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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
49 CFR Parts 110 and 178
[Docket No. PHMSA–06–24304 (Notice No.
06–01)]
Regulatory Flexibility Act Section 610
and Plain Language Reviews
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of regulatory review;
request for comments.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: PHMSA requests comments
on the economic impact of its
regulations on small entities. As
required by the Regulatory Flexibility
Act and as published in DOT’s SemiAnnual Regulatory Agenda, we are
analyzing the Hazardous Materials
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Regulations applicable to specifications
for non-bulk packagings and training
and planning grants. We are also
analyzing the Pipeline Safety
Regulations applicable to oil pipeline
response plans and the hazardous liquid
reporting requirements. The purpose of
these analyses is to identify
requirements that may have a significant
economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities. We also
request comments on ways to make
these regulations easier to read and
understand.
Comments must be received by
November 6, 2006.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by the docket number
PHMSA–06–24304 (Notice No. 06–01)
by any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Web site: https://dms.dot.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting
comments on the DOT electronic docket
site.
• Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
DATES:
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• Mail: Docket Management System;
U.S. Department of Transportation, 400
Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building,
Room PL–401, Washington, DC 20590–
0001.
• Hand Delivery: To the Docket
Management System; Room PL–401 on
the plaza level of the Nassif Building,
400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington,
DC between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Instructions: You must include the
agency name and docket number
PHMSA–06–24304 (Notice No. 06–01)
at the beginning of your comment. Note
that all comments received will be
posted without change to https://
dms.dot.gov including any personal
information provided. 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
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44956
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published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR
19477) or you may visit https://
dms.dot.gov.
Docket: You may view the public
docket through the Internet at https://
dms.dot.gov or in person at the Docket
Management System office at the above
address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kevin A. Leary, Office of Hazardous
Materials Standards, Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration, U.S. Department of
Transportation, telephone (202) 366–
8553 (for the Hazardous Materials
Regulations); Piyali Talukdar, U.S.
Department of Transportation,
telephone (617) 494–2999 (for the
Pipeline Safety Regulations).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Section 610 of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act
A. Background and Purpose
Section 610 of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act of 1980 (Pub. L. 96–354),
as amended by the Small Business
Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of
1996 (Pub. L. 104–121), requires
agencies to conduct periodic reviews of
rules that have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small
business entities. The purpose of the
review is to determine whether such
rules should be continued without
change, amended, or rescinded,
consistent with the objectives of
applicable statutes, to minimize any
significant economic impact of the rules
on a substantial number of such small
entities.
B. Review Schedule
The Department of Transportation
(DOT) published its Semiannual
Regulatory Agenda on October 31, 2005
(70 FR 64940), listing in Appendix D (70
FR 64954) those regulations that each
operating administration will review
under section 610 during the following
12 months. Appendix D also contains
DOT’s 10-year review plan for all of its
existing regulations.
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration (PHMSA, we) has
divided its Hazardous Materials
Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR parts 171–
180) and its Pipeline Safety Regulations
(49 CFR parts 190–199) into 10 groups
by subject area. Each group will be
reviewed once every 10 years,
undergoing a two-stage process (an
Analysis Year and Section 610 Review
Year. For purposes of the review
announced in this notice, the Analysis
year began in October 2005, coincident
with the fall 2005 publication of the
Semiannual Regulatory Agenda.
During the Analysis Year, we will
analyze each of the rules in a given
year’s group to determine whether any
rule has a significant impact on a
substantial number of small entities
and, thus, requires review in accordance
with section 610 of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act. In each fall’s Regulatory
Agenda, we will publish the results of
the analyses we completed during the
previous year. For rules that have a
negative finding, we will provide a short
explanation. For parts, subparts, or
other discrete sections of rules that do
have a significant impact on a
substantial number of small entities, we
will announce that we will be
conducting a formal section 610 review
during the following 12 months.
The section 610 review will
determine whether a specific rule
should be revised or revoked to lessen
its impact on small entities. We will
consider: (1) The continued need for the
rule; (2) the nature of complaints or
comments received from the public; (3)
the complexity of the rule; (4) the extent
to which the rule overlaps, duplicates,
or conflicts with other federal rules or
with state or local government rules;
and (5) the length of time since the rule
has been evaluated or the degree to
which technology, economic conditions,
or other factors have changed in the area
affected by the rule. At the end of the
Review Year, we will publish the results
of our review.
The following table shows the 10-year
analysis and review schedule:
PHMSA SECTION 610 REVIEW PLAN 1999—2009
Title
Regulation
Incident reports .....................................................................................................
Hazmat safety procedures ....................................................................................
General Information, Regulations, and Definitions ...............................................
Pipeline Safety Procedures ..................................................................................
Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Corrosion Control ......................................................
Carriage by Rail and Highway ..............................................................................
Gas Pipeline Transportation Reports ...................................................................
Gas Pipeline Corrosion Control ............................................................................
Carriage by Vessel ...............................................................................................
Pipeline Employee Drug and Alcohol Testing ......................................................
Radioactive Materials ............................................................................................
§§ 171.15 and 171.16 ...........................
Parts 106 and 107 ................................
Part 171.
Part 190.
Part 195.
Parts 174 and 177 ................................
Part 191.
Part 192.
Part 176 ................................................
Part 199.
Parts 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177,
178.
Parts 172, 173, 174, 176, 177 ..............
Parts 172, 173, 174, 176, 177, 178,
180.
Part 193.
Part 173 ................................................
Part 194.
Part 178 ................................................
Part 110.
Part 195.
Parts 178, 179, 180 ..............................
Part 198.
Part 172 ................................................
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Explosives .............................................................................................................
Cylinders ...............................................................................................................
Liquefied Natural Gas Facilities ............................................................................
Shippers—General Requirements for Shipments and Packagings .....................
Onshore Oil Pipeline Response Plans .................................................................
Specifications for Non-bulk Packagings ...............................................................
Training and Planning Grants ...............................................................................
Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Transportation ............................................................
Specifications for Bulk Packagings .......................................................................
State Pipeline Safety Grants ................................................................................
Hazardous Materials Table, Special Provisions, Hazardous Materials Communications, Emergency Response Information, and Training Requirements.
Carriage by Aircraft ...............................................................................................
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year
Review
year
1998
1999
N/A
N/A
2000
N/A
2001
N/A
2002
N/A
2003
N/A
2004
N/A
2005/2006
2007
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2007
2007
2008
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believe the economic impact is
significant.
C. Regulations Under Analysis
During Year 8 (2006–2007), the
Analysis Year, we will conduct a
preliminary assessment of the rules in
49 CFR part 178 applicable to
specifications for non-bulk packages.
The review will include the following
subparts:
II. Plain Language
A. Background and Purpose
PART 178
Subpart
Title
Subpart B ........
Subpart L ........
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Subpart M .......
Specifications for Inside
Containers and Linings.
Non-bulk Performance Oriented Packaging Standards.
Testing of Non-bulk Packagings and Packages.
In addition, we will conduct a
preliminary assessment of the rules in
49 CFR part 110 establishing procedures
for the Hazardous Materials Public
Sector Training and Planning Grants.
These regulations include eligibility
requirements, grant application
procedures, disbursement of Federal
funds, grant monitoring, and after-grant
requirements.
The oil pipeline response plan
regulations in Part 194 and the
hazardous liquid pipeline safety
regulations in Subpart B of Part 195 are
also scheduled for review this year. The
Part 194 regulations contain
requirements for oil spill response plans
to reduce the environmental impact of
oil discharged from onshore oil
pipelines. Part 195, Subpart B,
addresses hazardous liquid reporting
requirements, including annual
reporting, accident reporting, and
reporting of safety related conditions.
We are seeking comments on whether
any requirements for training and
planning grants in Part 110,
specifications for non-bulk packagings
in Part 178, oil response plans in Part
194, or hazardous liquid pipeline
reporting requirements in Part 195 have
a significant impact on a substantial
number of small entities. ‘‘Small
entities’’ include small businesses, notfor-profit organizations that are
independently owned and operated and
are not dominant in their fields, and
governmental jurisdictions with
populations under 50,000. If your
business or organization is a small
entity and if any of the above described
regulatory requirements has a
significant economic impact on your
business or organization, please submit
a comment explaining how and to what
degree these rules affect you, the extent
of the economic impact on your
business or organization, and why you
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Plain language helps readers find
requirements quickly and understand
them easily. Examples of plain language
techniques include:
(1) Undesignated center headings to
cluster related sections within subparts.
(2) Short words, sentences,
paragraphs, and sections to speed up
reading and enhance understanding.
(3) Sections as questions and answers
to provide focus.
(4) Personal pronouns to reduce
passive voice and draw readers into the
writing.
(5) Tables to display complex
information in a simple, easy-to-read
format.
For an example of a rule drafted in
plain language, you can refer to our final
rule entitled ‘‘Revised and Clarified
Hazardous Materials Safety Rulemaking
and Program Procedures,’’ which was
published June 25, 2002 (67 FR 42948).
This final rule revised and clarified the
hazardous materials safety rulemaking
and program procedures by rewriting 49
CFR Part 106 and Subpart A of Part 107
in plain language and creating a new
Part 105 that contains definitions and
general procedures.
B. Review Schedule
In conjunction with our section 610
reviews, we will be performing plain
language reviews of the HMR and
pipeline safety regulations over a 10year period on a schedule consistent
with the section 610 review schedule.
Thus, our review of requirements in Part
110 applicable to training and planning
grants, part 178 applicable to
specifications for non-bulk packagings,
Part 194 applicable to oil response
plans, and Part 195 applicable to
hazardous liquid pipeline reporting will
also include a plain language review to
determine if the regulations can be
reorganized and/or rewritten to make
them easier to read, understand, and
use. We encourage interested persons to
submit draft regulatory language that
clearly and simply communicates
regulatory requirements, and other
recommendations, such as putting
information in tables or consolidating
regulatory requirements, that may make
the regulations easier to use.
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Issued in Washington, DC, on August 2,
2006.
Robert A. McGuire,
Associate Administrator for Hazardous
Materials Safety, Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration.
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Transportation Systems
Federal Transit Administration
(FTA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This rulemaking proposes to
establish a new subpart in 601 of Title
49 of the Code of Federal Regulations,
to establish emergency relief procedures
for granting relief from Federal transit
policy statements, circulars, guidance
documents, and regulations in times of
national or regional emergencies.
DATES: Comment Closing Date:
Comments should be submitted by
October 10, 2006. Late-filed comments
will be considered to the extent
practicable.
You may submit comments
identified by the docket number [FTA–
2006–22428] by any of the following
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Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
Web site: https://dms.dot.gov. Follow
the instructions for submitting
comments on the DOT electronic docket
site.
Fax: 202–493–2251.
Mail: Docket Management Facility;
U.S. Department of Transportation, 400
Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building,
PL–401, Washington, DC 20590–0001.
Hand Delivery: Room PL–401 on the
plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC,
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Instructions: You must include the
agency name (Federal Transit
Administration) and Docket number
(FTA–2006–22428) or the Regulatory
Identification Number (RIN) for this
rulemaking at the beginning of your
comments. You should submit two
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
49 CFR Parts 110 and 178
[Docket No. PHMSA-06-24304 (Notice No. 06-01)]
Regulatory Flexibility Act Section 610 and Plain Language Reviews
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA),
DOT.
ACTION: Notice of regulatory review; request for comments.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: PHMSA requests comments on the economic impact of its
regulations on small entities. As required by the Regulatory
Flexibility Act and as published in DOT's Semi-Annual Regulatory
Agenda, we are analyzing the Hazardous Materials Regulations applicable
to specifications for non-bulk packagings and training and planning
grants. We are also analyzing the Pipeline Safety Regulations
applicable to oil pipeline response plans and the hazardous liquid
reporting requirements. The purpose of these analyses is to identify
requirements that may have a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities. We also request comments on ways
to make these regulations easier to read and understand.
DATES: Comments must be received by November 6, 2006.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by the docket number
PHMSA-06-24304 (Notice No. 06-01) by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Web site: https://dms.dot.gov. Follow the instructions for
submitting comments on the DOT electronic docket site.
Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
Mail: Docket Management System; U.S. Department of
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, Room PL-401,
Washington, DC 20590-0001.
Hand Delivery: To the Docket Management System; Room PL-
401 on the plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,
Washington, DC between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
Instructions: You must include the agency name and docket number
PHMSA-06-24304 (Notice No. 06-01) at the beginning of your comment.
Note that all comments received will be posted without change to http:/
/dms.dot.gov including any personal information provided. 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
[[Page 44956]]
published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477) or you may visit https://
dms.dot.gov.
Docket: You may view the public docket through the Internet at
https://dms.dot.gov or in person at the Docket Management System office
at the above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin A. Leary, Office of Hazardous
Materials Standards, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, telephone (202) 366-
8553 (for the Hazardous Materials Regulations); Piyali Talukdar, U.S.
Department of Transportation, telephone (617) 494-2999 (for the
Pipeline Safety Regulations).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act
A. Background and Purpose
Section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (Pub. L. 96-
354), as amended by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness
Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-121), requires agencies to conduct periodic
reviews of rules that have a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small business entities. The purpose of the
review is to determine whether such rules should be continued without
change, amended, or rescinded, consistent with the objectives of
applicable statutes, to minimize any significant economic impact of the
rules on a substantial number of such small entities.
B. Review Schedule
The Department of Transportation (DOT) published its Semiannual
Regulatory Agenda on October 31, 2005 (70 FR 64940), listing in
Appendix D (70 FR 64954) those regulations that each operating
administration will review under section 610 during the following 12
months. Appendix D also contains DOT's 10-year review plan for all of
its existing regulations.
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA,
we) has divided its Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR parts
171-180) and its Pipeline Safety Regulations (49 CFR parts 190-199)
into 10 groups by subject area. Each group will be reviewed once every
10 years, undergoing a two-stage process (an Analysis Year and Section
610 Review Year. For purposes of the review announced in this notice,
the Analysis year began in October 2005, coincident with the fall 2005
publication of the Semiannual Regulatory Agenda.
During the Analysis Year, we will analyze each of the rules in a
given year's group to determine whether any rule has a significant
impact on a substantial number of small entities and, thus, requires
review in accordance with section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility
Act. In each fall's Regulatory Agenda, we will publish the results of
the analyses we completed during the previous year. For rules that have
a negative finding, we will provide a short explanation. For parts,
subparts, or other discrete sections of rules that do have a
significant impact on a substantial number of small entities, we will
announce that we will be conducting a formal section 610 review during
the following 12 months.
The section 610 review will determine whether a specific rule
should be revised or revoked to lessen its impact on small entities. We
will consider: (1) The continued need for the rule; (2) the nature of
complaints or comments received from the public; (3) the complexity of
the rule; (4) the extent to which the rule overlaps, duplicates, or
conflicts with other federal rules or with state or local government
rules; and (5) the length of time since the rule has been evaluated or
the degree to which technology, economic conditions, or other factors
have changed in the area affected by the rule. At the end of the Review
Year, we will publish the results of our review.
The following table shows the 10-year analysis and review schedule:
PHMSA Section 610 Review Plan 1999--2009
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Review
Title Regulation Analysis year year
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Incident reports............ Sec. Sec. 1998 N/A
171.15 and
171.16.
Hazmat safety procedures.... Parts 106 and 1999 N/A
107.
General Information, Part 171.......
Regulations, and
Definitions.
Pipeline Safety Procedures.. Part 190.......
Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Part 195.......
Corrosion Control.
Carriage by Rail and Highway Parts 174 and 2000 N/A
177.
Gas Pipeline Transportation Part 191.......
Reports.
Gas Pipeline Corrosion Part 192.......
Control.
Carriage by Vessel.......... Part 176....... 2001 N/A
Pipeline Employee Drug and Part 199.......
Alcohol Testing.
Radioactive Materials....... Parts 172, 173, 2002 N/A
174, 175, 176,
177, 178.
Explosives.................. Parts 172, 173, 2003 N/A
174, 176, 177.
Cylinders................... Parts 172, 173,
174, 176, 177,
178, 180.
Liquefied Natural Gas Part 193.......
Facilities.
Shippers--General Part 173....... 2004 N/A
Requirements for Shipments
and Packagings.
Onshore Oil Pipeline Part 194.......
Response Plans.
Specifications for Non-bulk Part 178....... 2005/2006 2007
Packagings.
Training and Planning Grants Part 110.......
Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Part 195.......
Transportation.
Specifications for Bulk Parts 178, 179, 2006 2007
Packagings. 180.
State Pipeline Safety Grants Part 198.......
Hazardous Materials Table, Part 172....... 2007 2008
Special Provisions,
Hazardous Materials
Communications, Emergency
Response Information, and
Training Requirements.
Carriage by Aircraft........ Part 175.......
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C. Regulations Under Analysis
During Year 8 (2006-2007), the Analysis Year, we will conduct a
preliminary assessment of the rules in 49 CFR part 178 applicable to
specifications for non-bulk packages. The review will include the
following subparts:
Part 178
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Subpart Title
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Subpart B................................. Specifications for Inside
Containers and Linings.
Subpart L................................. Non-bulk Performance
Oriented Packaging
Standards.
Subpart M................................. Testing of Non-bulk
Packagings and Packages.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
In addition, we will conduct a preliminary assessment of the rules
in 49 CFR part 110 establishing procedures for the Hazardous Materials
Public Sector Training and Planning Grants. These regulations include
eligibility requirements, grant application procedures, disbursement of
Federal funds, grant monitoring, and after-grant requirements.
The oil pipeline response plan regulations in Part 194 and the
hazardous liquid pipeline safety regulations in Subpart B of Part 195
are also scheduled for review this year. The Part 194 regulations
contain requirements for oil spill response plans to reduce the
environmental impact of oil discharged from onshore oil pipelines. Part
195, Subpart B, addresses hazardous liquid reporting requirements,
including annual reporting, accident reporting, and reporting of safety
related conditions.
We are seeking comments on whether any requirements for training
and planning grants in Part 110, specifications for non-bulk packagings
in Part 178, oil response plans in Part 194, or hazardous liquid
pipeline reporting requirements in Part 195 have a significant impact
on a substantial number of small entities. ``Small entities'' include
small businesses, not-for-profit organizations that are independently
owned and operated and are not dominant in their fields, and
governmental jurisdictions with populations under 50,000. If your
business or organization is a small entity and if any of the above
described regulatory requirements has a significant economic impact on
your business or organization, please submit a comment explaining how
and to what degree these rules affect you, the extent of the economic
impact on your business or organization, and why you believe the
economic impact is significant.
II. Plain Language
A. Background and Purpose
Plain language helps readers find requirements quickly and
understand them easily. Examples of plain language techniques include:
(1) Undesignated center headings to cluster related sections within
subparts.
(2) Short words, sentences, paragraphs, and sections to speed up
reading and enhance understanding.
(3) Sections as questions and answers to provide focus.
(4) Personal pronouns to reduce passive voice and draw readers into
the writing.
(5) Tables to display complex information in a simple, easy-to-read
format.
For an example of a rule drafted in plain language, you can refer
to our final rule entitled ``Revised and Clarified Hazardous Materials
Safety Rulemaking and Program Procedures,'' which was published June
25, 2002 (67 FR 42948). This final rule revised and clarified the
hazardous materials safety rulemaking and program procedures by
rewriting 49 CFR Part 106 and Subpart A of Part 107 in plain language
and creating a new Part 105 that contains definitions and general
procedures.
B. Review Schedule
In conjunction with our section 610 reviews, we will be performing
plain language reviews of the HMR and pipeline safety regulations over
a 10-year period on a schedule consistent with the section 610 review
schedule. Thus, our review of requirements in Part 110 applicable to
training and planning grants, part 178 applicable to specifications for
non-bulk packagings, Part 194 applicable to oil response plans, and
Part 195 applicable to hazardous liquid pipeline reporting will also
include a plain language review to determine if the regulations can be
reorganized and/or rewritten to make them easier to read, understand,
and use. We encourage interested persons to submit draft regulatory
language that clearly and simply communicates regulatory requirements,
and other recommendations, such as putting information in tables or
consolidating regulatory requirements, that may make the regulations
easier to use.
Issued in Washington, DC, on August 2, 2006.
Robert A. McGuire,
Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety, Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
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