Billing Code: 4910-60-P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA-2019-0224; Notice No. 2022-04]
Hazardous Materials: Notice of Public Meetings in 2022 for International Standards on the
Transport of Dangerous Goods
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), Office of
Hazardous Materials Safety, Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of 2022 public meetings.
SUMMARY: This notice announces that PHMSA’s Office of Hazardous Materials Safety will
host three public meetings during 2022 in advance of certain international meetings. The first
meeting will be held in preparation of the 60th session of the United Nations Sub-Committee of
Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (UNSCOE TDG) scheduled for June 27 to July 6,
2022, in Geneva, Switzerland. The second meeting will be held in preparation of the
International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) Dangerous Goods Panel (DGP) Working
Group 22 (WG/22) tentatively scheduled for November 21-25, in Montreal, Canada. The third
meeting will be held in preparation of the 61st session of the UNSCOE TDG scheduled for
November 28 to December 6, 2022, in Geneva, Switzerland. For each of these meetings,
PHMSA will solicit public input on current proposals.
ADDRESSES: Each public meeting will take place virtually approximately two weeks
preceding the international meeting. If the guidelines concerning the global health emergency
change, PHMSA may hold the meeting(s), concurrent with the virtual sessions, at DOT
Headquarters, West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
Specific information for each meeting will be posted when available on the PHMSA website at
https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/international-program/international-program-overview under

“Upcoming Events.” This information will include the public meeting date, time, conference
call-in number, and details for advanced registration.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Webb or Aaron Wiener, PHMSA,
U.S. Department of Transportation. Telephone: (202) 366-8553.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The purpose of PHMSA’s public meetings held in advance of certain international
meetings is to allow the public to give input on the current proposals being considered by the
international standards setting bodies.
The 60th and 61st sessions of the UNSCOE TDG will represent the third and fourth
meetings scheduled for the 2021–2022 biennium. The UNSCOE TDG will consider proposals
for the 23rd Revised Edition of the United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of
Dangerous Goods: Model Regulations (Model Regulations), which may be implemented into
relevant domestic, regional, and international regulations starting January 1, 2025. Copies of
working documents, informal documents, the agenda, and the post-meeting final report may be
obtained from the United Nations Transport Division’s web site at:
http://www.unece.org/trans/danger/danger.html.
The ICAO WG/22 meeting will represent the first meeting of the 2022–2023 biennium.
The ICAO DGP will consider proposals for the 2024–2025 edition of the Technical Instructions
for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air (Doc 9284). Copies of working papers,
information papers, the agenda, and the post-meeting final report may be obtained from the
ICAO DGP website at: https://www.icao.int/safety/DangerousGoods/Pages/DGPMeetings.aspx.
Signed in Washington, DC, on February 25, 2022.
William S. Schoonover,
Associate Administrator,
Hazardous Materials Safety,

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
[FR Doc. 2022-04435 Filed: 3/2/2022 8:45 am; Publication Date: 3/3/2022]