[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 65 (Friday, April 4, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 16107-16108]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8612]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs Administration

49 CFR Part 171

[Docket No. RSPA-97-2133 (HM-225)]
RIN 2137-AC97


Hazardous Materials: Cargo Tank Motor Vehicles in Liquefied 
Compressed Gas Service; Clarification

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA), DOT.

ACTION: Clarification and change of a workshop date.

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SUMMARY: This action clarifies the size and location of a marking 
provision required by an interim final rule published in the Federal 
Register on February 19, 1997. This clarification is in response to 
inquiries received by RSPA. Additionally, in response to a request from 
the National Propane Gas Association RSPA announces a change of date 
for a public workshop originally scheduled for April 8-9, 1997.

DATES: The workshop is rescheduled to April 16-17, 1997, from 9:00 a.m. 
to 5:00 p.m. in Washington, DC. If all presentations and reviews are 
completed on April 16, the workshop will be adjourned without 
reconvening on April 17, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Karim, Office of Hazardous 
Materials Standards (DHM-10), Research and Special Programs 
Administration, Room 8102, 400

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Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20590-0001, Telephone (202) 366-
8553.

ADDRESSES: The public workshop will be held in Room 8236-40, U.S. 
Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: RSPA received general requests for 
clarification concerning the size and placement of the marking required 
by Sec. 171.5(b) of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (49 CFR parts 
171-180). This temporary marking requirement was adopted in an interim 
final rule (IFR) published in the Federal Register on February 19, 1997 
[62 FR 7638]. The marking dimensions specified in the IFR are the 
minimum acceptable size markings. It is permissible to make the marking 
proportionally larger. Also, in the IFR, RSPA did not indicate the 
exact location for placing this marking on the cargo tank. On February 
21, 1997, RSPA responded to a request for clarification from the 
National Tank Truck Carriers, Inc. by stating that the marking should 
be placed at or near a tank's specification plate.
    In the IFR, RSPA announced that two public workshops would be held 
in Washington, DC. The first workshop was held on March 4-5, 1997. It 
served as a forum for exchange of information and ideas concerning 
emergency discharge control systems on cargo tanks. The second 
workshop, now scheduled for April 16-17, 1997, will focus on review of 
prototype designs for proposed product discharge control systems, and a 
review of research and development actions initiated by industry to 
meet the requirements specified in the HMR.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on March 31, 1997.
Alan I. Roberts,
Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety.
[FR Doc. 97-8612 Filed 4-3-97; 8:45 am]
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