[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 80 (Wednesday, April 24, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31250-31251]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08788]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2019-0224; Notice No. 2024-07]


Hazardous Materials: Notice of Public Meetings in 2024 for 
International Standards on the Transport of Dangerous Goods

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

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(PHMSA), Office of Hazardous Materials Safety, Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of 2024 public meetings.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that PHMSA's Office of Hazardous 
Materials Safety will host three public meetings during 2024 in advance 
of certain international meetings. The first meeting will be held in 
preparation of the 64th session of the United Nations Sub-Committee of 
Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (UNSCOE TDG) scheduled for 
June 24-July 3, 2024, 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 24 (WG/
24) tentatively scheduled for October 2024 in Montreal, Canada. The 
third meeting will be held in preparation of the 65th session of the 
UNSCOE TDG scheduled for November 25-December 3, 2024, in Geneva, 
Switzerland. For each of these meetings, PHMSA will solicit public 
input on current proposals.
    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. 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 advance registration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Webb or Aaron Wiener, PHMSA, 
U.S. Department of Transportation, by phone at 202-366-8553.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published under the authority 
of Federal Hazardous Materials Transportation Law (49 U.S.C. 5101 et 
seq.). Section 49 U.S.C. 5120 authorizes the Secretary to consult with 
interested international authorities to ensure that, to the extent 
practicable, regulations governing the transportation of hazardous 
materials in commerce are consistent with the standards adopted by 
international authorities. The Secretary has delegated the authority 
granted in the Federal Hazardous Materials Transportation Law to the 
PHMSA Administrator at 49 CFR 1.97(b).
    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 64th and 65th sessions of the UNSCOE TDG will represent the 
third and fourth 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/24 meeting will represent the first meeting of the 
2024-2025 biennium. The ICAO DGP will consider proposals for the 2027-
2028 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.
William S. Schoonover,
Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety, Pipeline and 
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-08788 Filed 4-23-24; 8:45 am]
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