[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 215 (Monday, November 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60875-60876]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-29142]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs Administration


International Standards on the Transport of Dangerous Goods; 
Public Meetings

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA), Department 
of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: This notice is to advise interested persons that RSPA will 
conduct public meetings in preparation for and to report the results of 
the seventeenth session of the United Nation's Sub-Committee of Experts 
on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (UNSCOE) to be held December 6, 
through December 15, 1999 in Geneva, Switzerland.

DATES: November 30, 1999, 10:00 AM-1:00 PM, Room 6202-6204; January 6, 
2000, 10:00 AM-1:00 PM, Room 3328.

ADDRESSES: Both meetings will be held at the Nassif Building, 400 
Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20590.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frits Wybenga, International Standards 
Coordinator, Office of Hazardous Materials Safety, or Bob Richard, 
Assistant International Standards Coordinator, Office of Hazardous 
Materials Safety, Department of Transportation, Washington, DC 20590; 
(202) 366-0656.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The primary purposes of the first meeting 
will be to prepare for the seventeenth session of the UNSCOE and to 
discuss U.S. positions on UNSCOE proposals. The primary purpose of the 
second meeting will be to provide a briefing on the outcome of the 
UNSCOE session and to prepare for the eighteenth session of the UNSCOE 
which is scheduled for July 3-14, 2000 in Geneva, Switzerland. Topics 
to be covered during the public meeting include (1) Global 
harmonization of classification criteria, (2) Reformatting the UN 
Recommendations into a model rule, (3) Criteria for Environmentally 
Hazardous Substances, (4) Intermodal portable tank requirements 
including requirements for the transport of solids in portable tanks, 
(5) Requirements applicable to small quantities of hazardous materials 
in transport (limited quantities) including package marking 
requirements, package quantity limits and requirements applicable to 
consumer commodities, (6) Harmonized requirements for compressed gas 
cylinders, (7) Classification of individual substances, (8) 
Requirements for bulk and non-bulk packaging used to transport 
hazardous materials, (9) Requirements for Toxic by Inhalation (TIH) 
substances and (10) Hazard communication requirements including 
harmonized shipping papers.
    The public is invited to attend without prior notification.

Documents

    Copies of documents for the UNSCOE meeting may be obtained by 
downloading them from the United Nations Transport Division's web site 
at http://www.unece.org/trans/main/dgdb/dgsubc/dgscomm.html. 
Information concerning UN dangerous goods meetings including agendas 
can be downloaded at http://www.unece.org/trans/danger/meetings.htm#ST/
SG. These sites may also be accessed through RSPA's Hazardous Materials 
Safety Homepage at http://hazmat.dot.gov/intstandards.htm. RSPA's site 
also provides information regarding the UNSCOE and related matters such 
as a summary of decisions taken at the 16th Session of the UNSCOE, 
meeting dates and a summary of the primary topics which the UNSCOE 
plans to address in the 1999-2000 biennium.


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    Issued in Washington, DC, on November 2, 1999.
Alan I. Roberts,
Assoociate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety.
[FR Doc. 99-29142 Filed 11-5-99; 8:45 am]
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