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Current Random Testing Rates

The following chart outlines the annual minimum drug and alcohol random testing rates established within DOT Agencies and the USCG for 2008:

DOT Agency
2008 Random Drug Testing Rate
2008 Random Alcohol Testing Rate
Federal Aviation Administration
[FAA]

25%

10%

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
[FMCSA]

50%

10%

Federal Railroad Administration
[FRA]

25%

10%

Federal Transit Administration
[FTA]

25%

10%

Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[PHMSA]

25%

N/A

United States
Coast Guard
[USCG] (now with the Dept. of Homeland Security)

50%

N/A

NOTE: Employers (and C/TPAs) subject to more than one DOT Agency drug and alcohol testing rule may continue to combine covered employees into a single random selection pool. However, companies (and C/TPAs) doing so must test at or above the highest minimum annual random testing rates established by the DOT Agencies under whose jurisdiction they fall. For example, an employer having both FMCSA- and FRA-covered employees in one pool must test, as a minimum rate, 50% for drugs and 10% for alcohol. Contact the appropriate DOT Agency for additional clarification.

[Please note that USCG covered employees may be combined with DOT covered employees in drug testing pools even though the USCG is now part of the Department of Homeland Security.]

 

 

last updated on: 12/21/07

 

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