[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 12, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11876-11877]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-03912]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2019-0224; Notice No. 2025-0001]


Hazardous Materials: Notice of Public Meetings in 2025 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 2025 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 four public meetings during 2025 in advance of 
certain international meetings. The first meeting will be held in 
preparation of the International Civil Aviation Organization's (ICAO) 
Dangerous Goods Panel (DGP) Working Group 25 (WG/25) scheduled for 
April 21-25, 2025 in Delhi, India. The second meeting will be held in 
preparation of the 66th session of the United Nations Sub-Committee of 
Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (UNSCOE TDG) scheduled for 
June 30-July 4, 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland. The third meeting will be 
held in preparation of the 30th session of the ICAO DGP (DGP/30) 
scheduled for October 6-10, 2025 in Montreal, Canada. The fourth 
meeting will be held in preparation of the 67th session of the UNSCOE 
TDG scheduled for November 24-December 3, 2024 in Geneva, Switzerland. 
For each of these meetings, PHMSA will solicit public input on current 
proposals.

ADDRESSES: Each public meeting will take place approximately two weeks 
preceding the international meeting at DOT Headquarters, West Building, 
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001. A remote 
participation option will also be available. 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Webb or Aaron Wiener, U.S.

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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 66th and 67th sessions of UNSCOE TDG will represent the first 
round of 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 www.unece.org/trans/danger/danger.html.
    ICAO DGP-WG/25 and DGP/30 meetings represent the second and final 
round of meetings of the 2024-2025 biennium. ICAO DGP will consider 
proposals for the 2027-2028 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 www.icao.int/safety/DangerousGoods/Pages/DGPMeetings.aspx.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on March 7, 2025.
William S. Schoonover,
Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety, Pipeline and 
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
[FR Doc. 2025-03912 Filed 3-11-25; 8:45 am]
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