Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) long ago proposed the FAST (Free and Secure Trade) driver card as a means to allow foreign driver compliance with the background check requirement for HAZMAT drivers. ...

The law cuts redundancies across the Transportation Worker Identification Credential and the Hazardous Materials Endorsement programs. Congress passed the bill on December 18, and President Biden ...

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today announced a final rule requiring background checks including criminal, immigration and FBI records on an estimated 3.5 million ...

Section 383.5 defines hazardous materials as “any material that has been designated as hazardous under 49 U.S.C. 5103 and is required to be placarded under subpart F of 49 CFR part 172 or any ...

During phase one, TSA ran name-based security checks on all 2.7 million Hazmat drivers to determine if any presented a potential terrorist threat. Phase two augments this effort by adding an FBI ...

TSA said it was “temporarily exempting” states from a federal rule prohibiting them from issuing hazmat endorsements without a fingerprint-based background check.

The requirement, which became effective for new HME applicants on Jan. 31, allows drivers who wish to renew or transfer an existing HME to begin submitting biographical information and fingerprints ...

ATA said it expected these fees to be between $83 and $103 in states that select the TSA contractor to collect fingerprints.