Coast Guard Revises its Chemical Drug Testing Regulations The Coast Guard is revising its chemical drug testing regulations to conform with the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) final rule concerning Drug and Alcohol Management Information System Reporting published in the Federal Register on July 25, 2003. The DOT rule consolidated the 21 different Management Information System (MIS) forms into one single-page form for use by all DOT agencies and the Coast Guard. This conforming amendment will change the Coast Guard regulations to conform to DOT’s final rule.
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The following are the regulation changes:
Sec. 16.105 Definitions of terms used in this part. This final rule is effective March 12, 2004.
Positive rate for random drug testing means the number of verified positive results for random drug tests conducted under this part plus the number of refusals of random drug tests required by this part, divided by the total number of random drug test results (i.e., ‡positives, negatives, and refusals) under this part.
In Sec. 16.500, revise paragraphs (a), (b)(1), and (b)(2); and remove paragraph (d) to read as follows:
Sec. 16.500 Management Information System requirements.
(a) Data collection. (a)(1) All marine employers must submit drug testing program data required by 49 CFR 40.26 and Appendix H to 49 CFR part 40.
(a)(2) The provisions in 49 CFR part 40 for alcohol testing do not apply to the Coast Guard or to marine employers, and alcohol testing data is not required or permitted to be submitted by this section.
(b)(1) By March 15 of the year following the collection of the data in paragraph (a) of this section, marine employers must submit the data on the form titled U.S. Department of Transportation Drug and Alcohol Testing MIS Data Collection Form (OMB Number: 2105-0529) by mail to Commandant (G-MOA), 2100 Second Street, SW, Washington, DC 20593-0001 or by Internet at www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/moa/dapip.htm.
(b)(2) The DOT Drug and Alcohol Testing MIS form can be downloaded and printed from www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/moa/dapip.htmor may be obtained from any Marine Safety Office.
If you have questions on this rule, call Mr. Robert C. Schoening, Coast Guard, at 202-267-1430, by fax at 202-267-1416, or by e-mail at Rs********@co***.milRs********@co***.mil. If you have questions on the DOT final rule published on July 25, 2003, contact Mr. Jim Swart, Drug and Alcohol Policy Advisor (S-1), Office of Drug and Alcohol Policy and Compliance, at 202-366-3784, by fax at 202-366-3897 or by e-mail at Ji*******@os*.gov.