[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 1 (Monday, January 4, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 70]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34737]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs Administration

49 CFR Parts 171, 177, 178, 180

[Docket No. RSPA-97-2718 (HM-225A)]
RIN 2137-AD07


Hazardous Materials: Safety Standards for Preventing and 
Mitigating Unintentional Releases During the Unloading of Cargo Tank 
Motor Vehicles in Liquefied Compressed Gas Service

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

ACTION: Notice of negotiated rulemaking committee meetings.

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SUMMARY: This document announces cancellation of a negotiated 
rulemaking advisory committee meeting scheduled for January 6-7, 1999 
and addition of meeting dates for February 2-4, 1999 and March 2 and 3, 
1999. This document is issued in accordance with the provisions of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act. The purpose of these meetings is to 
negotiate recommendations for alternative safety standards for 
preventing and mitigating unintentional releases of hazardous materials 
during the unloading of cargo tank motor vehicles in liquefied 
compressed gas service. The public is invited to attend; an opportunity 
for members of the public to make oral presentations will be provided 
if time permits.

DATES: The February meeting will be from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., 
February 2-3, 1999 and from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on February 4, 
1999. The March meeting will be from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on March 2-
3, 1999.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will take place at the Department of 
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. The February 
2-4 and March 2-3 meetings are scheduled in Room 10234.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Karim or Susan Gorsky, (202) 
366-8553, Office of Hazardous Materials Standards, Research and Special 
Programs Administration, Department of Transportation. Facilitator: 
Philip J. Harter, The Mediation Consortium, (202) 887-1033.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 20, 1998 (63 FR 44601), RSPA 
published in the Federal Register a document announcing dates and 
locations for a series of negotiated rulemaking committee (the 
Committee) meetings. In the document, RSPA announced a meeting for 
January 6-7, 1999. During the December 1-2, 1998 meeting, the Committee 
agreed to cancel the January meeting and add meetings for February and 
March. The purpose of this document is to announce the cancellation of 
the January 6-7 meeting and the addition of meetings on February 2-4, 
1999 and March 2-3, 1999.
    This Committee has been established to develop recommendations for 
alternative safety standards for preventing and mitigating 
unintentional releases of hazardous materials during the unloading of 
cargo tank motor vehicles in liquefied compressed gas service. Meeting 
summaries and other relevant materials are placed in the public docket 
and can be accessed through (http://dms.dot.gov).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on December 28, 1998, under authority 
delegated in 49 CFR Part 1.
Edward T. Mazzullo,
Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Standards, Research and Special 
Programs Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-34737 Filed 12-31-98; 8:45 am]
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