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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 248 (Friday, December 27, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 105447]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-30848]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 120

[Docket No. FAA-2020-1058]
RIN 2120-AK09

Drug and Alcohol Testing of Certificated Repair Station Employees 
Located Outside of the United States; Correction

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), U.S. Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: On December 18, 2024, the Federal Aviation Administration 
(FAA) published a final rule in the Federal Register titled ``Drug and 
Alcohol Testing of Certificated Repair Station Employees Located 
Outside of the United States''.
    The final rule inadvertently mischaracterized two commenters which 
does not accurately reflect their respective memberships. This document 
makes those corrections.

DATES: Effective January 17, 2025.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Rodriguez Brown, Office of 
Aerospace Medicine, Drug Abatement Division, Federal Aviation 
Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; 
telephone (202) 267-8442; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 18, 2024, the FAA published the 
final rule Drug and Alcohol Testing of Certificated Repair Station 
Employees Located Outside of the United States (RIN 2120-AK09) in the 
Federal Register at 89 FR 103416. That document requires certificated 
repair stations located outside the territory of the United States 
(U.S.) whose employees perform safety-sensitive maintenance functions 
on certain air carrier aircraft to conduct alcohol and controlled 
substance testing in a manner acceptable to the Administrator and 
consistent with the applicable laws of the country in which the repair 
station is located. The document also directs the repair station to 
comply with the requirements of the Drug and Alcohol Testing Program 
published by the FAA and the Procedures for Transportation Workplace 
Drug Testing Programs published by the Department of Transportation, as 
proposed. However, the documents also allows foreign governments, on 
behalf of certificated repair stations within their territories, and 
individual foreign repair stations subject to the rule to obtain the 
Administrator's recognition of a compatible alternative that contains 
minimum criteria in lieu of compliance with certain components of the 
Drug and Alcohol Testing Program.
    In that final rule, the FAA inadvertently mischaracterized two 
commenters which does not accurately reflect their respective 
memberships. This document makes those corrections

Correction

    In the final rule FR Doc. 2024-29837, beginning on page 103416, in 
the Federal Register of December 18, 2024, make the following 
correction: On page 103423 in the first column, in the first full 
paragraph, correct the last sentence to read as: ``The 17 supporting 
commenters included transportation labor groups and unions 
(International Brotherhood of Teamsters (Teamsters), Transport Workers 
Union of America (TWU), and Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO 
(TTD)), a pilots' union (Allied Pilots Association (APA)), a trade 
association (National Drug & Alcohol Screening Association (NDASA)), a 
Substance Abuse Professional (SAP) Directory service (SAPList), a 
software provider (Nexus 33 Group LLC), and 10 individuals.''
    Issued under authority provided by 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 45102, 
44731(d) in Washington, DC.

Brandon Roberts,
Executive Director, Office of Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. 2024-30848 Filed 12-26-24; 8:45 am]
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