[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 197 (Wednesday, October 11, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 60382-60383]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-26000]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs Administration

49 CFR Parts 172, 173, 177

[Docket No. RSPA-00-7755 (HM-189Q)]
RIN 2137-AD47


Hazardous Materials Regulations: Editorial Corrections and 
Clarifications; Corrections

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

ACTION: Final rule; corrections.

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SUMMARY: This document contains corrections to a final rule (RSPA-00-
7755 (HM-189Q)), which was published in the Federal Register on Friday, 
September 29, 2000. That final rule amended the Hazardous Materials 
Regulations (HMR) to correct editorial errors, make minor regulatory 
changes and, in response to requests for clarification, improve the 
clarity of certain provisions in the HMR.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2000.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 29, 2000, RSPA published a final rule under Docket HM-
189Q (65 FR 58614) to correct editorial errors, make minor regulatory 
changes and, in response to requests for clarification, improve the 
clarity of certain provisions in the HMR. This amendment makes minor 
changes to correct wording omissions and typographical errors to the 
September 29 final rule, which was effective October 1, 2000.
    Because the amendments do not impose new requirements, notice and 
public comment are unnecessary.

Correction

    In rule document 00-24633, beginning on page 58614, in the issue of 
Friday, September 29, 2000, make the following corrections:

PART 172--[CORRECTED]


Sec. 172.101  [Corrected]

    1. On page 58620, in column 3, in Sec. 172.101, in paragraph (g), 
in line two, correct the wording ``Sec. 173.248'' to read 
``Sec. 173.428''.

    2. On page 58624, in Sec. 172.101, in the table, for the entry 
``Organic peroxide type A, liquid or solid.'' add the word 
``Forbidden'' to column 3.

    3. On the same page, in Sec. 172.101, in the table, for the entry 
``Phenylenediamines (o-, m-, p-)'' add a ``+'' in column 1.


Sec. 172.403  [Corrected]

    4. On page 58626, in column 3, in Sec. 172.403, in paragraph (a), 
in line 2, remove the two asterisks ``**'' immediately following the 
two section symbols.

    5. On the same page, in column 3, in Sec. 172.403, in paragraph 
(g)(2), in the last line, correct the wording ``(uCi))'' to read 
``(uCi)''.

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PART 173--[CORRECTED]


Sec. 173.7  [Corrected]

    6. On page 58628, in column 3, in Sec. 173.7, in paragraph (e), in 
line 13, add the wording ``packages of these'' immediately before the 
wording ``materials owned''.


Sec. 173.62  [Corrected]

    7. On page 58629, in column 2, in amendatory instruction 41.b., in 
the fourth line, correct ``Sec. 178.83(b)'' to read ``Sec. 176.83(b)''.

PART 177--[CORRECTED]


Sec. 177.835  [Corrected]

    8. On page 58631, in column 1, in Sec. 177.835, correct paragraph 
(g)(3) introductory text to read as follows:


Sec. 177.835  Class 1 (explosive) materials.

* * * * *
    (g) * * *
    (3) It is packed and loaded in accordance with a method approved by 
the Department. One method approved by the Department requires that--
* * * * *

    Issued in Washington, DC, on October 4, 2000, under authority 
delegated in 49 CFR part 1.
John P. Murray,
Acting Deputy Administrator, Research and Special Programs 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 00-26000 Filed 10-10-00; 8:45 am]
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