Transportation Department, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
PHMSA is revising the transportation requirements for infectious substances, including regulated medical waste, to adopt new classification criteria, new exceptions, and packaging and hazard communication requirements consistent with revised international standards and to clarify existing requirements to promote compliance. These revisions will ensure an acceptable level of safety for the transportation of infectious substances and facilitate domestic and international transportation.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration 49 CFR Parts 171, 172, 173, and 175 [Docket No. PHMSA-2004-16895 (HM-226A)] RIN 2137-AD93 AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: PHMSA is revising the transportation requirements for infectious substances, including regulated medical waste, to adopt new classification criteria, new exceptions, and packaging and hazard communication requirements consistent with revised international standards and to clarify existing requirements to promote compliance. These revisions will ensure an acceptable level of safety for the transportation of infectious substances and facilitate domestic and international transportation. EFFECTIVE DATE: This final rule is effective October 1, 2006. Voluntary Compliance Date: Voluntary compliance is authorized 30 days following publication of this final rule. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eileen Edmonson, Office of Hazardous Materials Standards, (202) 366-8553, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation or by e-mail to Eileen.Edmonson@dot.gov or infocntr@dot.gov . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background On May 19, 2005, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to revise the requirements in the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR parts 171-18…
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Citation: 71 FR 32244
