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Archived Rulemaking: Transportation of Hazardous Liquids at 20 Percent or Less of Specified Minimum Yield Strength
RSPA's hazardous liquid pipeline safety regulations do not apply to steel pipelines that operate at 20 percent or less of specified minimum yield strength (SMYS)..This final rule extends the regulations to three groups of these pipelines: pipelines that transport highly volatile liquids;...
Archived Rulemaking: Excess Flow Valve Installation Service Lines
This notice of reopen comment period invites public comment on a rulemaking prop submitted by a group designated as the Joint Commfienters. The Joint Commpnters submitted the proposal as an alternative to a previously issued Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing requirements for the ....
Archived Rulemaking: Qualification of Pipeline Personnel
This notice proposes qualification standards for personnel who perform, or directly supervise those persons performing, regulated operation, maintenance, and emergencyresponse functions. This action would amend current standards for training personnel performing operating or maintenance...
Archived Rulemaking: Pressure Testing Older Hazardous Liquid and Carbon Dioxide Pipelines
RSPA recently published a final rule requiring the hydrostatic pressure testing of certain older hazardous liquid and carbon dioxide pipelines that were never pressure tested to current standards. The final rule also disallowed the use of petroleum as a pressure test medium. Because the...
Archived Rulemaking: Procedures for Transportation Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs
The Department of Transportation is making a series of minor or technical amendments to its drug and alcohol testing procedures. The most significant of these include revising the initial test cutoff level for marijuana metabolites, changing split specimen collection procedures to be consistent...
Archived Rulemaking: Passage of Instrumented Internal Inspection Devices
On April 12, 1994, RSPA published a final rule requiring that new and replaced pipeline facilities be .constructed to accommodate inspection by instrumented internal inspection devices commonly known as "smart pigs." RSPA has received'two petitions for reconsideration of that rule as it applies...
Archived Rulemaking: Passage of Instrumented Internal Inspection Devices
Correction: In proposed rule document 94-24080 beginnng on page 49896 in the issue of Friday, September 30, 1994, make the following correction: On page 49897, in the second column, in the last paragraph, in the sixth line, "(insert date of publication of the NPRM)" should read "(September 30,...
Archived Rulemaking: Random Drug Testing Program
In response to public comments, petitions submitted by industry, and on their own initiative, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), the Research and Special...
Archived Rulemaking: Alcohol Misuse Prevention Program
On February 15, 1994, the Department of Transportation published final alcohol testing rules, including a requirement that evidential breath testing devices be used to conduct alcohol tests. The Department also published a notice of proposed rulemaking seeking comment on whether blood testing...