The PHMSA is the Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration as part of the Dept of Transportation is the governing body of
those companies and individuals who work with and around hazardous materials and oil & gas primarily.
The Basics
Operators must conduct the required PHMSA D&A testing using the DOT’s Procedures for Transportation Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs in 49 CFR Part 40. (as pulled from their website directly)
Drug testing under 49 CFR Part 199, Subpart B, is conducted as follows:
- Pre-employment (new hires and employees transferring into a covered position)
- Post-accident (after PHMSA reportable accident)
- Random
- Reasonable cause
- Return-to-duty (after failing or refusing a drug test)
- Follow-up (according to SAP instructions after passing a return-to-duty test)
Operators and employers must have a process to identify the “covered employees” who perform “covered functions” on the regulated pipelines or LNG (liquid natural gas) facilities. Covered functions means an operations, maintenance, or emergency-response function regulated by Part 192, 193, or 195 that is performed on a pipeline or on an LNG facility. Covered employees include persons employed by operators, contractors engaged by operators, and persons employed by such contractors.
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