Notice2023-27001
Information Collection Activities; Requests for Comments
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Published
December 12, 2023
Issuing agencies
Transportation Department
Abstract
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below will be forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comments. The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected burden. A Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following information collection was published on September 29, 2023. No public comments were received. The purpose of this Notice is to allow 30 days for public comment.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 237 (Tuesday, December 12, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 86206-86208]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-27001]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. DOT-OST-2023-0143]
Information Collection Activities; Requests for Comments
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for public comment and submission to OMB for
clearance of renewed approval of information collection.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR)
abstracted below will be forwarded to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and comments. The ICR describes the nature of
the information collection and its expected burden. A Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the
following information collection was published on September 29, 2023.
No public comments were received. The purpose of this Notice is to
allow 30 days for public comment.
DATES: Comments to this notice must be received by January 11, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this information
collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for Public
Comments'' or by using the search function. Please note that comments
submitted in response to this Notice are public record. Before
including any detailed personal information, you should be aware that
your comments as submitted, including your personal identification
information, will be available for public view.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Huntley, Office of Drug and
Alcohol Policy and Compliance, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department
of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590;
202-366-3784 (voice), 202-366-3897 (fax), or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e6a9a2a7b6a5b183848b878f8aa6828992c8818990"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="014e454051425664636c60686d41656e752f666e77">[email protected]</span></a>
(email).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 2105-0529.
Title: Procedures for Transportation Workplace Drug and Alcohol
Testing Programs.
Type of Review: Clearance of a renewal of an information
collection.
Form Numbers: DOT F 1385; DOT F 1380.
Respondents: The information will be used by transportation
employers, Department representatives, and a variety of service agents.
Abstract: Under the Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing Act of
1991, DOT is required to implement a drug and alcohol testing program
in various transportation-related industries. This specific requirement
is elaborated in 49 CFR part 40, Procedures for Transportation
Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs. This request for a renewal
of the information collection for the program includes 45 burden items
including the U.S. Department of Transportation Alcohol Testing Form
(ATF) [DOT F 1380] and the DOT Drug and Alcohol Testing Management
Information System (MIS) Data Collection Form [DOT F 1385].
The ATF includes the employee's name, the type of test taken, the
date of the test, and the name of the employer. Data on each test
conducted, including test results, is necessary to document that the
tests were conducted and is used to take action, when required, to
ensure safety in the workplace. The MIS form includes employer specific
drug and alcohol testing information such as the reason for the test
and the cumulative number of test results for the negative, positive,
and refusal tests. No employee specific data is collected. The MIS data
is used by each of the affected DOT Agencies (i.e., Federal Aviation
Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Federal Railroad
Administration, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and the
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
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Administration) and the United States Coast Guard when calculating
their industry's annual random drug and/or alcohol testing rate.
On May 2, 2023, part 40 was amended to include oral fluid testing
as an additional methodology for drug testing that gives employers a
choice that will help combat employee cheating on urine drug tests and
provide a less intrusive means of achieving the safety goals of the
program [88 FR 27596]. As a result of the rule to include oral fluid
testing as an additional methodology for drug testing, two new burden
items have been added to this collection: (1) Oral Fluid Collector
(Qualification and Refresher) Training Documentation [Sec. 40.35(b) &
(e)]; and (2) Oral Fluid Collector Error Correction Training
Documentation [Sec. 40.35(f)]. These new burden items are analogous to
the existing burden items for urine collectors and screening test
technicians and breath alcohol technicians.
Also as a result of the May 2023 rule to include oral fluid as an
additional methodology for drug testing, DOT will request OMB approval
for a revision of the MIS Data Collection Form to facilitate the
collection of oral fluid testing data from employers. Specifically, in
Section III of the form, ``Drug Testing Data,'' DOT will add additional
rows under each ``Type of Test'' (e.g., Pre-Employment, Random, Post-
Accident, Reasonable Suspicion/Cause, Return-to-Duty, Follow-Up, and
Total) for employers to enter the number of urine tests, the number of
oral fluid tests, and the number of total tests conducted.
Estimated Total Number of Respondents: 1,426,662.
Estimated Number of Responses: 11,459,756.
Frequency of Response: The information will be collected annually.
Estimated Total Number Burden Hours; 1,469,136.
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\1\ All salary costs are based upon the Department of Labor's
bureau of Labor Statistics average employee compensation hourly cost
in 2023.
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Burden per Total
PRA item Number of Number of response burden Total salary
respondents responses (minutes) (hours) costs ($) \1\
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Exemptions from Regulation Provisions 1 1 180 3 $122
Requests [40.7(a)].......................
Employer Stand-down Waiver Requests 0 0 480 0 0
[40.21(b)]...............................
Employee Testing Records from Previous 549,029 990,596 8 132,079 5,387,502
Employers [40.25(a)].....................
Employee Release of Information [40.25(f)] 549,029 990,596 8 132,079 5,387,502
MIS Form Submission [40.26]............... 19,699 19,699 90 29,549 1,205,304
Urine Collector (Qualification and 5,000 5,000 4 333 13,583
Refresher) Training Documentation
[40.33(b) & (e)].........................
Urine Collector Error Correction Training 17,980 17,980 4 1,199 48,907
Documentation [40.33(f)].................
Oral Fluid Collector (Qualification and 5,000 5,000 4 333 13,583
Refresher) Training Documentation
[40.35(b) & (e)].........................
Oral Fluid Collector Error Correction 17,980 17,980 4 1,199 48,907
Training Documentation [40.35(f)]........
Laboratory Reports to DOT Regarding 0 0 30 0 0
Unlisted Adulterant [40.87(e)]...........
Semi-Annual Laboratory Reports to 19 365,983 4 24,399 995,235
Employers [40.111(a)]....................
Semi-Annual Laboratory Reports to DOT 19 456 4 30 1,224
[40.111(d)]..............................
Medical Review Officer (MRO) 1,000 1,000 4 67 2,733
(Qualifications and Continuing Education)
Training Documentation [40.121(c) & (d)].
MRO Review of Negative Results 5,000 351,135 4 23,409 954,853
Documentation [40.127(b)(2)(ii)].........
MRO Failure to Contact Donor Documentation 5,000 50,787 4 3,386 138,115
[40.131(c)(1)]...........................
MRO Effort to Contact DER Documentation 5,000 57,624 4 3,842 156,715
[40.131(c)(2)(iii)]......................
DER Successful Contact Employee 46,099 46,099 4 3,073 125,348
Documentation [40.131(d)]................
DER Failure to Contact Employee 11,525 11,525 4 768 31,327
Documentation [40.131(d)(2)(i)]..........
MRO Verification of Positive Result 5,000 11,525 4 768 31,327
Without Interview Documentation [40.133].
Adulterant/Substitution Evaluation 0 0 30 0 0
Physician Statements
[40.145(g)(2)(ii)(d)]....................
MRO Cancellation of Adulterant/ 0 0 30 0 0
Substitution for Legitimate Reason
Reports [40.145(g)(5)]...................
Employee Admission of Adulterating/ 40 40 4 3 122
Substituting Specimen MRO Determination
[40.159(c)]..............................
Split Specimen Requests by MRO [40.171(c)] 5,000 11,932 4 795 32,428
Split Failure to Reconfirm for Drugs 70 70 4 5 204
Reports by MRO [40.187(b)]...............
Split Failure to Reconfirm for Adulterant/ 8 8 5 1 41
Substitution Reports by MRO [40.187(c)]..
Shy Bladder Physician Statements 719 719 5 60 2,447
[40.193(f)]..............................
MRO Statements Regarding Physical Evidence 0 0 0 0 0
of Drug Use [40.195(b) & (c)]............
Drug Test Correction Statements [40.205 25,000 143,840 8 19,179 782,311
(b)(1) & (2)]............................
Breath Alcohol Technician (BAT)/Screening 2,000 2,000 4 133 5,425
Test Technician (STT) (Qualification and
Refresher) Training Documentation
[40.213(b)(c)&(e)].......................
BAT/STT Error Correction Training 401 401 4 27 1,101
Documentation [40.213(f)]................
Complete DOT Alcohol Testing Forms 10,000 8,025,159 8 1,070,021 43,646,157
[40.225(a)]..............................
Evidential Breath Testing Device Quality 10,000 10,000 4 667 27,166
Assurance/Calibration Records
[40.233(c)(4)]...........................
Shy Lung Physician Statements 401 401 4 27 1,101
[40.265(c)(2)]...........................
Alcohol Test Correction Statements 803 803 4 54 2,203
[40.271(b)(1)&(2)].......................
Substance Abuse Professional (SAP) 3,334 3,334 4 222 9,055
(Qualification and Continuing Education)
Training Documentation [40.281(c)&(d)]...
Employer SAP Lists to Employees [40.287].. 116,467 116,467 4 7,764 316,694
SAP Reports to Employers [40.311(c), (d) & 10,000 201,258 4 13,417 547,279
(e)].....................................
Correction Notices to Service Agents 25 25 60 25 1,020
[40.373(a)]..............................
Notice of Proposed Exclusion (NOPE) to 5 5 600 50 2,040
Service Agents [40.375(a)]...............
Service Agent Requests to Contest Public 2 2 60 2 82
Interest Exclusions (PIE) [40.379(b)]....
Service Agent Information to Argue PIE 2 2 240 8 326
[40.379(b)(2)]...........................
Service Agent Information to Contest PIE 2 2 240 8 326
[40.381(a) & (b)]........................
Notices of PIE to Service Agents [40.399]. 1 1 60 1 41
Notices of PIE to Employer and Public 1 1 60 1 41
[40.401 (b) & (d)].......................
Service Agent PIE Notices to Employers 1 300 30 150 6,119
[40.403 (a)].............................
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Total New............................. 1,426,662 11,459,756 2,328 1,469,136 59,926,016
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Public Comments Invited: (1) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the Department, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (2) the accuracy of the Department's estimate of the burden of
the proposed information collection; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents,
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
(Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter
35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1:48)
Issued in Washington, DC, on December 5, 2023.
Authority and Issuance.
Bohdan S. Baczara,
Deputy Director, DOT, Office of Drug and Alcohol Policy and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2023-27001 Filed 12-11-23; 8:45 am]
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