2014-22603. Hazardous Materials Safety Program

AGENCY:

Federal Aviation Administration.

ACTION:

Notice of Public Meeting.

DATES:

Time and Date: The public meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 14, 2014 from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m.

SUMMARY:

In preparation for the International Civil Aviation Organization's (ICAO) Dangerous Goods Panel's (DGP's) meeting to be held October 20-24, 2014, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the FAA's Office of Hazardous Materials Safety and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration's (PHMSA) Office of Hazardous Materials Safety announce a public meeting.

ADDRESSES:

The public meeting will be held at FAA Headquarters (FOB 10A), Bessie Coleman Conference Center, 2nd Floor, 800 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591.

Participants are requested to register by using the following email address: [e-mail].

Please include your name, organization, email address, and indicate whether you will be attending in person or participating via conference call. Conference call connection information will be provided to those who register and indicate that they will participate via conference call.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions regarding the meeting can be directed to Ms. Janet McLaughlin, Deputy Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Safety, ADG-2, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; telephone [phone]. Email: [e-mail]. Questions in advance of the meeting for PHMSA can be directed to Mr. Shane Kelley, Assistant International Standards Coordinator, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, PHH-10, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., Washington, DC 20590, telephone [phone], Email: [e-mail].

We are committed to providing equal access to this meeting for all participants. If you need alternative formats or other reasonable accommodations, please call [phone] or email [e-mail] with your request by close of business on October 6, 2014.

Information and viewpoints provided by stakeholders are requested as the United States delegation prepares for the International Civil Aviation Organization's Dangerous Goods Panel's (ICAO DGP's) Working Group 14 Meeting.

Papers relevant to this ICAO DGP meeting can be viewed at the following Web page: http://www.icao.int/​safety/​DangerousGoods/​Pages/​DGP.aspx.

A panel of representatives from the FAA and PHMSA will be present. The meetings are intended to be informal, non-adversarial, and to facilitate the public comment process. No individual will be subject to questioning by any other participant. Government representatives on the panel may ask questions to clarify statements. Unless otherwise stated, any statement made during the meetings by a panel member should not be construed as an official position of the US government.

The meeting will be open to all persons, subject to the capacity of the meeting room and phone lines available for those participating via conference call. Every effort will be made to accommodate all persons wishing to attend. The FAA and PHMSA will try to accommodate all speakers, subject to time constraints.

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 16, 2014.

Christopher Glasow,

Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Safety.