---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 16.109"
title: "46"
number: "16.109"
heading: "Public Interest Exclusion (PIE)."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/16.109"
---

# §16.109. Public Interest Exclusion (PIE).


Service agents are subject to Public Interest Exclusion (PIE) actions in accordance with [49 CFR Part 40](/cfr/49/part40.md), subpart R. The PIE is an action which excludes from participation in DOT's drug and alcohol testing program any service agent who, by serious noncompliance with this part or with [49 CFR part 40](/cfr/49/part40.md), has shown that it is not currently acting in a responsible manner.


## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-2000-7759, 66 FR 42968, Aug. 16, 2001]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 7101, 7301, and 7701; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 86-067, 53 FR 47079, Nov. 21, 1988, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[USCG-2000-7759, 66 FR 42968, Aug. 16, 2001]