Opening of Bids - WWTP Electrical Improvements Proj No 117-132 - J. Ranck Electric Inc

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Subpart K ("Testing Sites, Forms, Equipment and Supplies Used in Alcohol Testing"); Subpart L ("Alcohol ,Screening Tests"); Subpart M ("Alcohol Confirmation Tests"); and,. Subpart N ("Problems in Alcohol Testing"). These procedures apply to all DOT alcohol tests regardless of the reason for the test. Personnel and Testing Devices.eB � The Company will only use qualified 'Screening Test Technicians (STT) or Breath Alcohol Technicians (BAT) for DOT alcohol tests. These technicians will only conduct the test using DOT -approved devices. Devices are approved by the National Highway Traffic Safe+ Administration NHTSA , an agency of DOT, and placed on the Conforming Products ( ) g cy List (CPL),' The devices used by the Company will be maintained according to the particular manufacturer's specifications In the Quality Assurance Plan (c1AP). External calibration checks will be performed at the intervals specified in the manufacturer's instructions for any EBT used for DOT - required alcohol confirmation testing. Testing Site, Forms, and Specimen. The Company will provide the employee with the specific location where the test will take place. Tests will be conducted in an area to prevent unauthorized people from hearing or seeing the employee's test result. The Company will remind the employee that failure to sign the DOT Alcohol Testing Form (ATF) at the instruction of the testing technician will be viewed as a refusal to test. The alcohol screening test may be conducted with breath or saliva, as applicable for the device used by the testing technician. Only breath will be used for the confirmation test, which is conducted by a BAT using an EBT. Test. The Company will inform the employee that they are required to carry and present a current valid picture ID, such as a driver's license, passport, or employer -issued picture ID to the testing site. The testing technician will perform a screening test and show the employee the test result. If the screening test result is an alcohol concentration of less than 0.02, no further testing is authorized, and there is no DOT action to be taken. The technician will document the result on the ATF, provide the employee a copy and also provide the Company and/or the Company's C/TPA a copy. If the screening test result is 0.02 or greater, the employee will be required to take a confirmation test, which can only be administered by a BAT using an EBT. The BAT will wait at least 15-minutes, but not more than 30 minutes, before conducting the confirmation test. During that time, the employee will not be allowed to eat, drink, smoke, belch, put anything in their mouth or leave the testing area. Leaving the testing area without authorization may be considered a refusal to test. The BAT will perform an "air blank" (which must read 0.00) on the EBT device to ensure that there is no residual alcohol in the EBT or in the air around it. The confirmation test result is the final result of the test, and the will be shown to the employee and on the printout from the EBT. If the result is less than 0.02, no action is taken under Part 199. Any result of 0.02 or greater will be immediately reported to the Company. 3. PHMSA Inspection Protocol for Alcohol Testing Sites Compliance. PHMSA's Substance Abuse Program: Comprehensive Audit and Inspection Protocol Form, Combined Anti -Drug and Alcohol Misuse Prevention Programs, Form No.: 3.1.11, dated January 29, 2010, provides a separate inspection protocol for Alcohol Testing Sites. The Company provides this protocol to correspond with the detail found in the PHMSA Inspection Form. As previously stated, the Company will ensure that all DOT alcohol tests comply with Part 40 requirements. Alcohol Testing Personnel. The Company will ensure that only qualified STTs and BATs are used to conduct Company DOT tests. STTs and BATs are responsible to maintain their own verification documentation and will make. it available to the Company on request. 70 A supervisor of an employee may not be used to conduct a reasonable suspicionicause test if that supervisor was the one who made the determination to test.71 14 National. Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Confoarxnins.. Products List for Evidential Breath Measurement Devices, March 11, 2010, and addendurns. J. RANCK ELECTRIC, INC. PHMSA DRUGIALCOHOL PLAN "A r10NAL COMPI IANCE MANAGEMENT SERVICE, INC. (NCMS) -2010 28