[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 224 (Monday, November 20, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69802-69803]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-29573]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs Administration


International Standards on the Transport of Dangerous Goods; 
Public Meetings

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA), Department 
of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: This notice is to advise interested persons that RSPA will 
conduct public meetings in preparation for and to report the results of 
the twenty-first session of the United Nation's Committee of Experts on 
the Transport of Dangerous Goods (UN COE) to be held December 4-13, 
2000 in Geneva, Switzerland.

DATES: November 28, 2000 9:30 AM-1:00 PM, Room 2201; January 11, 2001, 
10:00 AM-1:00 PM, Room 8236-8240.

ADDRESS: Both meetings will be held at DOT Headquarters, Nassif 
Building, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20590.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frits Wybenga, International Standards 
Coordinator, Office of Hazardous Materials Safety, or Bob Richard, 
Assistant International Standards Coordinator, Office of Hazardous 
Materials Safety, Department of Transportation, Washington, DC 20590; 
(202) 366-0656.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The primary purpose of the first meeting 
will be to prepare for the twenty-first session of the UN COE and to 
discuss U.S. positions on UN COE proposals. The primary purpose of the 
second meeting will be to provide a briefing on the outcome of the UN 
COE session and to prepare for the Committee's 2001-2002 biennium which 
commences with the nineteenth session of the United Nations Sub-
Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (UN COE) which 
is scheduled for July 2-13, 2001 in Geneva, Switzerland. Topics to be 
covered during the public meetings include: (1) Global harmonization of 
classification criteria including flammable aerosol test methods and 
criteria; (2) Reformatting the UN Recommendations into a model rule, 
(3) Intermodal portable tank requirements including requirements for 
the transport of solids in portable tanks, (4) Requirements applicable 
to small quantities of hazardous materials in transport (limited 
quantities) including package marking requirements, package quantity 
limits and requirements

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applicable to consumer commodities, (5) Harmonized requirements for 
compressed gas cylinders, (6) Classification of individual substances, 
(7) Requirements for bulk and non-bulk packagings used to transport 
hazardous materials, (8) Requirements for the transport of Ammonium 
Nitrate Emulsions and (9) Hazard communication requirements including 
harmonized shipping paper requirements.
    The public is invited to attend without prior notification.

Documents

    Copies of documents for the UNCOE meeting may be obtained by 
downloading them from the United Nations Transport Division's web site 
at http://www.unece.org/trans/main/dgdb/dgcomm/dgcomm.html. Information 
concerning UN dangerous goods meetings including agendas can be 
downloaded at http://www.unece.org/trans/danger/meetings.htm#ST/SG. 
These sites may also be accessed through RSPA's Hazardous Materials 
Safety Homepage at http://hazmat.dot.gov/intstandards.htm. RSPA's site 
also provides information regarding the UNCOE and SCOE and related 
matters such as a summary of decisions taken at the 18th session of the 
UNSCOE, meeting dates and a summary of the primary topics which the 
UNCOE plans to address.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on November 14, 2000.
Robert A. McGuire,
Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety.
[FR Doc. 00-29573 Filed 11-17-00; 8:45 am]
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