[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 225 (Wednesday, November 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59135-59136]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29678]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Research and Special Programs Administration
[Notice No. 96-23]


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 nineteenth 
session of the United Nation's Committee of Experts on the Transport of 
Dangerous Goods (UNCOE) and to discuss the work program for U.S. 
participation in meetings of the UN Committee of Experts on the 
Transport of Dangerous Goods and its Sub-Committees during the 1997-
1998 biennium.

DATES: The public meeting will be held December 17, 1996 at 9:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: Room 8236-8240, Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20590.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The primary purpose of this meeting will be 
to (1) review the outcome of the nineteenth session of the UNCOE held 
from December 2-11, 1996 in Geneva Switzerland and the progress made in 
completing the 1995-1996 work program (2) to begin preparation for U.S. 
participation in meetings of the UN Committee of Experts on the 
Transport of Dangerous Goods and its Sub-Committees during the 1997-
1998 biennium. Topics to be covered during the public meeting include 
matters related to amendments adopted in the tenth revised edition of 
the UN Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, 
restructuring the UN Recommendations into a model rule, criteria for 
environmentally hazardous substances, review of intermodal portable 
tank requirements, review of the requirements applicable to small 
quantities of hazardous materials in transport (limited quantities), 
classification of individual substances, requirements for bulk and non-
bulk packagings used to transport hazardous materials, requirements for 
inhalation toxicity materials, infectious substance requirements and 
international harmonization of classification criteria and labeling.
    The public is invited to attend without prior notification.

Documents

    Copies of documents submitted to the nineteenth session of the 
UNCOE may be obtained from RSPA or be downloaded from the Internet at 
http://info.itu.ch/itudoc/un/editrans/dgdb/dgsubco.html. A listing of 
these documents is available on the Hazardous Materials Information 
Exchange (HMIX), RSPA's computer bulletin board or through the ``Other 
Web Sites of Interest'' link on the Office of Hazardous Materials 
Safety's homepage (http://cti1.volpe.dot.gov/ohm) on the Internet. 
Documents may also be ordered by contacting RSPA's

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Dockets Unit (202-366-5046). For more information on the use of the 
HMIX system, contact the HMIX information center; 1-800-PLANFOR (752-
6367); in Illinois, 1-800-367-9592; Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 
5:00 p.m. Central time. For information on the Office of Hazardous 
Materials Safety's Homepage contact Kevin Coburn at 202-366-4555.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on November 11, 1996.
Alan I. Roberts,
Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety.
[FR Doc. 96-29678 Filed 11-19-96; 8:45 am]
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