[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 197 (Tuesday, October 13, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 61564]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-25943]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
[Docket DOT-OST-2009-0292]
Michael R. Bennett and Workplace Compliance; Removal from the
Public Interest Exclusion List
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Transportation (DOT) issued a decision and
order under the Procedures for Transportation Workplace Drug and
Alcohol Testing Programs excluding a service agent, Michael R. Bennett,
Workplace Compliance, Inc. in North Carolina, Texas, and all other
places it is incorporated, franchised, or otherwise doing business, and
all other individuals who are officers, employees, directors,
shareholders, partners, or other individuals associated with Workplace
Compliance, Inc., from providing drug and alcohol testing services in
any capacity to any DOT-regulated employer for a period of 5 years. Mr.
Bennett and his company provided Medical Review Officer services to
DOT-regulated employers directly and through other service agents when
Mr. Bennett was not qualified to act as a Medical Review Officer. The
5-year period has ended and Mr. Bennett, et al., has been removed from
the list of excluded service agents.
DATES: This notice is effective as of July 31, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrice M. Kelly, Acting Director,
U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of Drug and Alcohol Policy
and Compliance, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590; (202)
366-3784 (voice), (202) 366-3897 (fax), or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department published notice of the
Public Interest Exclusion for Michael R. Bennett, et al., on November
17, 2009 (74 FR 59340). The exclusion was effective until July 31,
2014. Shortly after that date, we removed Mr. Bennett from the DOT's
list of Public Interest Exclusions on our Web site at: http://www.transportation.gov/odapc/pie. We are also notifying the public of
the removal by publishing this Federal Register notice as required by
49 CFR 40.401(d).
Issued on October 6, 2015, in Washington DC.
Patrice M. Kelly,
Acting Director, Office of Drug and Alcohol Policy Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2015-25943 Filed 10-9-15; 8:45 am]
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