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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2001–11213, Notice No.
28]
Drug and Alcohol Testing:
Determination of Minimum Random
Testing Rates for 2024
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notification of determination.
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AGENCY:
This notification of
determination announces FRA’s
minimum annual random drug and
minimum annual random alcohol
testing rates for covered service,
maintenance-of-way (MOW), and
mechanical (MECH) employees for
calendar year 2024.
SUMMARY:
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This determination takes effect
December 22, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gerald Powers, FRA Drug and Alcohol
Program Manager, by email:
gerald.powers@dot.gov or by telephone:
202–493–6313; or Melissa Van Dermeir,
FRA Drug and Alcohol Program
Specialist, by email:
melissa.vandermeir@dot.gov or by
telephone: 312–720–9491.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each year,
FRA sets its minimum annual random
testing rates after considering the last
two complete calendar years of railroad
industry drug and alcohol program data
submitted to DOT’s Management
Information System (MIS) for DOT drug
and alcohol testing results. FRA,
however, reserves the right to consider
factors in addition to MIS-reported data
before deciding whether to lower annual
minimum random testing rates. See 85
FR 81265 (Dec. 15, 2020).
To summarize, FRA is announcing
that its minimum annual random drug
and alcohol testing rates for the period
between January 1, 2024, through
December 31, 3024 (Calendar Year 2024)
will continue to be as follows:
Covered service employees—25
percent for drugs and 10 percent for
alcohol.
MOW employees—25 percent for
drugs and 10 percent for alcohol.
MECH employees—50 percent for
drugs and 25 percent for alcohol.
These rates are minimums, and
railroads and railroad contractors may
conduct random testing at higher rates
than those required by this notification
of determination.
DATES:
Random Testing Rates for Covered
Service Employees
The rail industry’s random drug
testing positive rate for covered service
employees remained below 1.0 percent
for 2021 and 2022. The Administrator
has therefore determined the minimum
annual random drug testing rate for
covered service employees will remain
at 25 percent for Calendar Year 2024.
The industry-wide random alcohol
testing violation rate for covered service
employees remained below .5 percent
for 2021 and 2022. The Administrator
has therefore determined the minimum
random alcohol testing rate for covered
service employees will remain at 10
percent for Calendar Year 2024.
Random Testing Rates for MOW
Employees
The rail industry’s random drug
testing positive rate for MOW
employees remained below 1.0 percent
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for 2021 and 2022. The Administrator
has therefore determined the minimum
annual random drug testing rate for
MOW employees will remain at 25
percent for calendar year 2024. The
industry-wide random alcohol testing
violation rate for MOW employees
remained below 0.5 percent for 2021
and 2022. The Administrator has
therefore determined the minimum
random alcohol testing rate for MOW
employees will remain at 10 percent for
Calendar Year 2024.
Random Testing Rates for MECH
Employees
FRA does not have the two full years
of MIS data required to adjust the
random testing rates for MECH
employees, because those employees
became subject to FRA random drug and
alcohol testing in March 2022. See 87
FR 5719, February 2, 2022. The
Administrator has therefore determined
that the minimum random testing rates
for MECH employees will remain at 50
percent for drugs and 25 percent for
alcohol for Calendar Year 2024.
Issued in Washington, DC.
Amitabha Bose,
Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA-2001-11213, Notice No. 28]
Drug and Alcohol Testing: Determination of Minimum Random Testing
Rates for 2024
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 service, maintenance-of-way (MOW), and mechanical (MECH)
employees for calendar year 2024.
DATES: This determination takes effect December 22, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gerald Powers, FRA Drug and Alcohol
Program Manager, by email: [email protected] or by telephone: 202-
493-6313; or Melissa Van Dermeir, FRA Drug and Alcohol Program
Specialist, by email: [email protected] or by telephone: 312-
720-9491.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each year, FRA sets its minimum annual
random testing rates after considering the last two complete calendar
years of railroad industry drug and alcohol program data submitted to
DOT's Management Information System (MIS) for DOT drug and alcohol
testing results. FRA, however, reserves the right to consider factors
in addition to MIS-reported data before deciding whether to lower
annual minimum random testing rates. See 85 FR 81265 (Dec. 15, 2020).
To summarize, FRA is announcing that its minimum annual random drug
and alcohol testing rates for the period between January 1, 2024,
through December 31, 3024 (Calendar Year 2024) will continue to be as
follows:
Covered service employees--25 percent for drugs and 10 percent for
alcohol.
MOW employees--25 percent for drugs and 10 percent for alcohol.
MECH employees--50 percent for drugs and 25 percent for alcohol.
These rates are minimums, and railroads and railroad contractors
may conduct random testing at higher rates than those required by this
notification of determination.
Discussion
Random Testing Rates for Covered Service Employees
The rail industry's random drug testing positive rate for covered
service employees remained below 1.0 percent for 2021 and 2022. The
Administrator has therefore determined the minimum annual random drug
testing rate for covered service employees will remain at 25 percent
for Calendar Year 2024. The industry-wide random alcohol testing
violation rate for covered service employees remained below .5 percent
for 2021 and 2022. The Administrator has therefore determined the
minimum random alcohol testing rate for covered service employees will
remain at 10 percent for Calendar Year 2024.
Random Testing Rates for MOW Employees
The rail industry's random drug testing positive rate for MOW
employees remained below 1.0 percent for 2021 and 2022. The
Administrator has therefore determined the minimum annual random drug
testing rate for MOW employees will remain at 25 percent for calendar
year 2024. The industry-wide random alcohol testing violation rate for
MOW employees remained below 0.5 percent for 2021 and 2022. The
Administrator has therefore determined the minimum random alcohol
testing rate for MOW employees will remain at 10 percent for Calendar
Year 2024.
Random Testing Rates for MECH Employees
FRA does not have the two full years of MIS data required to adjust
the random testing rates for MECH employees, because those employees
became subject to FRA random drug and alcohol testing in March 2022.
See 87 FR 5719, February 2, 2022. The Administrator has therefore
determined that the minimum random testing rates for MECH employees
will remain at 50 percent for drugs and 25 percent for alcohol for
Calendar Year 2024.
Issued in Washington, DC.
Amitabha Bose,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2023-28264 Filed 12-21-23; 8:45 am]
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