TSA Seeks Comment on Hazmat Driver Security Check Information Collection
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TSA plans to keep collecting personal, biometric, and background information from commercial drivers who apply for, renew, or transfer a hazardous materials endorsement on a commercial driver’s license. States cannot issue that endorsement until TSA decides the driver does not pose a transportation security threat. The notice does not create a new rule. It asks the public to comment on the paperwork burden and usefulness of the existing process. It also describes planned online renewals, continued use of fingerprints and other biometric data, possible links to TSA PreCheck eligibility, and recurring criminal history checks through the FBI Rap Back Service.
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Key Changes
- TSA seeks a three-year extension of the current information collection for hazmat endorsement security checks.
- Drivers may continue to submit personal details, criminal history information, immigration status, and biometrics such as fingerprints.
- TSA plans online renewal and re-enrollment options and may use FBI Rap Back for ongoing criminal history checks.
Obligations
What this law requires
States and the District of Columbia must not issue a hazardous materials endorsement on a commercial driver’s license unless TSA has first determined that the driver does not pose a threat to transportation security.
Individuals seeking to obtain, renew, or transfer a hazardous materials endorsement must undergo TSA’s Security Threat Assessment under 49 CFR part 1572 before the endorsement may be issued.
HME applicants must submit an application containing required biographic, background, immigration, mental incapacity, criminal history, and biometric information, including fingerprints, for TSA’s Security Threat Assessment.
States, or TSA’s enrollment provider where applicable, must collect additional information beyond the standard HME application information needed for TSA to conduct the Security Threat Assessment.
States or TSA’s enrollment provider must submit whether each driver is a new applicant or is applying to renew or transfer the hazardous materials endorsement.