[Federal Register: February 8, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 27)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket Number PHMSA-2007-28119; Notice No. 07-9]
Proposed Recommended Practices for Bulk Loading and Unloading of
Hazardous Materials in Transportation
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA).
ACTION: Notice; request for comments; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: PHMSA is extending until March 14, 2008, the period for
interested persons to submit comments on the agency's January 4, 2008
notice concerning proposed recommended practices for bulk loading and
unloading of hazardous materials. The January 4, 2008 notice summarizes
incident data related to bulk loading and unloading operations;
discusses recommendations issued by the National Transportation Safety
Board and the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board; provides
an overview of current Federal regulations applicable to bulk loading
and unloading operations; summarizes the results of a public workshop
PHMSA hosted last year; and sets forth proposed recommended practices
for bulk loading and unloading operations. Based on information and
comments received, we plan to consider strategies for enhancing the
safety of bulk loading and unloading operations, including whether
additional regulatory requirements may be necessary.
DATES: Submit comments by March 14, 2008. To the extent possible, we
will consider comments received after this date and consider strategies
including additional regulatory requirements, as necessary.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by the docket number
PHMSA-2007-28119; Notice No. 07-9 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Web Site: http://dms.dot.gov. Follow the instructions for
submitting comments on the DOT electronic docket site.
Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
Mail: Docket Operations, U.S. Department of
Transportation, West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Routing
Symbol M-30, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590.
Hand Delivery: To Docket Operations, Room W12-140 on the
ground floor of the West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal Holidays.
Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and
docket number for this notice at the beginning of the comment. Note
that all comments received will be posted without change to the docket
management system, including any personal information provided.
Docket: For access to the dockets to read background documents or
comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov or http://dms.dot.gov
(until December 31, 2007) or DOT's Docket Operations Office
(see ADDRESSES).
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of any
written communications and comments received into any of our dockets by
the name of the individual submitting the document (or signing the
document, if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor
union, etc.). You may review DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in
the Federal Register published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477) or you
may visit http://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick Boyle, Office of Hazardous
Materials Technology, (202) 366-4545 or Kurt Eichenlaub, Office of
Hazardous Materials Standards, (202) 366-8553, Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 4, 2008, the Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA, we) published a
notice (No. 07-9) under Docket PHMSA-2007-28119 soliciting information
and comments on proposed recommended practices for loading and
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unloading operations involving bulk packagings used to transport
hazardous materials.
In the January 4, 2008 notice, we summarized incident data related
to bulk loading and unloading operations; discussed recommendations
issued by the National Transportation Safety Board and the Chemical
Safety and Hazard Investigation Board; provided an overview of current
Federal regulations applicable to bulk loading and unloading
operations; summarized the results of a public workshop we hosted last
year; and set forth proposed recommended practices for bulk loading and
unloading operations. The comment period for the notice was to end on
February 8, 2008.
The American Trucking Association (ATA) requests an additional 30
days in which to submit comments to the notice. ATA states additional
time will allow its members to more fully understand and comment on the
potential impact of the proposed recommended practices to the trucking
industry. We agree that an extension of 30 days is in the public
interest and, accordingly, we are extending the closing date of the
comment period until March 14, 2008.
Issued in Washington, DC on February 5, 2008.
Robert Richard,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety.
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