Pipeline safety: Hazardous liquid transportation— Liquefied compressed gases,

[Federal Register: April 7, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 66)]

[Proposed Rules]

[Page 16882]

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

[DOCID:fr07ap99-20]

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs Administration

49 CFR Parts 171, 177, 178, 180

[Docket No. RSPA-97-2718 (HM-225A)]

RIN 2137-AD07

Hazardous Materials: Revision to Regulations Governing Transportation and Unloading of Liquefied Compressed Gases

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Negotiated Rulemaking Committee Meeting.

SUMMARY: RSPA gives notice of a negotiated rulemaking advisory committee (the Committee) meeting for May 4-5, 1999. This notice is issued in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The purpose of this meeting is for the Committee to negotiate the content of a final rule to be issued by RSPA. The final rule will address requirements for alternative safety standards for preventing and mitigating unintentional releases of hazardous materials during the unloading of cargo tank motor vehicles in liquefied compressed gas service. The public is invited to attend; an opportunity for members of the public to make oral presentations will be provided if time permits.

DATES: The May 4-5, 1999 meeting is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the Department of Transportation, Room 6244-6248, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Karim or Susan Gorsky, (202) 366-8553, Office of Hazardous Materials Standards, Research and Special Programs Administration, Department of Transportation. Facilitator: Philip J. Harter, The Mediation Consortium, (202) 887-1033.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 22, 1999, RSPA published in the Federal Register a notice of proposed rulemaking (64 FR 13856) recommending alternative safety standards for preventing and mitigating unintentional releases of hazardous materials during the unloading of cargo tank motor vehicles in liquefied compressed gas service. This proposed rule was developed through consensus by the Committee. The Committee was established to develop recommendations for alternative safety standards for preventing and mitigating unintentional releases of hazardous materials during the unloading of cargo tank motor vehicles in liquefied compressed gas service. Meeting summaries and other relevant materials are placed in the public docket and can be accessed through (http://dms.dot.gov).

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 2, 1999, under authority delegated in 49 CFR Part 1. Thomas G. Allan, Acting Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Standards, Research and Special Programs Administration.

[FR Doc. 99-8629Filed4-6-99; 8:45 am]

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