[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 24, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 9115]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4518]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Research and Special Programs Administration
49 CFR Parts 171, 177, 178, 180
[Docket No. RSPA-97-2718 (HM-225A)]
RIN 2137-AD07
Hazardous Materials: Safety Standards for Preventing and
Mitigating Unintentional Releases During the Unloading of Cargo Tank
Motor Vehicles in Liquefied Compressed Gas Service
AGENCY: Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA), DOT.
ACTION: Negotiated rulemaking committee meeting; cancellation.
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SUMMARY: This document announces cancellation of a negotiated
rulemaking advisory committee meeting scheduled for March 2-3, 1999.
The meeting would have dealt with recommendations for alternative
safety standards for preventing and mitigating unintentional releases
of hazardous materials during the unloading of cargo tank motor
vehicles in liquefied compressed gas service. This document is issued
in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act. Scheduling of any future committee meetings will be announced in
the Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Karim or Susan Gorsky, (202)
366-8553, Office of Hazardous Materials Standards, Research and Special
Programs Administration, Department of Transportation. Facilitator:
Philip J. Harter, The Mediation Consortium, (202) 887-1033.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 4, 1999 (64 FR 70), RSPA
published in the Federal Register a document announcing the
cancellation of a January 6-7, 1999 meeting and the addition of
meetings on February 2-4, 1999 and March 2-3, 1999. However, during the
February 2-4, 1999 meeting, the Committee agreed to cancel the March 2-
3, 1999 meeting to give RSPA an opportunity to publish a notice of
proposed rulemaking (NPRM) and to receive comments on the proposals.
The purpose of this document is to announce the cancellation of the
March 2-3, 1999 meeting.
This Committee has been established to develop recommendations for
alternative safety standards for preventing and mitigating
unintentional releases of hazardous materials during the unloading of
cargo tank motor vehicles in liquefied compressed gas service. Meeting
summaries and other relevant materials are placed in the public docket
and can be accessed through (http://dms.dot.gov).
Issued in Washington, D.C., on February 19, 1999, under
authority delegated in 49 CFR Part 1.
Edward T. Mazzullo,
Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Standards, Research and Special
Programs Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-4518 Filed 2-23-99; 8:45 am]
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