[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 214 (Wednesday, November 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 59942]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-29194]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs Administration


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 in preparation for the fourteenth session of 
the United Nation's Sub-Committee of Experts on the Transport of 
Dangerous Goods (UNSCOE) to be held December 8-18, 1997 in Geneva, 
Switzerland.

ADDRESSES: Room 9230-9234, 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 prepare for the fourteenth session of the UNSCOE and to discuss U.S. 
positions on UNSCOE proposals. Topics to be covered during the public 
meeting include matters related to restructuring the UN Recommendations 
on the Transport of Dangerous Goods into a model rule, international 
harmonization of classification criteria and labeling, 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 packagings used to transport hazardous materials and 
requirements for toxic by inhalation substances.
    The public is invited to attend without prior notification.

Documents

    Copies of documents submitted to the fourteenth session of the 
UNSCOE meeting may be obtained from the RSPA Dockets Division (202-366-
5046) or by downloading them from the U Transport Division's web site 
at http://www.itu.int/itudoc/un/editrans/dgdb/dgscomm.html. This site 
may also be accessed through the RSPA Hazardous Materials Safety 
Homepage at http://www.volpe.dot.gov/ohm/.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on October 30, 1997.
Alan I. Roberts,
Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety.
[FR Doc. 97-29194 Filed 11-4-97; 8:45 am]
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