[Federal Register: March 24, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 56)]
[Rules and Regulations]               
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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: 
catrina.pavlik@RSPA.dot.gov. 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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