Hazardous Materials: Use of Non-Specification Open-Head Fiber Drum Packagings

SUMMARY: RSPA is allowing the transportation of certain liquid hazardous materials in non-specification open-head fiber drums until September 30, 1999, if the fiber drums have been filled before, and are not emptied and refilled after, the expiration of the current authority for the use of these packagings. RSPA is terminating its rulemakings relating to alternate standards for open-head fiber drums based on the recommendation of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) that RSPA should not extend authorization for the transportation of liquid hazardous materials in open-head fiber drums that do not meet the performance-oriented packaging standards adopted in RSPA's rulemaking docket No. HM-181. This action completes the rulemakings mandated by Section 406 of the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act concerning alternate standards for open-head fiber drums used in the transportation of liquid hazardous materials.

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