This rulemaking would amend the Hazardous Materials 3 HM-233C; SB - N, SLT - N, IC - N; This Regulations (HMR) to incorporate provisions contained in certain final rule will incorporate over 20 special Materials widely used or longstanding special permits and competent permits and competent authority approvals and authorities that have established safety records. Incorporating such into regulations. It will provide an economic provisions into the HMR is intended to provide wider access to the benefit to the hazardous materials of regulatory flexibility offered in the special permits and competent transportation industry as a whole while Certain authorities The adoption of the provisions would eliminate the maintaining an appropriate level of safety. Special need for numerous application and renewal requests. The special We estimate that this final rule will reduce Permits permits proposed to be added to the regulations here would allow the paperwork burden identified under OMB and the transportation of ´Self-heating´ solid, organic n.o.s. (spent Control No. 2137-0051 by $4,682 per year. bleaching earth) in sift-proof bulk packaging; would allow the use PHMSA will also have nominal savings of regulated medical waste shipping names and markings that since it will no longer need to process, differ from those prescribed in the HMR; would allow for the review, and maintain these special permits into transportation of Class solid coal pitch compounds in and CA approvals. open top or closed-top sift-proof metal cans or fiber
Materials and of Certain Special Permits and into This rulemaking would amend the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) to incorporate provisions contained in certain widely used or longstanding special permits and competent authorities that have established safety records. Incorporating such provisions into the HMR is intended to provide wider access to the regulatory flexibility offered in the special permits and competent authorities The adoption of the provisions would eliminate the need for numerous application and renewal requests. The special permits proposed to be added to the regulations here would allow the transportation of ´Self-heating´ solid, organic n.o.s. (spent bleaching earth) in sift-proof bulk packaging; would allow the use of regulated medical waste shipping names and markings that differ from those prescribed in the HMR; would allow for the transportation of Class solid coal pitch compounds in open top or closed-top sift-proof metal cans or fiber 3 HM-233C; SB - N, SLT - N, IC - N; This final rule will incorporate over 20 special permits and competent authority approvals into regulations. It will provide an economic benefit to the hazardous materials transportation industry as a whole while maintaining an appropriate level of safety. We estimate that this final rule will reduce the paperwork burden identified under OMB Control No. 2137-0051 by $4,682 per year. PHMSA will also have nominal savings since it will no longer need to process, review, and maintain these special permits and CA approvals.
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