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Current Random Testing Rates

2016 DOT Random Testing Rates

The following chart outlines the annual minimum drug and alcohol random testing rates established within DOT Agencies and the USCG for 2016.
DOT Agency
2016 Random Drug Testing Rate
2016 Random Alcohol Testing Rate
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
[FMCSA]

25%

10%

Federal Aviation Administration
[FAA]

25%

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)
 

25%

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.

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.

Updated: Wednesday, December 23, 2015
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