These changes include:

1. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has increased its annual random drug testing rate from 25% to 50%. Their alcohol testing rate will remain at 10% for 2019.

-The FTA is required to raise their drug testing rate if the reported positive rate is 1% or greater. The agency reported an increase to 1.06% reported drug testing positives in 2017.

2. The Coast Guard increased their random drug testing rate to 50%.

3. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) random testing rates will remain unchanged for 2019.

-FAA: is 25% for drug and 10% for alcohol testing

-PHMSA: 50% for drug testing

4. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) will remain unchanged with random drug testing rates of 25% and a 10% rate for alcohol testing.

5. The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has also stayed the same.

-Covered Service rates: 25% for drug testing and 10% for alcohol

-Maintenance of Way: 50% for drug testing and 25% for alcohol

Visit transportation.gov to see the DOT’s complete chart of 2019’s annual drug and alcohol testing rates.

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