2024-29837

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: • the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document • the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to • the agency docket number / agency internal file number • the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration • 14 CFR Part 120 • [Docket No.: FAA-2012-1058; Amdt. No. 120-3] • RIN 2120-AK09 ( printed page 103416) AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: This final rule requires certificated repair stations located outside the territory of the United States (U.S.) whose employees perform safety-sensitive maintenance functions on certain air carrier aircraft to conduct alcohol and controlled substance testing in a manner acceptable to the Administrator and consistent with the applicable laws of the country in which the repair station is located. The final rule directs the repair station to comply with the requirements of the Drug and Alcohol Testing Program published by the FAA and the Procedures for Transportation Workplace Drug Testing Programs published by the Department of Transportation, as proposed. However, this final rule also allows foreign governments, on behalf of certificated repair stations within their territories, and individual foreign repair stations subject to the rule to obtain the Administrator's recognition of a compatible alternative that contains minimum criteria in lieu of compliance with certain components of the Drug and Alcohol Testing Program. DATES: This rule is effective January 17, 2025, except for amendatory instructions 3, 8, and 11, which are effective December 20, 2027. The compliance date for this final rule is December 20, 2027. ADDRESSES: For information on where to obtain copies of rulemaking documents and other information related to this final rule, see “How to Obtain Additional Information” in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Rodriguez Brown, Office of Aerospace Medicine, Drug Abatement Division, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202) 267-8442; email: drugabatement@faa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Frequently Used in This Document BASA—Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement ICAO—International Civil Aviation Organization Table of Contents I. Executive Summary II. Authority for This Rulemaking III. Background A. History B. Legislative and Rulemaking Actions IV. Discussion of the Final Rule A. Testing Under 14 CFR Part 120 and 49 CFR Part 40 B. Recognition of Existing Requirements or Testing Programs V. Responses to Comments A. Sovereignty of Other Nations and Existing Programs B. Final Rule Effective and Compliance Date C. Government Resources D. Specific Conflicts With Foreign Laws E. Human Rights Concerns F. Waivers and Exemptions G. Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreements H. Safety Case …

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