[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 12, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11876-11877]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-03912]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA-2019-0224; Notice No. 2025-0001]
Hazardous Materials: Notice of Public Meetings in 2025 for
International Standards on the Transport of Dangerous Goods
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Office
of Hazardous Materials Safety, U.S. Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice of 2025 public meetings.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) Office of Hazardous Materials
Safety (OHMS) will host four public meetings during 2025 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 25 (WG/25) scheduled for
April 21-25, 2025 in Delhi, India. The second meeting will be held in
preparation of the 66th session of the United Nations Sub-Committee of
Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (UNSCOE TDG) scheduled for
June 30-July 4, 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland. The third meeting will be
held in preparation of the 30th session of the ICAO DGP (DGP/30)
scheduled for October 6-10, 2025 in Montreal, Canada. The fourth
meeting will be held in preparation of the 67th session of the UNSCOE
TDG scheduled for November 24-December 3, 2024 in Geneva, Switzerland.
For each of these meetings, PHMSA will solicit public input on current
proposals.
ADDRESSES: 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, U.S.
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Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration, 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 66th and 67th sessions of UNSCOE TDG will represent the first
round of meetings scheduled for the 2025-2026 biennium. UNSCOE TDG will
consider proposals for the 25th 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, 2029.
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.
ICAO DGP-WG/25 and DGP/30 meetings represent the second and final
round of meetings of the 2024-2025 biennium. 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, on March 7, 2025.
William S. Schoonover,
Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety, Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
[FR Doc. 2025-03912 Filed 3-11-25; 8:45 am]
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