740 CMR 30.01
Definitions
Except as otherwise provided, the definitions in 740 CMR 21.01 and 740 CMR 30.01 shall apply
to 740 CMR 30.00. In the event of a conflict between the definitions in 740 CMR 21.00 and 740
CMR 30.00, the definition in 740 CMR 30.00 shall apply.
Access Control Door (ACS Door) - shall mean any door, gate or portal that provides access:
(a) to a SIDA; or
(b) to a Sterile Area from a public area of the Airport.
Aerodrome – shall mean that part of the Airport that is not open for public vehicular traffic or for other
general public use, except for enplaning or deplaning Aircraft, said Aerodrome including but in no way
being limited to runways, taxiways, landing areas, ramp and apron areas, and Aircraft parking and
storage areas.
Air Carrier (AC) - shall mean any Person conducting operations at the Airport pursuant to a federal
certificate to conduct commercial air transportation services.
Air Operations Area (AOA) - shall mean any area of the Airport used or intended to be used for
landing, takeoff, or surface maneuvering of Aircraft.
Aircraft - shall mean and include any and all contrivances now or hereafter used for flight in air or
space, including but not limited to airplanes, airships, dirigibles, helicopters, gliders, amphibians and
seaplanes.
Airport - shall mean an airport owned or operated by the Authority.
Authority - shall mean the Massachusetts Port Authority, created by St. 1956, c. 465.
Aviation Service Operator (ASO) - shall mean and include any Person authorized by the Executive
Director to perform aeronautical services as described in 740 CMR 26.01through26.99at anAirport.
Executive Director – shall mean the duly-appointed Executive Director of Massachusetts Port
Authority. In all matters pertaining to operation of an Airport the powers of the Executive Director
under 740 CMR 21.00 may be exercised by the Director of Aviation, and specific powers may be
further delegated in writing to other of the Authority staff.
Firearm – shall mean a weapon or device that is capable ofexpellingor is designed to or may readily
be converted or assembled to enable it to expel either a single projectile or multiple projectiles at high
velocity by the action of deflagration or a compressed gas.
Fixed Based Operator (FBO) – shallmeana companyauthorized by the Authority to sell and deliver
and to provide into-Aircraft services, aviationfuel and lubricants and supplies or other aviation services
authorized under 740 CMR 26.00 or otherwise approved by the Authorityto owners and operators
of Aircraft at an Airport.
General Aviation Terminal - shall mean a terminal building or facilitythat serves generalaviation users
of an Airport, including its associated parking ramps for general aviation Aircraft.
Holder - shall mean a person to whom Security Media or Identification Media has been issued.
Identification Media - shall mean a badge and/or other Authority-issued or approved media, the
purpose of which is to evidence authorizationbythe Authorityfor the Holder ofthat media to work in
a non-secured area, public area or non-Restricted Area of an Airport.
In-flight Emergency - shall meana problemor condition arising while an Aircraft is in the air, which in
the judgment of the pilot could endanger the safe completion of the flight, and is so declared by the pilot
to ATC.
Permission - shall mean permission expressly granted by the Authority, unless otherwise specifically
provided.
Person - shall mean and include any individual, firm, co-partnership, corporation, association or
company (including any legally recognized or authorized entity, including without limitation, any
assignee, receiver, trustee or similar representative thereof) or the United States of America or any
foreign government or any state, political division thereof, or the United Nations.
Personal Identification Information - shall mean the numeric or alpha-numeric pass code, fingerprint,
voiceprint, retinal print, facial recognition display or other method of identity verification that may be
used in connection with the Airport’s access control system.
Piggyback or Piggybacking - shall mean more than one person passing through or intentionally or
knowingly allowing another person to pass through an ACS Door into a Secured Area or a Sterile
Area during a single opening of that ACS Door without each person using her individual Security
Media and Personal Identification Information for verification of access authorization.
Property – shall mean any object, item, parcel, luggage, baggage, material or tangible personal
property.
Prohibited Item – shall mean Property not permitted by TSA to be carried by a person or within a
person’s possession into or within a Sterile Area.
Restricted Area - shall mean any area of the Airport to which the public does not have authorized
access.
Security Identification Display Area (“SIDA”) - shall mean an area of the Airport, for access to which
the Authority requires Security Media, Massport-designated administrative office and operating
facilities (e.g., the Tower and the Boutwell Building) excepted.
Security Media - shall mean the badge and/or other media or credential issued or recognized by the
Authority as authorization to enter and to be present in a Restricted Area without escort.
Sponsor - shall mean the Person who certifies an applicant’s need for Security Media or Identification
Media and whose name appears on such media.
Sterile Area - shall have the meaning ascribed to it by 49 CFR 1540.
Temporary Visitor Pass (TVP) - shallmeana credentialissued bythe Authority that permits escorted
access to a SIDA or Sterile Area of the Airport under the terms and conditions set forth in 740 CMR
30.00.
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) - shall mean the United States Transportation Security
Administration or its successor agency.
Vehicle - shall mean and include any conveyance, including without limitation, any automobiles, trucks,
buses, motorcycles, horsedrawnvehicles,bicycles,pushcarts,limousines, taxicabs, vehicles of carriers
for hire, charter motor vehicles, and any other device in or upon or by which any person or Property
is or may be transported, carried ordrawnupon land except railroad rolling equipment or other devices
running only on stationary rails or tracks, and Aircraft.