The Coast Guard has set the calendar year 2011 minimum random drug testing rate at 50 percent of covered crewmembers. The testing rate for calendar year 2010 was 50 percent.
The Coast Guard may lower this rate if, for two consecutive years, the drug test positive rate is less than 1.0 percent, in accordance with 46 CFR 16.230(f)(2).
Download 76 Fed. Reg. 1448 (January 10, 2011).
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Ultra-large containership to undergo inspection after dozens of boxes lost and damaged in heavy weather.
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