[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 56 (Tuesday, March 24, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 14041]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7556]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Research and Special Programs Administration
49 CFR Part 199
[Docket No. PS-102; Amendment 199-16]
RIN 2137-AC67
Control of Drug Use and Alcohol Misuse in Natural Gas, Liquefied
Natural Gas, and Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Operations
AGENCY: Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA), DOT.
ACTION: Confirmation of effective date of direct final rule.
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SUMMARY: This document confirms the effective date of the direct final
rule that amends the ``Scope and Compliance'' section of the Drug
Testing Rules to revise the applicability requirement with respect to
any operator whose employees are located outside the territory of the
United States.
DATES: This document confirms April 15, 1998, as the effective date of
the direct final rule published on December 24, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Catrina Pavlik, Drug/Alcohol Program
Analyst, Research and Special Programs Administration, Office of
Pipeline Safety, Room 2335, 400 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC
20590. Telephone: (202) 366-6199, Fax: (202) 366-4566, e-mail:
[email protected] Information is also available on the
Office of Pipeline Safety's intenet home page at OPS.dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On December 24, 1997, RSPA published a direct final rule (62 FR
67293), titled ``Control of Drug Use and Alcohol Misuse in Natural Gas,
Liquefied Natural Gas, and Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Operations.'' In
that publication, RSPA stated that if it did not receive adverse
comments by February 23, 1998, it would publish a confirmation notice
in the Federal Register by March 16, 1998. RSPA received no adverse
comments. Therefore, this document confirms that the direct final rule
cited above will become effective on April 15, 1998.
Issued in Washington, D.C. on March 16, 1998.
Richard B. Felder,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 98-7556 Filed 3-23-98; 8:45 am]
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