b' Marketer InformationRules & Regulationscontinuedresponsibilities to a third part drug and alcohol consortium orNew clearinghouse requirements are also imposed on drivers. vendor. Employer Clearinghouse requirements include: Drivers must: Clearinghouse UseEmployers must use the CDL driver Register with the Clearinghouse and provide electronic drug and alcohol violation Clearinghouse to: register online toconsent for prospective employers to conduct pre-employment access the Clearinghouse database; search the Clearinghousedrug and alcohol records search. Registration will also allow as part of each pre-employment driver investigation process;the driver to check their drug and alcohol driving record and conduct limited annual queries for every driver they employ;contest incorrect entries. Drivers register at the FMCSArequest electronic consent from the driver for a full query,Clearinghouse website. including pre-employment queries; report drug and alcohol4. New Driver Hours of Service Rulesprogram violations; and record negative return-to-duty (RTD) test results and the date of successful completion of a follow-upOn June 1, 2020 the U.S. DOTs Federal Motor Carrier Safety testing plan for any driver they employ with unresolved drugAdministration (FMCSA) adopted amendments to the driver and alcohol program violations. hours of service (HOS) requirements for short-haul drivers. The amendments were conceived and shepherded through to adoptionMandatory RegistrationEmployers must register with the by PMAA after a 3-year lobbying effort. The HOS amendments Clearinghouse database before searching or uploading driverare important to petroleum marketers because they allow short-information. Employers must follow a two-step registrationhaul drivers to work more hours and travel greater distances per process. The first registration step requires employers to obtainshift while maintaining their current exemption from recording a secure federal government login account. Employers mustdaily hours of service. Specifically, the HOS amendments:have a login account in order to register with the FMCSAExpand the maximum distance short-haul drivers may travel Clearinghouse. Login accounts may be obtained at www.se-cure.login.gov. Once a secure login account is set up, registra- each day from a 100 air-mile radius from their point of origin tion with the with the Clearinghouse can be completed at to a 150 air-mile radius. www.clearinghouse.fmcsa.dot.gov.Increase the maximum daily on-duty time for short haul driversDatabase Search QueriesEmployers can make two typesfrom 12 hours to 14 hours.of queries in the Clearinghouse database. The limited query Extends the maximum daily 11 hour driving window for driv-allows an employer to determine if a drivers Clearinghouse record has any information about resolved or unresolved drugers by two hours during adverse weather conditions. and alcohol program violations. However, the limited queryThe amendments preserve the short-haul driver exemption from does not release any specific violation information contained inkeeping daily hours of service records. Several years ago, the the drivers Clearinghouse record. The limited query meets theFMCSA replaced the handwritten driver HOS logbook require-annual drug and alcohol record check requirements all employ- ment with expensive new electronic onboard recording devices ers must conduct for CDL drivers. Limited queries are free of(ELD). Some drivers employed by petroleum marketers who are charge and driver consent is not required. The full query allowsrequired to drive beyond the 100 air-mile radius limit required to the employer to see detailed information about any drug andqualify for the short-haul driver exemption from recording HOS. alcohol program violations in a drivers Clearinghouse record.The FMCSA rule required those drivers to switch from written Drivers electronic consent is required prior to executing a fullHOS logbooks to ELDs. With the adoption of the HOS amend-query. Full queries meet the federal pre-employment drug andments, many of those drivers can now dispense with their ELDs alcohol violations search employers must conduct before hiringprovided they stay within the new 150 air-mile radius threshold. a CDL driver. Full queries cost $1.25 each. 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