[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 83 (Tuesday, April 30, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 21320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-10573]


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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 Sub-Committee on 
Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (UNSCOE) to be held July 1-
10, 2002 in Geneva, Switzerland.

DATES: June 18, 2002 1-3:30 pm, Room 6244-6248, July 24, 2002, 9:30 am-
12:30 pm, Room 3328.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob Richard, International Standards 
Coordinator, Office of Hazardous Materials Safety, 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 UNSCOE and to 
discuss U.S. positions on UNSCOE proposals. The primary purpose of the 
second meeting will to be provide a briefing on the outcome of the 
UNSCOE session. Topics to be covered during the public meetings 
include: (1) Criteria for Environmentally Hazardous Substances, (2) 
Requirements for the transport of solids in bulk containers including 
portable tanks, (3) Harmonized requirements for compressed gas 
cylinders, (4) Classification of individual substances, (5) 
Requirements for packagings used to transport hazardous materials 
including a US proposal to require a vibration test, (6) Requirements 
for infectious substances and genetically modified micro-organisms, (7) 
Hazard communication requirements including the comprehensibility for 
the proposed Globally Harmonized System labels, (8) emergency response 
requirements and (9) Requirements applicable to small quantities of 
hazardous materials in transport (consumer commodities).
    The public is invited to attend without prior notification. Due to 
the heightened security measures participants are encouraged to arrive 
early to allow time for security checks necessary to obtain access to 
the building.

Documents

    Copies of documents for the UNSCOE meeting and the meeting agenda 
may be obtained by downloading them from the United Nations Transport 
Division's web site at http://www.unece.org/trans/main/dgdb/dgsubc/c32002.html. This site may also be accessed through RSPA's Hazardous 
Materials Safety Homepage at http://hazmat.dot.gov/intstandards.htm. 
RSPA's site provides information regarding the UNSCOE and related 
matters such as a summary of decisions taken at the twentieth session 
of the UNSCOE.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on April 24, 2002.
Frits Wybenga,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety.
[FR Doc. 02-10573 Filed 4-29-02; 8:45 am]
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