[Federal Register: March 1, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 41)]
[Proposed Rules]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Research and Special Programs Administration
49 CFR Parts 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180
[Docket No. RSPA-99-6283 (HM-230)]
RIN 2137-AD39
Hazardous Materials Regulations; Compatibility With the
Regulations of the International Atomic Energy Agency
AGENCY: Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA), DOT.
ACTION: Advance notice of proposed rulemaking: extension of time to
file comments.
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SUMMARY: RSPA is extending for 90 days, until June 29, 2000, the period
for filing comments to an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM)
published under Docket HM-230. RSPA is taking this action in response
to a petition filed by the United States Department of Energy (DOE).
DOE requested that RSPA allow additional time for interested persons to
review and provide comments on the ANPRM and the recent changes
contained in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) publication
titled ``IAEA Safety Standards Series: Regulations for the Safe
Transport of Radioactive Material, 1996 Edition, Requirements, No. ST-
1'' (hereafter referred to as ST-1).
DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 29, 2000. To the
extent practicable, we will consider comments received after this date.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to the Dockets Management System,
U.S. Department of Transportation, PL 401, 400 Seventh Street, SW,
Washington, D.C. 20590-0001. Comments should refer to Docket Number
RSPA-99-6283 and be submitted in two copies. If you wish to receive
confirmation of receipt of your written comments, include a self-
addressed, stamped postcard. Comments may also be submitted to the
docket electronically by logging onto the Dockets Management System
website at http://dms.dot.gov. Click on ``Help & Information'' to
obtain instructions for filing the comment electronically. In every
case, the comment should refer to the Docket number ``RSPA-99-6283''.
The Dockets Management System is located on the Plaza level of the
Nassif Building at the Department of Transportation at the above
address. You can review public dockets there between the hours of 9:00
a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. You
can also review comments on-line at the DOT Dockets Management System
web site at ``http://dms.dot.gov/.''
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Fred D. Ferate II, Office of
Hazardous Materials Technology, (202) 366-4545, or Charles E. Betts,
Office of Hazardous Materials Standards, (202) 366-8553; RSPA, U.S.
Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC
20590-0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 28, 1999, RSPA published an
ANPRM in the Federal Register under Docket HM-230 (64 FR 72633) that
solicits comments on the development of regulations to harmonize the
radioactive materials requirements in the Hazardous Materials
Regulations (HMR) with the recent changes contained in the IAEA
publication, ST-1, on the transportation of radioactive materials. In
the ANPRM, specific comments are requested from interested persons in
defining the scope of the notice of proposed rulemaking, i.e., extent
to which differences between the HMR and the IAEA publication ST-1
should be considered in proposing changes to the HMR.
RSPA received a petition from DOE requesting an extension of the
comment period to the ANPRM for an additional 90 days. DOE stated that
it is still in the process of obtaining and distributing the
information in ST-1 to its sizeable transportation community. RSPA
agrees additional time should be allowed and is extending the comment
period from March 29, 2000 to June 29, 2000.
Issued in Washington, DC on February 23, 2000, under authority
delegated in 49 CFR Part 106.
Robert A. McGuire,
Acting Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety.
[FR Doc. 00-4926 Filed 2-29-00; 8:45 am]
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