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FMCSA Notices, Advisories, and Additional Information DOT Drug Testing: After January 1, 2018 - Still a 5-Panel The DOT testing at HHS-certified laboratories is a 5-panel drug test regimen. As of January 1, 2018, the 'Opiates' category was renamed 'Opioids': • Marijuana (THC) • Cocaine • Amphetamines • Opioids • Phencyclidine (PCP) Under 'Opioids', previously 'Opiates', DOT testing will continue to include confirmatory testing, when appropriate, for Codeine, Morphine, and 6-AM (heroin). We added initial and confirmatory testing for the semi-synthetic opioids Hydrocodone, Hydromorphone, Oxycodone, and Oxymorphone to this Opioids group. Some brand names for the semi-synthetic opioids include OxyContin®, Percodan®, Percoce®, Vicodin®, Lortab®, Norco®, Dilaudid®, Exalgo®. Under Amphetamines, DOT testing includes confirmatory testing, when appropriate, for Amphetamine, Methamphetamine, MDMA, and MDA. To this Amphetamines group, we added initial testing for MDA and removed testing for MDEA. Since January 1st, we have required confirmation testing for 14 drugs under a 5-panel test. Broken out, here is what DOT drug testing looks like: • Marijuana (THC) • Cocaine • Amphetamines 1. Amphetamine 2. Methamphetamine 3. MDMA 4. MDA • Opioids 1. Codeine 2. Morphine 3. 6-AM (heroin) 4. Hydrocodone 5. Hydromorphone 6. Oxycodone 7. Oxymorphone • Phencyclidine (PCP) For DOT testing, what does this mean for collectors, laboratories, MROs, and employers after January 1st, 2018? • Collectors will continue to check the 5-panel box in Step 1 of the CCF: That is, the box specified for "THC, COC, PCP, OPI, AMP." • Laboratories will: ◦ continue to report to MROs the specific drugs/drug metabolites they confirm as positive, and laboratories will add hydrocodone, hydromorphone, oxycodone, and oxymorphone confirmed positives, as appropriate. ◦ on their semi-annual reports to DOT and their semi-annual reports to employers add: hydrocodone; hydromorphone; oxycodone; and oxymorphone confirmed positive totals, as appropriate, under Opioids. • MROs will continue to report to employers the specific drugs/drug metabolite they verify as positive; and MROs will add hydrocodone, hydromorphone, oxycodone, and oxymorphone verified positives, as appropriate. • Employers will continue to provide - on their annual MIS reports - the number of verified positive drug test results in each testing category (i.e., Marijuana, Cocaine, Amphetamines, Opioids, and PCP). Updated: Tuesday, March 6, 2018 Office of Drug & Alcohol Policy & Compliance 1200 New Jersey Ave, SE W62-300 Washington, DC 20590
Unified Registration System (URS) Update Question 1: What are the effective and compliance dates for FMCSA's August 23, 2013, electronic on-line Unified Registration System (URS) final rule? Effective January 14, 2017, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration suspended its regulations requiring existing interstate motor carriers, freight forwarders, brokers, intermodal equipment providers (IEPs), hazardous materials safety permit (HMSP) applicants, and cargo tank facilities under FMCSA jurisdiction to submit required registration and biennial update information to the Agency via a new electronic on-line Unified Registration System (URS). FMCSA also added complementary temporary final rules for the suspended Sections. During this suspension, entities needing to file are instructed to follow the same procedures and forms used to submit information to FMCSA as they do as of January 17, 2017. The FMCSA intends to lift the suspension once the technology to implement electronic on-line URS 1 is complete, and effectively replace the temporary regulations with the URS 1 final rule, as issued on August 23, 2013. Previous History: - FMCSA initially corrected the effective and compliance dates for its August 23, 2013, Unified Registration System (URS) final rule, as revised on October 21, 2015. The October 21, 2015 final rule made slight revisions to the 2013 rule and delayed the effective dates of that rule to September 30, 2016. Importantly, the delay did not impact those portions of the URS 1 final rule that had already become effective.
- Further, a final rule published on July 28, 2016, again extended the effective and compliance dates to January 14, 2017. This final rule also corrected regulatory provisions that had not yet gone into effect, as well as several temporary sections that were in effect already, to allow FMCSA additional time to complete the information technology (IT) systems work.
- Finally, on January 17, 2017, the FMCSA issued a suspension of effective date and added temporary final rules regarding these regulatory changes.
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| 1. Approach with care | Warn others that you are slowing down. Turn on 4-way flashers. Use pull-out lane if available. | | 2. Prepare to stop. | Turn off fans and radio and roll down windows. Locate your cell phone for use in emergency.Stop at least 15 feet, but not more than 50 feet, from nearest rail. | | 3. Look and listen both ways, carefully. | Bend forward to see around mirrors and A-pillars. | | 4. If it won't fit, don't commit. Do not enter a crossing unless you can drive completely through without stopping! | And, remember, trains are wider than the track. Before you pull onto the track, make sure there is enough room on the other side for the back of your vehicle (and any overhanging cargo) to be at least 3 feet beyond the furthest rail. | | 5. Look again. | Before you move, look again in both directions. | | 6. Cross tracks with care. | Signal, watch for a safe gap, pull back onto the road if you used a pull-out lane. Use highest gear that will let you cross without shifting. | | 7. Keep going once you start, even if lights start to flash or gates come down. | | | WHAT TO DO IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS OR HANGS UP ON THE TRACKS |
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| 1. GET OUT IMMEDIATELY. | Evacuate your vehicle. (Trains traveling at 60 mph may take a mile or more to stop.) | | 2. Move away. | Walk toward the oncoming train, and away from the tracks at a 45-degree angle. (If your vehicle is hit, debris will spread out from the tracks in the same direction the train is moving.) | | 3. Locate the emergency phone number. | When you are safely away from the tracks, find the railroad's emergency phone number and the DOT crossing identification number posted near the crossing. (See sample locations below.) | | 4. Call for help! | Call the railroad's emergency phone number, the local police, or 911. Tell them a vehicle is on the tracks. Provide the location, crossing number (if posted), and the name of the road or highway. | | Railroads' Emergency Phone Numbers |
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| Amtrak | 1-800-331-0008 | | BNSF Railway | 1-800-832-5452 | | CSX | 1-800-232-0144 | | Canadian National | 1-800-465-9239 | | Canadian Pacific | 1-800-716-9132 | | Kansas City Southern | 1-877-527-9464 or 1-800-892-6295 | | Norfolk Southern | 1-800-453-2530 | | Union Pacific | 1-888-877-7267 | | Call the local police or 911 if you cannot locate the railroad emergency phone number at the site. |
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