Procedures for Transportation Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Transportation Office of the Secretary 49 CFR Part 40 [Docket OST-99-6578] RIN 2105-AC49 AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: The Department of Transportation is revising its drug and alcohol testing procedures regulation. The purposes of the revision are to make the organization and language of the regulation clearer, to incorporate guidance and interpretations of the rule into its text, and to update the rule to include new provisions responding to changes in technology, the testing industry, and the Department's program. EFFECTIVE DATES: The amendments to the current 49 CFR part 40 are effective January 18, 2001. The revised 49 CFR Part 40 is effective August 1, 2001. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert C. Ashby, Deputy Assistant General Counsel for Regulation and Enforcement, 400 7th Street, SW., Room 10424, Washington DC, 20590, 202-366-9310 (voice), 202-366-9313 (fax), or bob.ashby@ost.dot.gov (e-mail); Mary Bernstein, Director, Office of Drug and Alcohol Policy and Compliance (ODAPC), 400 7th Street, SW., Room 10403, Washington DC, 20590, 202-366-3784 (voice), 202-366-3897 (fax), or mary.bernstein@ost.dot.gov (e-mail); or Jim L. Swart, Drug and Alcohol Policy Advisor, ODAPC , same address and phone numbers as above, jim.swart@ost.dot.gov (e-mail). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background The Department of Transportation first published its drug testing procedures regulation ( 49 CFR part 40 ) on November 21, 1988 ( 53 FR 470…