Hazardous Materials: Notice of Public Meetings in 2026 for International Standards on the Transport of Dangerous Goods
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This notice announces that the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) Office of Hazardous Materials Safety (OHMS) will host three public meetings during 2026 in advance of certain international meetings. The first meeting will be held in preparation for the 68th session of the United Nations Sub-Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (UNSCOE TDG) scheduled for June 29 to July 8, 2026, in Geneva, Switzerland. The second meeting will be held in preparation for the International Civil Aviation Organization's (ICAO) Dangerous Goods Panel (DGP) Working Group 26 (WG/ 26) tentatively scheduled for October 2026 in Montreal, Canada. The third meeting will be held in preparation for the 69th session of the UNSCOE TDG scheduled for November 23 to December 1, 2026, 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 five weeks preceding the international meeting either at Department of Transportation Headquarters, West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001 with a remote participation option, or in a fully remote capacity. 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 77 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 21593]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-07847]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA-2019-0224; Notice No. 2026-03]
Hazardous Materials: Notice of Public Meetings in 2026 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 2026 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 three public meetings during 2026 in advance of
certain international meetings. The first meeting will be held in
preparation for the 68th session of the United Nations Sub-Committee of
Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (UNSCOE TDG) scheduled for
June 29 to July 8, 2026, in Geneva, Switzerland. The second meeting
will be held in preparation for the International Civil Aviation
Organization's (ICAO) Dangerous Goods Panel (DGP) Working Group 26 (WG/
26) tentatively scheduled for October 2026 in Montreal, Canada. The
third meeting will be held in preparation for the 69th session of the
UNSCOE TDG scheduled for November 23 to December 1, 2026, 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 five weeks preceding the international meeting either at
Department of Transportation Headquarters, West Building, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001 with a remote participation
option, or in a fully remote capacity. 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 advance registration.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Webb or Aaron Wiener, U.S.
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 68th and 69th sessions of UNSCOE TDG will represent the third
and fourth 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 <a href="http://www.unece.org/trans/danger/danger.html">www.unece.org/trans/danger/danger.html</a>.
The ICAO DGP-WG/26 meeting will represent the first meeting of the
2026-2027 biennium. ICAO DGP will consider proposals for the 2029-2030
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="https://www.icao.int/dangerous-goods/panel">https://www.icao.int/dangerous-goods/panel</a>.
Signed in Washington, DC, on April 20, 2026.
William Quade,
Acting Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety, Pipeline
and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
[FR Doc. 2026-07847 Filed 4-21-26; 8:45 am]
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