[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 215 (Monday, November 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60875-60876]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-29142]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Research and Special Programs Administration
International Standards on the Transport of Dangerous Goods;
Public Meetings
AGENCY: Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA), Department
of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
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SUMMARY: This notice is to advise interested persons that RSPA will
conduct public meetings in preparation for and to report the results of
the seventeenth session of the United Nation's Sub-Committee of Experts
on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (UNSCOE) to be held December 6,
through December 15, 1999 in Geneva, Switzerland.
DATES: November 30, 1999, 10:00 AM-1:00 PM, Room 6202-6204; January 6,
2000, 10:00 AM-1:00 PM, Room 3328.
ADDRESSES: Both meetings will be held at the Nassif Building, 400
Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20590.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frits Wybenga, International Standards
Coordinator, Office of Hazardous Materials Safety, or Bob Richard,
Assistant International Standards Coordinator, Office of Hazardous
Materials Safety, Department of Transportation, Washington, DC 20590;
(202) 366-0656.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The primary purposes of the first meeting
will be to prepare for the seventeenth session of the UNSCOE and to
discuss U.S. positions on UNSCOE proposals. The primary purpose of the
second meeting will be to provide a briefing on the outcome of the
UNSCOE session and to prepare for the eighteenth session of the UNSCOE
which is scheduled for July 3-14, 2000 in Geneva, Switzerland. Topics
to be covered during the public meeting include (1) Global
harmonization of classification criteria, (2) Reformatting the UN
Recommendations into a model rule, (3) Criteria for Environmentally
Hazardous Substances, (4) Intermodal portable tank requirements
including requirements for the transport of solids in portable tanks,
(5) Requirements applicable to small quantities of hazardous materials
in transport (limited quantities) including package marking
requirements, package quantity limits and requirements applicable to
consumer commodities, (6) Harmonized requirements for compressed gas
cylinders, (7) Classification of individual substances, (8)
Requirements for bulk and non-bulk packaging used to transport
hazardous materials, (9) Requirements for Toxic by Inhalation (TIH)
substances and (10) Hazard communication requirements including
harmonized shipping papers.
The public is invited to attend without prior notification.
Documents
Copies of documents for the UNSCOE meeting may be obtained by
downloading them from the United Nations Transport Division's web site
at http://www.unece.org/trans/main/dgdb/dgsubc/dgscomm.html.
Information concerning UN dangerous goods meetings including agendas
can be downloaded at http://www.unece.org/trans/danger/meetings.htm#ST/
SG. These sites may also be accessed through RSPA's Hazardous Materials
Safety Homepage at http://hazmat.dot.gov/intstandards.htm. RSPA's site
also provides information regarding the UNSCOE and related matters such
as a summary of decisions taken at the 16th Session of the UNSCOE,
meeting dates and a summary of the primary topics which the UNSCOE
plans to address in the 1999-2000 biennium.
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Issued in Washington, DC, on November 2, 1999.
Alan I. Roberts,
Assoociate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety.
[FR Doc. 99-29142 Filed 11-5-99; 8:45 am]
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