[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 98 (Wednesday, May 21, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 27715]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13260]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs Administration

49 CFR Parts 192 and 195

[Docket No. PS-94; Notice 7]
RIN 2137-AB38


Qualification of Pipeline Personnel

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: This announces the second meeting of RSPA's Negotiated 
Rulemaking Committee. The Committee is in the process of developing a 
proposed rule on qualification of those performing certain safety-
related functions on pipelines subject to the pipeline safety 
regulations. The committee is composed of persons who represent the 
interests that would be affected by the rule, such as gas pipeline 
operators, hazardous liquid and carbon dioxide pipeline operators, 
representatives of state and federal governments, labor organizations, 
and other interested parties.

DATES: The next Committee meeting will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on 
May 21-22, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in Room 10234-35 at the U.S. 
Department of Transportation, Nassif Building, 400 7th Street SW., 
Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eben M. Wyman, (202) 366-0918, 
regarding the subject matter of this notice; or the Dockets Unit, Room 
8421, 400 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC, telephone (202) 366-4453, 
for copies of this document or other material in the docket.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At the initial meeting of the Committee, 
considerable explanation and training in the Negotiated Rulemaking 
process was provided by FMCS. The Committee also addressed many 
procedural issues, such as ground rules for Committee discussion and 
addressing comments from the audience, development of the new notice of 
proposed rulemaking, the procedure for keeping a record or ``minutes'' 
of the meetings), and a schedule for distribution of minutes for review 
and concurrence prior to placing them in the public docket.

Members of the RSPA Negotiated Rulemaking Committee

    1. American Gas Association.
    2. American Petroleum Institute.
    3. Interstate Natural Gas Association of America.
    4. American Public Gas Association.
    5. National Propane Gas Association.
    6. Association of Texas Intrastate Natural Gas Pipelines.
    7. Midwest Gas Association.
    8. National Association of Corrosion Engineers.
    9. National Association of Pipeline Safety Representatives.
    10. National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners.
    11. National Association of Fire Marshals.
    12. International Union of Operating Engineers.
    13. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
    14. Office of Pipeline Safety.

Conduct of Meeting

    The meeting will be held over a two-day period, and may conclude 
early on the second day depending on the progress of the Committee. 
These meetings are open to the public, and a time for brief comments 
from the audience will be on each meeting's agenda.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 15, 1997.
Cesar De Leon,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 97-13260 Filed 5-20-97; 8:45 am]
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