[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 62 (Friday, April 2, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 17453]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-06871]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA-2019-0224; Notice No. 2021-02]
Hazardous Materials: Notice of Public Meetings in 2021 for
International Standards on the Transport of Dangerous Goods
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA),
Office of Hazardous Materials Safety, Department of Transportation
(DOT).
ACTION: Notice of 2021 public meetings.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces that PHMSA's Office of Hazardous
Materials Safety will host four public meetings during 2021 in advance
of certain international meetings. The first meeting will be held in
preparation of the International Civil Aviation Organization's (ICAO)
Dangerous Goods Panel (DGP) Working Group 21 (WG/21) virtual meeting
scheduled for May 24-28, 2021. The second meeting will be held in
preparation of the 58th session of the United Nations Sub-Committee of
Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (UNSCOE TDG) scheduled for
June 28 to July 2, 2021, in Geneva, Switzerland. The third meeting will
be held in preparation of the ICAO DGP 28 Meeting (DGP/28) scheduled
for September 27 to October 1, 2021. The fourth meeting will be held in
preparation of the 59th session of the UNSCOE TDG scheduled for
November 29 to December 8, 2021. For each of these meetings, PHMSA will
solicit public input on current proposals.
ADDRESSES: Each public meeting will take place virtually approximately
two weeks preceding the international meeting. If the guidelines
concerning the global health emergency change, PHMSA may hold the
meeting(s), concurrent with the virtual sessions, 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, PHMSA,
U.S. Department of Transportation. Telephone: (202) 366-8553.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of PHMSA's public meetings held
in advance of certain international meetings is to allow the public to
give input on the current proposals being considered by the
international standards setting bodies.
The 58th and 59th sessions of the UNSCOE TDG will represent the
first and second meetings scheduled for the 2021-2022 biennium. The
UNSCOE TDG will consider proposals for the 23rd 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, 2025. 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/21 and DGP/28 meetings will represent the second and
final meetings of the 2020-2021 biennium. The ICAO DGP will consider
proposals for the 2023-2024 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.
Signed in Washington, DC, on March 30, 2021.
William S. Schoonover,
Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety, Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
[FR Doc. 2021-06871 Filed 4-1-21; 8:45 am]
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