{"operation":"document","citation":"PI-90-011","title":"State of California Public Utilities Commission — Pipeline Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1990-03-09","effective_on":null,"summary":"PI-90-011 response to State of California Public Utilities Commission concerning 199.3.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-90-011.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-90-011.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-90-011","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/docs/standards-rulemaking/pipeline/interpretations/76296/pi-90011.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nMarch 9, 1990\nMr. Russell W. Copeland\nChief, Utilities Safety Branch\nState of California\nPublic Utilities Commission\n505 Van Ness Avenue\nSan Francisco, CA 94102-3298\nDear Mr. Copeland:\nYou have asked us to settle the issue of whether a company's meter readers and customer service\nrepresentatives are subject to drug testing under 49 CFR Part 199.\nPersons subject to drug testing are those who perform on a pipeline or LNG facility an operating,\nmaintenance, or emergency-response function regulated by 49 CFR Part 192, 193, or 195. If a\ncompany uses a person who is a meter reader or customer service representative to perform one of\nthese functions, that person is subject to drug testing. Because different companies may assign\ndifferent responsibilities to their meter readers and customer service representatives, these persons\ncould be subject to testing at one company but not at another.\nWe are revising our guidelines to explain this issue and other aspects of Part 199 that have been of\nconcern to operators and State agencies. I will be pleased to send to you a copy of the guidelines when\nthey are completed.\nSincerely,\nGeorge W. Tenley, Jr.\nDirector\nOffice of Pipeline Safety\ndal/199.1\n90-03-09","truncated":false,"body_characters":1221}