[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 6, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-16299]
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[Federal Register: July 6, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Research and Special Programs Administration
International Standards on the Transport of Dangerous Goods;
Public Meeting
AGENCY: Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA), Department
of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice is to advise interested persons that RSPA will
conduct a public meeting to report on the results of the ninth session
of the United Nation's Sub-Committee of Experts on the Transport of
Dangerous Goods and to report on progress in harmonizing hazardous
material transportation regulations with Mexico.
DATES: July 20, 1994 at 9:30 a.m.
ADDRESSES: Room 6200-6204, Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20590.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frits Wybenga, International Standards
Coordinator, Office of Hazardous Materials Transportation, Department
of Transportation, Washington, DC 20590; (202) 366-0656.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The primary purpose of this meeting will be
to (1) review the progress made by the ninth session of the Sub-
Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods in completing
its work program for the 1993-1994 biennium and (2) to begin
preparation for the Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous
Goods eighteenth session to be held November 28 through December 7,
1994 in Geneva, Switzerland. Topics to be covered include matters
related to explosives including packaging requirements for explosives,
amendments to the tests and criteria for classifying dangerous goods,
criteria for liquid and solid oxidizing substances, amendments to
portable tank requirements, matters related to compressed gases,
listing and classification issues, requirements for individual
substances, packaging requirements for dangerous goods, requirements
for limited quantities of dangerous goods, segregation requirements,
matters related to infectious substances, criteria for environmentally
hazardous substances, international activities related to harmonization
of chemical classification and labeling requirements and other proposed
amendments to the United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of
Dangerous Goods. The opportunity of this meeting will also be used to
report on the activities related to the harmonization of hazardous
materials regulations in North America, with particular emphasis on
progress in harmonizing regulations with Mexico.
The public is invited to attend without prior notification.
Issued in Washington, DC, on June 30, 1994.
Alan I. Roberts,
Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety.
[FR Doc. 94-16299 Filed 7-5-94; 8:45 am]
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