[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 133 (Friday, July 11, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 37149]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-18257]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Research and Special Programs Administration
49 CFR Part 173
[Docket HM-224A; Notice No. 97-5]
RIN 2137-AD02
Hazardous Materials: Shipping Description and Packaging of Oxygen
Generators; Notice of Public Meeting
AGENCY: Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: On July 23, 1997, RSPA will meet with representatives of the
Boeing Company and other interested parties to discuss requirements
concerning the transportation of chemical oxygen generators, including
the shipping description and packaging of these generators, as issued
by RSPA in final rules on June 5 and 27, 1997. Any interested party is
welcome to attend this meeting.
DATES: Public Meeting. The public meeting will be held on July 23, 1997
beginning at 12:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Public Meeting. The public meeting will be held in meeting
facilities of the Boeing Company in Renton, Washington, at Longacres
Park, in the T.A. Wilson Conference Room in Building 25-01.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Nels Johansen of the Boeing
Company concerning more particular details in regard to the July 23,
1997 meeting: Telephone 206-662-9707, E-mail
[email protected] Questions concerning the requirements for
transporting chemical oxygen generators may be addressed to Dr. Richard
Tarr, Office of Hazardous Materials Exemptions and Approvals, RSPA, 400
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001; telephone (202) 366-
4496, E-mail richard.tarr@rspa.dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 5, 1997, RSPA published a final rule
in the Federal Register (62 FR 30767) which amended the requirements in
the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR), 49 CFR parts 171-180,
concerning the transportation of chemical oxygen generators. On June
27, 1997, RSPA published a subsequent final rule correction (62 FR
34667) which made editorial corrections and clarifications in addition
to delaying the mandatory compliance date.
Effective August 7, 1997, the shipping description, ``Oxygen
generator, chemical, 5.1, UN 3356, II,'' must be used. After September
30, 1997, a chemical oxygen generator that is shipped with its means of
initiation attached must incorporate at least two positive means of
preventing unintentional activation of the generator, and must be
classed and approved by RSPA's Associate Administrator for Hazardous
Materials Safety. Each person who offers a chemical oxygen generator
for transportation after September 30, 1997, shall: (1) Ensure that it
is offered in conformance with conditions of the approval; (2) maintain
a copy of the approval at each facility where the chemical oxygen
generator is packaged; and (3) mark the approval number on the outside
of the package.
A chemical oxygen generator may not be transported as cargo on a
passenger-carrying aircraft. When transported by cargo-only aircraft, a
chemical oxygen generator must conform to the provisions of the
approval issued by RSPA's Associate Administrator for Hazardous
Materials Safety and must be contained in a packaging prepared and
originally offered for transportation by the approval holder.
RSPA has received numerous questions on these requirements,
including procedures for obtaining approvals, since these requirements
were adopted in the final rules issued on June 5 and 27, 1997. RSPA has
accepted an invitation to meet with representatives of the Boeing
Company to discuss these requirements on July 23, 1997, in Renton,
Washington. Any interested party may participate in this meeting. It is
suggested that interested parties contact Mr. Nels Johansen for more
specific details in regard to the meeting location.
Issued in Washington, DC on July 8, 1997, under authority
delegated in 49 CFR, part 106.
Alan I. Roberts,
Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety.
[FR Doc. 97-18257 Filed 7-10-97; 8:45 am]
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