{"operation":"document","citation":"PI-90-021","title":"International Technology Corporation — Pipeline Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1990-05-24","effective_on":null,"summary":"PI-90-021 response to International Technology Corporation concerning 199.3.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-90-021.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-90-021.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-90-021","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/Pipeline/1990/PI90021.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nMay 24, 1990\nMr. Kurt E. Krueger, CIH\nDirector, Health and Safety\nInternational Technology Corporation\n23456 Hawthorne Boulevard\nTorrance, CA 90505\nDear Mr. Krueger:\nThis responds to your letter of May 7, 1990, asking if the drug testing regulations in 49 CFR Part 199\napply to International Technology Corporation (IT).\nOnly the operators of pipelines or liquefied natural gas facilities covered by the safety standards in 49\nCFR Part 192, 193, or 195 are responsible for compliance with the Part 199 regulations. However, if\nany of IT's employees acting under a contract with such an operator perform on a pipeline or LNG\nfacility an operation, maintenance, or emergency-response function that is regulated under 49 CFR Part\n192, 193, or 195, those employees would be subject to drug testing under the operator's Part 199 anti-\ndrug program. (See the Part 199 definition of \"employee.\")\nYour letter states that IT is an environmental contractor, and typically provides pipeline operators\ncontamination assessment and remediation services. However, without more detailed information\nabout the nature and extent of these services, we are unable to determine whether they involve pipeline\noperation, maintenance or emergency-response functions that are regulated by Part 192, 193 or 195. I\nhave enclosed a copy of the safety standards in Parts 192, 193 or 195 to assist you in making this\ndetermination.\nPlease let me know if I can be of any further assistance to IT in understanding the Department's\npipeline safety regulations.\nSincerely,\nGeorge W. Tenley, Jr.\nDirector\nOffice of Pipeline Safety\ndal/199.3\n90-05-24","truncated":false,"body_characters":1629}