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<RM>Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
Summary
<RM>On December 19, 2000, DOT published a final rule comprehensively changing its procedures for transportation workplace drug and alcohol testing programs. These amendments to the DOT drug and alcohol testing rule became effective on January 18, 2001; the revised DOT testing rule will become effective on August 1, 2001. The new DOT testing rule uses a plain language, question-and-answer format to make the Department's procedures clearer, more comprehensive, and more up- to-date. FRA and the other DOT agencies with substance abuse programs governed by DOT testing procedures (the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), the Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA), and the United States Coast Guard (USCG)) are publishing NPRMs in today's <CS>Federal Register <RM>proposing changes that would conform their individual regulations to the new DOT procedures. See the Department's Common Preamble to this NPRM for an additional discussion of the changes proposed in this NPRM.