The requirement to register with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse is nearing. Each employer/entity that has employees who are covered under the FMCSA DOT entity will be required to register with the new database clearinghouse. This affects all those with commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) who operate commercial motor vehicles on public roads, including municipal vehicle drivers. The DOT has provided a link to its website that provides additional information.  

https://clearinghouse.fmcsa.dot.gov/

It is strongly urged that all FMCSA employers/entity visit the clearinghouse site to be prepared for the “go-live” date of January 6, 2020.

The Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse is a secure online database that will give employers, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), State Drivers Licensing Agencies, and State law enforcement personnel real-time access to important information about (CDLs) driver drug and alcohol program violations, thereby enhancing safety on our nation’s roadways. 

The Clearinghouse contains information about drivers with CDLs who are covered by FMCSA’s drug and alcohol program. This also includes drivers with commercial learner’s permits. (CLPs).  This information will include violations of the drug and alcohol program, including verified positive drug tests, verified alcohol positives and refusal to tests.

Under the 1996 reauthorized Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), the State of Iowa is required to publish an annual report of the status of its public drinking water program. The 2018 report is available electronically at the following address: http://www.iowadnr.gov/WS-Annual-Compliance-Report.

The report was compiled by the staff of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources' Water Supply Engineering and Operations Sections, using data collected in 2018 from all active public water supplies in the state. The report contains a summary of the program, a description of the requirements that systems must meet, the year’s violation statistics, and the list of the systems with each health-based standard or major monitoring or reporting violation incurred during the year.  

The photographs in the report are from Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Fund projects, primarily those that were completed during the year. The maps depict the public water supply system universe in Iowa and the locations of the systems that incurred the health-based standards and major monitoring and reporting violations. The maps are also separately listed on the website.

Iowa had 1,838 active public water supply systems in 2018. Of those systems, 95.2% complied with all health-based drinking water standards, and 82.1% complied with all major monitoring and reporting requirements. There were no waterborne disease outbreaks or deaths attributed to the drinking water at any active public water supply in Iowa during the year.

If you have any questions about the report, please contact Diane Moles, Executive Officer 2, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, 515-725-0281, diane.moles@dnr.iowa.gov.