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Executive Order 13132—Federalism 

This rule does not have Federalism 

implications. SMCRA delineates the 

roles of the Federal and State 

governments with regard to the 

regulation of surface coal mining and 

reclamation operations. One of the 

purposes of SMCRA is to ‘‘establish a 

nationwide program to protect society 

and the environment from the adverse 

effects of surface coal mining 

operations.’’ Section 503(a)(1) of 

SMCRA requires that State laws 

regulating surface coal mining and 

reclamation operations be ‘‘in 

accordance with’’ the requirements of 

SMCRA, and section 503(a)(7) requires 

that State programs contain rules and 

regulations ‘‘consistent with’’ 

regulations issued by the Secretary 

pursuant to SMCRA. 

Executive Order 13175—Consultation 

and Coordination with Indian Tribal 

Governments 

In accordance with Executive Order 

13175, we have evaluated the potential 

effects of this rule on Federallyrecognized Indian Tribes and have 

determined that the rule does not have 

substantial direct effects on one or more 

Indian Tribes, on the relationship 

between the Federal Government and 

Indian Tribes, or on the distribution of 

power and responsibilities between the 

Federal Government and Indian Tribes. 

The basis for this determination is that 

our decision is on a State regulatory 

program and does not involve a Federal 

regulation involving Indian lands. 

Executive Order 13211—Regulations 

that Significantly Affect the Supply, 

Distribution, or Use of Energy 

On May 18, 2001, the President issued 

Executive Order 13211 which requires 

agencies to prepare a Statement of 

Energy Effects for a rule that is (1) 

considered significant under Executive 

Order 12866, and (2) likely to have a 

significant adverse effect on the supply, 

distribution, or use of energy. Because 

this rule is exempt from review under 

Executive Order 12866 and is not 

expected to have a significant adverse 

effect on the supply, distribution, or use 

of energy, a Statement of Energy Effects 

is not required. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

This rule does not require an 

environmental impact statement 

because section 702(d) of SMCRA (30 

U.S.C. 1292(d)) provides that agency 

decisions on proposed State regulatory 

program provisions do not constitute 

major Federal actions within the 

meaning of section 102(2)(C) of the 

National Environmental Policy Act (42 

U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)). 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

This rule does not contain 

information collection requirements that 

require approval by OMB under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3507 et seq.). 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

The Department of the Interior 

certifies that this rule will not have a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities 

under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 

U.S.C. 601 et seq.). The State submittal, 

which is the subject of this rule, is based 

upon counterpart Federal regulations for 

which an economic analysis was 

prepared and certification made that 

such regulations would not have a 

significant economic effect upon a 

substantial number of small entities. In 

making the determination as to whether 

this rule would have a significant 

economic impact, the Department relied 

upon the data and assumptions for the 

counterpart Federal regulations. 

Small Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act 

This rule is not a major rule under 5 

U.S.C. 804(2), the Small Business 

Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act. 

This rule: (a) Does not have an annual 

effect on the economy of $100 million; 

(b) Will not cause a major increase in 

costs or prices for consumers, 

individual industries, Federal, State, or 

local government agencies, or 

geographic regions; and (c) Does not 

have significant adverse effects on 

competition, employment, investment, 

productivity, innovation, or the ability 

of U.S.-based enterprises to compete 

with foreign-based enterprises. This 

determination is based upon the 

analysis performed under various laws 

and executive orders for the counterpart 

Federal regulations. 

Unfunded Mandates 

This rule will not impose an 

unfunded mandate on State, local, or 

Tribal governments or the private sector 

of $100 million or more in any given 

year. This determination is based upon 

the analysis performed under various 

laws and executive orders for the 

counterpart Federal regulations. 

List of Subjects in 30 CFR Part 948 

Intergovernmental relations, Surface 

mining, Underground mining. 

Dated: August 8, 2009. 

Michael K. Robinson, 

Acting Regional Director, Appalachian 

Region. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–05–P 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

41 CFR Parts 300–70 and 302–1 

[FTR Case 2009–306; Docket 2009–0011, 

Sequence 1] 

RIN 3090–AI94 

Federal Travel Regulation (FTR); FTR 

Case 2009–306; Relocation Allowances 

AGENCY: Office of Governmentwide 

Policy (OGP), General Services 

Administration (GSA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: This proposed rule defines a 

process for collecting transaction-level 

data regarding relocation of Federal 

civilian employees. Specifically, this 

proposed rule would require that 

agencies that spend more than $5 

million per year on travel and relocation 

send transaction-level data on relocation 

to GSA at least quarterly. GSA will store 

this data in a data warehouse that the 

agencies will be able to query to answer 

operational, managerial, and policy 

questions. In addition to the transactionlevel reporting process, this proposed 

rule also would establish an annual 

reporting requirement for data regarding 

employee relocation and would modify 

the existing requirement for large 

agencies to collect and report data on 

temporary duty travel on an annual 

basis, instead of biennially. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before December 21, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

identified by FTR case 2009–306 by any 

of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Search for any 

document by typing in the FTR case 

number (for example, FTR case 2009– 

306) and clicking on the ‘‘Go’’ button. 

• Fax: 202–501–4067. 

• Mail: General Services 

Administration, Regulatory Secretariat 

(MVPR), 1800 F Street, NW., Room 

4041, ATTN: Hada Flowers, 

Washington, DC 20405. 

Instructions: Please submit comments 

only and cite FTR case 2009–306 in all 

correspondence related to this case. All 

comments received will be posted 

without change to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

clarification of content, contact Mr. 

Henry Maury, OGP, Office of Travel, 

Transportation, and Asset Management, 

at (202) 208–7928. For information 

pertaining to status or publication 

schedules contact the Regulatory 

Secretariat (MVPR), Room 4041, 1800 F 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20405, 

(202) 501–4755. Please cite FTR case 

2009–306. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Background 

In 1986, Congress amended 5 U.S.C. 

5707 for travel and relocation by 

mandating that GSA collect and report 

data from certain Federal agencies (Pub. 

L. 99–234). This mandate expired in 

1991 but was permanently reinstated in 

1994 by Public Law 103–329, Sec. 

634(c), 5 U.S.C. 5707(c). In summary, 

the current statute states: 

• The Administrator of General 

Services shall submit to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), at least 

once every two years, a report on agency 

spending on temporary duty travel and 

relocation. 

• The report shall be an analysis of 

estimated total agency payments for 

items such as travel, transportation, 

average cost and duration of trips, 

purposes of official travel, and 

estimated total agency payments for 

relocation. 

• The report shall be based on a 

sampling survey of agencies that spent 

more than $5 million during the 

previous fiscal year on travel and 

relocation combined. 

• The agencies that spent more that 

$5 million during the previous fiscal 

year shall provide the necessary 

information to GSA in a format 

prescribed by GSA. 

GSA has surveyed the agencies, in 

accordance with this statute, several 

times since 1994. The results have not 

been useful. The governmentwide totals 

were clearly far less than the actual 

governmentwide expenditures as 

estimated by GSA, OMB, and the trade 

press. 

One explanation for the lack of data 

is that agencies had no way to gather it 

at a reasonable cost. For both temporary 

duty travel and relocation, the agencies 

found it impossible to provide complete 

and reliable answers to the questions 

because they had no central repository 

for this data. Instead, agencies had to 

survey each of the thousands of 

locations where travel or relocation 

orders were authorized and, in most 

cases, they had to actually copy and add 

the values from paper copies of travel 

and relocation orders. 

Today, all documentation for travel 

and relocation should be fully 

automated, so it should be much easier 

to collect complete and reliable data. 

For temporary duty travel, agencies are 

in the final stages of migrating to 

eTravel systems, which can provide the 

required data easily. For employee 

relocation, GSA expects shortly to 

publish a final rule that urges agencies 

to move to comprehensive, automated, 

relocation management systems, which 

again should be able to provide the data 

that they are required to report. 

Data collection processes for travel 

and relocation should provide: 

1. Accurate, complete, transparent, 

and reliable totals of expenditures that 

can be tracked year-to-year, on an 

agencywide and governmentwide basis. 

2. Accurate, complete, transparent, 

and reliable totals of the major 

components of travel and relocation, 

such as lodging, air travel, household 

goods shipments, residence transaction 

reimbursements, etc., also with enough 

consistency that they can be tracked 

year-to-year. 

3. Enough detail that Federal 

agencies, GSA, OMB, Congress, and the 

public can analyze the information, 

identify policies that perhaps ought to 

be adjusted, determine whether those 

policy levers actually should be moved, 

and determine the direction and 

amplitude of appropriate changes in 

policy (a policy lever in this context is 

a point at which the statute or 

regulation allows, or should allow, GSA 

or agency relocation managers to make 

adjustments in response to changes in 

the market, changes in relocation 

patterns, etc.). 

For example, household goods 

shipments have been limited to 18,000 

pounds per household at least since 

1966, but GSA has never had data to 

determine whether the current statutory 

weight limitation should be higher, 

lower, or tiered in some fashion. 

Transaction-level data would allow GSA 

to answer these questions, as well as 

similar questions about many other 

current provisions. 

This proposed rule would replace the 

existing reporting process described in 

FTR part 300–70 with separate reporting 

requirements for temporary duty travel 

and employee relocation. The travel 

reporting requirement would remain in 

FTR part 300–70, but the employee 

relocation reporting requirement would 

now be in FTR part 302–1. 

For temporary duty travel, GSA’s 

Federal Acquisition Service is building 

a data warehouse with information 

derived from vouchers in the eTravel 

systems, Travel Management Services, 

banks that issue the Government’s travel 

charge cards, and other sources. This 

warehouse, when it is fully operational, 

will allow the agencies, GSA, OMB, and 

Congress to answer a wide range of 

questions about temporary duty travel. 

In the meantime, this proposed rule 

would simplify the requirements in FTR 

part 300–70, stating only that GSA will 

provide the required data elements, 

report format, and due dates in an FTR 

bulletin. This proposed rule would also 

change the reporting requirement for 

temporary duty travel from biennial to 

annual. 

For employee relocation, GSA and the 

Executive Relocation Steering 

Committee (ERSC, a Governmentwide 

body chartered and chaired by GSA) 

have determined that the only way to 

ensure the accuracy described in 

paragraph numbers 1 and 2, above, and 

to provide the detail required by 

paragraph number 3, is to collect 

transaction-level information. GSA’s 

OGP is building a data warehouse to 

store this information and make it 

available to appropriate parties. This 

proposed rule would establish the basic 

requirements for the affected agencies to 

gather and send the necessary, 

transaction-level information to GSA. 

Concurrent with this proposed rule, 

GSA is publishing a Notice in this 

Federal Register. The Notice announces 

and requests comments on this 

proposed rule and a proposed FTR 

Bulletin. The proposed FTR bulletin 

itself can be viewed on GSA’s Web site, 

at http://www.gsa.gov/relo; it consists 

primarily of a data dictionary, with the 

list of data elements, field lengths, 

coding, definitions, and suggested data 

sources that the affected agencies would 

be required to report. GSA would 

update this FTR bulletin whenever GSA 

and the ERSC determine that a change 

is needed. 

This proposed rule would also 

establish an annual reporting 

requirement for employee relocation 

data. At first glance, this requirement 

may seem redundant, since the agencies 

will be providing the data to GSA’s data 

warehouse, and then presumably will be 

extracting summary data from that 

warehouse for the annual report; 

however, it is not redundant because it 

has very different objectives. The 

objectives of the annual reporting 

requirement are: 

1. To have a senior executive at each 

agency ensure the accuracy, 

completeness, and reliability of the data 

that the agency has sent to the 

warehouse; and 

2. To make those executives cognizant 

of the full extent of their agencies’ 

relocation programs. 


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GSA expects to publish the details of 

the annual reporting requirement (data 

elements, format, due date, etc.), along 

with details of the transaction-level 

process, in a second FTR bulletin. This 

second bulletin will be fully 

coordinated with the ERSC before 

publication, and it will also be updated 

as necessary. GSA is postponing this 

second Bulletin because it would not be 

reasonable to require annual reports 

until a majority of agencies are sending 

transaction data to the data warehouse. 

The statute, at 5 U.S.C. 5707(c), as 

summarized above, states that The 

Administrator of General Services shall 

submit to OMB, at least once every two 

years, a report on agency spending on 

temporary duty travel and relocation. 

GSA believes that requiring the 

transaction-level data collection process 

and annual reporting by agencies will 

allow GSA to compile the necessary 

data to fulfill the statute’s intent within 

the timeframes prescribed. The intent of 

the statute is to make Federal relocation 

data transparent to all interested parties 

and, thereby, to make it much easier for 

OMB, GSA, and Federal agency 

executives to manage relocation more 

efficiently and effectively. It is clear 

from the Governmentwide Relocation 

Advisory Board report and from the 

analysis by the GSA and the ERSC that 

only a transaction-level reporting 

process can accomplish this intent. 

GSA’s intention is to make this rule 

effective on the date that the final rule 

is published in the Federal Register. 

GSA recognizes that many agencies will 

not be able to fulfill the requirements 

immediately. GSA also notes, however, 

that since 1994 (and previously, 1985– 

1991) 5 U.S.C. 5707(c) has required that 

agencies spending more than $5 million 

per year on travel and relocation be able 

to provide data to GSA, so that GSA 

could fulfill its reporting requirements. 

Several private sector companies sell 

systems that agencies can use to collect 

and send the data described in the 

proposed FTR Bulletin associated with 

this proposed rule, and a number of 

agencies have agency-developed 

systems that can be modified to collect 

and send the required data. GSA will 

work closely with the affected agencies 

to help them fulfill the requirement 

once issued as a final rule. 

B. Proposed Rule 

This proposed rule would change the 

reporting requirement for data regarding 

temporary duty and employee 

relocation from biennial to annual, and 

it would add a requirement that 

agencies submit selected data from 

every employee relocation transaction to 

the GSA relocation data warehouse. 

C. Changes to Current FTR 

This proposed rule would replace 

FTR sections 300–70.1, 300–70.2, and 

part 302–1, subpart B, in their entirety. 

D. Executive Order 12866 

This proposed rule is excepted from 

the definition of ‘‘regulation’’ or ‘‘rule’’ 

under section 3(d)(3) of Executive Order 

12866, Regulatory Planning and Review, 

dated September 30, 1993, and 

therefore, was not subject to review 

under section 6(b) of that Executive 

Order. 

E. Regulatory Flexibility Act 

This proposed rule is not required to 

be published in the Federal Register for 

notice and comment as per the 

exemption specified in 5 U.S.C. 

553(a)(2); therefore, the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601, et seq., 

does not apply. 

F. Paperwork Reduction Act 

The Paperwork Reduction Act does 

not apply because these proposed 

changes to the FTR do not impose 

information collection requirements that 

require the approval of OMB under 44 

U.S.C. 3501, et seq. 

G. Small Business Regulatory 

Enforcement Fairness Act 

This proposed rule is also exempt 

from congressional review under 5 

U.S.C. 801 since it relates solely to 

agency management and personnel. 

List of Subjects in 41 CFR Parts 300–70 

and 302–1 

Agency Reporting Requirements and 

General Rules. 

Dated: June 29, 2009. 

Stan Kaczmarczyk, 

Acting Associate Administrator, Office of 

Governmentwide Policy. 

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5701– 

5709, GSA proposes to amend 41 CFR 

Parts 300–70 and 302–1 as set forth 

below: 

PART 300–70—AGENCY REPORTING 

REQUIREMENTS 

1. The authority citation for 41 CFR 

Part 300–70 continues to read as 

follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5707; 5 U.S.C. 5738; 5 

U.S.C. 5741–5742; 20 U.S.C. 905(a); 31 U.S.C. 

1353; 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 49 U.S.C. 40118; E.O. 

11609, 3 CFR, 1971–1975 Comp., p. 586. 

2. Revise § 300–70.1 to read as 

follows: 

§ 300–70.1 What are the requirements for 

reporting payments for employee travel and 

relocation? 

Agencies (as defined in § 301–1.1 of 

this title) that spent more than $5 

million on travel and transportation 

payments, including relocation, during 

the fiscal year immediately preceding 

the report due date, must report such 

total agency payments as described in 

this regulation. 

(a) Specific information on reporting 

payments for temporary duty travel are 

in this subpart. 

(b) Specific information on reporting 

payments for employee relocation are in 

Part 302–1, Subpart B. 

3. Revise § 300–70.2 to read as 

follows: 

§ 300–70.2 What information must we 

report, and when must we report it? 

GSA provides the list of data 

elements, the report formats, and the 

due dates in a series of FTR bulletins. 

GSA coordinates these FTR bulletins 

with the affected agencies and updates 

them as needed. FTR bulletins are 

available through: http://www.gsa.gov/ 

ftrbulletins. 

PART 302–1—GENERAL RULES 

4. The authority citation for 41 CFR 

part 302–1 is revised to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5707(c); 5 U.S.C. 5738; 

20 U.S.C. 905(a). 

5. Add subpart B to part 302–1 to read 

as follows: 

Subpart B—Reporting Requirements 

Sec. 

302–1.100 [Reserved] 

302–1.101 [Reserved] 

302–1.102 Are we required to report to GSA 

on employee relocation activities? 

302–1.104 What data must we provide to 

the GSA relocation data warehouse? 

302–1.105 When must we collect the data 

for the GSA relocation data warehouse? 

302–1.106 When must we send the data to 

the GSA relocation data warehouse? 

302–1.107 What data must we send to GSA 

in our annual report? 

302–1.108 Who must sign the annual 

report? 

302–1.109 May an agency report at the 

bureau level? 

Subpart B—Reporting Requirements 

§ 302–1.100 [Reserved] 

§ 302–1.101 [Reserved] 

§ 302–1.102 Are we required to report to 

GSA on employee relocation activities? 

Yes, every agency that spent more 

than $5 million during the preceding 

fiscal year on travel and transportation 

payments, including relocation, must 

report to GSA on their employee 


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relocation activities, as provided in this 

subpart. Agencies that spend $5 million 

per year or less are also welcome to 

participate. 

§ 302–1.103 What data collection 

processes will GSA employ for employee 

relocation? 

(a) GSA collects transaction-level 

data, which is stored in a data 

warehouse and made available for 

analysis to appropriate officials. 

(b) In addition, reporting agencies 

must submit annual summary reports to 

GSA, signed by a senior executive as 

specified in FTR 302–1.108. 

§ 302–1.104 What data must we provide to 

the GSA relocation data warehouse? 

GSA works with the affected agencies 

to develop the data elements and report 

format for this information, and 

publishes the specific requirements in a 

series of FTR bulletins. These bulletins 

provide the data dictionary and details 

on the reporting processes (i.e., annual 

and transactional). FTR bulletins are 

available through http://www.gsa.gov/ 

ftrbulletins. 

§ 302–1.105 When must we collect the data 

for the GSA relocation data warehouse? 

The affected agencies must collect the 

data elements listed in the data 

dictionary from every relocation 

transaction that includes one or more of 

the required data elements. This 

includes all travel authorizations for 

relocation, plus allowances, 

reimbursements, and direct payments to 

vendors. 

§ 302–1.106 When must we send the data 

to the GSA relocation data warehouse? 

The affected agencies must send the 

specified data to the GSA warehouse at 

least quarterly. There is no maximum 

frequency; agencies may send data to 

the warehouse daily if they choose to do 

so. 

§ 302–1.107 What data must we send to 

GSA in our annual report? 

GSA specifies the data elements, 

format, and due date for the current 

annual report in an FTR bulletin. FTR 

bulletins are available through http:// 

www.gsa.gov/ftrbulletins. 

§ 302–1.108 Who must sign the annual 

report? 

The annual report must be signed by 

a senior executive who has the authority 

to ensure that the data provided to the 

data warehouse and in the annual report 

are accurate, complete, and reliable. 

§ 302–1.109 May an agency report at the 

bureau level? 

Yes, an agency may send multiple 

reports from different bureaus or 

components, so long as the sum of all 

those reports represents all relocation 

activity in the agency. 

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BILLING CODE 6820–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

49 CFR Parts 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 

176, 177, 178, 179, 180 

[Docket Nos. PHMSA–2009–0126 (HM– 

215K)] 

[RIN 2137–AE45] 

Hazardous Materials: Harmonization 

With the United Nations 

Recommendations on the Transport of 

Dangerous Goods Model Regulations, 

International Maritime Dangerous 

Goods Code, International Civil 

Aviation Organization Technical 

Instructions for the Safe Transport of 

Dangerous Goods by Air, and 

Transport Canada’s Transport of 

Dangerous Goods Regulations 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Advanced notice of proposed 

rulemaking (ANPRM). 

SUMMARY: PHMSA is considering 

amending the Hazardous Materials 

Regulations (HMR) by incorporating 

various amendments to international 

standards and modal regulations, 

including changes to proper shipping 

names, hazard classes, packing groups, 

special provisions, and packaging 

authorizations. These amendments may 

be necessary to harmonize the HMR 

with revised editions of the United 

Nations Recommendations on the 

Transport of Dangerous Goods Model 

Regulations and Manual of Tests and 

Criteria, the International Maritime 

Organization’s Dangerous Goods Code, 

the International Civil Aviation 

Organization’s Technical Instructions 

for the Safe Transport of Dangerous 

Goods by Air and Transport Canada’s 

Transport of Dangerous Goods 

Regulations. In this notice, we are 

soliciting public comment regarding the 

safety consequences, regulatory burden, 

and cost implications of some of the 

more significant amendments adopted 

or under consideration for adoption in 

these international standards. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

January 19, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: 

Comments: You may submit 

comments identified by the docket 

number PHMSA–2009–0126 by any of 

the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• 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 Federal eRulemaking Portal, 

including any personal information 

provided. 

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 (Volume 

65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78), which 

may also be found at 

http://www.dot.gov. 

Docket: For access to the dockets to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov or DOT’s Docket 

Operations Office (see ADDRESSES). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Stevens, Office of Hazardous 

Materials Standards, telephone (202) 

366–8553, or Shane Kelley, 

International Standards, telephone (202) 

366–0656, Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., 2nd Floor, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

II. International Standards and Modal 

Regulations for Review 

A. Sixteenth Revised Edition of the United 

Nations Recommendations on the 

Transport of Dangerous Goods Model 

Regulations (UN Model Regulations) 

1. Noteworthy Amendments 

2. Additional Amendments 


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