United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2022_register executive 2022-02-02 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c7a96804 D09002ee1c7a96cbc United States Department of Transportation originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Federal Railroad Administration originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency As mandated by the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act (SUPPORT Act or Act), FRA is expanding the scope of its alcohol and drug regulation to cover mechanical employees. This rule clarifies who FRA considers a mechanical employee for regulatory purposes, and adopts proposed technical amendments. 87 FR 5719 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2022-02-02/2022-01985 2022-01985 fr02fe22-12 RIN 2130-AC80 4910-06-P Docket No. FRA-2019-0071, Notice No. 2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2022-02-02/2022-01985 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-02-02/html/2022-01985.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-02-02/pdf/2022-01985.pdf Alcohol Abuse Drug Abuse Drug Testing Penalties Railroad Safety Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Safety Transportation 19 p. 5719 5737 87 FR 5719 Title 49 Part 219 49 CFR Part 219 RIN 2130-AC80 Control of Alcohol and Drug Use: Coverage of Mechanical Employees and Miscellaneous Amendments; Federal Register Vol. 87, Issue RULE 2022-01985 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Railroad Administration 2022-03-04 Docket No. FRA-2019-0071, Notice No. 2 4910-06-P 2022-01985 Final rule.

As mandated by the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act (SUPPORT Act or Act), FRA is expanding the scope of its alcohol and drug regulation to cover mechanical employees. This rule clarifies who FRA considers a mechanical employee for regulatory purposes, and adopts proposed technical amendments.

This rule is effective March 4, 2022. Gerald Powers, Drug and Alcohol Program Manager, Office of Railroad Safety--Office of Technical Oversight, telephone: 202-493-6313, email: gerald.powers@dot.gov; Sam Noe, Drug and Alcohol Specialist, Office of Railroad Safety--Office of Technical Oversight, telephone: 615-719-2951, email: sam.noe@dot.gov; or Patricia V. Sun, Attorney Adviser, Office of Safety Law, telephone: 202-493-6060, email: patricia.sun@dot.gov. Alcohol Abuse Drug Abuse Drug Testing Penalties Railroad Safety Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Safety Transportation Control of Alcohol and Drug Use: Coverage of Mechanical Employees, FRA-DrugAlcoholProgram.email@dot.gov FRA-MROletters.email@dot.gov gerald.powers@dot.gov Hodan.Wells@dot.gov patricia.sun@dot.gov sam.noe@dot.gov http://www.regulations.gov https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/R-08-007 https://railroads.dot.gov/divisions/partnerships-programs/drug-and-alcohol https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Pages/RAR0801.aspx https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/safety-recs/recletters/R08_05_07.pdf https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/2021-06/DOT-2100.6A-Rulemaking-and-Guidance-%28003%29.pdf www.fra.dot.gov Vol. 87, no. 22 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2022-02-02 continuing daily deposited born digital 370 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2022-02-02 P0b002ee1b34edeec 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr02fe22 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2022-02-02 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-02-02/pdf/FR-2022-02-02.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-02-02/xml/FR-2022-02-02.xml fdlp 5655 6015 DGPO 2022-02-02 2024-05-29 FR-2022-02-02 machine generated eng FR FR-2022-02-02 87 22