that a sign is 
posted in a conspicuous place at the 
screening checkpoint. 

(2) At locations at which an aircraft 

operator or TSA uses an X-ray system 
to inspect checked baggage the aircraft 
operator must ensure that a sign is 
posted in a conspicuous place where 
the aircraft operator accepts checked 
baggage. 

(3) The signs required under this 

paragraph (e) must notify individuals 

that such items are being inspected by 
an X-ray and advise them to remove all 
X-ray, scientific, and high-speed film 
from accessible property and checked 
baggage before inspection. This sign 
must also advise individuals that they 
may request that an inspection be 
made of their photographic equipment 
and film packages without exposure to 
an X-ray system. If the X-ray system 
exposes any accessible property or 
checked baggage to more than one 
milliroentgen during the inspection, 
the sign must advise individuals to re-
move film of all kinds from their arti-
cles before inspection. 

(4) If requested by individuals, their 

photographic equipment and film pack-
ages must be inspected without expo-
sure to an X-ray system. 

(f) 

Radiation survey verification after 

installation or moving. 

Each aircraft op-

erator must maintain at least one copy 
of the results of the most recent radi-
ation survey conducted under para-
graph (b) or (c) of this section and must 
make it available for inspection upon 
request by TSA at each of the fol-
lowing locations— 

(1) The aircraft operator’s principal 

business office; and 

(2) The place where the X-ray system 

is in operation. 

(g) 

Incorporation by reference. 

The 

American Society for Testing and Ma-
terials (ASTM) Standard F792–88 (Re-
approved 1993), ‘‘Standard Practice for 
Design and Use of Ionizing Radiation 
Equipment for the Detection of Items 
Prohibited in Controlled Access 
Areas,’’ is approved for incorporation 
by reference by the Director of the 
Federal Register pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
552(a) and l CFR part 51. ASTM Stand-
ard F792–88 may be examined at the De-
partment of Transportation (DOT) 
Docket, 400 Seventh Street SW, Room 
Plaza 401, Washington, DC 20590, or on 
DOT’s Docket Management System 
(DMS) web page at 

http://dms.dot.gov/ 

search 

(under docket number FAA–2001– 

8725). Copies of the standard may be ex-
amined also at the National Archives 
and Records Administration (NARA). 
For information on the availability of 
this material at NARA, call 202–741– 
6030, or go to: 

http://www.archives.gov/ 

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