[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 15, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-2036]


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[Federal Register: February 15, 1994]


DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

49 CFR Part 219

[Docket No. RSOR-6; Notice No. 36]
RIN 2130-AA82

 

International Application: Alcohol/Drug Regulations

AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), DOT.

ACTION: Termination of rulemaking proceedings.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Railroad Administration has determined that a 
separate rulemaking on international application of the Omnibus 
Transportation Employee Testing Act of 1991 (Act) is unnecessary. 
Accordingly, this notice withdraws FRA's December 15, 1992 advance 
notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM), which asked for comment on 
issues arising from the application of the Omnibus Transportation 
Employee Testing Act of 1991 (Act) to foreign railroads operating 
within the United States [57 FR 59605].
DATES: This proposed rule is withdrawn on February 15, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Walter C. Rockey, Executive Assistant 
to the Associate Administrator for Safety (RRS-3), Office of Safety, 
FRA, Washington, DC 20590 (Telephone: (202) 366-0897) or Patricia V. 
Sun, Trial Attorney (RCC-30), Office of Chief Counsel, FRA, Washington, 
DC 20590 (Telephone: (202) 366-4002).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Foreign railroads have been subject to 
portions of FRA's regulations on the control of alcohol and drug use 
(49 CFR part 219) since February 10, 1986. In the above-mentioned 
ANPRM, FRA asked for comment on practical considerations arising from 
international application of the new requirements of the Act, and 
received none. Foreign railroads generally enter into United States 
territory only for limited distances and these railroads already comply 
with existing FRA rules on post-accident and for cause testing. In 
light of this, and FRA's successful compliance record with foreign 
railroads, FRA will not proceed with a separate rulemaking on 
international application of the Act. Interested parties should instead 
look to FRA's final rule on alcohol testing (published elsewhere in 
today's Federal Register), which continues FRA's current level of 
application while conforming part 219 to the requirements of the Act. 
The departmental common preamble published in today's Federal Register 
also contains a discussion of this issue.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on January 25, 1994.
Federico Pena,
Secretary of Transportation.
Jolene M. Molitoris,
Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration.
[FR Doc. 94-2036 Filed 2-3-94; 1:00 pm]
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