The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is scheduling two one-day public meetings to provide interested parties a detailed overview of the Department's revised drug and alcohol testing procedures, published in the Federal Register on December 19, 2000 ( 65 Fed. Reg. 79462 ). [Insert link] The meeting notice is published at 66 Fed. Reg. 7590, Jan. 24, 2001.

The meetings are being held to provide the transportation industry and other interested parties a more in depth overview of the changes in the new rule and to clarify to the attendees issues, which they may raise at the meetings. Some of the major changes in the rule will be addressed in detail.

The public meetings will be held on February 21 and 22, 2001, at 9:00 am-5:30 pm on both days, at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Auditorium, 3rd Floor Center, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591. The second meeting will be a repetition of the previous day. Specifically, the same presentations will be repeated by the same DOT staff members. Individuals should attend only one of the meetings, not both. Both meetings will have limited seating capacity due to physical constraints of the facilities. Registered attendees will receive priority.

For general meeting information and to register for one of the meetings, contact Minnie McDonald or Don Shatinsky at the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Drug and Alcohol Policy and Compliance, 400, 7th Street, SW., Room 10304, Washington, DC 20590, (202) 366-3784, fax (202) 399-3897, e-mail: minnie.mcdonald@ost.dot.gov.

All attendees must register with DOT for these meetings. All attendeesshould provide the name, name of alternate if the possibility exists that the primary registrant may not attend, full mailing address, company, agency, or association which you represent (if any), telephone number (in case the address is not legible or additional information is needed), e-mail address (optional), and which session you will be attending (i.e., February 21 or 22).