Rule 31-1-10.20 - Hazardous Materials Endorsement1. Renewal Procedures:a. Any applicant renewing an existing Mississippi Commercial License bearing the HAZ/MAT endorsement must submit to a security threat assessment. After applicant has passed the appropriate written test:i. Go through "UPDLIC" and remove the HAZ/MAT score and date, PF5 to saveii. Go through "ADDLIC" on CDL score screen and enter "I" in the HAZ/MAT status code, current day's date and examiner's badge number.b. Complete renewal process; collect all appropriate fees including fees for the security threat assessment. You will stamp the receipt that indicates the HAZ/MAT endorsement is valid ninety (90) days from date of receipt. The examiner will then collect the applicant's fingerprints for submission.c. The applicant will receive notice by mail from TSA (Transportation Security Administration) of approval or denial. Upon receiving approval notice, the applicant will return to have the "H" endorsement placed on the license within one hundred and eighty (180) days from the date of letter. If the applicant does not return within one hundred and eighty (180) days, they will have to submit for a new security threat assessment. At this time, the applicant will pay the appropriate endorsement fee only. The examiner will issue a "free shot". Once the process is completed, the examiner will call the CDL Help Desk to have the "free shot" removed from the license.2. Adding HAZ/MAT: a. Any applicant adding the Hazardous Materials endorsement to an existing Mississippi Commercial Driver License must submit to a security threat assessment. After the applicant has passed the appropriate test:i. Go through "UPDLIC" on the CDL score screen and enter "I" in the HAZ/MAT status code, current day's date and examiner's badge number. No scores will be entered at this time.b. At this time, the examiner will collect only the security threat assessment fees, but not the endorsement fee. The applicant will receive notice by mail from TSA of approval or denial. Upon receipt of approval, the applicant will return to have the "H" endorsement placed on the license within one hundred and eighty (180) days from the date of the letter. If the applicant does not return within the one hundred and eighty (180) days, they will have to submit for a new security threat assessment. At this time, the applicant will pay the endorsement fee and duplicate license fee.3. Transfers: a. Any applicant transferring from another state with a commercial driver license bearing the HAZ/MAT endorsement will be required to submit to a security threat assessment. The HAZ/MAT endorsement cannot be transferred from another state. The applicant will be required to drop the HAZ/MAT endorsement. The applicant will transfer the commercial license without the "H" endorsement and then they can apply for it. The examiner will follow the same procedures for adding the endorsement.4. HAZ/MAT E-mails: E-mails must be checked each and every working day. There is no exception to this rule. When an applicant prints are submitted for a security threat assessment electronically, a response is sent back via e-mail to the transmitting station. This response will be from one of two (2) agencies, state agencies or FBI. This lets the examiner know if the fingerprints submitted for each applicant were accepted or rejected. If the prints are rejected, it is the examiner's responsibility to contact that applicant to return for submitting a new set of prints. The department is charged each time a print is submitted. If an applicant's prints are rejected, there is a transaction control reference number on the rejection notice that can be entered on the new submission to prevent from being billed a second time. This number must be entered anytime a print is being re-submitted. The transaction control reference number can only be submitted once. If an applicant is rejected three (3) or more times, you do not need to enter this number.
31 Miss. Code. R. 1-10.20
Miss. Code Ann. §§ 45-1-3 and 63-1-201