A pipeline operator regulated by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) trains the supervisors who decide on reasonable cause drug tests and reasonable suspicion alcohol tests. The drug and alcohol requirements are in separate sections of 49 CFR Part 199.
Under 49 CFR 199.113(c), training under each employee assistance program (EAP) for supervisory personnel who will determine whether an employee must be drug tested based on reasonable cause includes one 60-minute period of training on the specific, contemporaneous physical, behavioral and performance indicators of probable drug use.
Under 49 CFR 199.241, each operator ensures that persons designated to determine whether reasonable suspicion exists for an alcohol test under 199.225(b) receive at least 60 minutes of training on the physical, behavioral, speech and performance indicators of probable alcohol misuse.
Under 199.113(a) and (b), the operator provides the EAP for its employees and for these supervisors, through its internal personnel services or by contract. EAP education includes at least:
Under 199.245, for covered employees who are contractors or employed by a contractor, an operator may provide by contract that the contractor carries out the alcohol testing, training and education. The operator remains responsible for compliance, and the contractor allows access to property and records for monitoring. Recurrent training across DOT agencies is compared in Is Recurrent Reasonable Suspicion Training Required for DOT Supervisors?.
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