Ask X3What does 49 CFR 40.361 (What is the purpose of a public interest exclusion (PIE)?) require?
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Based on 49 CFR 40.361, the Department uses a Public Interest Exclusion (PIE) to protect the public interest—including transportation employers and employees—from serious noncompliance with DOT drug and alcohol testing rules. Specifically, a PIE is used to exclude from participation in the DOT's drug and alcohol testing program any service agent who has shown, through serious noncompliance, that they are not currently acting in a responsible manner.
As a motor-carrier owner, you should know that the Department takes this serious action solely to protect the public interest and remedy situations of serious noncompliance, not for punishment.
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