[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 250 (Thursday, December 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 73596]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33998]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard
[USCG-1998-4860]


Random Drug Testing Rate for Covered Crewmembers

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of minimum random drug testing rate.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has set the calendar year 2000 minimum random 
drug testing rate at 50 percent of covered crewmembers. An evaluation 
of the 1998 Management Information System (MIS) data collection forms 
submitted by marine employers determined that random drug testing on 
covered crewmembers for the calendar year 1998 resulted in positive 
test results 1.68 percent of the time. Based on this percentage, we 
will maintain the minimum random drug testing rate at 50 percent of 
covered crewmembers for the calendar year 2000.

DATES: The minimum random drug testing rate is effective January 1, 
2000 through December 31, 2000. You must submit your 1999 MIS reports 
no later than March 15, 2000.

ADDRESSES: You must mail your annual MIS report to Commandant (G-MOA), 
U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street SW, Room 2403, 
Washington, DC 20593-0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions about this notice, 
please contact Lieutenant Jennifer Ledbetter, Project Manager, Office 
of Investigations and Analysis (G-MOA), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 
telephone 202-267-0684.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 46 CFR 16.230, The Coast requires 
marine employers to establish random drug testing programs for covered 
crewmembers on inspected and uninspected vessels. All marine employers 
are required to collect and maintain a record of drug testing program 
data for each calendar year, January 1 to December 31. You must submit 
this data to the Coast Guard in an annual MIS report (Form CG-5573 
found in Appendix B of 46 CFR 16). You may either submit your own MIS 
report or have a consortium or other employer representative submit the 
data in a consolidated MIS report. The chemical drug testing data is 
essential to analyze our current approach for deterring and detecting 
illegal drug abuse in the maritime industry.
    Since 1998 MIS data indicates that the positive random testing rate 
is greater than one percent industry-wide (1.68 percent), the Coast 
Guard announces that the minimum random drug testing rate is set at 50 
percent of covered employees for the period of January 1, 2000 through 
December 31, 2000 in accordance with 46 CFR 16.230(e).
    You must submit your MIS report to the Coast Guard no later than 
March 15 of each calendar year. Each year we will publish a notice 
reporting the results of the previous calendar year's MIS data, and the 
minimum annual percentage rate for random drug testing for the next 
calendar year.

    Dated: December 21, 1999.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Acting Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety and Environmental 
Protection.
[FR Doc. 99-33998 Filed 12-29-99; 8:45 am]
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