Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 111 / Monday, June 11, 2007 / Notices 32161 

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 5, 2007. 

D.J. Stadtler, 

Director, Office of Budget, Federal Railroad 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E7–11154 Filed 6–8–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

International Standards on the 

Transport of Dangerous Goods; Public 

Meeting. 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice is to advise 

interested persons that PHMSA will 

conduct a public meeting in preparation 

for the 31st session of the United 

Nation’s Sub-Committee of Experts on 

the Transport of Dangerous Goods 

(UNSCOE) to be held July 2–6, 2007 in 

Geneva, Switzerland. In addition, input 

will be solicited on a five year agenda 

prioritizing PHMSA’s international 

work. 

DATES: Wednesday June 20, 2007; 9:30 

a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the new DOT Headquarters, West 

Building, Conference Rooms 8, 9 and 

10, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Duane Pfund, Director, Office of 

International Standards, Office of 

Hazardous Materials Safety, Department 

of Transportation, Washington, DC 

20590; (202) 366–0656. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

primary purpose of this meeting will be 

to prepare for the 31st session of the 

UNSCOE and to discuss draft U.S. 

postions on UNSCOE proposals. The 

31st session of the UNSCOE is the first 

meeting in the current biennium cycle. 

The UNSCOE will consider proposals 

for the 16th Revised Edition of the 

United Nations Recommendations on 

the Transport of Dangerous Goods 

Model Regulations which will come 

into force in the international 

regulations from January 1, 2011. Topics 

to be covered during the public 

meetings include: 

Transport of limited quantities and 

consumer commodities, classification 

and transport of explosives, transport of 

fireworks, subsidiary labeling for toxic 

by inhalation liquids, testing of aerosols, 

harmonization with the IAEA 

Regulations for the safe transport of 

radioactive materials, guiding principles 

for the development of the Model 

Regulations, and various miscellaneous 

proposals related to listing, 

classification, and hazard 

communication. In addition to soliciting 

comments on proposals to be 

considered at UNSCOE’s 31st session, 

we are also soliciting comments on 

possible work items for future UNSCOE 

meetings. 

To ensure transparency, stakeholder 

participation, and accountability, we are 

in addition developing a five-year 

agenda to establish priorties for our 

international work. This planning 

mechanism will allow us to forecast 

new technology developments and 

ensure appropriate safety regulations are 

implemented in a timely manner. 

The public is invited to attend 

without prior notification. Due to the 

heightened security measures 

participants are encouraged to arrive 

early to allow time for security checks 

necessary to obtain access to the 

building. In lieu of conducting a public 

meeting after the 31st session of the 

UNSCOE to present the results of the 

session, PHMSA will place a copy of the 

Sub-Committee’s report and an updated 

copy of the pre-meeting summary 

document on PHMSA’s Hazardous 

Materials Safety Homepage at http:// 

hazmat.dot.gov/regs/intl/ 

instandards.htm. 

Documents 

Copies of documents for the UNSCOE 

meeting and the meeting agenda may be 

obtained by downloading them from the 

United Natins Transport Division’s web 

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

main/dgdb/dgsubc/c32007.html. This 

site may also be accessed through 

PHMSA’s Hazardous Materials Safety 

homepage at http://hazmat.dot.gov/ 

regs/intl/intstandards.htm. PHMSA’s 

site provides additional information 

regarding the UNSCOE and related 

matters such as a summary of decisions 

taken at previous sessions of the 

UNSCOE. 

Robert A. Richard, 

Deputy Associate Administrator for 

Hazardous Materials Safety. 

[FR Doc. 07–2868 Filed 6–8–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Ex Parte No. 672] 

Rail Transportation of Resources 

Critical to the Nation’s Energy Supply 

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board, 

DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of public hearing. 

SUMMARY: The Surface Transportation 

Board will hold a public hearing 

beginning at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, July 

18, 2007, in the Ground Floor 

Conference Room of the Richard Bolling 

Federal Building, 601 East 12th Street, 

Kansas City, MO 64106. The purpose of 

the public hearing will be to examine 

issues related to the efficiency and 

reliability of rail transportation of 

resources critical to the nation’s energy 

supply, including coal, ethanol, and 

biofuels. 

DATES: The public hearing will take 

place on July 18, 2007. Any person 

wishing to speak at the hearing should 

file with the Board a written notice of 

intent to participate, and should 

identify the party, the proposed speaker, 

the time requested, and the topic(s) to 

be covered, as soon as possible but no 

later than June 19, 2007. Each speaker 

should also file with the Board his/her 

written testimony by July 5, 2007. 

Written submissions by interested 

persons who do not wish to appear at 

the hearing will also be due by July 5, 

2007. If a party intends to use audiovisual materials at the hearing, those 

materials should be submitted to the 

Board in electronic form by July 13, 

2007. 

ADDRESSES: All notices of intent to 

participate and testimony may be 

submitted either via the Board’s e-filing 

format or in the traditional paper 

format. Any person using e-filing should 

attach a document and otherwise 

comply with the instructions at the EFILING link on the Board’s Web site at 

http://www.stb.dot.gov. Any person 

submitting a filing in the traditional 

paper format should send an original 

and 10 copies of the filing to: Surface 

Transportation Board, Attn: STB Ex 

Parte No. 672, 395 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20423–0001. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: 

Timothy Strafford, (202) 245–0356. 

[Assistance for the hearing impaired is 

available through the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at: 

(800) 877–8339.] 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Board, created by Congress in 1996 to 

take over many of the functions 


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