Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 224 / Wednesday, November 20, 2024 / Notices 91887 

TABLE 1—SUMMARY OF TOTAL BURDEN HOURS AND ESTIMATED COSTS BY RESPONDENT TYPE—Continued 

Type of 

respondent 

Number of 

respondents 

Minutes per 

respondent 

Hourly wage + 

30% fringe 

($35.07 + 

$10.52)* 

Total 

estimated 

burden 

hours 

Estimated 

cost 

ORU partially participates ............................................. 60 5 45.59 5 227.95 

Total ................................................................ ........................ ........................ ........................ 88.33 

(88) 

4,026.96 

(4,027) 

Both Studies Combined: 

Fully participates ........................................................... 9,000 10 45.59 1,500.00 68,385.00 

Partially participates ...................................................... 1,120 5 45.59 93.33 4,254.91 

Grand Total .................................................... 10,120 ........................ ........................ 1,593.33 

(1,593) 

72,639.91 

(72,640) 

* See July 2024 total private average hourly wages from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ 

empsit.t19.htm; Fully loaded wage is inclusive of a 30% addition to the base hourly wage to account for fringe benefits. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost: 

Participation in this study is voluntary 

and there are no costs to respondents 

beyond the time spent hearing about the 

study and participating in data 

collection if they decide to participate. 

Participants will incur no burden 

related to annual reporting or record 

keeping due to the collection of this 

new information. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspects of this 

information collection, including (i) 

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; 

(ii) the accuracy of the Department’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

information collection; (iii) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility and clarity 

of the information to be collected; and 

(iv) 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; 49 CFR 1.49; and DOT Order 

1351.29. 

Nanda Narayanan Srinivasan, 

Associate Administrator, Research and 

Program Development. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27043 Filed 11–19–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket No. PHMSA–2024–0166] 

Pipeline Safety: Random Drug Testing 

Rate; Multi-Factor Authentication; and 

Operator and Contractor Management 

Information System Reporting 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), Department of Transportation 

(DOT). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: PHMSA has determined that 

the Minimum Annual Percentage Rate 

for Random Drug Testing for covered 

employees will be 50 percent during 

calendar year (CY) 2025. For CY 2024 

reporting, Multi-Factor Authentication 

(MFA) login procedures must be used 

for submitting drug & alcohol (D&A) 

testing data into the Drug and Alcohol 

(D&A) Management Information System 

(DAMIS) database. This notice also 

explains how pipeline operators and 

contractors will obtain MFA login 

information. 

DATES: Applicable January 1, 2025, 

through December 31, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Wayne Lemoi, Drug & Alcohol Program 

Manager, Office of Pipeline Safety, by 

phone at 909–937–7232 or by email at 

wayne.lemoi@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Notice of CY 2025 Minimum Annual 

Percentage Rate for Random Drug 

Testing 

Operators of gas, hazardous liquid, 

and carbon dioxide pipeline facilities; 

liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants; and 

underground natural gas storage 

facilities must randomly select and test 

a percentage of all covered employees 

for prohibited drug use in accordance 

with 49 Code of Federal Regulations 

part 199. 

The Administrator can adjust the 

minimum random drug testing rate 

based on the reported positive rate of 

the industry’s random drug tests, which 

is obtained from operators’ and 

contractors’ annual DAMIS reports as 

required by § 199.119(a). In accordance 

with § 199.105(c)(3), if the reported 

positive drug test rate is below one 

percent for two consecutive CYs, the 

Administrator may lower the random 

drug testing rate to 25 percent of all 

covered employees. Conversely, 

paragraph § 199.105(c)(4) requires the 

Administrator to raise the minimum 

annual random drug testing rate from 25 

percent to 50 percent of all covered 

employees when the data obtained from 

the latest annual DAMIS reports 

required by § 199.119(a) indicate the 

positive test rate is equal to or greater 

than one percent. 

While the minimum annual random 

drug testing rate was 25 percent of all 

covered employees during CY 2024, the 

DAMIS reports submitted for CY 2023 

D&A testing had a random drug testing 

positive rate greater than one percent. 

Therefore, the Administrator is 

increasing the PHMSA minimum 

annual random drug testing rate to 50 

percent of all covered employees for CY 

2025. 

Multi-Factor Authentication for DAMIS 

Reports 

DOT will continue to use Multi-Factor 

Authentication (MFA) to limit and 

control access to the DOT’s DAMIS 

database. MFA is not unique to PHMSA 

or to DAMIS. It is a Federal Government 

initiative that was implemented to 

protect the integrity and security of 

Federal Government databases from 

cybersecurity attacks and other risks. 


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91888 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 224 / Wednesday, November 20, 2024 / Notices 

MFA login procedures for ‘‘primary 

pipeline’’ operators and contractors are 

explained in the applicable sections 

below. 

Pipeline Operator DAMIS Reporting 

To collect more accurate pipeline 

industry DOT D&A test data and to 

avoid duplicate reporting of D&A test 

data, PHMSA limits DAMIS reporting to 

‘‘primary operators’’ and contractors 

only. The term ‘‘primary operator’’ is 

not used in the D&A testing regulations 

in part 199; however, the term ‘‘primary 

operator’’ as used herein has the same 

meaning as the term ‘‘primary entity’’ as 

used in § 191.22 and § 195.64. 

Moreover, a ‘‘primary operator’’ can be 

a large or small operator as explained 

below. 

Pipeline operators either have a D&A 

program that includes only one pipeline 

operator (i.e., one OPID) or an 

‘‘umbrella’’ type shared D&A program 

that includes multiple pipeline 

operators (i.e., more than one OPID). For 

DAMIS reporting purposes the operator 

of the single operator D&A program is 

the ‘‘primary pipeline operator.’’ For 

shared D&A programs, the ‘‘primary 

operator’’ must be identified to PHMSA 

through Safety Program Relationship 

(SPR) data before submitting a DAMIS 

report. Operators are reminded to 

review their D&A program records to 

check the SPR status of their D&A 

program. If changes are needed to 

properly align the SPR data with the 

operator’s D&A program, the operator 

must make a written notification to 

PHMSA. 

The PHMSA regulations governing 

DAMIS reporting (§§ 199.119 and 

199.229) are based on whether the 

primary operator is a large operator or 

a small operator. Pursuant to 

§§ 199.119(a) and 199.229(a), a large 

operator is an operator with more than 

50 covered employees. Large operators 

are required to submit a DAMIS report 

each CY. Pursuant to §§ 199.119(a) and 

199.229(a), a small operator is an 

operator with 50 or fewer covered 

employees. Small operators are only 

required to submit a DAMIS report if the 

operator receives a ‘‘written notice’’ 

from PHMSA requesting a report. Each 

CY, PHMSA transmits written notices as 

messages in the PHMSA Portal in late 

December. 

To calculate the number of D&A 

covered employees to determine 

whether an operator is a large or small 

primary operator, include all covered 

employees of the primary operator plus 

all covered employees of any business 

units included in the DAMIS report 

under a shared D&A program. If your 

covered employees are in a random drug 

testing pool managed by a consortium, 

count only your own covered 

employees. If you have any covered 

employees subject to D&A testing under 

more than one DOT agency, count only 

those employees who were D&A tested 

under PHMSA, which is the agency 

selected on the Federal Drug Testing 

Custody and Control Form (CCF) or on 

the Alcohol Testing Form (ATF). While 

contractor employees are covered 

employees requiring D&A testing, 

contractor employees are not used to 

calculate whether a ‘‘primary pipeline 

operator’’ is a large or small operator. 

Therefore, do not include contractor 

employees in the above calculations. 

Pipeline operators are no longer 

required to ‘‘accept’’ contractor reports. 

Instead, an operator will simply list the 

contractor, and the contractor’s DAMIS 

report automatically becomes part of the 

operator’s report once the contractor has 

submitted its report to DAMIS. 

Furthermore, operators are not able to 

view contractor data reports through 

DAMIS, but can get the report directly 

from the contractor, if they so desire. 

For each contractor listed by a 

primary operator, DAMIS will show if a 

Login.gov invitation has been generated 

for the contractor. If no Login.gov 

invitation has been created for the 

contractor or if the Login.gov invitation 

was created for the wrong email 

address, the primary operator can 

generate a new Login.gov invitation by 

entering a new email address for the 

contractor. This email address cannot 

already be in use to access DAMIS for 

a primary operator or a different 

contractor. 

Primary Operator MFA Login: In 

September 2023, PHMSA 

communicated by email with primary 

operators to confirm the email address 

of the person who will submit the 

primary operator’s DAMIS report. These 

confirmed email addresses were loaded 

into DAMIS at the end of CY 2023. In 

early January 2024, DAMIS generated a 

one-time/one-use Login.gov invitation 

for the confirmed email addresses. 

PHMSA also makes Login.gov 

invitations available in the PHMSA 

Portal. 

Contractor DAMIS Reporting 

Because contractors do not have 

OPIDs, PHMSA uses a Business Tax 

Identification Number (BTIN) to track 

contractors in the DAMIS database. 

A contractor may perform D&A 

covered functions for one pipeline 

operator or multiple operators. 

Additionally, a contractor may be local, 

regional, or nationwide, and/or may 

operate from a single location or from 

multiple locations. Regardless, the clear 

intent is for PHMSA and DOT to collect 

contractor D&A test data that is 

complete, accurate, and nonrepetitive. 

Accordingly, each contractor must 

prepare a single, complete, and accurate 

DAMIS report that includes all its D&A 

covered employees and all their DOT 

D&A test data. A contractor does not 

prepare or submit a separate and 

distinct DAMIS report for each pipeline 

operator, or for a contractor’s separate 

offices or locations, unless those offices 

are distinct and separate under their 

own BTIN. Moreover, a contractor must 

not report the same covered employees 

and the same D&A tests in more than 

one BTIN. If a contractor has more than 

one BTIN, the contractor must allocate 

individual employees and their D&A 

tests results among the BTINs for which 

they actually worked, or report all the 

contractor’s employees and test results 

under one BTIN. 

PHMSA does not need or require a 

DAMIS report from each BTIN. PHMSA 

requires a valid set of contractor D&A 

test data that reflects the complete and 

accurate picture of who the contractor 

D&A tested and what the results of those 

tests were. PHMSA does not want 

covered employees or D&A tests to be 

reported more than once. If test results 

can be reported under one BTIN, that is 

acceptable. 

PHMSA also recognizes that some 

pipeline operators perform D&A covered 

functions for other PHMSA regulated 

pipeline operators. While this may take 

place under a contract, pipeline 

operators with an OPID must never be 

listed as a contractor by any other 

pipeline operator in a DAMIS report. 

Contractor MFA Login: MFA allows 

access for contractors to enter their D&A 

testing data directly into DAMIS. In 

September 2023, PHMSA 

communicated by email with 

contractors to confirm the email address 

of the person who will submit the 

contractor DAMIS report. These 

confirmed email addresses were loaded 

into DAMIS at the end of CY 2023. In 

early January 2024, DAMIS generated a 

one-time/one-use Login.gov invitation 

for the confirmed email address. 

Contractors can also request a new 

Login.gov invitation for a new email 

address by sending a request to 

PHMSAPipelineDAMIS@dot.gov. 

Any primary operator can generate a 

new Login.gov invitation for a contractor 

by entering an email address that is not 

already established with Login.gov 

access to DAMIS. 


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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 224 / Wednesday, November 20, 2024 / Notices 91889 

Issued in Washington, DC, on November 7, 

2024, under authority delegated in 49 CFR 

1.97. 

Alan K. Mayberry, 

Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26737 Filed 11–19–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions 

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets 

Control (OFAC) is publishing the names 

of one or more persons and vessels that 

have been placed on OFAC’s Specially 

Designated Nationals and Blocked 

Persons List (SDN List) based on 

OFAC’s determination that one or more 

applicable legal criteria were satisfied. 

All property and interests in property 

subject to U.S. jurisdiction of these 

persons are blocked, and U.S. persons 

are generally prohibited from engaging 

in transactions with them. The vessels 

placed on the SDN List have been 

identified as property in which a block 

person has an interest. 

DATES: This action was issued on 

November 14, 2024. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section for relevant dates. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

OFAC: Associate Director for Global 

Targeting, tel.: 202–622–2420; or 

Assistant Director for Sanctions 

Compliance, tel.: 202–622–2490 or 

https://ofac.treasury.gov/contact-ofac. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Availability 

The SDN List and additional 

information concerning OFAC sanctions 

programs are available on OFAC’s 

website: https://ofac.treasury.gov. 

Notice of OFAC Action 

On November 14, 2024, OFAC 

determined that the property and 

interests in property subject to U.S. 

jurisdiction of the following persons are 

blocked under the relevant sanctions 

authorities listed below. 

BILLING CODE 4810–AL–P 


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