[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 66 (Wednesday, April 7, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 16882]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8629]


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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: Revision to Regulations Governing 
Transportation and Unloading of Liquefied Compressed Gases

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

ACTION: Notice of Negotiated Rulemaking Committee Meeting.

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SUMMARY: RSPA gives notice of a negotiated rulemaking advisory 
committee (the Committee) meeting for May 4-5, 1999. This notice is 
issued in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act. The purpose of this meeting is for the Committee to 
negotiate the content of a final rule to be issued by RSPA. The final 
rule will address requirements 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 May 4-5, 1999 meeting is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the Department of 
Transportation, Room 6244-6248, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, 
DC.

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 March 22, 1999, RSPA published in the 
Federal Register a notice of proposed rulemaking (64 FR 13856) 
recommending 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 
proposed rule was developed through consensus by the Committee. The 
Committee was 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 April 2, 1999, under authority 
delegated in 49 CFR Part 1.
Thomas G. Allan,
Acting Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Standards, Research and 
Special Programs Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-8629 Filed 4-6-99; 8:45 am]
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