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w: s r- w ♦ w w zwwe <br />3. Background <br />Safety. The DOT requires transportation employers to develop and implement drug and alcohol <br />testing programs in the interest of public safety. Safety is the highest priority for DOT. One of the <br />means by which the DOT helps ensure safety is by subjecting those workers responsible for <br />transportation '.safety to drug and alcohol testing. Workers tested under the DOT program have direct <br />Impact on the safety of the traveling public or the safety of those potentially affected by the <br />transportation of hazardous products, such as natural gas, liquefied natural gas (LNG) and <br />hazardous liquids. <br />Test Procedures. The overall responsibility for management and coordination of the DOT program <br />resides within the Office of the Secretary of Transportation's (OST), Office of Drug and Alcohol Policy <br />and Compliance (ODAPC). ODAPC Issues Part40. Whether the transportation employee Is a <br />pipeline worker, truck driver, or airline pilot, their drug and alcohol tests are conducted using the <br />same Part 40 procedures,. This consistency benefits all employees affected by DOT regulations in <br />that each agency's regulations must adhere to DOT's testing procedures. Better known simply as <br />"Part 40," this rule has become the standard for workplace testing in the United States. <br />Compliance Enforcement. Regulation and enforcement within the different transportation industries <br />is the responsibility of the DOT agency that has authority over the particular industry, The regulatory <br />authority requiring drug and alcohol testing of safety-sensitive employees in aviation, trucking, <br />railroads, and mass transit industries is the Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing Act of 19911 <br />(OTETA), The OTETA did not specifically address the pipeline industry. PHMSA has regulatory <br />authority over the pipeline industry and conveyed', their authority, for drug and alcohol testing„ through <br />the issuance of their regulation -- Part 199. Part 199 spells out who is subject to testing, when and In <br />what situations, Operators, and In turn, their associated contractors, implement the regulations. <br />11. GE1a1ERAL <br />I. Scope <br />Operators of pipeline facilities subject to 49 CFR Parts 1926, 193 7r, or 195 9 are required to test <br />covered employees for the presence of prohibited drugs and alcohol. Contractors doing similar work <br />on the behalf of their operators are subject to the same requirements. Part 199 requires of each <br />operator the assurance that any contractor performing any DOT safety -sensitive work for that <br />operator, under Parts 192, 193, or 195, is in full compliance with the provisions of the DOT's drug and <br />alcohol program, as applicable. <br />4 "Substance Abuse Program: Comprii•'he ive Audit and Inspection Protocol Form, Combined Anti -Drug and <br />Alcohol. Misuse Progmms, Form No.: 3.1.11, January 29, 2010" Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety <br />Administration, Office of Pipeline Safety- <br />5 Public Law 102-143, October 28, 1991, Title V -- Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing, 105 Stat. 952-965; <br />49 U.S.C. 45104(2). <br />6 Part 192 — Transportation of Natural and Other Gas by Pipeline: Minimum Federal Safety Standards <br />7 Part 193 — Liquefied Natural Gas Facilities: Federal Safety Standards <br />8 Part 195 — Transportation of Hazardous Liquids by Pipeline <br />J. RANCK ELECTRIC, INC. <br />PHMSA DRUGIALCOHOL PLAN <br />1. NATIONAL COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT SERVICE. INC (NCVSI -- 2010 <br />