[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 36 (Thursday, February 23, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 11512]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03726]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2019-0224; Notice No. 2023-01]


Hazardous Materials: Notice of Public Meetings in 2023 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 2023 public meetings.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that PHMSA's Office of Hazardous 
Materials Safety will host four public meetings during 2023 in advance 
of certain international meetings. For each of these meetings, PHMSA 
will solicit public input on current proposals.

DATES: Each public meeting will take place approximately two weeks 
preceding the international meeting.
     The first meeting will be held in preparation of the 
International Civil Aviation Organization's (ICAO) Dangerous Goods 
Panel (DGP) Working Group 23 (WG/23) scheduled for May 15-19, 2023, in 
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
     The second meeting will be held in preparation of the 62nd 
session of the United Nations Sub-Committee of Experts on the Transport 
of Dangerous Goods (UNSCOE TDG) scheduled for July 3-July 7, 2023, in 
Geneva, Switzerland.
     The third meeting will be held in preparation of the 29th 
session of the ICAO DGP (DGP/29) scheduled for November 13-17, 2023, in 
Montreal, Canada.
     The fourth meeting will be held in preparation of the 63rd 
session of the UNSCOE TDG scheduled for November 27-December 6, 2023, 
in Geneva, Switzerland.

ADDRESSES: DOT Headquarters, West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 
Washington, DC 20590-0001. A remote participation option will also be 
available. Specific information for each meeting will be posted when 
available on the PHMSA website at www.phmsa.dot.gov/international-program/international-program-overview under ``Upcoming Events.'' This 
information will include the public meeting date, time, remote access 
login, conference dial-in number, and details for advanced 
registration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Webb or Aaron Wiener, PHMSA, 
U.S. Department of Transportation, by phone at 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 62nd and 63rd sessions of the UNSCOE TDG will represent the 
first round of meetings scheduled for the 2023-2024 biennium. The 
UNSCOE TDG will consider proposals for the 24th 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, 2027. 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 www.unece.org/trans/danger/danger.html.
    The ICAO DGP-WG/23 and DGP/29 meetings will represent the second 
and final round of meetings 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 www.icao.int/safety/DangerousGoods/Pages/DGPMeetings.aspx.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on February 17, 2023.

William S. Schoonover,
Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety, Pipeline and 
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
[FR Doc. 2023-03726 Filed 2-22-23; 8:45 am]
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