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PHMSA Drug and Alcohol Testing 

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Employers have the responsibility to provide a safe and healthy workplace for all of its employees. The following types of pipeline workers are required to be in the PHMSA Drug & Alcohol Testing DOT mandated drug and alcohol testing program.

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Drug testing under 49 CFR Part 199, Subpart A, is to be conducted as follows:  

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Alcohol testing under Part 199, Subpart B is to be conducted as follows:  

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The criteria or standards for conducting drug specimen collection and testing, as well as, alcohol concentration testing, must follow applicable requirements under 49 CFR Part 40.

 

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Operators and contractors who engage in operations, maintenance and emergency-response of pipelines that transport the following:

  • Natural gas and other gas types

  • Hazardous liquids

  • Liquefied natural gas (LNG)

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All PHMSA Drug tests are screened at a SAMHSA approved laboratory.

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  • Prior to employment, after an accident, randomly, upon reasonable cause, upon the return to duty 

  • Substance Abuse Professional (SAP) required random follow-ups, of an employee who fails or refuses a DOT drug test  required under Part 199. 

  • SAP required random follow-ups, of an employee who fails or refuses a DOT alcohol test required under Part 199. 

  • After an accident, upon reasonable suspicion, upon the return to duty

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