[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 15, 1994)] [Unknown Section] [Page 0] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 94-2036] [[Page Unknown]] [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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 DATES: This proposed rule is withdrawn on February 15, 1994.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] BILLING CODE 4910-06-P