[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 3]
[Revised as of October1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR199.7]

[Page 182-183]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
 CHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                       TRANSPORTATION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 199--DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 199.7  Stand-down waivers.

    (a) Each operator who seeks a waiver under Sec. 40.21 of this title 
from the stand-down restriction must submit an application for waiver in 
duplicate to

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the Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety, Research and Special 
Programs Administration, Department of Transportation, Washington, DC 
20590.
    (b) Each application must--
    (1) Identify Sec. 40.21 of this title as the rule from which the 
waiver is sought;
    (2) Explain why the waiver is requested and describe the employees 
to be covered by the waiver;
    (3) Contain the information required by Sec. 40.21 of this title and 
any other information or arguments available to support the waiver 
requested; and
    (4) Unless good cause is shown in the application, be submitted at 
least 60 days before the proposed effective date of the waiver.
    (c) No public hearing or other proceeding is held directly on an 
application before its disposition under this section. If the Associate 
Administrator determines that the application contains adequate 
justification, he or she grants the waiver. If the Associate 
Administrator determines that the application does not justify granting 
the waiver, he or she denies the application. The Associate 
Administrator notifies each applicant of the decision to grant or deny 
an application.

[Amdt. 199-19, 66 FR 47118, Sept. 11, 2001]