83_FR_63938 83 FR 63701 - Pipeline Safety: Random Drug Testing Rate; Management Information System Reporting; and Obtaining Drug and Alcohol Management Information System Sign-In Information

83 FR 63701 - Pipeline Safety: Random Drug Testing Rate; Management Information System Reporting; and Obtaining Drug and Alcohol Management Information System Sign-In Information

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 237 (December 11, 2018)

Page Range63701-63702
FR Document2018-26750

PHMSA has determined that the minimum random drug testing rate for covered employees will remain at 50 percent during calendar year 2019. Operators are reminded that drug and alcohol testing information must be submitted for contractors who are performing or are ready to perform covered functions. For calendar year 2018 reporting, the ``user name'' and ``password'' for the Drug and Alcohol Management Information System (DAMIS) will be available in the PHMSA Portal.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 237 (Tuesday, December 11, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 237 (Tuesday, December 11, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63701-63702]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-26750]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket ID PHMSA-2018-0103]


Pipeline Safety: Random Drug Testing Rate; Management Information 
System Reporting; and Obtaining Drug and Alcohol Management Information 
System Sign-In Information

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), 
DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Calendar Year 2019 Minimum Annual Percentage Rate for 
Random Drug Testing, Reminder for Operators to Report Contractor MIS 
Data, and Reminder of Method for Operators to Obtain User Name and 
Password for Electronic Reporting.

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SUMMARY: PHMSA has determined that the minimum random drug testing rate 
for covered employees will remain at 50 percent during calendar year 
2019. Operators are reminded that drug and alcohol testing information 
must be submitted for contractors who are performing or are ready to 
perform covered functions. For calendar year 2018 reporting, the ``user 
name'' and ``password'' for the Drug and Alcohol Management Information 
System (DAMIS) will be available in the PHMSA Portal.

DATES: Effective January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wayne Lemoi, Drug & Alcohol Program 
Manager, telephone at 909-937-7232 or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Notice of Calendar Year 2019 Minimum Annual Percentage Rate for Random 
Drug Testing

    Operators of natural gas, hazardous liquid, and carbon dioxide 
pipelines and operators of liquefied natural gas and underground 
natural gas storage facilities must randomly select and test a 
percentage of all covered employees for prohibited drug use in 
accordance with 49 CFR part 199. Pursuant to Sec.  199.105(c)(1), the 
PHMSA minimum annual random drug testing rate for all covered employees 
is 50 percent. The Administrator can adjust this random drug testing 
rate based on the reported positive rate in the pipeline industry's 
random drug tests, which is submitted in operators' annual Management 
Information System (MIS) reports as required by Sec.  199.119(a). In 
accordance with Sec.  199.105(c)(3), if the reported positive drug test 
rate is below 1 percent for 2 consecutive years, the Administrator can 
reduce the random drug testing rate to 25 percent of all covered 
employees. In calendar year 2017, the random drug test positive rate 
for the entire pipeline industry was reported at greater than 1 
percent; therefore, the minimum annual random drug testing rate for 
calendar year 2019 is maintained at 50 percent of all covered 
employees.

Reminder for Operators To Report Contractor MIS Data

    On January 19, 2010, (75 FR 2926) PHMSA published an advisory 
bulletin notifying operators of the appropriate methodology for the 
annual collection of contractor MIS drug and alcohol testing data to 
avoid duplicative reporting when a contractor works for multiple 
operators. If an operator is required to submit a MIS report in 
accordance with part 199, that report is not complete until PHMSA 
receives MIS data for each tested contractor that performed covered 
functions as defined in Sec.  199.3. As explained in the 2010 Advisory 
Bulletin, operators must submit operator and contractor employee 
testing data in separate MIS reports to avoid duplicative reporting and 
inaccurate data that could affect the positive rate for the entire 
industry.

Reminder of Method for Operators To Obtain User Name and Password for 
Electronic Reporting

    By early January 2019, the user name and password required for an 
operator to access DAMIS and enter calendar year 2018 data will be 
available to all operator staff with access to the PHMSA Portal. 
Pipeline operators have been submitting reports required by 49 CFR 
parts 191 and 195 through the PHMSA Portal (https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/pipeline) since 2011. PHMSA determined that 
distributing information via the Portal would be more effective than 
the previous mailing process.
    When the DAMIS user name and password are available in the PHMSA 
Portal, all registered users will receive an email to that effect. If 
operator staff responsible for submitting MIS reports do not receive 
the DAMIS information, they should coordinate with other registered 
PHMSA Portal users within their company to obtain the DAMIS user name 
and password. Registered PHMSA Portal users for an operator typically 
include operator staff or consultants who submit annual and incident 
reports through PHMSA F 7000- and 7100-series forms. Operators that 
have not previously registered staff in the PHMSA Portal for the 
reporting purposes of parts 191 and 195 can register users by following 
the instructions at: https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PHMSAPortal2/staticContentRedesign/howto/PortalAccountCreation.pdf.
    Pursuant to Sec. Sec.  199.119(a) and 199.229(a), operators with 50 
or more covered employees, including both operator and contractor 
staff, are required to submit annual MIS reports. Operators with fewer 
than 50 total covered employees are required to submit MIS reports only 
upon written request from PHMSA. If an operator with fewer than 50 
total covered employees has submitted an MIS report in or after 
calendar year 2016, the PHMSA Portal message may state that no MIS 
report is required for calendar year 2018. If an operator with fewer 
than 50 covered employees has grown to more than 50 covered employees 
during calendar year 2018, the PHMSA Portal message will include 
instructions for

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how to obtain a DAMIS user name and password for the 2018 calendar year 
reporting period.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on December 3, 2018, under authority 
delegated in 49 CFR 1.97.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 2018-26750 Filed 12-10-18; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 237 / Tuesday, December 11, 2018 / Notices 63701 Telephone: (202) 366–4839 or email: for covered employees will remain at 50 data for each tested contractor that mailto:Linden.Houston@dot.gov. Copies percent during calendar year 2019. performed covered functions as defined of this collection can also be obtained Operators are reminded that drug and in § 199.3. As explained in the 2010 from that office. alcohol testing information must be Advisory Bulletin, operators must SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: submitted for contractors who are submit operator and contractor Title: Application for Conveyance of performing or are ready to perform employee testing data in separate MIS Port Facility Property. covered functions. For calendar year reports to avoid duplicative reporting OMB Control Number: 2133–0524. 2018 reporting, the ‘‘user name’’ and and inaccurate data that could affect the Type of Request: Renewal of a ‘‘password’’ for the Drug and Alcohol positive rate for the entire industry. Previously Approved Information Management Information System Reminder of Method for Operators To Collection. (DAMIS) will be available in the Obtain User Name and Password for Abstract: Public Law 103–160, which PHMSA Portal. Electronic Reporting is included in 40 U.S.C. 554 authorizes DATES: Effective January 1, 2019, the Department of Transportation to By early January 2019, the user name through December 31, 2019. convey to public entities surplus and password required for an operator FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: to access DAMIS and enter calendar Federal property needed for the Wayne Lemoi, Drug & Alcohol Program development or operation of a port year 2018 data will be available to all Manager, telephone at 909–937–7232 or operator staff with access to the PHMSA facility. The information collection will by email at wayne.lemoi@dot.gov. allow MARAD to approve the Portal. Pipeline operators have been SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: submitting reports required by 49 CFR conveyance of property and administer the port facility conveyance program. Notice of Calendar Year 2019 Minimum parts 191 and 195 through the PHMSA Respondents: Eligible state and local Annual Percentage Rate for Random Portal (https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/ public entities. Drug Testing pipeline) since 2011. PHMSA Affected Public: Eligible state and determined that distributing Operators of natural gas, hazardous information via the Portal would be local public entities. liquid, and carbon dioxide pipelines Estimated Number of Respondents: more effective than the previous mailing and operators of liquefied natural gas process. 13. and underground natural gas storage Estimated Number of Responses: 13. When the DAMIS user name and facilities must randomly select and test password are available in the PHMSA Estimated Hours per Response: 44. a percentage of all covered employees Portal, all registered users will receive Annual Estimated Total Annual for prohibited drug use in accordance an email to that effect. If operator staff Burden Hours: 572. with 49 CFR part 199. Pursuant to responsible for submitting MIS reports Frequency of Response: Annually. § 199.105(c)(1), the PHMSA minimum do not receive the DAMIS information, (Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of annual random drug testing rate for all they should coordinate with other 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended; and covered employees is 50 percent. The registered PHMSA Portal users within 49 CFR 1.93.) * * * Administrator can adjust this random their company to obtain the DAMIS user Dated: December 4, 2018. drug testing rate based on the reported name and password. Registered PHMSA By Order of the Maritime Administrator. positive rate in the pipeline industry’s Portal users for an operator typically T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr., random drug tests, which is submitted include operator staff or consultants Secretary, Maritime Administration. in operators’ annual Management who submit annual and incident reports Information System (MIS) reports as through PHMSA F 7000- and 7100- [FR Doc. 2018–26723 Filed 12–10–18; 8:45 am] required by § 199.119(a). In accordance series forms. Operators that have not BILLING CODE 4910–81–P with § 199.105(c)(3), if the reported previously registered staff in the positive drug test rate is below 1 percent PHMSA Portal for the reporting DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION for 2 consecutive years, the purposes of parts 191 and 195 can Administrator can reduce the random register users by following the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials drug testing rate to 25 percent of all instructions at: https:// Safety Administration covered employees. In calendar year portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PHMSAPortal2/ 2017, the random drug test positive rate staticContentRedesign/howto/Portal [Docket ID PHMSA–2018–0103] for the entire pipeline industry was AccountCreation.pdf. reported at greater than 1 percent; Pursuant to §§ 199.119(a) and Pipeline Safety: Random Drug Testing 199.229(a), operators with 50 or more Rate; Management Information System therefore, the minimum annual random drug testing rate for calendar year 2019 covered employees, including both Reporting; and Obtaining Drug and operator and contractor staff, are Alcohol Management Information is maintained at 50 percent of all covered employees. required to submit annual MIS reports. System Sign-In Information Operators with fewer than 50 total Reminder for Operators To Report covered employees are required to AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Contractor MIS Data submit MIS reports only upon written Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), DOT. On January 19, 2010, (75 FR 2926) request from PHMSA. If an operator ACTION: Notice of Calendar Year 2019 PHMSA published an advisory bulletin with fewer than 50 total covered Minimum Annual Percentage Rate for notifying operators of the appropriate employees has submitted an MIS report Random Drug Testing, Reminder for methodology for the annual collection in or after calendar year 2016, the amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES1 Operators to Report Contractor MIS of contractor MIS drug and alcohol PHMSA Portal message may state that Data, and Reminder of Method for testing data to avoid duplicative no MIS report is required for calendar Operators to Obtain User Name and reporting when a contractor works for year 2018. If an operator with fewer Password for Electronic Reporting. multiple operators. 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63702 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 237 / Tuesday, December 11, 2018 / Notices how to obtain a DAMIS user name and DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS Washington, DC 20002, has been password for the 2018 calendar year AFFAIRS cancelled. reporting period. For more information, please contact National Research Advisory Council; Ms. Rashelle Robinson, Designated Issued in Washington, DC, on December 3, Notice of Meeting; Cancellation Federal Officer at (202) 443–5668, or via 2018, under authority delegated in 49 CFR 1.97. email at Rashelle.Robinson@va.gov. The Department of Veterans Affairs Alan K. Mayberry, (VA) gives notice under the Federal Dated: December 4, 2018. Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety. Advisory Committee Act that the LaTonya L. Small, [FR Doc. 2018–26750 Filed 12–10–18; 8:45 am] meeting of the National Research Federal Advisory Committee Management Advisory Council previously scheduled Officer. BILLING CODE 4910–60–P to be held on Wednesday, December 5, [FR Doc. 2018–26714 Filed 12–10–18; 8:45 am] 2018, at 1100 First Street NE, Room 104, BILLING CODE 8320–01–P amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES1 VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:51 Dec 10, 2018 Jkt 247001 PO 00000 Frm 00091 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 E:\FR\FM\11DEN1.SGM 11DEN1


Document Created: 2018-12-11 01:07:22
Document Modified: 2018-12-11 01:07:22
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of Calendar Year 2019 Minimum Annual Percentage Rate for Random Drug Testing, Reminder for Operators to Report Contractor MIS Data, and Reminder of Method for Operators to Obtain User Name and Password for Electronic Reporting.
DatesEffective January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019.
ContactWayne Lemoi, Drug & Alcohol Program Manager, telephone at 909-937-7232 or by email at [email protected]
FR Citation83 FR 63701 
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