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  • Fingerprinting of hazmat truckers begins. Requirement part of USA Patriot Act

    02/14/2005 2:08:58 PM PST · by Mikey · 27 replies · 941+ views
    CNN ^ | January 31, 2005 | Mike Ahlers
    U.S. drivers of trucks with hazardous materials must be fingerprinted by federal authorities. WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The federal government on Monday began an anti-terrorism program requiring truckers who haul hazardous materials to submit to fingerprinting and criminal background checks. But it's expected to take five years to check all 2.7 million truck drivers, and truckers fear logjams early in the program because there are few places to be fingerprinted. California has only three fingerprinting sites and Idaho, Oregon, Washington and many other states only have one. Critics of the program also question whether the new regulation will do much to...