---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 1515.3"
title: "49"
number: "1515.3"
heading: "Terms used in this part."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/1515.3"
---

# §1515.3. Terms used in this part.


The terms used in 49 CFR parts [1500](/cfr/49/part1500.md), [1540](/cfr/49/part1540.md), 1570, and 1572 also apply in this part. In addition, the following terms are used in this part:

Administrative law judge means an administrative law judge appointed pursuant to the provisions of [5 U.S.C. 3105](/usc/5/3105.md).

Applicant means an individual who has applied for one of the security threat assessments identified in [49 CFR 1515.1](/cfr/49/1515.1.md). This includes an individual who previously applied for and was found to meet the standards for the security threat assessment but TSA later determined that the individual poses a security threat.

Date of service means—

- (1) In the case of personal service, the date of personal delivery to the residential address listed on the application;
- (2) In the case of mailing with a certificate of service, the date shown on the certificate of service;
- (3) In the case of mailing and there is no certificate of service, 10 days from the date mailed to the address designated on the application as the mailing address;
- (4) In the case of mailing with no certificate of service or postmark, the date mailed to the address designated on the application as the mailing address shown by other evidence; or
- (5) **The date on which an electronic transmission occurs.** Final Agency Order means an order issued by the TSA Final Decision Maker.

  Decision denying a review of a waiver means a document issued by an administrative law judge denying a waiver requested under [49 CFR 1515.7](/cfr/49/1515.7.md).

  Mail includes U.S. mail, or use of an express courier service.

  Party means the applicant or the agency attorney.

  Personal delivery includes hand-delivery or use of a contract or express messenger service, but does not include the use of Government interoffice mail service.

  Properly addressed means a document that shows an address contained in agency records, a residential, business, or other address submitted by a person on any document provided under this subpart, or any other address shown by other reasonable and available means.

  Substantial Evidence means such relevant evidence as a reasonable person might accept as adequate to support a conclusion.

  Security threat assessment means the threat assessment for which the applicant has applied, as described in [49 CFR 1515.1](/cfr/49/1515.1.md).

  TSA Final Decision Maker means the Administrator, acting in the capacity of the decision maker on appeal, or any person to whom the Administrator has delegated the Administrator's decision-making authority. As used in this subpart, the TSA Final Decision Maker is the official authorized to issue a final decision and order of the Administrator.


## Notes

### Amendments

[72 FR 3588, Jan. 25, 2007, as amended at 89 FR 35626, May 1, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 70105; 49 U.S.C. 114, 5103a, 40113, and 46105; 18 U.S.C. 842, 845; 6 U.S.C. 469.

### Source

Source: 72 FR 3588, Jan. 25, 2007, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[72 FR 3588, Jan. 25, 2007, as amended at 89 FR 35626, May 1, 2024]