PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION ISSUES PROPOSED RULE: HAZARDOUS MATERIALS: REDUCING BURDENS BY ALLOWING CONTINUED USE OF DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SPECIAL PERMIT PACKAGINGS

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has issued a proposed rule called: Hazardous Materials: Reducing Burdens by Allowing Continued Use of Department of Transportation Special Permit Packagings.

The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on July 1 by Benjamin D. Kochman, Acting Administrator.

Summary: This NPRM proposes to revise the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) to allow for the continued use of packagings authorized under a manufacturing special permit for duration of the useful life of the package. The current HMR provisions require an otherwise safe and usable package to be discontinued solely because the original special permit has expired or was not renewed.

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