[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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