PUBLIC U^W 104-59—NOV. 28, 1995 109 STAT. 615 telephone, and television cable or community antenna service; (B) while engaged in any activity necessarily related to the ultimate delivery of such public utility services to consumers, including travel or movement to, from, upon, or between activity sites (including occasional travel or movement outside the service area necessitated by any utility emergency as determined by the utility provider); and (C) except for any occasional emergency use, operated primarily within the service area of a utility's subscribers or consumers, without regard to whether the vehicle is owned, leased, or rented by the utility. (f) EFFECTIVE DATE.— Subsection (a) of this section shall take effect on the 180th day following the date of the enactment of this Act; except that paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) shall take effect on such date of enactment. SEC. 346. WINTER HOME HEATING OIL DELIVERY STATE FLEXIBILITY 49 USC 31136 PROGRAM. note. (a) IN GENERAL.— After notice and opportunity for comment, the Secretary shall develop and implement a pilot program for the purpose of evaluating waivers of the regulations issued by the Secretary pursuant to sections 31136 and 31502 of title 49, United States Code, relating to maximum on-duty time, and sections 31102 and 31104(j) of such title, relating to the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program, to permit any period of 7 or 8 consecutive ddys to end with the beginning of an off-duty period of 24 or more consecutive hours for the purposes of determining maximum on-duty time for drivers of motor vehicles making intrastate home heating oil deliveries that occur within 100 air miles of a central terminal or distribution point of the delivery of such oil. The Secretary may approve up to 5 States to participate in the pilot program during the winter heating season in the 6-month period beginning on November 1, 1996. (b) APPROVAL CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall select States to participate in the pilot program upon approval of applications submitted by States to the Secretary. The Secretary shall act on a State's application within 30 days after the date of its submission. The Secretary may only approve an application of a State under this section if the Secretary/^ finds, at a minimum, that— (1) a substantial number of the citizens of the State rely on home heating oil for heat during winter months; (2) current maximum on-duty time regulations may endanger the welfare of these citizens by impeding timely deliveries of home heating oil; (3) the State will ensure an equal to or greater level of safety with respect to home heating oil deliveries than the level of safety resulting from compliance with the regulations referred to in subsection (a); (4) the State will monitor the safety of home heating oil deliveries while participating in the program; (5) employers of deliverers of home heating oil that will be covered by the program will agree to make all safety data developed from the pilot program available to the State and to the Secretary;
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