[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 198 (Tuesday, October 14, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 59237]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-25895]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs Administration

[Docket No. RSPA-03-14793 (Notice No. 03-11)]


Hazardous Materials: Regulations for the Safe Transport of 
Radioactive Material (TS-R-1); Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: RSPA will conduct a public meeting pertaining to the proposed 
changes to the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) Regulations 
for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Materials, TS-R-1, scheduled for 
revision in the year 2005. Interested persons are invited to attend.

DATES: Public meeting. The public meeting will be held on November 5, 
2003 from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.

ADDRESSES: Public meeting. The meeting will be held at Department of 
Transportation Headquarters, Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20590-0001, in room 8236-8240.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to http://dms.dot.gov at any time or to the 
Docket Management System; U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 
Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, Room PL-401, Washington, DC 
20590-0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Rick Boyle, Office of Hazardous 
Material Technology, U.S. Department of Transportation, Nassif 
Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001; (202) 
366-2993; [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the U.S. Department of 
Transportation comments forwarded to the International Atomic Energy 
Agency (IAEA) on the proposed changes to the IAEA Regulations for the 
Safe Transport of Radioactive Materials, TS-R-1. These comments will be 
presented as the U.S. positions at the IAEA regulatory review meeting 
scheduled for November 10-14, 2003, in Bonn, Germany. The public is 
invited to attend without prior notification. Due to heightened 
security measures at DOT Headquarters, participants are encouraged to 
arrive early to allow time to undergo the security checks necessary to 
obtain access to the building.
    The regulatory changes proposed by IAEA are available on the 
Internet at http://hazmat.dot.gov/files/IAEA_TS-R-1_rev_prop.pdf. A 
consolidated draft of the endorsed proposed TS-R-1 revision may be 
downloaded at http://hazmat.dot.gov/files/IAEA_TS-R-1_rev_draft.pdf. 
A summary of the U.S. DOT positions forwarded to the IAEA may be 
downloaded at http://hazmat.dot.gov/files/IAEA_TS-R-1_dot_position.pdf.

    Issued in Washington, DC on October 7, 2003.
Robert A. McGuire,
Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety.
[FR Doc. 03-25895 Filed 10-10-03; 8:45 am]
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