62516 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 206 / Tuesday, October 26, 2004 / Notices 

[FR Doc. 04–23880 Filed 10–25–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4909–60–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs 

Administration 

International Standards on the 

Transport of Dangerous Goods; Public 

Meetings

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs 

Administration (RSPA), Department of 

Transportation.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

SUMMARY: This notice is to advise 

interested persons that RSPA will 

conduct public meetings in preparation 

for and to report the results of the 26th 

session of the United Nation’s SubCommittee of Experts on the Transport 

of Dangerous Goods (UNSCOE) to be 

held November 29–December 7, 2004, in 

Geneva, Switzerland.

DATES: November 23, 2004, 9:30 a.m.–

12:30 p.m., Room 6200. December 15, 

2004, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m., Room 6200.

ADDRESSES: Both meetings will be held 

at DOT Headquarters, Nassif Building, 

400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, 

DC 20590.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Bob Richard, International Standards 

Coordinator, or Mr. Duane Pfund, 

Assistant International Standards 

Coordinator, Office of Hazardous 

Materials Safety, Department of 

Transportation, Washington, DC 20590; 

(202) 366–0656.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

primary purpose of the first meeting 

will be to prepare for the 26th session 

of the UNSCOE and to discuss draft U.S. 

positions on UNSCOE proposals. The 

primary purpose of the second meeting 

will be to provide a briefing on the 

outcome of the UNSCOE session and to 

prepare for the 27th session of the 

UNSCOE. The 26th session of the 

UNSCOE is the final meeting in the 

current biennium cycle and will finalize 

amendments considered for the 14th 

Revised Edition of the United Nations 

Recommendations on the Transport of 

Dangerous Goods Model Regulations. 

Topics to be covered during the public 

meeting include: 

(1) Harmonization of the 

Recommendations on the Transport of 

Dangerous Goods with the Globally 

Harmonized System of Classification 

and Labeling of Chemicals, (2) Hazards 

to the aquatic environment, (3) 

Transport of Dangerous Goods in 

limited quantities and consumer 

commodities, (4) Infectious Substances, 

(5) Vibration design type testing, (6) 

Entries for fuel cell devices and 

cartridges, (7) Procedures for incident 

reporting, (8) Harmonization with the 

IAEA Regulations for the safe transport 

of radioactive materials, (9) 

Miscellaneous proposals related to 

listing and classification and the use of 

packagings and tanks. The public is 

invited to attend without prior 

notification. Due to heightened security 

measures participants are encouraged to 

arrive early to allow time for security 

checks necessary to obtain access to the 

building. 

Documents 

Copies of documents for the UNSCOE 

meeting and the meeting agenda may be 

obtained by downloading them from the 

United Nations Transport Division’s 

Web site at: http://www.unece.org/trans/

main/dgbd/dgsubc/c32004.html. This 

site may also be accessed through 

RSPA’s Hazardous Materials Safety 

home page at http://hazmat.dot.gov/

instandards.htm. RSPA’s site provides 

additional information regarding the 

UNSCOE and related matters such as a 

summary of decisions taken at previous 

sessions of the UNSCOE.

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 20, 

2004. 

Frits Wybenga, 

Deputy Associate Administrator for 

Hazardous Materials Safety.

[FR Doc. 04–23881 Filed 10–25–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs 

Administration 

[Docket No. RSPA–04–19091; Notice 1] 

Pipeline Safety: Petition for Waiver; 

Tuscarora Gas Transmission Company

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs 

Administration (RSPA), U.S. 

Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice; Petition for Waiver.

SUMMARY: Tuscarora Gas Transmission 

Company has petitioned the Research 

and Special Programs Administration, 

Office of Pipeline Safety (RSPA/OPS) 

for a waiver of the pipeline safety 

regulation that requires each onshore 

gas transmission pipeline in a Class 1 

location to have sectionalizing block 

valves spaced at a maximum distance of 

20 miles.

DATES: Persons interested in submitting 

written comments on the waiver request 

described in this notice must do so by 

November 26, 2004. Late filed 

comments will be considered so far as 

practicable.

ADDRESSES: You may submit written 

comments by mailing or delivering an 

original and two copies to the Dockets 

Facility, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Room PL–401, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20590–0001. The Dockets Facility is 

open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except on Federal 

holidays when the facility is closed. 

Alternatively, you may submit written 

comments to the docket electronically at 

the following Web address: http://

dms.dot.gov. 

All written comments should identify 

the docket and notice numbers stated in 

the heading of this notice. Anyone who 

wants confirmation of mailed comments 

must include a self-addressed stamped 

postcard. To file written comments 

electronically, after logging on to http:/

/dms.dot.gov, click on ‘‘Comment/

Submissions.’’ You can also read 

comments and other material in the 

docket. General information about the 

Federal pipeline safety program is 

available at http://ops.dot.gov.

Anyone is able to search the 

electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment 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 (volume 65, 

number 70; pages 19477–78), or you 

may visit http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

James Reynolds by phone at 202–366–

2786, by fax at 202–366–4566, by mail 

at DOT, RSPA, Office of Pipeline Safety, 

400 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20590, or by e-mail at 

james.reynolds@rspa.dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

pipeline safety regulations at 49 CFR 

192.179 require that each point on an 

onshore gas pipeline in a Class 1 

location must be within 10 miles of a 

sectionalizing block valve, unless in a 

particular case the RSPA Administrator 

finds that alternative spacing would 

provide an equivalent level of safety. 

This means that the distance between 

valves in a Class 1 location may not 

exceed 20 miles. During a recent review 

of its records, Tuscarora Gas 

Transmission Company (Tuscarora) 

discovered that during construction the 

upstream portions of its pipeline in 

Lassen County, California, were slightly 

re-routed to avoid a sensitive 

environmental habitat. As a result, the 

spacing between main line valves MLV–