[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 182 (Friday, September 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 49294]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24975]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs Administration


International Standards on the Transport of Dangerous Goods by 
Air; 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 persons that RSPA will conduct a 
public meeting to exchange views on proposals submitted to the 
sixteenth session of the International Civil Aviation Organization's 
(ICAO) Dangerous Goods Panel (DGP) to be held in Montreal, Canada on 
October 20-31, 1997.

DATES: October 16, 1997 at 9:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: Department of Transportation, Nassif Building, Room 8406A, 
400 Seventh Street S.W., Washington, DC 20590-0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frits Wybenga, (202) 366-0656, 
International Standards Coordinator for Hazardous Materials Safety, 
RSPA, Department of Transportation, Washington, DC 20590-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This meeting will be held in preparation for 
the sixteenth session of the ICAO Dangerous Goods Panel Working Group. 
The primary purpose of the Panel meeting will be to discuss proposed 
amendments to the ICAO Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of 
Dangerous Goods by Air (the Technical Instructions). The Panel will 
consider possible amendments to resolve problems encountered with the 
use of the Technical Instructions, and amendments to the Technical 
Instructions on the basis of revisions to the United Nations 
Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (UN 
Recommendations).
    The public is invited to attend without prior notification.

Documents

    Documents submitted to the ICAO Dangerous Goods Panel may be 
reviewed between the hours of 8:30 and 5:00 in RSPA's Dockets Unit 
located in room 8419 of the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20590, telephone (202) 366-5046. Copies of documents may 
also be ordered by contacting RSPA's Dockets Unit.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on September 16, 1997.
Alan I. Roberts,
Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety.
[FR Doc. 97-24975 Filed 9-18-97; 8:45 am]
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