[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 161 (Thursday, August 20, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 44601-44602]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-22421]


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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: Notice of negotiated rulemaking committee meetings.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, RSPA 
announces the dates for its advisory committee meetings to negotiate 
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. The Committee will meet on the dates listed below. The public 
is invited to attend; an opportunity for members of the public to make 
oral presentations will be provided if time permits.

DATES: Meetings of the advisory committee will be from 8:30 a.m. to 
4:00 p.m. The Committee is scheduled to meet on the following dates:

Wednesday and Thursday, September 9-10, 1998
Wednesday and Thursday, October 7-8, 1998
Wednesday and Thursday, November 4-5, 1998
Tuesday and Wednesday, December 1-2, 1998
Wednesday and Thursday, January 6-7, 1999

    The September 9-10 meeting will be held in the Captains Room, Pier 
7--Channel Inn, 650 Water Street, S.W., Washington, D.C., (202) 554-
2500. The October 7-8 and November 4-5 meetings will take place at the 
Department of Transportation, Room 2230, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., 
Washington, D.C. Location of the December and January meetings will be 
announced in a later notice.

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: The Negotiated Rulemaking 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 (CTMVs) in 
liquefied compressed gas service. Meeting summaries and other relevant 
materials will be placed in the public docket and can be accessed 
through (http://www.dms.dot.gov). Persons wishing to submit written 
comments should identify the docket number and submit one copy to the 
Dockets Management System, U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 
Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20001. The Dockets Management 
System is located on the Plaza level of the Nassif Building at the U.S. 
Department of Transportation at the above address. Persons wishing to 
receive confirmation of receipt of their written comments should 
include a self-addressed, stamped postcard.
    Comments may also be submitted by e-mail to the following address: 
``[email protected]''. Public dockets may be reviewed there between 
the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 
Federal holidays.

    Issued in Washington, DC on August 17, 1998, under authority 
delegated in 49 CFR Part 1.
Alan I. Roberts,
Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety, Research and 
Special Programs Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-22421 Filed 8-19-98; 8:45 am]
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