TSOB Ratifies TSA Pipeline Security Directive #2

Today DHS published a notice in the Federal Register (86 FR 52953) announcing that the Transportation Security Oversight Board (TSOB) has ratified Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Security Directive Pipeline-2021-02. That security directive was issued on July 19^th, 2021.

This review and ratification is required under 49 USC 114(l)(2)(B). That subparagraph only allows an emergency order to last for 90-days unless ratified by the TSOB. According to today’s notice, the TSOB met on August 4^th, 2021 and ratified the Security Directive ‘in its entirety’ on August 17^th, 2021.

The TSOB was established under 49 USC 115. It consists of seven members or their designees

• The Secretary of Homeland Security,

• The Secretary of Transportation,

• The Attorney General,

• The Secretary of Defense,

• The Secretary of the Treasury,

• The Director of National Intelligence, and

• One member appointed by the President to represent the National Security Council.