PHMSA: Drug testing rate to stay at 25 percent

Mar 23, 2009

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration determined the minimum random drug testing rate for covered employees will remain at 25 percent for 2009.

According to PHMSA testing requirements, operators of gas, hazardous liquid and carbon dioxide pipelines, as well as operators of liquefied natural gas facilities, must select a percentage of covered employees for random drug testing. The minimum annual random drug testing rate is based on the reported random drug test positive rate for the pipeline industry, which was less than 1 percent in 2007. A notice (.pdf file) of the testing rate was published in the March 3 Federal Register.