Today the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) published a notice in the Federal Register (85 FR 68357-68358) providing a further exemption for States to allow holders of a Hazardous Material Endorsement (HME) for a commercial drivers license to extend that HME for 180-days without requiring a new security threat assessment. The exemption would be extended through December 31st, 2020. This exemption was initiated in March and earlier renewed in July. This extension, like the earlier TSA revision of surface transportation security training compliance dates, has been undertaken due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The extension would allow States to provide a 180-day renewal extension without requiring a new security threat assessment for HME’s that expire after March 1st, 2020. The new termination date for that authority would be December 31st, 2020. HME holders would still be required to begin the security threat assessment process 60-days before the end of the State granted exemption.
The notice does make it clear
that individuals “who were eligible for an extension of their HMEs during the
initial exemption may continue to be eligible under this notice of extension of
the exemption.” However, HME holders that were granted extensions in April and May
of this year would have been required to have already begun the security threat
assessment process to meet the 60-day deadline, so they may not need the new
extension.
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