Notice2023-07619
Hazardous Materials: Public Meeting Notice for the 2024 Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG2024)
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Published
April 12, 2023
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Abstract
PHMSA's Office of Hazardous Materials Safety (OHMS) will hold a public meeting to solicit input on the development of the 2024 edition of the Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG2024). The meeting will take place virtually on Microsoft Teams on May 16, 2023.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 12, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22089-22090]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-07619]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No.: PHMSA-2023-0014; Notice No. 2023-03]
Hazardous Materials: Public Meeting Notice for the 2024 Emergency
Response Guidebook (ERG2024)
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: PHMSA's Office of Hazardous Materials Safety (OHMS) will hold
a public meeting to solicit input on the development of the 2024
edition of the Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG2024). The meeting will
take place virtually on Microsoft Teams on May 16, 2023.
DATES: The meeting will be held virtually on Microsoft Teams on May 16,
2023, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. EDT.
ADDRESSES: DOT requests that attendees pre-register for this meeting.
The meeting will be hosted on Microsoft Teams and a conference call
line will be provided upon registration by completing the form at
<a href="https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/research-and-development/hazmat/rd-meetings-and-events">https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/research-and-development/hazmat/rd-meetings-and-events</a>. If you have technical difficulties, please contact the
meeting organizer below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ryan Vierling or Peter Heitzmann,
Office of Hazardous Materials Safety, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety
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Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, DC.
Telephone: 202-366-4545 or 202-366-4900. Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5f2d263e317129363a2d333631381f3b302b71383029"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="07757e666929716e62756b6e69604763687329606871">[email protected]</span></a>
or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#42071005012d2f2f272c363102262d366c252d34"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4f0a1d080c2022222a213b3c0f2b203b61282039">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA developed the United States version of
the Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG) for use by emergency services
personnel to provide guidance for initial response to hazardous
materials transportation incidents. Since 1980, it has been PHMSA's
goal that all public emergency response personnel (e.g., firefighters,
police, and rescue squads) have free and immediate access to the ERG.
To date, PHMSA has distributed more than 16.4 million copies of the ERG
to emergency service agencies and developed free online resources and
downloadable mobile applications to make the ERG more accessible. Since
1996, PHMSA, Transport Canada, and the Secretariat of Communication and
Transport of Mexico have collaborated on development of the ERG, with
interested parties from government and industry providing additional
assistance, including Argentina's Chemical Information Center for
Emergencies. ERG2024 will be published in English, French, and Spanish
and will continue to serve as a valuable resource to help increase
public safety by providing consistent emergency response procedures for
hazardous materials transportation incidents throughout North America.
The meeting will include a discussion of the methodology used to
determine the appropriate response protective distances for poisonous
vapors resulting from spills involving dangerous goods considered toxic
by inhalation in the 2020 Edition of the Emergency Response Guidebook
``Green Pages'' as requested by stakeholders. To pursue our objective
of continually improving the ERG, PHMSA will solicit comments related
to new methodologies and considerations for future editions of the ERG.
Additionally, the meeting will include discussions on the outcomes of
field experiments, ongoing research efforts to better understand
environmental effects on airborne toxic gas concentrations, and updates
to be published in the ERG2024.
DOT is committed to providing equal access for all Americans and
ensuring that information is available in appropriate alternative
formats to meet the requirements of persons who have a disability. If
you require an alternative version of files provided or alternative
accommodations, please contact <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b8e8f0f5ebf995f9dbdbddcbcbd1dad1d4d1ccc1f8dcd7cc96dfd7ce"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c6968e8b9587eb87a5a5a3b5b5afa4afaaafb2bf86a2a9b2e8a1a9b0">[email protected]</span></a> no later
than May 2, 2023.
Signed in Washington, DC, on April 6, 2023.
William S. Schoonover,
Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety, Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
[FR Doc. 2023-07619 Filed 4-11-23; 8:45 am]
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