[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 239 (Monday, December 14, 1998)] [Notices] [Page 68816] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-33079] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Coast Guard [USCG-1998-4860] Random Drug Testing Rate for Covered Crewmembers
Agency
Coast Guard, DOT.
Action
Announcement of minimum random drug testing rate.
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Summary
The Coast Guard has set the 1999 minimum random drug testing rate at 50 percent of covered crewmembers. Based on an evaluation of the 1997 Management Information System (MIS) data collection forms submitted by marine employers, we determined that random drug testing on covered crewmembers for the calendar year 1997 resulted in positive test results 1.59 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 1999.
Dates
Effective January 1, 1999 through December 31, 1999.
For Further Information Contact
For questions about this notice, please contact Lieutenant Jennifer Williams, Project Manager, Office of Investigations and Analysis (G- MOA), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, telephone 202-267-0686.
Supplementary Information
Coast Guard regulations in Title 46 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Sec. 16.230 require 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. Marine employers must submit this data to the Coast Guard in an annual MIS report (Form CG-5573 found in Appendix B of Part 16). Marine employers may either submit their 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 1997 MIS data indicates that the positive random testing rate is greater than one percent industry-wide (1.59 percent), the Coast Guard announces in accordance with 46 CFR 16.230(e), that the minimum random drug testing rate is set at 50 percent of covered employees for the period of January 1, 1999 through December 31, 1999. MIS reports are due to the United States Coast Guard, Commandant (G-MOA), 2100 Second Street, SW, Washington, DC, 20593-0001, not 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 7, 1998. J.P. High, Acting Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety and Environmental Protection. [FR Doc. 98-33079 Filed 12-11-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-15-M