[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 191 (Friday, October 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 53124]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26359]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs Administration
[Notice 98-9]


Educational Session on Bulk Packagings for Hazardous Materials

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.

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SUMMARY: RSPA will hold a public meeting to discuss the requirements in 
the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) applicable to the 
transportation of hazardous materials in certain bulk packagings, 
including DOT specification IM 101 and IM 102 portable tanks, 
intermediate bulk containers meeting UN performance standards, and DOT 
exemption bulk containers. All interested persons, including 
manufacturers, requalifiers, owners and users of these bulk packagings 
are encouraged to participate.

DATES: The public meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 17, 1998, 
from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at the Cajun Dome, 444 Cajun 
Dome Boulevard, Lafayette, Louisiana, 70506.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ryan Posten, Office of Hazardous 
Materials Standards, Research and Special Programs Administration, U.S. 
Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW, 20590-0001, 
Telephone (202) 366-8553.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The offshore oil industry uses a wide 
variety of bulk packagings for the transportation of hazardous 
materials. RSPA has received a number of inquiries from industry 
members in the Gulf Coast area regarding the requirements in the HMR 
applicable to the transportation of hazardous materials, specifically 
liquids in hazard classes 3 and 8, in bulk packagings. The inquiries 
primarily relate to the manufacture, certification, requalification, 
inspection and use of packagings marked as meeting the DOT IM 101 and 
102 specifications for portable tanks, UN performance standards for 
intermediate bulk containers, or the specific requirements for 
packagings authorized in DOT exemptions. At the meeting, RSPA will 
discuss requirements in the HMR both for: (1) design construction and 
certification of these containers, including internal discharge valves, 
structural integrity, safety relief devices, and third party 
inspection; and (2) use of these containers, including loading, 
unloading, and requalification.
    RSPA is conducting this public meeting as part of its continuing 
efforts to improve understanding of the safety requirements for the use 
of bulk packagings for transportation of hazardous materials.

    Issued in Washington, DC on September 28, 1998 under authority 
delegated in 49 CFR part 106, Appendix A.
Alan I. Roberts,
Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety.
[FR Doc. 98-26359 Filed 10-1-98; 8:45 am]
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