Legal Opinion
Byrne v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided April 18, 2002No. CIV.A. 95-10837-GAOPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
O’TOOLE, District Judge.
In 1991 Congress directed the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe regulations that would require recipients of federal mass transportation grants to conduct drug and alcohol testing of employees responsible for the performance of safety-sensitive functions. 49 U.S.C. § 5331(b) (Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing Act of 1991 (“OTETA”), Pub.L. No. 102-143, § 6, 105 Stat. 952). The Secretary, acting through the Federal Transit Authority (“FTA”), duly promulgated regulations to carry out that mandate. See 49 C.F.R. pts. 40, 655.
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