Proposed Rule2022-05972
Procedures for Transportation Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs: Addition of Oral Fluid Specimen Testing for Drugs; Extension of Comment Period
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Published
March 22, 2022
Effective
February 28, 2022
Issuing agencies
Transportation Department
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Transportation is extending the comment period for its oral fluid notice of proposed rulemaking. The original comment period would close on March 30, 2022. The extension is granted in response to requests received from stakeholders, who have stated the March 30 closing date does not provide sufficient time for them to prepare and submit of comments to the docket. The Department agrees to extend the comment period by 30 days. Therefore, the closing date for submission of comments is extended to April 29, 2022, which will provide those entities submitting requests for an extension and others interested in commenting on the proposed rulemaking additional time to submit comments to the docket.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 55 (Tuesday, March 22, 2022)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 16160-16161]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05972]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
49 CFR Part 40
[Docket DOT-OST-2021-0093]
RIN 2105-AE94
Procedures for Transportation Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing
Programs: Addition of Oral Fluid Specimen Testing for Drugs; Extension
of Comment Period
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation
(DOT).
ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Transportation is extending the comment
period for its oral fluid notice of proposed rulemaking. The original
comment period would close on March 30, 2022. The extension is granted
in response to requests received from stakeholders, who have stated the
March 30 closing date does not provide sufficient time for them to
prepare and submit of comments to the docket. The Department agrees to
extend the comment period by 30 days. Therefore, the closing date for
submission of comments is extended to April 29, 2022, which will
provide those entities submitting requests for an extension and others
interested in commenting on the proposed rulemaking additional time to
submit comments to the docket.
DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published February 28,
2022, at 87 FR 11156, is extended. Comments must be received on or
before April 29, 2022.
ADDRESSES: To ensure that you do not duplicate your docket submissions,
please submit them by only one of the following means:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/docket/DOT-OST-2021-0093/document">https://www.regulations.gov/docket/DOT-OST-2021-0093/document</a> and follow the
online instructions for submitting comments.
<bullet> Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, West Building Ground Floor
Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
<bullet> Hand delivery: West Building Ground Floor, Room W-12-140,
1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone number is 202-366-9329.
Instructions: To ensure proper docketing of your comment, please
include the agency name and docket number DOT-OST-2021-0093 or the
Regulatory Identification Number (RIN), 2105-AE94 for the rulemaking at
the beginning of your comments. All comments received will be posted
without change to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>, including any personal
information provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrice M. Kelly, JD, Office of Drug
and Alcohol Policy and Compliance, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590; telephone number 202-366-3784;
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c9868d88998abeacaba4a8a0a589ada6bde7aea6bf"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d09f94918093a7b5b2bdb1b9bc90b4bfa4feb7bfa6">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 28, 2022, at 87 FR 11156, DOT published in the Federal
Register a notice of proposed rulemaking proposing to amend its
transportation industry drug testing program procedures regulations, 49
CFR part 40, to include oral fluid testing. The proposal includes other
provisions to update the Department's regulation, and to harmonize, as
needed, with the new Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug
Testing Programs using Oral Fluid established by the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services. In addition to adding oral fluid as a drug
testing method and harmonizing with pertinent OFMG sections, we also
propose to clarify certain part 40 provisions that cover urine drug
testing procedures; to remove provisions that no longer are necessary;
to add clarifying language to other provisions such as updated
definitions and web links, as appropriate; and to update provisions to
reflect issues that have arisen in recent practice.
All members of the public, including DOT-regulated employers and
employees, urine collectors, HHS-NLCP certified laboratories, Medical
Review Officers, Substance Abuse Professionals, and Consortium/Third
Party Administrations, Transportation trade organizations, and labor
organizations are invited to submit comments.
The original comment period for the proposal would have closed
March 30,
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2022. However, DOT stakeholders have expressed concern that this
closing date does not provide sufficient time to coordinate with their
respective members to develop comments to the NPRM and/or to submit
comments to the docket. To allow time for interested parties to submit
comments, the closing date is changed from March 30, 2022 to April 29,
2022.
Signed in Washington, DC, on March 16, 2022.
Patrice M. Kelly,
Office of Drug and Alcohol Policy and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022-05972 Filed 3-21-22; 8:45 am]
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