{"operation":"document","citation":"62 FR 16107","title":"Hazardous Materials: Cargo Tank Motor Vehicles in Liquefied Compressed Gas Service; Clarification","source_type":"rulemaking","agency":"Research and Special Programs Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"1997-04-04","effective_on":null,"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.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/federal-register-97-8612.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/federal-register-97-8612.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/federal-register-97-8612","source_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/04/04/97-8612/hazardous-materials-cargo-tank-motor-vehicles-in-liquefied-compressed-gas-service-clarification","body":"Federal Register, Volume 62 Issue 65 (Friday, April 4, 1997) [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] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 [[Page 16108]] 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] BILLING CODE 4910-60-P","truncated":false,"body_characters":3386}