RegulusPipeline research63 FR 36862
Passage 1[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 130 (Wednesday, July 8, 1998)] [Rules and Regulations] [Pages 36862-36863] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-17720] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Research and Special Programs Administration [RSPA Docket PS-128; Amendment 199-15] RIN 2137-AC84 Drug and Alcohol Testing; Substance Abuse Professional Evaluation for Drug Use; Correction AGENCY: Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA), DOT. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: On March 17, 1998, RSPA published a final rule in the Federal Register (63 FR 12998) titled ``Drug and Alcohol Testing; Substance Abuse Professional Evaluation for Drug Use.'' This final rule modified procedures in its drug testing regulations by requiring a face-to-face evaluation by substance abuse professionals (SAP) for pipeline employees who have either received a positive drug test or have refused a drug test required by RSPA. It also revised the word ``employee'' to ``covered employee'' and added the definition of ``covered function.'' This document makes minor corrections to restore text that was in the original version of the regulations, but was inadvertently left out of the Final Rule. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Catrina M. 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] When RSPA published the final rule in the Federal Register, it inadvertently left out text that was stated in the original version of the regulations. This text was in the original version of the regulations and was inadvertently left out of the final rule text, so RSPA does not need further rulemaking action to correct the text. This final rule corrects the text. RSPA regrets any confusion the omission may have caused. Accordingly, the publication on March 17, 1998, of the final rule, Federal Register Doc. 98-6859 (63 FR 12998), is corrected as follows:#
Passage 21. On page 13000, in the second column, add amendatory instruction 2a and an amendment to Sec. 199.79(a)(3) to read as follows: 2a. Section 199.7 is amended by revising paragraph (a)(3) to read as follows: (3) The name and address of the operator's Medical Review Officer, and Substance Abuse Professional; and * * * * * 2. On page 13000, in the second column, in Sec. 199.11, paragraph (e) is correctly revised as follows: * * * * * (e) Return to duty testing. A covered employee who refuses to take or has a positive drug test may not return to duty in the covered function until the covered employee has been evaluated face-to-face by a SAP, has properly followed any prescribed assistance, has passed a return-to-duty drug test administered under this part, and the SAP has determined that the employee may return to duty. * * * * * 3. On page 13000, in the second column, add amendatory instruction 3a and an amendment to Sec. 199.15 to read as follows: 3a. Section 199.15 is amended by removing paragraphs (c)(3) and (c)(4) and by redesignating paragraph (c)(5) as (c)(3). Issued in Washington, DC, on June 29, 1998. Kelley S. Coyner, Deputy Administrator. [FR Doc. 98-17720 Filed 7-7-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-60-P#
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