New Fee Proposed for Threat Assessment of Haz Mat Drivers

In response to recent statutory requirements, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) proposes to establish a fee for security threat assessments that TSA is required to perform on individuals who apply for or renew a hazardous materials endorsement for a commercial driver's license.

TSA also proposes to establish a fee for collection and transmission of fingerprints, which is necessary to perform the security threat assessments. TSA intends to use fees collected under this proposed rule to pay for the costs of the security threat assessments and the costs of collection and transmission of fingerprints.

Comments can be submitted until Dec. 1, 2004.