{"operation":"document","citation":"PI-90-012","title":"City of Albany, Georgia — 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-90-012 response to City of Albany, Georgia concerning 199.9.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-90-012.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-90-012.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-90-012","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/Pipeline/1990/PI90012.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nMarch 9, 1990\nMr. James V. Davis\nCity of Albany\nPost Office Box 128\nAlbany. Georgia 31702\nDear Mr. Davis:\nI am responding to the two questions about 49 CFR Part 199 in your\nletter of February 27, 1990, to Cesar De Leon.\nFirst you asked whether an operator may condition reinstatement of\nan employee on the employee's successful completion of a\nrehabilitation program. Section 199.9(b) prescribes the minimum\nconditions under which an operator may reinstate an individual\nafter that individual is removed from a covered position for\nfailing a drug test. Successful completion of rehabilitation is\nnot one of the minimum conditions. However, an operator may exceed\nthe minimum conditions and make rehabilitation a condition of\nreinstatement if the operator has authority to do so that is not\nbased on compliance with Part 199.\nYour second question is whether an operator may terminate a\nreinstated employee for subsequent failure of a drug test. In such\ncircumstances, ? 199.9(b)(3) requires that the employee be removed\nfrom the covered position without an opportunity for future\nreinstatement. Part 199 does not require the operator to terminate\nemployment of the individual; if possible, he or she could be\nshifted to a non-covered position. If an operator decides to\nterminate employment, it cannot rely on Part 199 for authority to\ndo so.\nSincerely,\nGeorge W. Tenley, Jr.\nDirector\nOffice of Pipeline Safety","truncated":false,"body_characters":1423}