WSP11669

• File Number: 8149.100
• Description: Miscellaneous Small Projects and Project Studies - NRCS-Ft Lyon Canal Co Limestone Graveyard Creeks
• State: CO
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 9/1/1996
• Author: Bent Soil Conservati
• Title: Limestone-Graveyard Creeks Watershed Bent County Colorado Prowers County Colorado Watershed Plan and Environmental Assessment
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: EIS

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gr~ntee's wcrkplace and specifying the ac~ions that will be
taken agai~s~ employees for violation of such prohibition;

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(2) Es~ablishing an ongoing drug-free awareness
program to inform employees about -
(a) The danger of drug abuse in the workplace;
(b) The grantee's policy of maintaining a drug-
free workplace; ,
(c) Any available drug counseling, rehabilitation,
and employee assistance programs; and
(c) The penalties that may be imposed upon for
drug abuse violations occurring in the workplace

(3) Making it a requirement that each employee to be
engaged in the performance of the grant be given a copy of
the stateme~c required by paragraph (1);

(4) Nctifying the employee in the statement required
by paragrap~ (1) that, as a condition of employment under
the grant, the employee will -
(a) Abide by the terms of the statement; and
(b) Notify the employer in writing of his or her
conviction for a violation of a criminal drug statue
occurring in the workplace no later than five calendar days
after such conviction;

(5) Nctifying the NRCS in writing, within ten calendar
days after receiving notice under paragraph (4) (b) from an
employee or otherwise receiving actual notice of such
conviction. Employers of convicted employees must provide
notice, inc~uding position title, to every grant officer or
other designee on whose grant activity the convicted
employee was working, unless the Federal agency has
designated a central point for the receipt of such notices.
Notice shall include the identification number(s) of each
affected grant;

(6) Taking one of the following actions, within 30
calendar days of receiving notice under paragraph (4) (b) ,
with respect to any employee who is so convicted -
(a) Taking appropriate personnel action against
such an employee, up to and including termination,
consistent with the requirements of the Rehabilitation Act
of 1973, as amended; or
(b) Requiring such employee to participate
satisfactorily in a drug abuse assistance or rehabilitation
program approved for such purposes by a Federal, State, or
local health, law enforcement, or other appropriate agency.

(7) Making a good faith effort to continue to maintain
a drug-free workplace through implementation of paragraphs
(1), (2), (3 ), (4), (5), and (6)

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