PHMSA Announces 2019 Random Testing Rate

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced in the December 11, 2018 Federal Register that the random drug testing rate for 2019 will remain unchanged at 50% annually.  PHMSA currently does not require random alcohol testing.  Please see https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2018-12-11/pdf/2018-26750.pdf for the official publication of the 2019 PHMSA random testing rate.

PHMSA Increases Random Drug Testing Rate for 2018

A pipeline going through the desert surrounded by mountains

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced on December 1, 2017 a Notice of Calendar Year 2018 Minimum Annual Percentage Rate for Random Drug Testing.  Effective January 1, 2018 operators of gas, hazardous liquid, and carbon dioxide pipelines and operators of liquefied natural gas facilities are required to increase the minimum annual random drug […]

Skip to content