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CFR part 16.230(f)(2). MIS data for the
most recent reporting year indicates that
the positive rate is less than one
percent.
For 2018, the minimum random drug
testing rate will continue at 25 percent
of covered employees for the period of
January 1, 2018 through December 31,
2018 in accordance with 46 CFR
16.230(e).
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Coast Guard
[Docket No. USCG–2009–0973]
Random Drug Testing Rate for
Covered Crewmembers for 2018
Coast Guard, DHS.
Notice of minimum random
drug testing rate.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Coast Guard has set the
calendar year 2018 minimum random
drug testing rate at 25 percent of
covered crewmembers.
DATES: The minimum random drug
testing rate is effective January 1, 2018
through December 31, 2018.
Marine employers must submit their
2017 Management Information System
(MIS) reports no later than March 15,
2018.
ADDRESSES: Annual MIS reports may be
submitted by electronic submission to
the following email address: DAPI@
uscg.mil.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
questions about this notice, please
contact Mr. Patrick Mannion, Drug and
Alcohol Prevention and Investigation
Program Manager, Office of
Investigations and Casualty Analysis
(CG–INV), U.S. Coast Guard
Headquarters, telephone 202–372–1033.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast
Guard requires marine employers to
establish random drug testing programs
for covered crewmembers on inspected
and uninspected vessels in accordance
with 46 CFR 16.230. Every marine
employer is required by 46 CFR 16.500
to collect and maintain a record of drug
testing program data for each calendar
year, and submit this data by 15 March
of the following year to the Coast Guard
in an annual MIS report.
Each year, the Coast Guard will
publish a notice reporting the results of
random drug testing for the previous
calendar year’s MIS data and the
minimum annual percentage rate for
random drug testing for the next
calendar year. The purpose of setting a
minimum random drug testing rate is to
assist the Coast Guard in analyzing its
current approach for deterring and
detecting illegal drug abuse in the
maritime industry.
The Coast Guard announces that the
minimum random drug testing rate for
calendar year 2018 is 25 percent. The
Coast Guard may increase this rate if
MIS data indicates a qualitative
deficiency of reported data or the
positive random testing rate is greater
than 1.0 percent in accordance with 46
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[Docket No. USCG-2009-0973]
Random Drug Testing Rate for Covered Crewmembers for 2018
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of minimum random drug testing rate.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has set the calendar year 2018 minimum random
drug testing rate at 25 percent of covered crewmembers.
DATES: The minimum random drug testing rate is effective January 1,
2018 through December 31, 2018.
Marine employers must submit their 2017 Management Information
System (MIS) reports no later than March 15, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Annual MIS reports may be submitted by electronic submission
to the following email address: [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions about this notice,
please contact Mr. Patrick Mannion, Drug and Alcohol Prevention and
Investigation Program Manager, Office of Investigations and Casualty
Analysis (CG-INV), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, telephone 202-372-
1033.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard requires marine employers to
establish random drug testing programs for covered crewmembers on
inspected and uninspected vessels in accordance with 46 CFR 16.230.
Every marine employer is required by 46 CFR 16.500 to collect and
maintain a record of drug testing program data for each calendar year,
and submit this data by 15 March of the following year to the Coast
Guard in an annual MIS report.
Each year, the Coast Guard will publish a notice reporting the
results of random drug testing for the previous calendar year's MIS
data and the minimum annual percentage rate for random drug testing for
the next calendar year. The purpose of setting a minimum random drug
testing rate is to assist the Coast Guard in analyzing its current
approach for deterring and detecting illegal drug abuse in the maritime
industry.
The Coast Guard announces that the minimum random drug testing rate
for calendar year 2018 is 25 percent. The Coast Guard may increase this
rate if MIS data indicates a qualitative deficiency of reported data or
the positive random testing rate is greater than 1.0 percent in
accordance with 46 CFR part 16.230(f)(2). MIS data for the most recent
reporting year indicates that the positive rate is less than one
percent.
For 2018, the minimum random drug testing rate will continue at 25
percent of covered employees for the period of January 1, 2018 through
December 31, 2018 in accordance with 46 CFR 16.230(e).
Dated: January 12, 2018.
Jennifer F. Williams,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of Inspections and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2018-00884 Filed 1-18-18; 8:45 am]
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