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Control of Alcohol and Drug Use: Proposed Application of Random Testing and Other Requirements to Employees of a Foreign Railroad Who Are Based Outside the United States and Perform Train or Dispatching Service in the United States; Request for Comment on Even Broader Application of Rules and on Implementation Issues

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Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) and request for comments.

Summary

In general, FRA's regulation on the control of alcohol and drug use (49 CFR part 219) currently applies to all railroads that operate on the general railroad system of transportation in the United States. However, part 219 presently exempts certain operations by foreign railroads and certain small railroads from certain subparts. In this NPRM, FRA proposes to narrow the scope of these exemptions. This NPRM also seeks to reopen a discussion of part 219 implementation issues, many of which were first raised in FRA's 1992 advance notice of proposed rulemaking on this subject. Finally, FRA invites comment on whether it should expand the basis for requiring post-accident testing (subpart C) and testing for cause (subpart D) of part 219 to include events that occur outside the United States.

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