[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 248 (Monday, December 29, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 67608]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33659]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs Administration

49 CFR Parts 192 and 195

[Docket No. PS-94; Notice 9]
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 next RSPA Negotiated Rulemaking Committee. 
This committee is conducting a negotiated rulemaking to develop a 
proposed rule on qualification of pipeline employees performing certain 
safety-related functions on pipelines subject to the pipeline safety 
regulations. The advisory committee is composed of persons who 
represent the interests that would be affected by the rule, such as gas 
pipeline operators, hazardous liquid pipeline operators, 
representatives of state and federal governments, labor organizations, 
and other interested parties. The Committee hopes to conclude the 
development of this NPRM by the end of this meeting. OPS will then 
publish the NPRM in the Federal Register for public evaluation and 
comment.

DATES: The Committee will meet from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on January 
27-29, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The Committee will meet at the American Gas Association, 
1515 Wilson Boulevard, 11th floor, in Arlington, Virginia.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eben M. Wyman, (202) 366-0918, or by 
e-mail ([email protected]) regarding the subject matter of this 
Notice; or the Dockets Unit, (202) 366-4453, for copies of this 
document or other material in the docket.

    Issued in Washington, DC on December 19, 1997.
Richard B. Felder,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 97-33659 Filed 12-24-97; 8:45 am]
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