[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 73 (Monday, April 17, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 19328]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-9317]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Research and Special Programs Administration


International Standards on the Transport of Radioactive 
Materials; 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 discuss issues to be considered at the 
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Technical Committee Meeting 
(TCM) to be held May 15-19, 1995 in Vienna, Austria. A TCM is a meeting 
of experts from member nations assembled to address particular aspects 
of a particular proposal.

DATES: May 9, 1995 at 10:00 a.m.

ADDRESSES: Room 8334, Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20590.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Richard Boyle, Chief, Radioactive Materials Branch, Office of Hazardous 
Materials Technology, Department of Transportation, Washington, DC 
20590; (202) 366-4545.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This meeting will be held to discuss several 
issues being considered at the TCM to be held in Vienna, Austria, on 
May 15-19, 1995. In general terms, this TCM is responsible for 
recommending solutions to the fourth and final Safety Series No. 6 
revision panel to be held in September 1995 on the following technical 
issues:
    1. The proposals and recommendations made by the eleventh meeting 
of the IAEA Standing Advisory Group for the Safe Transport of 
Radioactive Material (SAGSTRAM XI, March 1995), the third meeting of 
the panel working to revise Safety Series No. 6 (October 1994), and 
TCM-675.3 on the Air Transport of Radioactive Material (August 1994) 
concerning the air transport of radioactive material in large 
quantities or with high activity. Specifically, this TCM will discuss 
the possible exemption of low dispersible material from these air 
transport requirements.
    2. The proposals and recommendations made by the eleventh meeting 
of the IAEA Standing Advisory Group for the Safe Transport of 
Radioactive Material (SAGSTRAM XI, March 1995), the third meeting of 
the panel working to revise Safety Series No. 6 (October 1994), and the 
interim results of consolidated research project on exemption 
quantities concerning the establishment of new, radionuclide specific 
exemption values for the transport of radioactive materials.
    The public is invited to attend without prior notification.

Documents

    Copies of documents relating to the issues to be covered at the TCM 
are on file in RSPA's Dockets unit (Nassif Building, Room 8421) and may 
be viewed Monday-Friday from 8 am to 4:30 pm. Documents may also be 
ordered by contacting RSPA's Dockets Unit at (202) 366-4453.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on April 6, 1995.
Alan I. Roberts,
Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety.
[FR Doc. 95-9317 Filed 4-14-95; 8:45 am]
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