Document ID: DOT-OST-2011-0057-0002
Agency: dot
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Procedures for Transportation Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs
Posted Date: 2011-07-19T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 138 (Tuesday, July 19, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 42761]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-18120]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

[Docket No. DOT-OST-2011-0057]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments of 
a Previously Approved Information Collection: Procedures for 
Transportation Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information 
Collection Request abstracted below is being forwarded to the Office of 
Management and Budget for review and comments. A Federal Register 
Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on renewing the 
same information collection was published on April 13, 2011 [76 FR 
20805]. There were no comments to the docket.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 18, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, including 
suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the Office of the Secretary of the 
U.S. Department of Transportation, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 
20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bohdan Baczara, Office of Drug and 
Alcohol Policy and Compliance, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department 
of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Room W62-317, 
Washington, DC 20590; 202-366-3784 (voice), 202-366-3897 (fax), or 
bohdan.baczara@dot.gov (e-mail).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 2105-0529.
    Title: Procedures for Transportation Drug and Alcohol Testing 
Programs.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection.
    Background: 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 43 burden items among which are the U.S. Department of 
Transportation Alcohol Testing Form (ATF) and the DOT Drug and Alcohol 
Testing Management Information System (MIS) Data Collection Form. The 
ATF includes the employee's name, the type of test taken, the date of 
the test, and the name of the employer. Custody and control is 
essential to the basic purpose of the alcohol testing program. Data on 
each test conducted, including test results, are necessary to document 
tests conducted and actions taken 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 positive, negative and refusal test results. 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 Administration) and the United 
States Coast Guard when calculating their random testing rates.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: The information will be used by 
transportation employers, Department representatives, and a variety of 
service agents. Estimated total number of respondents is 2,620,309.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 5,692,496.
    Frequency: The information will be collected annually.
    Annual Estimated Total Number Burden Hours: 584,841.
    Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of 
this information collection, including (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of the Department's estimate 
of the burden of the proposed information collection; (c) ways to 
enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and (d) 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 July 12, 2011.

    Authority and Issuance.
Patricia Lawton,
DOT PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-18120 Filed 7-18-11; 8:45 am]
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