[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 66 (Wednesday, April 7, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 16882]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8629]
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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: Revision to Regulations Governing
Transportation and Unloading of Liquefied Compressed Gases
AGENCY: Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Negotiated Rulemaking Committee Meeting.
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SUMMARY: RSPA gives notice of a negotiated rulemaking advisory
committee (the Committee) meeting for May 4-5, 1999. This notice is
issued in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act. The purpose of this meeting is for the Committee to
negotiate the content of a final rule to be issued by RSPA. The final
rule will address requirements 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. The public is invited to attend; an opportunity
for members of the public to make oral presentations will be provided
if time permits.
DATES: The May 4-5, 1999 meeting is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the Department of
Transportation, Room 6244-6248, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington,
DC.
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 March 22, 1999, RSPA published in the
Federal Register a notice of proposed rulemaking (64 FR 13856)
recommending 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
proposed rule was developed through consensus by the Committee. The
Committee was 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, DC, on April 2, 1999, under authority
delegated in 49 CFR Part 1.
Thomas G. Allan,
Acting Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Standards, Research and
Special Programs Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-8629 Filed 4-6-99; 8:45 am]
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