[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 24, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 9115]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4518]


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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: Negotiated rulemaking committee meeting; cancellation.

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SUMMARY: This document announces cancellation of a negotiated 
rulemaking advisory committee meeting scheduled for March 2-3, 1999. 
The meeting would have dealt with 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. This document is issued 
in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act. Scheduling of any future committee meetings will be announced in 
the Federal Register.

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 January 4, 1999 (64 FR 70), RSPA 
published in the Federal Register a document announcing the 
cancellation of a January 6-7, 1999 meeting and the addition of 
meetings on February 2-4, 1999 and March 2-3, 1999. However, during the 
February 2-4, 1999 meeting, the Committee agreed to cancel the March 2-
3, 1999 meeting to give RSPA an opportunity to publish a notice of 
proposed rulemaking (NPRM) and to receive comments on the proposals. 
The purpose of this document is to announce the cancellation of the 
March 2-3, 1999 meeting.
    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, D.C., on February 19, 1999, under 
authority delegated in 49 CFR Part 1.
Edward T. Mazzullo,
Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Standards, Research and Special 
Programs Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-4518 Filed 2-23-99; 8:45 am]
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