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Amendments to Pre-Employment Alcohol Testing Requirements

Notice of proposed rulemaking.

This NPRM proposes provisions that would implement a recent statutory change to the pre-employment alcohol testing provisions of the Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing Act of 1991. The proposal would harmonize the regulations with the statute by making pre- employment testing voluntary for employers.

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