Notice2023-03726
Hazardous Materials: Notice of Public Meetings in 2023 for International Standards on the Transport of Dangerous Goods
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Published
February 23, 2023
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 36 (Thursday, February 23, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 11512]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[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.
<bullet> 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.
<bullet> 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.
<bullet> 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.
<bullet> 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 <a href="http://www.phmsa.dot.gov/international-program/international-program-overview">www.phmsa.dot.gov/international-program/international-program-overview</a> 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 <a href="http://www.unece.org/trans/danger/danger.html">www.unece.org/trans/danger/danger.html</a>.
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 <a href="http://www.icao.int/safety/DangerousGoods/Pages/DGPMeetings.aspx">www.icao.int/safety/DangerousGoods/Pages/DGPMeetings.aspx</a>.
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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