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Line should be granted, subject to
compliance with the environmental
mitigation set forth in the Final EA, for
either the Green Alternative (Option A
or B) or the Blue Alternative (Option A
or B).6 The Board will also grant the
unopposed Crossing Petition.
This action, as conditioned, will not
significantly impact the quality of the
human environment or the conservation
of energy resources.
It is ordered:
1. TREX’s petition for an exemption
under 49 U.S.C. 10502 from the prior
approval requirements of 49 U.S.C.
10901 to construct and operate the Line
is granted as discussed above.
2. TREX’s request for a conditional
grant of the petition is denied as moot.
3. The Board adopts the
environmental mitigation measures set
forth in the Final EA and imposes them
as conditions to the exemption granted
here.
4. TREX’s petition for issuance of a
crossing order pursuant to 49 U.S.C.
10901(d) is granted.
5. Notice will be published in the
Federal Register on January 23, 2020.
6. Petitions for reconsideration must
be filed by February 6, 2020.
7. This decision is effective on the
date of service.
Decided: January 16, 2020.
By the Board, Board Members Begeman,
Fuchs, and Oberman.
Brendetta Jones,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2020–01095 Filed 1–22–20; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2001–11213, Notice No.
24]
Drug and Alcohol Testing:
Determination of Minimum Random
Testing Rates for 2020
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notification of determination.
AGENCY:
This notification of
determination announces FRA’s
minimum annual random drug and
minimum annual random alcohol
testing rates for covered employees and
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SUMMARY:
6 The mitigation conditions apply both to the
construction and operation of the Line and the
proposed crossing over UP’s tracks. As previously
noted, OEA considered the potential impacts from
both the Line and the possible crossing in the Draft
and Final EA.
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for maintenance-of-way (MOW)
employees for calendar year 2020.
DATES: This determination takes effect
January 23, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gerald 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, Federal Railroad
Administration (telephone 615–719–
2951).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FRA is
announcing the 2020 minimum annual
random drug and alcohol testing rates
for covered service employees, and the
2020 minimum annual random drug
and alcohol testing rates for MOW
employees. For calendar year 2020, the
minimum annual random testing rates
for covered service employees will
continue to be 25 percent for drugs and
10 percent for alcohol, while the
minimum annual random testing rates
for MOW employees will continue to be
50 percent for drugs and 25 percent for
alcohol.
To set its minimum annual random
testing rates for each year, FRA
examines the last two complete calendar
years of railroad industry drug and
alcohol program data submitted to its
Management Information System (MIS).
The rail industry’s random drug testing
positive rate for covered service
employees (employees subject to the
hours of service laws and regulations)
remained below 1.0 percent for 2017
and 2018. The Administrator has
therefore determined the minimum
annual random drug testing rate for the
period January 1, 2020, through
December 31, 2020, will remain at 25
percent for covered service employees.
The industry-wide random alcohol
testing violation rate for covered service
employees remained below 0.5 percent
for 2017 and 2018. Therefore, the
Administrator has determined the
minimum random alcohol testing rate
will remain at 10 percent for covered
service employees for the period
January 1, 2020, through December 31,
2020. Because these rates represent
minimums, railroads may conduct FRA
random testing at higher rates.
MOW employees became subject to
FRA random drug and alcohol testing in
June 2017. The Administrator has
determined that the minimum annual
random testing rates initially
established for MOW employees will
remain in effect because FRA does not
have MIS data for two consecutive years
that represents their industry-wide
performance rates. Specifically, MOW
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employees became subject to FRA
random testing effective June 12, 2017,
and the resulting 2017 MIS data FRA
received reflected industry-wide MOW
random testing rates that were below the
annual minimum rates of 50 percent
(drugs) and 25 percent (alcohol) for
MOW employees. Therefore, for the
period January 1, 2020, through
December 31, 2020, the minimum
annual random drug testing rate will
continue to be 50 percent for MOW
employees, and the minimum annual
random alcohol testing rate will
continue to be 25 percent for 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.
Ronald L. Batory,
Administrator, Federal Railroad
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2020–01011 Filed 1–22–20; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
Prevention of Alcohol Misuse and
Prohibited Drug Use in Transit
Operations
Federal Transit Administration
(FTA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of calendar year 2020
random drug and alcohol testing rates.
AGENCY:
This notice announces the
calendar year 2020 drug and alcohol
random testing rates for employer’s
subject to 49 CFR part 655. The
minimum random drug testing rate will
remain at 50 percent and the random
alcohol rate will remain at 10 percent.
DATES: Applicable Date: January 1, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Iyon
Rosario, Drug and Alcohol Program
Manager in the Office of Transit Safety
and Oversight, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
SE, Washington, DC 20590 (telephone:
202–366–2010 or email: Iyon.Rosario@
dot.gov).
SUMMARY:
On
January 1, 1995, FTA required large
transit employers to begin drug and
alcohol testing employees performing
safety-sensitive functions, and submit
annual reports by March 15 of each year
beginning in 1996 pursuant to drug and
alcohol regulations adopted by FTA at
49 CFR parts 653 and 654 in February
1994. The annual report includes the
number of employees who had a
verified positive for the use of
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA-2001-11213, Notice No. 24]
Drug and Alcohol Testing: Determination of Minimum Random Testing
Rates for 2020
AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notification of determination.
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SUMMARY: This notification of determination announces FRA's minimum
annual random drug and minimum annual random alcohol testing rates for
covered employees and for maintenance-of-way (MOW) employees for
calendar year 2020.
DATES: This determination takes effect January 23, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gerald 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, Federal Railroad
Administration (telephone 615-719-2951).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FRA is announcing the 2020 minimum annual
random drug and alcohol testing rates for covered service employees,
and the 2020 minimum annual random drug and alcohol testing rates for
MOW employees. For calendar year 2020, the minimum annual random
testing rates for covered service employees will continue to be 25
percent for drugs and 10 percent for alcohol, while the minimum annual
random testing rates for MOW employees will continue to be 50 percent
for drugs and 25 percent for alcohol.
To set its minimum annual random testing rates for each year, FRA
examines the last two complete calendar years of railroad industry drug
and alcohol program data submitted to its Management Information System
(MIS). The rail industry's random drug testing positive rate for
covered service employees (employees subject to the hours of service
laws and regulations) remained below 1.0 percent for 2017 and 2018. The
Administrator has therefore determined the minimum annual random drug
testing rate for the period January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2020,
will remain at 25 percent for covered service employees. The industry-
wide random alcohol testing violation rate for covered service
employees remained below 0.5 percent for 2017 and 2018. Therefore, the
Administrator has determined the minimum random alcohol testing rate
will remain at 10 percent for covered service employees for the period
January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2020. Because these rates
represent minimums, railroads may conduct FRA random testing at higher
rates.
MOW employees became subject to FRA random drug and alcohol testing
in June 2017. The Administrator has determined that the minimum annual
random testing rates initially established for MOW employees will
remain in effect because FRA does not have MIS data for two consecutive
years that represents their industry-wide performance rates.
Specifically, MOW employees became subject to FRA random testing
effective June 12, 2017, and the resulting 2017 MIS data FRA received
reflected industry-wide MOW random testing rates that were below the
annual minimum rates of 50 percent (drugs) and 25 percent (alcohol) for
MOW employees. Therefore, for the period January 1, 2020, through
December 31, 2020, the minimum annual random drug testing rate will
continue to be 50 percent for MOW employees, and the minimum annual
random alcohol testing rate will continue to be 25 percent for 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.
Ronald L. Batory,
Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration.
[FR Doc. 2020-01011 Filed 1-22-20; 8:45 am]
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