G/TBT/N/USA/2104  
12 March 2024  
(24-2237) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), Department of 
Transportation (DOT) [2135]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to h andle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  ], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other  [X]: To assure opportunity for public participation in the international regulatory 
development process, DOT and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) are 
soliciting comments and information pertaining to the draft proposed changes to the 
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) regulations. The focus of this solicitation is to 
identify issues or concerns with a proposed revised draft of SSR -6 (Rev. 1).  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Transport 
of radioactive materials; Transport (ICS code(s): 03.220); Accident and disaster control 
(ICS code(s): 13.200); Protection against dangerous goods (ICS code(s): 13.300); 
Products of the chemical industry (ICS code(s): 71.100)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Hazardous 
Materials: Request for Comments on Issues Concerning I nternational Atomic Energy 
Agency Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Materials; (2 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice; request for comments by 15 April 2024 - PHMSA and 
the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission are jointly seeking comments on issues 
concerning requirements in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) regulations 
for the safe transport of radioactive materials. The IAEA is considering revisions to their 
regulations as part of its periodic review cycle for  a new edition of those regulations.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety; Protection of the environment; 
Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
89 Federal Register (FR) 17537, 11 March 2024:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-03-11/html/2024 -05084.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-03-11/pdf/2024 -05084.pdf  G/TBT/N/USA/2104  
 
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  This notice; request for comments is identified by Docket Number PHMSA -2024-0004. 
The Docket Folde r is available on Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/PHMSA -2024-0004/document  and provides access 
to primary and supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents are also 
accessible from Regulations.gov  by sea rching the Docket Number. WTO Members and 
their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point . 
Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Membe rs and their 
stakeholders by 4pm Eastern Time  on 15 April 2024 will be shared with PHMSA and will 
also be submitted to the Docket  on Regulations.gov if received within the comment 
period.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  15 April 2024  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/TBT/USA/24_0198 0_00_e.pdf