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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
49 CFR Part 219
[Docket No. FRA–2001–11213, Notice No.
22]
Drug and Alcohol Testing:
Determination of Minimum Random
Testing Rates for 2018
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notification of determination.
AGENCY:
This notification of
determination announces the FRA
Administrator’s minimum annual
random drug and alcohol testing rates
for calendar year 2018.
DATES: This notification of
determination is effective December 28,
2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry
Powers, FRA Drug and Alcohol Program
Manager, W33–310, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590
(telephone 202–493–6313); or Sam Noe,
FRA Drug and Alcohol Program
Specialist (telephone 615–719–2951).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For the
next calendar year, FRA determines the
minimum annual random drug testing
rate and the minimum annual random
alcohol testing rate for railroad
employees covered by hours of service
laws and regulations (covered service
employees) based on the railroad
industry data available for the two
previous calendar years (for this
document, calendar years 2015 and
2016). Railroad industry data submitted
to FRA’s Management Information
System (MIS) shows the rail industry’s
random drug testing positive rate for
covered service employees has
continued to be below 1.0 percent for
the applicable two calendar years.
FRA’s Administrator has therefore
determined the minimum annual
random drug testing rate from January 1,
2018 through December 31, 2018, will
remain at 25 percent of covered service
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employees under § 219.602 of FRA’s
drug and alcohol rule (49 CFR part 219).
In addition, because the industry-wide
random alcohol testing violation rate for
covered service employees has
continued to be below 0.5 percent for
the applicable two calendar years, the
Administrator has determined the
minimum annual random alcohol
testing rate will remain at 10 percent of
covered service employees from January
1, 2018 through December 31, 2018,
under § 219.608. Because these rates
represent minimums, railroads may
conduct FRA random testing of covered
service employees at higher rates.
On June 12, 2017, maintenance-ofway (MOW) employees became subject
to FRA random drug and alcohol
testing. In the final rule which
expanded the scope of part 219 to
include MOW employees (81 FR 37894,
June 10, 2016), FRA had set the initial
minimum annual random testing rates
for MOW employees at 50 percent of
MOW employees for drugs and 25
percent of MOW employees for alcohol;
FRA had set identical initial minimum
random testing rates for covered
employees when they first became
subject to random testing. Unlike
covered employees, however, FRA does
not yet have two full years of MIS data
to gauge the industry-wide random drug
and random alcohol positive rates for
MOW employees. For this reason, FRA’s
Administrator has determined that for
MOW employees, from January 1, 2018
through December 31, 2018, the
minimum annual random drug testing
rate will remain at 50 percent of MOW
employees, and the minimum annual
random alcohol testing rate will remain
at 25 percent of MOW employees. As
with covered service employees,
because these rates represent
minimums, railroads may conduct FRA
random testing of MOW employees at
higher rates.
Issued in Washington, DC, on December
21, 2017.
Juan D. Reyes, III,
Chief Counsel.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 622
[Docket No. 170816768–7999–02]
RIN 0648–BH14
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of
Mexico, and South Atlantic; Reef Fish
Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico;
Modifications to Greater Amberjack
Allowable Harvest and Rebuilding Plan
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
NMFS issues regulations to
implement management measures
described in a framework action to the
Fishery Management Plan for the Reef
Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico
(FMP), as prepared by the Gulf of
Mexico Fishery Management Council
(Council). This final rule revises the
commercial and recreational annual
catch limits (ACLs) and annual catch
targets (ACTs), and modifies the
recreational fixed closed season for
greater amberjack in the Gulf of Mexico
(Gulf) exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
The purpose of this final rule and the
framework action is to adjust the
rebuilding time period and to revise the
sector ACLs and ACTs consistent with
updated stock status information to end
overfishing and rebuild the greater
amberjack stock in the Gulf.
DATES: This final rule is effective
January 27, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Electronic copies of the
framework action, which includes an
environmental assessment, a regulatory
impact review, and a Regulatory
Flexibility Act (RFA) analysis may be
obtained from the Southeast Regional
Office website at https://
sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/sustainable_
fisheries/gulf_fisheries/reef_fish/2017/
GAJ_Framework/gaj_framework.pdf.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kelli O’Donnell, Southeast Regional
Office, NMFS, telephone: 727–824–
5305, email: Kelli.ODonnell@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf
reef fish fishery, which includes greater
amberjack, is managed under the FMP.
The Council prepared the FMP, and
NMFS implements the FMP under the
authority of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (Magnuson-Steven Act) through
regulations at 50 CFR part 622.
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
49 CFR Part 219
[Docket No. FRA-2001-11213, Notice No. 22]
Drug and Alcohol Testing: Determination of Minimum Random Testing
Rates for 2018
AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notification of determination.
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SUMMARY: This notification of determination announces the FRA
Administrator's minimum annual random drug and alcohol testing rates
for calendar year 2018.
DATES: This notification of determination is effective December 28,
2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry Powers, FRA Drug and Alcohol
Program Manager, W33-310, Federal Railroad Administration, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590 (telephone 202-493-6313); or Sam
Noe, FRA Drug and Alcohol Program Specialist (telephone 615-719-2951).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For the next calendar year, FRA determines
the minimum annual random drug testing rate and the minimum annual
random alcohol testing rate for railroad employees covered by hours of
service laws and regulations (covered service employees) based on the
railroad industry data available for the two previous calendar years
(for this document, calendar years 2015 and 2016). Railroad industry
data submitted to FRA's Management Information System (MIS) shows the
rail industry's random drug testing positive rate for covered service
employees has continued to be below 1.0 percent for the applicable two
calendar years. FRA's Administrator has therefore determined the
minimum annual random drug testing rate from January 1, 2018 through
December 31, 2018, will remain at 25 percent of covered service
employees under Sec. 219.602 of FRA's drug and alcohol rule (49 CFR
part 219). In addition, because the industry-wide random alcohol
testing violation rate for covered service employees has continued to
be below 0.5 percent for the applicable two calendar years, the
Administrator has determined the minimum annual random alcohol testing
rate will remain at 10 percent of covered service employees from
January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018, under Sec. 219.608. Because
these rates represent minimums, railroads may conduct FRA random
testing of covered service employees at higher rates.
On June 12, 2017, maintenance-of-way (MOW) employees became subject
to FRA random drug and alcohol testing. In the final rule which
expanded the scope of part 219 to include MOW employees (81 FR 37894,
June 10, 2016), FRA had set the initial minimum annual random testing
rates for MOW employees at 50 percent of MOW employees for drugs and 25
percent of MOW employees for alcohol; FRA had set identical initial
minimum random testing rates for covered employees when they first
became subject to random testing. Unlike covered employees, however,
FRA does not yet have two full years of MIS data to gauge the industry-
wide random drug and random alcohol positive rates for MOW employees.
For this reason, FRA's Administrator has determined that for MOW
employees, from January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018, the minimum
annual random drug testing rate will remain at 50 percent of MOW
employees, and the minimum annual random alcohol testing rate will
remain at 25 percent of MOW employees. As with covered service
employees, because these rates represent minimums, railroads may
conduct FRA random testing of MOW employees at higher rates.
Issued in Washington, DC, on December 21, 2017.
Juan D. Reyes, III,
Chief Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2017-27976 Filed 12-27-17; 8:45 am]
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