[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 137 (Tuesday, July 17, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 37267]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-17799]


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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 meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice is to advise interested persons that RSPA will 
conduct a public meeting describing the results of the nineteenth 
session of the United Nation's Sub-Committee of Experts on the 
Transport of Dangerous Goods (UNSCOE) held from 2 to 6 July 2001 in 
Geneva, Switzerland.

DATES: August 7, 2001 9:30 AM-12:30 PM, Room 8236-8238.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at DOT Headquarters, Nassif 
Building, Room 8236-8238, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20590.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The primary purpose of the meeting will be 
to describe the results of the nineteenth session of the UNSCOE. Topics 
to be covered during the public meeting will include (1) Global 
harmonization of classification criteria, (2) Criteria for 
Environmentally Hazardous Substances, (3) Intermodal requirements for 
the transport of solids in bulk containers, (4) Harmonized requirements 
for compressed gas cylinders, (5) Classification of individual 
substances, (6) Requirements for packagings used to transport hazardous 
materials, (7) Requirements for infectious substances, and (8) Hazard 
communication requirements.
    The public is invited to attend without prior notification.

Documents

    Copies of documents for the UNSCOE meeting may be obtained by 
downloading them from the United Nations Transport Division's web site 
at http://www.unece.org/trans/main/dgdb/dgsubc/c3doc.html. Information 
concerning UNSCOE meetings, including agendas, can be downloaded at 
http://www.unece.org/trans/main/dgdb/dgsubc/c3.html. These sites may 
also be accessed through RSPA's Hazardous Materials Safety Homepage at 
http://hazmat.dot.gov/intsandards.htm.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 11, 2001.
Robert A. McGuire,
Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety.
[FR Doc. 01-17799 Filed 7-16-01; 8:45 am]
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