[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 42 (Thursday, March 3, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 12214]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04435]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2019-0224; Notice No. 2022-04]


Hazardous Materials: Notice of Public Meetings in 2022 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 2022 public meetings.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that PHMSA's Office of Hazardous 
Materials Safety will host three public meetings during 2022 in advance 
of certain international meetings. The first meeting will be held in 
preparation of the 60th session of the United Nations Sub-Committee of 
Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (UNSCOE TDG) scheduled for 
June 27 to July 6, 2022, in Geneva, Switzerland. The second meeting 
will be held in preparation of the International Civil Aviation 
Organization's (ICAO) Dangerous Goods Panel (DGP) Working Group 22 (WG/
22) tentatively scheduled for November 21-25, in Montreal, Canada. The 
third meeting will be held in preparation of the 61st session of the 
UNSCOE TDG scheduled for November 28 to December 6, 2022, in Geneva, 
Switzerland. 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 60th and 61st sessions of the UNSCOE TDG will represent the 
third and fourth 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/22 meeting will represent the first meeting of the 
2022-2023 biennium. The ICAO DGP will consider proposals for the 2024-
2025 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 February 25, 2022.
William S. Schoonover,
Associate Administrator, Hazardous Materials Safety, Pipeline and 
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
[FR Doc. 2022-04435 Filed 3-2-22; 8:45 am]
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