Hazardous Materials: Revision of Requirements for Emergency Response Telephone Numbers, 35961-35966 [E7-12665]

Agencies

• Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
• DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 126 (Monday, July 2, 2007)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 35961-35966]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-12665]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

49 CFR Part 172

[RSPA Docket No. 2006-26322 (HM-206F)]
RIN 2137-AE21


Hazardous Materials: Revision of Requirements for Emergency 
Response Telephone Numbers

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), 
DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM).

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SUMMARY: In this NPRM, PHMSA proposes to amend the Hazardous Materials 
Regulations (HMR) to clarify requirements governing emergency response 
information services provided by arrangement with hazardous materials 
offerors. In order to preserve the effectiveness of these arrangements 
for providing accurate and timely emergency response information, PHMSA 
proposes to require that basic identifying information (offeror name or 
contract number) be included in shipping papers. This information will 
enable the service provider to identify the shipper on whose behalf it 
is accepting responsibility for providing emergency response 
information in the event of a hazardous materials incident.

DATES: Comments must be received by August 31, 2007. To the extent 
possible, we will consider late filed comments as we determine what 
further action will be taken.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking 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, Dockets Operations, M-30, Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
     Hand Delivery: To U.S. Department of Transportation, 
Dockets Operations, M-30, Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey 
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday 
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    Instructions: Include the agency name and docket number PHMSA-06-
26322 (HM-206F) or the Regulatory Identification Number (RIN) for this 
rulemaking 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. If sent by mail, comments must be 
submitted in duplicate. Persons wishing to receive confirmation of 
receipt of their comments must include a self-addressed stamped 
postcard or access our Web site at 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 Operations office at the 
above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joan McIntyre, Office of Hazardous 
Materials Standards, telephone (202) 366-8553, Pipeline and Hazardous 
Materials Safety Administration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joan McIntyre, Office of Hazardous 
Materials Standards, (202) 366-8553, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 
Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    The proposed rule would make a narrow, clarifying change to the 
requirements of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR parts 
171-180) applicable to shipping papers for certain hazardous materials 
shipments. With limited exceptions not applicable here, the HMR require 
that shipments of hazardous materials be accompanied by shipping papers 
and other documentation designed to communicate to transport workers 
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emergency responders the hazards associated with a specific shipment. 
This information must include the immediate hazard to health; risks of 
fire or explosion; immediate precautions to be taken in the event of an 
accident; immediate methods for handling fires; initial methods for 
handling spills in the absence of fire; and preliminary first aid 
measures. The information must be in writing, in English, and presented 
on a shipping paper or related shipping document (see Sec.  172.602).
    In addition to written emergency response information, Sec.  
172.604 of the HMR requires a person who offers a hazardous material 
for transportation in commerce to provide an emergency response 
telephone number on the shipping paper. The emergency response 
telephone number must connect a caller to the offeror or to a party 
capable of, and accepting responsibility for, providing detailed 
information about the hazardous materials shipment. The emergency 
response telephone number is used by emergency responders and transport 
workers to obtain detailed, product-specific information, including 
directions for remedial measures to be taken in the event of an 
incident during transportation.
    The telephone number must be answered by a person who is 
knowledgeable about the material being shipped and possesses 
comprehensive emergency response and incident mitigation information 
for that material, or has immediate access to a person who possesses 
such knowledge. Under this standard, ``immediate access'' requires that 
the emergency response information be provided to the emergency 
responder or transportation worker promptly and with no undue delay. 
Additionally, the emergency response telephone number must be active, 
with no limitations, during the entire time a shipment is in 
transportation, including storage incidental to movement and intermodal 
shipments that are transferred from one carrier to another for 
continued transportation. The term ``storage incidental to movement'' 
means storage occurring between the time a hazardous material is 
offered for transportation and the time it is delivered to the 
consignee (see definition for ``storage incidental to movement'' in 
Sec.  171.8).
    As set forth in Sec.  172.604(a), it is the responsibility of the 
person who offers a hazardous material for transportation to provide an 
emergency response telephone number meeting the requirements in the 
HMR. As currently required in Sec.  172.604(b), a person offering a 
hazardous material must ensure that the emergency response service 
provider has up-to-date information on the hazardous material and that 
the emergency response service provider is capable of and has accepted 
responsibility for providing detailed emergency response information.
    As revised under a final rule, HM-223A, published on July 28, 2005 
(70 FR 43638), the definition of a ``person who offers or offeror'' (49 
CFR 171.8) includes ``any person who performs, or is responsible for 
performing, any pre-transportation function required under this 
subchapter for transportation of the hazardous material in commerce.'' 
The definition goes on to provide that a carrier is not an offeror when 
it performs a function as a condition of accepting a hazardous material 
shipment for continued transportation without performing a pre-
transportation function (see definition for ``pre-transportation 
function'' in Sec.  171.8). Offerors and carriers may rely on 
information provided by a previous offeror or carrier unless they know, 
or a reasonable person acting in the circumstances and exercising 
reasonable care would know, that the information provided to them is 
incorrect.
    Any person subject to the HMR, who by action or inaction and with 
knowledge of incorrect information, prevents immediate access to 
emergency response information creates a potential safety hazard and is 
in violation of the HMR. Additionally, an offeror or an interconnecting 
carrier who knowingly or willfully provides incorrect information to a 
subsequent carrier, or a subsequent carrier who knowingly accepts and 
continues to use inaccurate information, is in violation of the HMR. A 
civil or criminal penalty (see Sec. Sec.  107.329 and 107.333) may be 
assessed against any person subject to the HMR who knowingly or 
willfully offers for transportation or transports a hazardous material 
in a manner not complying with the HMR.

II. Purpose of This NPRM

    We have become aware of a number of problems associated with 
emergency response telephone numbers on shipping papers, specifically 
related to the increasing use by shippers of emergency response service 
providers to comply with the requirements of Sec.  172.604. In such 
situations, the original shipper (offeror) enters into a contract or 
agreement with an agency or organization (industry associations may 
offer this service to their members) accepting responsibility for 
providing detailed emergency response information in accordance with 
Sec.  172.604(b). The telephone number on the shipping paper is the 
telephone number of the emergency response service provider, but the 
original shipper is not required to include a notation to this effect 
on the shipping paper, nor is the name of the original shipper required 
to appear on the shipping paper. Thus, the identity of the person who 
arranged with the emergency response service provider is not readily 
available through shipping documentation.
    The International Vessel Operators Hazardous Materials Association 
(VOHMA) has requested that we revise the emergency response telephone 
number requirement to link the emergency response service provider to 
the original shipper who arranged for the emergency response service. 
VOHMA states that valuable time is lost when shipments are delayed 
while emergency responders or enforcement officers are attempting to 
obtain or verify emergency response information and their efforts are 
obstructed because the party who arranged with the emergency response 
service is not noted on the shipping papers.
    This problem is exacerbated because, under the HMR, a carrier or 
freight forwarder preparing a shipping paper for the continued movement 
of a hazardous material in commerce may rely on information provided by 
the original shipper for the preparation of the new shipping paper (for 
example, the classification of the material, the compatibility of the 
material with the packaging being used, or the emergency response 
telephone number), so long as the carrier or freight forwarder 
exercises due care. For example, a carrier or freight forwarder may 
rely on an emergency response telephone number provided by a preceding 
offeror unless it is aware (or should be aware) of facts indicating the 
emergency response telephone number is not operative and does not meet 
the requirements of Sec.  172.604(b).
    The initial shipment of hazardous materials may be handled by 
several entities before reaching its final destination. For example, a 
motor carrier may accept a shipment from the originating shipper for 
transportation and deliver the material to a freight forwarder to 
arrange continued transportation. The freight forwarder may prepare 
shipping papers using the emergency response telephone number provided 
by the originating shipper. The freight forwarder may then arrange for 
continued shipment of the hazardous material by rail; a rail carrier 
may prepare shipping documentation using the information, including the 
emergency response telephone number,

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provided by the freight forwarder. The shipping documentation 
accompanying the shipment may or may not include the name of the 
originating shipper. In cases where the originating shipper arranges 
with an emergency response service to provide telephone service, the 
nexus between the shipper and emergency response service provider may 
be lost as new shipping papers are prepared at each stage of 
transportation.
    Without the name of the person who arranged for an emergency 
response service, an emergency response service provider may not be 
able to communicate the product-specific information that was provided 
by the shipper. This could result in a serious problem if 
transportation workers or emergency response personnel must use the 
telephone number to request assistance in handling an accident or 
emergency. Most emergency response services will attempt to provide 
assistance whether or not they can verify that the original shipper 
arranged for emergency response service. However, without the 
identification of the party who has made arrangements with the service, 
it may not be possible for the emergency response service to quickly 
access information specific to the material involved in the accident, 
thereby defeating the purpose of the requirement in Sec.  172.604 to 
enable transport workers and emergency response personnel to 
expeditiously obtain detailed information about a hazardous materials 
shipment. A delay or improper response due to lack of accurate and 
timely emergency response information may place emergency response 
personnel, transportation workers and the general public and 
environment at increased risk. Expeditious identification of the 
hazards and direction for appropriate clean up associated with specific 
hazardous materials is critical in mitigating the consequences of 
hazardous materials incidents.

III. Proposals in this NPRM

    To remedy the problem discussed above, in this NRPM, we propose to 
require the person who offers a hazardous material for transportation 
and who uses an emergency response service provider to comply with the 
requirements of Sec.  172.604 to be identified on the originating 
shipping paper and any subsequent shipping papers that use the service 
provider's emergency response number. Specifically, we propose to:
     Require that the shipper (offeror) who has made the 
arrangement with the emergency response service provider be identified 
on the shipping paper. Any party preparing a shipping paper would be 
required to identify the original shipper, by name or contract number, 
with the emergency response telephone number indicated on the shipping 
paper, and clearly note the identification in association with the 
emergency response telephone number, or insert and identify its own 
emergency response telephone number conforming to the requirements in 
Subpart G of Part 172.
     Clarify that any person preparing a subsequent shipping 
paper for continued transport of hazardous materials may not omit the 
original shipper's (offeror's) name if the shipper is the registrant 
for the emergency response telephone service. Again, the name of the 
original shipper or its contract number with the emergency response 
service provider would be required to be included on the shipping 
paper, or the person preparing subsequent shipping papers must insert 
and identify by name its own valid emergency response number conforming 
to the requirements in Subpart G of Part 172.
    In addition to the amendments described above, we are also 
proposing the following clarifications:

--To clarify that international telephone numbers used to comply with 
the emergency response telephone number requirement must include the 
country code and city code. VOHMA requested this clarification to 
ensure that emergency responders and transportation workers have a 
complete emergency response telephone number for international 
shipments.
--To clarify that the emergency response telephone number requirements 
do not apply to transport vehicles or freight containers containing 
lading that has been fumigated and displays the FUMIGANT marking, as 
required by Sec.  173.9 of the HMR, unless other hazardous materials 
are present in the cargo transport unit.
    The proposals in this NPRM are intended to fill a gap that was 
unforeseen when we initially adopted these requirements in 1989 under 
Docket HM-126C (54 FR 27138, 06/27/89). If adopted, the proposed rule 
should serve to eliminate delays in transportation due to lack of 
information, and eliminate enforcement problems created when 
enforcement personnel are not able to verify emergency response 
telephone numbers. Most importantly, the proposals in this NPRM will 
help to ensure that transportation workers and emergency response 
personnel are provided with accurate, timely information about the 
hazardous materials involved in a transportation accident or other 
emergency.

IV. Rulemaking Analyses and Notices

A. Executive Order 12866 and DOT Regulatory Policies and Procedures

    This proposed rule is not a significant regulatory action under 
section 3(f) of Executive Order 12866 and was not reviewed by the 
Office of Management and Budget. This proposed rule is a non-
significant rule under the Regulatory Policies and Procedures of the 
Department of Transportation [44 FR 11034].
    If adopted, the proposals in this NPRM should result in minimal 
costs to shippers to add the required information to shipping papers. 
The emergency response telephone number is currently required on the 
shipping paper. Adding a notation to identify the person who arranged 
with an emergency response services provider should not add any 
significant time to the process of completing a shipping paper or to 
the cost of providing it. Moreover, the proposed notation on a shipping 
paper of the identity of the person who made arrangements with an 
emergency response telephone service is currently common industry 
practice for the initial shipper.
    The small costs that may be incurred are more than offset by the 
safety benefits resulting from faster and more efficient response to 
hazardous materials transportation accidents and other emergencies. The 
provisions of this NPRM clarify and support the intent of the current 
emergency response telephone number requirement by ensuring emergency 
response personnel have immediate access to crucial emergency 
information specific to the hazardous material involved.

B. Executive Order 13132

    This proposed rule has been analyzed in accordance with the 
principles and criteria set forth in Executive Order 13132 
(``Federalism''). Any rule resulting from this rulemaking will preempt 
State, local and Indian tribe requirements but will not have 
substantial direct effects on the States, the relationship between the 
national government and the States, or the distribution of power and 
responsibilities among the various levels of government. Therefore, the 
consultation and funding requirements of Executive Order 13132 do not 
apply.
    The Federal hazmat law contains an express preemption provision (49 
U.S.C.

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5125(b)), preempting State, local, and Indian tribe requirements on 
covered subjects, as follows:
    (1) The designation, description, and classification of hazardous 
materials;
    (2) The packing, repacking, handling, labeling, marking, and 
placarding of hazardous materials;
    (3) The preparation, execution, and use of shipping documents 
related to hazardous materials and requirements related to the number, 
contents, and placement of those documents;
    (4) The written notification, recording, and reporting of the 
unintentional release in transportation of hazardous materials; or
    (5) The design, manufacture, fabrication, marking, maintenance, 
recondition, repair, or testing of a packaging or container 
represented, marked, certified, or sold as qualified for use in 
transporting hazardous material.
    This proposed rule addresses covered subject item (3) above and 
would preempt State, local, and Indian tribe requirements not meeting 
the ``substantively the same'' standard. Federal hazmat law provides at 
section 5125(b)(2) that, if DOT issues a regulation concerning any of 
the covered subjects, DOT must determine and publish in the Federal 
Register the effective date of Federal preemption. The effective date 
may not be earlier than the 90th day following the date of issuance of 
a final rule and not later than two years after the date of issuance. 
The proposed effective date of Federal preemption for this rule is (90 
days after publication of a final rule).

C. Executive Order 13175

    This proposed rule was analyzed in accordance with the principles 
and criteria set forth in Executive Order 13175 (``Consultation and 
Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments''). Because this proposed 
rule does not have tribal implications, and does not impose substantial 
direct compliance costs, the funding and consultation requirements of 
Executive Order 13175 do not apply.

D. Regulatory Flexibility Act

    The Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) requires an 
agency to review regulations to assess their impact on small entities 
unless the agency determines the rule is not expected to have a 
significant impact on a substantial number of small entities. In this 
case, although the requirements of the proposed rule would apply to a 
substantial number of small entities, none would sustain significant 
economic impact as a result of the rule.
    Identification of potentially affected small entities. Businesses 
likely to be affected by the rule are persons who offer for 
transportation or transport hazardous materials in commerce, including 
hazardous materials manufacturers and distributors; freight forwarders, 
transportation companies, including air, highway, rail, and vessel 
carriers and hazardous waste generators.
    Unless alternative definitions have been established by the agency 
in consultation with the Small Business Administration (SBA), the 
definition of ``small business'' has the same meaning as under the 
Small Business Act. Since no such special definition has been 
established, we employ the thresholds published by SBA for 
establishments that will be subject to the proposed amendments if 
adopted. Based on data for 1997 compiled by the U.S. Census Bureau, 
more than 95 percent of persons that would be affected by this rule are 
small businesses.
    Related Federal rules and regulations. There are no related Federal 
rules or regulations governing the transportation of hazardous 
materials in domestic or international commerce.
    Alternate proposals for small businesses. The Regulatory 
Flexibility Act directs agencies to establish exceptions and differing 
compliance standards for small businesses, where it is possible to do 
so and still meet the objectives of applicable regulatory statutes. In 
the case of hazardous materials transportation, it is not possible to 
establish exceptions or differing standards and still accomplish our 
safety objectives.
    Conclusion. While the proposed rule would apply to a substantial 
number of small entities, there would not be a significant impact on 
those entities. This proposed rule revises the HMR's emergency response 
telephone requirements to enable emergency response services and others 
providing such service to supply the required HMR emergency response 
information to first responders. The impact of this new requirement is 
expected to be minimal; the indication of the emergency response 
telephone number on shipping papers is a current requirement and the 
proposed notation of the identity of the emergency response telephone 
services' registrant is currently common industry practice for the 
initial shipper. The problem, as discussed in the preamble of this 
rulemaking, primarily arises from subsequent carriers omitting the 
registrant's name when preparing new shipping papers for a shipment 
continuing on to its final destination. Our proposal to add the 
identification of the telephone number's registrant to shipping papers 
will eliminate an obstruction that could interfere with the 
transmission of crucial emergency response information to first 
responders on the scene of an incident. Additionally, the proposal 
would serve to eliminate delays in transportation due to lack of 
information, and eliminate enforcement problems stemming from possible 
invalid emergency response telephone number violations.
    This proposed rule has been developed in accordance with Executive 
Order 13272 (``Proper Consideration of Small Entities in Agency 
Rulemaking'') and DOT's procedures and policies to promote compliance 
with the Regulatory Flexibility Act to ensure that potential impacts of 
draft rules on small entities are properly considered.

E. Paperwork Reduction Act

    By requiring that additional information be included in certain 
shipping papers, this NPRM may result in a minimal increase in annual 
paperwork burden and costs attributable to the HMR. PHMSA currently has 
an approved information collection under OMB Control Number 2137-0034, 
``Hazardous Materials Shipping Papers & Emergency Response 
Information,'' reflecting 6,536,111 burden hours and expiring on May 
31, 2008.
    Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no person is required to 
respond to an information collection unless it has been approved by OMB 
and displays a valid OMB control number. Section 1320.8(d), Title 5, 
Code of Federal Regulations requires that PHMSA provide interested 
members of the public and affected agencies an opportunity to comment 
on information and recordkeeping requests.
    This notice identifies a revised information collection request 
that PHMSA will submit to OMB for approval based on the requirements in 
this proposed rule. PHMSA has developed burden estimates to reflect 
changes in this proposed rule. PHMSA estimates that the additional 
information collection and recordkeeping burden as proposed in this 
rule would be as follows:
    OMB Control No. 2137-0034:
    Annual Number of Respondents: 250,000.
    Annual Responses: 260,000,000.
    Annual Burden Hours: 1,805.
    Annual Costs: $1,805.00.
    PHMSA specifically requests comments on the information collection 
and recordkeeping burdens associated with developing, implementing, and

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maintaining these requirements for approval under this proposed rule.
    Requests for a copy of this information collection should be 
directed to Deborah Boothe or T. Glenn Foster, Office of Hazardous 
Materials Standards (PHH-11), Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., East Building, 2nd Floor, 
PHH-10, Washington, DC 20590-0001, Telephone (202) 366-8553.
    Address written comments to the Dockets Unit as identified in the 
ADDRESSES section of this rulemaking. We will consider all comments 
regarding information collection burdens received prior to the close of 
the comment period identified in the DATES section of this rulemaking. 
In addition, you may submit comments specifically related to the 
information collection burden to the PHMSA Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget at fax number 202-395-6974. If these proposed 
requirements are adopted in a final rule, PHMSA will submit the revised 
information collection and recordkeeping requirements to the OMB for 
approval.

F. Regulation Identifier Number (RIN)

    A regulation identifier number (RIN) is assigned to each regulatory 
action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulations. The 
Regulatory Information Service Center publishes the Unified Agenda in 
April and October of each year. The RIN contained in the heading of 
this document can be used to cross-reference this action with the 
Unified Agenda.

G. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

    This proposed rule does not impose unfunded mandates under the 
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995. It does not result in costs of 
$120.7 million or more to either State, local or tribal governments, in 
the aggregate, or to the private sector, and is the least burdensome 
alternative that achieves the objective of the rule.

H. Environmental Assessment

    The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) requires 
Federal agencies to consider the consequences of major Federal actions 
and prepare a detailed statement on actions significantly affecting the 
quality of the human environment. We regulate hazardous materials 
transported by aircraft, vessel, rail, and highway. The potential for 
environmental damage or contamination exists when packages of hazardous 
materials are involved in accidents or en route incidents resulting 
from cargo shifts, valve failures, package failures, or loading, 
unloading, or handling problems. The ecosystems that could be affected 
by a release include air, water, soil, and ecological resources (for 
example, wildlife habitats). The adverse environmental impacts 
associated with releases of most hazardous materials are short-term 
impacts that can be greatly reduced or eliminated through proper 
emergency response action and prompt clean up of the accident scene. 
The proposals in this NPRM would improve the effectiveness of the HMR 
by enabling emergency responders on the scene of a hazardous materials 
incident to quickly and efficiently identify hazards and mitigate 
potential risks to the environment. There are no significant 
environmental impacts associated with proposals in this NPRM.

I. 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 https://dms.dot.gov.

List of Subjects in 49 CFR Part 172

    Education, Hazardous materials transportation, Hazardous waste, 
Labeling, Markings, Packaging and containers, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements.

    In consideration of the foregoing, we propose to amend 49 CFR 
Chapter I as follows:

PART 172--HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TABLE, SPECIAL PROVISIONS, HAZARDOUS 
MATERIALS COMMUNICATIONS, EMERGENCY RESPONSE INFORMATION, AND 
TRAINING REQUIREMENTS

    1. The authority citation for part 172 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 5101-5128, 44701; 49 CFR 1.45 and 1.53.

    2. In Sec.  172.201, revise paragraph (d) to read as follows:


Sec.  172.201  Preparation and retention of shipping papers.

* * * * *
    (d) Emergency response telephone number. Except as provided in 
Sec.  172.604(c), a shipping paper must contain an emergency response 
telephone number and, if utilizing an emergency response telephone 
number service provider, identify the person who has a contractual 
agreement with the service provider, as prescribed in subpart G of this 
part.
* * * * *
    3. In Sec.  172.604, make the following changes:
    a. Revise paragraph (a) introductory text;
    b. At the end of paragraph (a)(3)(i), remove the word ``or'';
    c. Revise paragraphs (a)(3)(ii) and (b); and
    d. Add new paragraph (c)(3).
    The addition and revisions read as follows:


Sec.  172.604  Emergency response telephone number.

    (a) A person who offers a hazardous material for transportation 
must provide an emergency response telephone number, including the area 
code or country code and city code. This information is for use in the 
event of an emergency involving the hazardous material. The telephone 
number must be--
    (1) * * *
    (2) * * *
    (3) * * *
    (ii) Entered once on the shipping paper in a clearly visible 
location. This provision may be used only if the telephone number 
applies to each hazardous material entered on the shipping paper, and 
if it is indicated that the telephone number is for emergency response 
information (for example: ``EMERGENCY CONTACT: * * *).
    (b) The telephone number required by paragraph (a) of this section 
must include the number of the person offering the hazardous material 
for transportation or of an emergency response service provider capable 
of, and accepting responsibility for, providing the information 
required by paragraph (a)(2). Where an emergency response service 
provider is used, the offeror must be identified by name or contract 
number on the shipping paper and must ensure the service provider has 
received current information on the material. A person preparing 
subsequent shipping papers for continued transportation in commerce 
must include the information required by this section.
    (c) * * *
    (3) Transport vehicles or freight containers containing lading that 
has been fumigated and displays the FUMIGANT marking (see Sec.  
172.302(g)) as required by Sec.  173.9 of this subchapter), unless 
other hazardous

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materials are present in the cargo transport unit.

    Issued in Washington, DC on June 21, 2007 under authority 
delegated in 49 CFR Part 106.
Theodore L. Willke,
Acting Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety.
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