{"operation":"document","citation":"PI-93-033","title":"Pipeline Safety Interpretation PI-93-033","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1993-06-25","effective_on":null,"summary":"PI-93-033 concerning 199.1.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-93-033.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-93-033.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-93-033","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/Pipeline/1993/PI93033.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nJune 25, 1993\nThis is in response to your correspondence of April 20, 1993, to the Transportation Safety\nInstitute, Pipeline Safety Division, requesting an opinion to determine whether the services\nthat Turner Tank Trucks, Inc., (TTT) provides to your company would subject their\nemployees to the drug testing requirements under Part 199 and 40.\nYour correspondence indicates that TTT's only involvement as a contractor is providing\nservices to vacuum up liquids and haul it away from the spill site. They do not perform\nany functions to or on the pipeline.\nBased on the information provided, it would appear that TTT's employees do not perform\ncovered functions on a pipeline or LNG facility. Furthermore, the functions performed by\nTTT's employees (environmental cleanup) are not regulated by 49 CFR Part 195.\nTherefore, TTT's employees would not be subject to the drug testing regulations.\nThank you for your inquiry. our drug testing requirements.\nPlease let me know if you need additional information about\nSincerely,\nRichard L. Rippert\nDrug Compliance Coordinator\nOffice of Pipeline Safety\nCompliance\ndal/199.1\n93-06-25.1","truncated":false,"body_characters":1141}