[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 60 (Thursday, March 28, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11865-11866]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05892]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2018-0113; Notice No. 2018-23]


Hazardous Materials: Notice of Public Meetings in 2019 for 
International Standards on the Transport of Dangerous Goods

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), 
Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of 2019 public meetings.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that PHMSA will host four public 
meetings during 2019 in advance of certain international meetings. For 
each of these meetings, PHMSA will solicit public input on current 
proposals. The first meeting will be held in preparation to the 
International Civil Aviation Organization's (ICAO) Dangerous Goods 
Panel (DGP) Working Group 19 meeting (WG/19) being held April 1-5, 
2019, in Montreal, Canada. The second meeting will be held in 
preparation to the 55th session of the United Nations Sub-Committee of 
Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (UNSCOE TDG) being held 
July 1-5, 2019, in Geneva, Switzerland. The third meeting will be held 
in preparation to the 27th meeting of the ICAO DGP (DGP/27) being held 
September 9-20, 2019, in Montreal, Canada. Finally, the fourth meeting 
will be held in preparation to the 56th session of the UNSCOE TDG being 
held December 2-11, 2019, in Geneva, Switzerland.
    Time and Location: Each public meeting will take place 
approximately two weeks preceding the international meeting at DOT 
Headquarters, West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 
20590-0001. Specific information for each meeting will be posted when 
available on the PHMSA website at https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/international-program/international-program-overview under ``Upcoming 
Events.'' This information will include the public meeting date, time, 
conference call-in number, and details for advanced registration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Webb or Aaron Wiener, 
International Program Office of Hazardous Materials Safety, Department 
of Transportation, Washington, DC 20590, (202) 366-8553.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    The purpose of PHMSA's public meetings is to allow the public a 
chance to give input on the current meeting proposals.
    The 55th and 56th sessions of the UNSCOE TDG will represent the 
first and second meetings scheduled for the 2019-2020 biennium. The 
UNSCOE TDG will consider proposals for the 22nd Revised Edition of the 
United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods: 
Model Regulations (Model Regulations), which may be implemented into 
relevant domestic, regional, and international regulations starting 
January 1, 2023. Copies of working documents, informal documents, the 
agenda, and the post-meeting final report may be obtained from the 
United Nations Transport Division's website at http://www.unece.org/trans/danger/danger.html.
    The ICAO WG/19 and DGP/27 meetings will represent the second and 
third meetings of the 2018-2019 biennium. The ICAO DGP will consider 
proposals for the 2021-2022 edition of the Technical Instructions for 
the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air (Doc 9284). Copies of 
working papers, information papers, the agenda, and the post-meeting 
final report may be obtained from the ICAO DGP website at https://www.icao.int/safety/DangerousGoods/Pages/DGPMeetings.aspx.


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    Signed on March 22, 2019, at Washington, DC.
William S. Schoonover,
Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety, Pipeline and 
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
[FR Doc. 2019-05892 Filed 3-27-19; 8:45 am]
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