[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 12 (Thursday, January 18, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 4887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-1545]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[USCG-2001-8660]


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 2001 minimum random 
drug testing rate at 50 percent of covered crewmembers. An evaluation 
of the 1999 Management Information System (MIS) data collection forms 
submitted by marine employers determined that random drug testing on 
covered crewmembers for the calendar year 1999 resulted in positive 
test results 1.7 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 2001.

DATES: The minimum random drug testing rate is effective January 1, 
2001 through December 31, 2001. You must submit your 2000 MIS reports 
no later than March 15, 2001.

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 Guard 
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 calender year, January 1 through 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 1999 MIS data indicates that the positive random testing rate 
is greater than one percent industry-wide (1.7 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, 2001 through 
December 31, 2001 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: January 8, 2001.
R.C. North,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant Commandment for Marine Safety 
and Environmental Protection.
[FR Doc. 01-1545 Filed 1-17-01; 8:45 am]
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