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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Coast Guard
[Docket No. USCG–2009–0973]
Random Drug Testing Rate for
Covered Crewmembers for 2021
Coast Guard, DHS.
Notice of minimum random
drug testing rate.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Coast Guard has set the
calendar year 2021 minimum random
drug testing rate at 50 percent of
covered crewmembers.
DATES: The minimum random drug
testing rate is effective January 1, 2021
through December 31, 2021.
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 Analysis (CG–INV),
U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, via
email; DAPI@uscg.mil or phone, 202–
372–1033.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast
Guard requires marine employers to
establish random drug testing programs
for covered crewmembers in accordance
with 46 CFR 16.230. Marine employers
are required by 46 CFR 16.500 to collect
and maintain a record of drug testing
data for each calendar year, and submit
this data to the Coast Guard in a
Management Information System (MIS)
Report by March 15 of the following
year.
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
required 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
promote maritime safety by establishing
an effective deterrent to drug misuse
within the maritime workforce.
Intoxicated operations poses a serious
threat to life, property and the
environment in the maritime commons.
As such, the minimum random drug
testing rate is intended to deter and
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detect illegal drug misuse in the
maritime industry.
The Coast Guard announces that the
minimum random drug testing rate for
calendar year 2021 is 50 percent. The
Coast Guard continues a 50 percent
minimum random drug testing rate for
2021 as a result of MIS data for the most
recent reporting year which indicated
that the positive rate continues to be
greater than one percent. 46 CFR
16.230(f)(2) requires the Commandant to
set the minimum random drug testing
rate at 50 percent when the positivity
rate for drug use is greater than 1
percent.
For 2021, the minimum random drug
testing rate will be 50 percent of covered
employees for the period of January 1,
2021 through December 31, 2021 in
accordance with 46 CFR 16.230(e).
Dated: April 21, 2021.
Wayne R. Arguin,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of
Inspections and Compliance.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Public Participation and Request for
Comments
Coast Guard
[Docket No. USCG–2021–0180]
Cooperative Research and
Development Agreement—Beyond
Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS)
Technology for Coast Guard (CG)
Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS)
Operations
Coast Guard, DHS.
Notice of intent; request for
comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Coast Guard announces
its intent to enter into one or more
cooperative research and development
agreements (CRADA) with companies to
evaluate a detect and avoid (DAA)
system to determine its potential use in
a maritime environment to enable the
Coast Guard to safely fly sUAS beyond
visual line of sight (BVLOS). The Coast
Guard will conduct flight testing and
evaluations of sUAS under a wide
variety of simulated but realistic and
relevant real-world maritime
operational scenarios, such as: Law
enforcement; search and rescue; and
maritime environmental responses. The
Coast Guard is currently considering
separate partnerships with Scientific
Applications & Research Associates
(SARA) Inc., Iris Automation Inc., and
Echodyne Corp. and solicits public
comment on the possible participation
of other parties in the proposed
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CRADAs, and the nature of that
participation. The Coast Guard also
invites other potential non-Federal
participants, who have the interest and
capability to bring similar contributions
to this type of research, to consider
submitting proposals for consideration
in similar CRADAs.
DATES: Comments must reach the Coast
Guard on or before May 27, 2021.
Synopses of proposals regarding future
CRADAs must also reach the Coast
Guard on or before May 27, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments online at
https://www.regulations.gov following
website instructions. Submit synopses
of proposals regarding future CRADAs
to Mr. Steve Dunn at his address listed
in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you have questions on this notice or
wish to submit proposals for future
CRADAs, contact Mr. Steve Dunn,
Project Official, Aviation Branch, U.S.
Coast Guard Research and Development
Center, 1 Chelsea Street, New London,
CT 06320, telephone 860–271–2600,
email RDC-Info@uscg.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
We request public comments on this
notice. Although we do not plan to
publish responses to comments in the
Federal Register, we will respond
directly to commenters and may modify
our proposal in light of comments.
Comments should be marked with
docket number USCG–2021–0180 and
should provide a reason for each
suggestion or recommendation. You
should provide personal contact
information so that we can contact you
if we have questions regarding your
comments; but please note that all
comments will be posted to the online
docket without change and that any
personal information you include can be
searchable online. For more about
privacy and the docket, visit https://
www.regulations.gov/privacyNotice. We
do accept anonymous comments.
We encourage you to submit
comments through the Federal Portal at
https://www.regulations.gov. If your
material cannot be submitted using
https://www.regulations.gov, contact the
Coast Guard (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT). Documents
mentioned in this notice and all public
comments, will be in our online docket
at https://www.regulations.gov and can
be viewed by following that website’s
instructions. Additionally, if you go to
the online docket and sign up for email
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[Docket No. USCG-2009-0973]
Random Drug Testing Rate for Covered Crewmembers for 2021
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 2021 minimum random
drug testing rate at 50 percent of covered crewmembers.
DATES: The minimum random drug testing rate is effective January 1,
2021 through December 31, 2021.
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 Analysis
(CG-INV), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, via email; [email protected] or
phone, 202-372-1033.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard requires marine employers to
establish random drug testing programs for covered crewmembers in
accordance with 46 CFR 16.230. Marine employers are required by 46 CFR
16.500 to collect and maintain a record of drug testing data for each
calendar year, and submit this data to the Coast Guard in a Management
Information System (MIS) Report by March 15 of the following year.
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 required 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 promote maritime safety by establishing
an effective deterrent to drug misuse within the maritime workforce.
Intoxicated operations poses a serious threat to life, property and the
environment in the maritime commons. As such, the minimum random drug
testing rate is intended to deter and detect illegal drug misuse in the
maritime industry.
The Coast Guard announces that the minimum random drug testing rate
for calendar year 2021 is 50 percent. The Coast Guard continues a 50
percent minimum random drug testing rate for 2021 as a result of MIS
data for the most recent reporting year which indicated that the
positive rate continues to be greater than one percent. 46 CFR
16.230(f)(2) requires the Commandant to set the minimum random drug
testing rate at 50 percent when the positivity rate for drug use is
greater than 1 percent.
For 2021, the minimum random drug testing rate will be 50 percent
of covered employees for the period of January 1, 2021 through December
31, 2021 in accordance with 46 CFR 16.230(e).
Dated: April 21, 2021.
Wayne R. Arguin,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of Inspections and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2021-08706 Filed 4-26-21; 8:45 am]
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