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§ 5.25 

(iii) Promoting safety as required in 

subpart E of this part. 

(iv) Advising the accountable execu-

tive on the performance of the SMS 
and on any need for improvement. 

(3) Employees relative to the certifi-

cate holder’s safety performance. 

(b) The certificate holder must iden-

tify the levels of management with the 
authority to make decisions regarding 
safety risk acceptance. 

§ 5.25

Designation and responsibilities 

of required safety management per-
sonnel. 

(a) 

Designation of the accountable exec-

utive. The certificate holder must iden-
tify an accountable executive who, ir-
respective of other functions, satisfies 
the following: 

(1) Is the final authority over oper-

ations authorized to be conducted 
under the certificate holder’s certifi-
cate(s). 

(2) Controls the financial resources 

required for the operations to be con-
ducted under the certificate holder’s 
certificate(s). 

(3) Controls the human resources re-

quired for the operations authorized to 
be conducted under the certificate 
holder’s certificate(s). 

(4) Retains ultimate responsibility 

for the safety performance of the oper-
ations conducted under the certificate 
holder’s certificate. 

(b) 

Responsibilities of the accountable 

executive.  The accountable executive 
must accomplish the following: 

(1) Ensure that the SMS is properly 

implemented and performing in all 
areas of the certificate holder’s organi-
zation. 

(2) Develop and sign the safety policy 

of the certificate holder. 

(3) Communicate the safety policy 

throughout the certificate holder’s or-
ganization. 

(4) Regularly review the certificate 

holder’s safety policy to ensure it re-
mains relevant and appropriate to the 
certificate holder. 

(5) Regularly review the safety per-

formance of the certificate holder’s or-
ganization and direct actions necessary 
to address substandard safety perform-
ance in accordance with § 5.75. 

(c) 

Designation of management per-

sonnel. The accountable executive must 

designate sufficient management per-
sonnel who, on behalf of the account-
able executive, are responsible for the 
following: 

(1) Coordinate implementation, 

maintenance, and integration of the 
SMS throughout the certificate hold-
er’s organization. 

(2) Facilitate hazard identification 

and safety risk analysis. 

(3) Monitor the effectiveness of safe-

ty risk controls. 

(4) Ensure safety promotion through-

out the certificate holder’s organiza-
tion as required in subpart E of this 
part. 

(5) Regularly report to the account-

able executive on the performance of 
the SMS and on any need for improve-
ment. 

§ 5.27

Coordination of emergency re-

sponse planning. 

Where emergency response proce-

dures are necessary, the certificate 
holder must develop and the account-
able executive must approve as part of 
the safety policy, an emergency re-
sponse plan that addresses at least the 
following: 

(a) Delegation of emergency author-

ity throughout the certificate holder’s 
organization; 

(b) Assignment of employee respon-

sibilities during the emergency; and 

(c) Coordination of the certificate 

holder’s emergency response plans with 
the emergency response plans of other 
organizations it must interface with 
during the provision of its services. 

Subpart C—Safety Risk 

Management 

§ 5.51

Applicability. 

A certificate holder must apply safe-

ty risk management to the following: 

(a) Implementation of new systems. 
(b) Revision of existing systems. 
(c) Development of operational proce-

dures. 

(d) Identification of hazards or inef-

fective risk controls through the safety 
assurance processes in subpart D of 
this part. 

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