[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 8]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR1572.3]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
   CHAPTER XII--TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                            HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 1572_CREDENTIALING AND BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR MARITIME AND LAND 
TRANSPORTATION SECURITY--Table of Contents
 
      Subpart A_Requirements to Undergo Security Threat Assessments
 
Sec. 1572.3  Terms used in this part.

    For purposes of this part:
    Alien means any person not a citizen of the United States.
    Alien registration number means the number issued by the United 
States Department of Homeland Security to an individual when he or she 
becomes a lawful permanent resident of the United States.
    Commercial drivers license (CDL) is used as defined in 49 CFR 383.5.
    Convicted means any plea of guilty or nolo contendere, or any 
finding of guilt.
    Endorsement is used as defined in 49 CFR 383.5.
    Final Notification of Threat Assessment means a final administrative 
determination by TSA that an individual poses a security threat 
warranting denial of the authorization for which the individual is 
applying.
    Hazardous materials is used as defined in 49 CFR 383.5.
    Incarceration means confined or otherwise restricted to a jail-type 
institution, half-way house, treatment facility, or another institution, 
on a full or

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part-time basis pursuant to a sentence imposed as the result of a 
conviction.
    Initial Notification of Threat Assessment means an initial 
administrative determination by TSA that an individual poses a security 
threat warranting denial of the authorization for which the individual 
is applying.
    Lawful permanent resident means an individual who has been lawfully 
admitted for permanent residence to the United States, as defined in 8 
U.S.C. 1101.
    Mental institution means a mental health facility, mental hospital, 
sanitarium, psychiatric facility, and any other facility that provides 
diagnoses by licensed professionals of mental retardation or mental 
illness, including a psychiatric ward in a general hospital.
    Notification of No Security Threat means an administrative 
determination by TSA that an individual does not pose a security threat 
warranting denial of the authorization for which the individual is 
applying.
    Pilot State means a State that volunteers to begin the security 
threat assessment process prior to January 31, 2005.
    Revoke means the process by which a State cancels, suspends, 
withdraws, annuls, or disqualifies a hazardous material endorsement.
    Severe transportation security incident means a security incident 
resulting in a significant loss of life, environmental damage, 
transportation system disruption, or economic disruption in a particular 
area.
    State means a State of the United States and the District of 
Columbia.

[68 FR 23869, May 5, 2003, as amended at 68 FR 63039, Nov. 7, 2003; 69 
FR 17973, Apr. 6, 2004]