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HHS-Certified Instrumented Initial
Testing Facilities Approved To Conduct
Urine Drug Testing
In accordance with the Mandatory
Guidelines using Urine dated January
23, 2017 (82 FR 7920), the following
HHS-certified IITFs meet the minimum
standards to conduct drug and specimen
validity tests on urine specimens:
Dynacare, 6628 50th Street NW,
Edmonton, AB Canada T6B 2N7, 780–
784–1190. (Formerly: GammaDynacare Medical Laboratories)
HHS-Certified Laboratories Approved
To Conduct Urine Drug Testing
In accordance with the Mandatory
Guidelines using Urine dated January
23, 2017 (82 FR 7920), the following
HHS-certified laboratories meet the
minimum standards to conduct drug
and specimen validity tests on urine
specimens:
Alere Toxicology Services, 1111 Newton
St., Gretna, LA 70053, 504–361–8989/
800–433–3823. (Formerly: Kroll
Laboratory Specialists, Inc.,
Laboratory Specialists, Inc.)
Alere Toxicology Services, 450
Southlake Blvd., Richmond, VA
23236, 804–378–9130. (Formerly:
Kroll Laboratory Specialists, Inc.,
Scientific Testing Laboratories, Inc.;
Kroll Scientific Testing Laboratories,
Inc.)
Clinical Reference Laboratory, Inc., 8433
Quivira Road, Lenexa, KS 66215–
2802, 800–445–6917
Cordant Health Solutions, 2617 East L
Street, Tacoma, WA 98421, 800–442–
0438. (Formerly: STERLING Reference
Laboratories)
Desert Tox, LLC, 5425 E Bell Rd., Suite
125, Scottsdale, AZ, 85254, 602–457–
5411/623–748–5045
DrugScan, Inc., 200 Precision Road,
Suite 200, Horsham, PA 19044, 800–
235–4890
Dynacare,* 245 Pall Mall Street,
London, ONT, Canada N6A 1P4, 519–
* The Standards Council of Canada (SCC) voted
to end its Laboratory Accreditation Program for
Substance Abuse (LAPSA) effective May 12, 1998.
Laboratories certified through that program were
accredited to conduct forensic urine drug testing as
required by U.S. Department of Transportation
(DOT) regulations. As of that date, the certification
of those accredited Canadian laboratories will
continue under DOT authority. The responsibility
for conducting quarterly performance testing plus
periodic on-site inspections of those LAPSAaccredited laboratories was transferred to the U.S.
HHS, with the HHS’ NLCP contractor continuing to
have an active role in the performance testing and
laboratory inspection processes. Other Canadian
laboratories wishing to be considered for the NLCP
may apply directly to the NLCP contractor just as
U.S. laboratories do.
Upon finding a Canadian laboratory to be
qualified, HHS will recommend that DOT certify
the laboratory (Federal Register, July 16, 1996) as
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679–1630. (Formerly: GammaDynacare Medical Laboratories)
ElSohly Laboratories, Inc., 5 Industrial
Park Drive, Oxford, MS 38655, 662–
236–2609
Laboratory Corporation of America
Holdings, 7207 N Gessner Road,
Houston, TX 77040, 713–856–8288/
800–800–2387
Laboratory Corporation of America
Holdings, 69 First Ave., Raritan, NJ
08869, 908–526–2400/800–437–4986.
(Formerly: Roche Biomedical
Laboratories, Inc.)
Laboratory Corporation of America
Holdings, 1904 TW Alexander Drive,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709,
919–572–6900/800–833–3984.
(Formerly: LabCorp Occupational
Testing Services, Inc., CompuChem
Laboratories, Inc.; CompuChem
Laboratories, Inc., A Subsidiary of
Roche Biomedical Laboratory; Roche
CompuChem Laboratories, Inc., A
Member of the Roche Group)
Laboratory Corporation of America
Holdings, 1120 Main Street,
Southaven, MS 38671, 866–827–8042/
800–233–6339. (Formerly: LabCorp
Occupational Testing Services, Inc.;
MedExpress/National Laboratory
Center)
LabOne, Inc. d/b/a Quest Diagnostics,
10101 Renner Blvd., Lenexa, KS
66219, 913–888–3927/800–873–8845.
(Formerly: Quest Diagnostics
Incorporated; LabOne, Inc.; Center for
Laboratory Services, a Division of
LabOne, Inc.)
Legacy Laboratory Services Toxicology,
1225 NE 2nd Ave., Portland, OR
97232, 503–413–5295/800–950–5295
MedTox Laboratories, Inc., 402 W
County Road D, St. Paul, MN 55112,
651–636–7466/800–832–3244
Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical
Center, Forensic Toxicology
Laboratory, 1 Veterans Drive,
Minneapolis, MN 55417, 612–725–
2088. Testing for Veterans Affairs
(VA) Employees Only
Pacific Toxicology Laboratories, 9348
DeSoto Ave., Chatsworth, CA 91311,
800–328–6942. (Formerly: Centinela
Hospital Airport Toxicology
Laboratory)
Phamatech, Inc., 15175 Innovation
Drive, San Diego, CA 92128, 888–
635–5840
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, 1777
Montreal Circle, Tucker, GA 30084,
800–729–6432. (Formerly: SmithKline
meeting the minimum standards of the Mandatory
Guidelines published in the Federal Register on
January 23, 2017 (82 FR 7920). After receiving DOT
certification, the laboratory will be included in the
monthly list of HHS-certified laboratories and
participate in the NLCP certification maintenance
program.
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Beecham Clinical Laboratories;
SmithKline Bio-Science Laboratories)
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, 400
Egypt Road, Norristown, PA 19403,
610–631–4600/877–642–2216.
(Formerly: SmithKline Beecham
Clinical Laboratories; SmithKline BioScience Laboratories)
Redwood Toxicology Laboratory, 3700
Westwind Blvd., Santa Rosa, CA
95403, 800–255–2159
US Army Forensic Toxicology Drug
Testing Laboratory, 2490 Wilson St.,
Fort George G. Meade, MD 20755–
5235, 301–677–7085. Testing for
Department of Defense (DoD)
Employees Only
Anastasia Marie Donovan,
Policy Analyst.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA–2020–0040; OMB No.
1660–0150]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Rated Orders,
Adjustments, Exceptions, or Appeals
Under the Emergency Management
Priorities and Allocations System
(EMPAS)
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
The Federal Emergency
Management Agency, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invites the
general public to take this opportunity
to comment on a revision of a currently
approved information collection. In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks
comments concerning information
necessary to support the President’s
priorities and allocations authority
under the DPA implemented by the
Emergency Management Priorities and
Allocations System (EMPAS) regulation,
which was added by FEMA’s May 13,
2020, Emergency Management Priorities
and Allocations System Interim Final
Rule.
SUMMARY:
Comments must be submitted on
or before March 5, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments at
www.regulations.gov under Docket ID
DATES:
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FEMA–2020–0040. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
All submissions received must
include the agency name and Docket ID,
and will be posted, without change, to
the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
https://www.regulations.gov, and will
include any personal information you
provide. Therefore, submitting this
information makes it public. You may
wish to read the Privacy and Security
Notice that is available via a link on the
homepage of www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marc Geier, Office of Policy and
Program Analysis, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, 500 C Street SW,
Washington, DC 20472, 202.924.0196 or
FEMA-DPA@fema.dhs.gov. You may
contact the Information Management
Division for copies of the proposed
collection of information at email
address: FEMA-Information-CollectionsManagement@fema.dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
information is necessary to support the
President’s priorities and allocations
authority under the DPA implemented
by the Emergency Management
Priorities and Allocations System
(EMPAS) regulation (44 CFR part 333),
which was added by FEMA’s May 13,
2020, Emergency Management Priorities
and Allocations System Interim Final
Rule (RIN 1660–AB04). The purpose of
this authority is to ensure the timely
delivery of products, materials, and
services to meet current national
defense requirements. The definition of
‘‘national defense’’ in Section 702(14) of
the DPA provides that this term
includes ‘‘homeland security,’’
‘‘emergency preparedness activities’’
conducted pursuant to Section 602 of
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford
Act) (42 U.S.C. 5195a), and ‘‘critical
infrastructure protection and
restoration.’’
Collection of Information
Title: Rated Orders, Adjustments,
Exceptions, or Appeals Under the
Emergency Management Priorities and
Allocations System (EMPAS).
Type of Information Collection:
Revision of a currently approved
information collection.
OMB Number: 1660–0150.
FEMA Forms: No forms.
Abstract: To help ensure the timely
delivery of goods and services in
support of approved emergency
management programs, section 333.13
of the EMPAS regulation requires
suppliers to accept or reject priority
rated orders for these goods and services
within established time periods (10
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working days for a ‘‘DX’’ rated order and
15 working days for a ‘‘DO’’ rated
order). Rated orders may be placed
directly by the Federal Government on
a contractor or supplier, or they may
‘‘flow down’’ from a contractor to
subsequent subcontractors or suppliers.
Additionally, FEMA may facilitate sales
to third parties. Section 333.13 also
requires that certain emergency
preparedness rated orders must be
accepted or rejected within shorter time
periods as specified in section
333.12(b). Section 333.13(d)(3) of the
EMPAS regulation requires that, if after
acceptance of a rated order the supplier
discovers that shipment or performance
against the order will be delayed, the
supplier must notify the customer
immediately in written electronic
format, giving the reasons for the delay
and advising the customer of a new
shipment or performance date. This
collection of information involves order
communications between a Federal
Government prime contractor and its
subcontractors, unless FEMA is
facilitating a sale to a third party. In
those situations, FEMA would collect
information on the customer as part of
the sale facilitation.
Finally, under section 333.70 each
request for adjustment or exception
must be in writing and contain a
complete statement of all the facts and
circumstances related to 44 CFR part
333 or official action from which
adjustment is sought and a full and
precise statement of the reasons why
relief should be provided. Under section
333.71, any person who has had a
request for adjustment or exception
denied by FEMA under section 333.70
may appeal to the Administrator. Each
appeal must be in writing and contain
a complete statement of all the facts and
circumstances related to the action
appealed from a full and precise
statement of the reasons the decision
should be modified or reversed.
Affected Public: For Profit Business;
Private Non-Profit; State, local or Tribal
government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
26.
Estimated Number of Responses: 26.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 8.5.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Cost: $533.
Estimated Respondents’ Operation
and Maintenance Costs: None.
Estimated Respondents’ Capital and
Start-Up Costs: None.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the
Federal Government: $188.
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Comments
Comments may be submitted as
indicated in the ADDRESSES caption
above. Comments are solicited to (a)
evaluate whether the proposed data
collection is necessary for the proper
performance of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) evaluate the
accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) minimize the burden
of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Millicent L. Brown,
Acting Records Management Branch Chief,
Office of the Chief Administrative Officer,
Mission Support, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of
Homeland Security.
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of the Illegal Immigration Reform and
Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996,
as Amended
Office of the Secretary,
Department of Homeland Security.
ACTION: Notice of determination.
AGENCY:
The Acting Secretary of
Homeland Security has determined,
pursuant to law, that it is necessary to
waive certain laws, regulations, and
other legal requirements in order to
ensure the expeditious construction of
barriers and roads in the vicinity of the
international land border in Imperial
County, California.
DATES: This determination takes effect
on January 4, 2021.
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mission requirements of the Department
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2020-0040; OMB No. 1660-0150]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Rated Orders, Adjustments, Exceptions, or Appeals
Under the Emergency Management Priorities and Allocations System
(EMPAS)
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites
the general public to take this opportunity to comment on a revision of
a currently approved information collection. In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning
information necessary to support the President's priorities and
allocations authority under the DPA implemented by the Emergency
Management Priorities and Allocations System (EMPAS) regulation, which
was added by FEMA's May 13, 2020, Emergency Management Priorities and
Allocations System Interim Final Rule.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 5, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID
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FEMA-2020-0040. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
All submissions received must include the agency name and Docket
ID, and will be posted, without change, to the Federal eRulemaking
Portal at https://www.regulations.gov, and will include any personal
information you provide. Therefore, submitting this information makes
it public. You may wish to read the Privacy and Security Notice that is
available via a link on the homepage of www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marc Geier, Office of Policy and
Program Analysis, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street SW,
Washington, DC 20472, 202.924.0196 or [email protected]. You may
contact the Information Management Division for copies of the proposed
collection of information at email address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information is necessary to support the
President's priorities and allocations authority under the DPA
implemented by the Emergency Management Priorities and Allocations
System (EMPAS) regulation (44 CFR part 333), which was added by FEMA's
May 13, 2020, Emergency Management Priorities and Allocations System
Interim Final Rule (RIN 1660-AB04). The purpose of this authority is to
ensure the timely delivery of products, materials, and services to meet
current national defense requirements. The definition of ``national
defense'' in Section 702(14) of the DPA provides that this term
includes ``homeland security,'' ``emergency preparedness activities''
conducted pursuant to Section 602 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act) (42 U.S.C. 5195a),
and ``critical infrastructure protection and restoration.''
Collection of Information
Title: Rated Orders, Adjustments, Exceptions, or Appeals Under the
Emergency Management Priorities and Allocations System (EMPAS).
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved
information collection.
OMB Number: 1660-0150.
FEMA Forms: No forms.
Abstract: To help ensure the timely delivery of goods and services
in support of approved emergency management programs, section 333.13 of
the EMPAS regulation requires suppliers to accept or reject priority
rated orders for these goods and services within established time
periods (10 working days for a ``DX'' rated order and 15 working days
for a ``DO'' rated order). Rated orders may be placed directly by the
Federal Government on a contractor or supplier, or they may ``flow
down'' from a contractor to subsequent subcontractors or suppliers.
Additionally, FEMA may facilitate sales to third parties. Section
333.13 also requires that certain emergency preparedness rated orders
must be accepted or rejected within shorter time periods as specified
in section 333.12(b). Section 333.13(d)(3) of the EMPAS regulation
requires that, if after acceptance of a rated order the supplier
discovers that shipment or performance against the order will be
delayed, the supplier must notify the customer immediately in written
electronic format, giving the reasons for the delay and advising the
customer of a new shipment or performance date. This collection of
information involves order communications between a Federal Government
prime contractor and its subcontractors, unless FEMA is facilitating a
sale to a third party. In those situations, FEMA would collect
information on the customer as part of the sale facilitation.
Finally, under section 333.70 each request for adjustment or
exception must be in writing and contain a complete statement of all
the facts and circumstances related to 44 CFR part 333 or official
action from which adjustment is sought and a full and precise statement
of the reasons why relief should be provided. Under section 333.71, any
person who has had a request for adjustment or exception denied by FEMA
under section 333.70 may appeal to the Administrator. Each appeal must
be in writing and contain a complete statement of all the facts and
circumstances related to the action appealed from a full and precise
statement of the reasons the decision should be modified or reversed.
Affected Public: For Profit Business; Private Non-Profit; State,
local or Tribal government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 26.
Estimated Number of Responses: 26.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 8.5.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $533.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: None.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: None.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $188.
Comments
Comments may be submitted as indicated in the ADDRESSES caption
above. Comments are solicited to (a) evaluate whether the proposed data
collection is necessary for the proper performance of the agency,
including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b)
evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c) enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) minimize the burden
of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.
Millicent L. Brown,
Acting Records Management Branch Chief, Office of the Chief
Administrative Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
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