UN Meeting Summary DGTA
58th Session, Geneva 2021
As the first meeting of the biennium the sessions were mostly about introducing proposals and floating ideas for the upcoming two-year period. Listed below are the proposals where me made specific interventions (comments) during the meeting. Following this introduction, you may view the complete list of proposals.
| UN/SCETDG/58/INF.19 – Unified Interpretations of the Model Regulations (United States of America)
https://unece.org/sites/default/files/2021-06/UN-SCETDG-58-INF19e.pdf DGTA was supportive of this effort |
| UN/SCETDG/58/INF.20 – Dangerous Goods Safety Training and Capacity Building (United States of America) https://unece.org/sites/default/files/2021-06/UN-SCETDG-58-INF20e.pdf DGTA offered our support in any training initiatives. |
| UN/SCETDG/58/INF.9 – Problems with the practical implementation of P650 (Spain)
https://unece.org/sites/default/files/2021-06/UN-SCETDG-58-INF9e.pdf DGTA had not noted any problems with this issue. |
Other items of more obvious interest to DGTA members are highlighted in this final report document from the UN. Click here for the full DGTA report (pdf).
Occasionally additional comments were made in the Chat Log and are not shown here.
Draft Regulatory Agenda
PHMSA Mid 2021
US DOT Hazardous Materials Rulemaking Plans
In the United States, all regulatory agencies are required by law to publish a semiannual plan of regulatory actions, also known as their regulatory agenda. This agenda is published in the spring and fall. In June 2021 the Spring Regulatory Agenda was issued, giving us a glimpse into the US DOT’s plans for updating the hazardous materials regulations (HMR) at 49 CFR 171-180. The Spring 2021 Regulatory Agenda was the first one published by the new Biden Administration.
The DOT, through the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Administration (PHMSA) identified 11 rulemaking activities – 1 pre-rule, 8 proposed rules, and 2 final rules. The following are summaries of a few significant changes from PHMSA’s 12-month plan:
Click here for link to Agenda PDF Document.
September 2020
British Association of Dangerous Goods Professionals
March, 2021 Issue
Click here for Report of the Sub-Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods
Click here for Report of the Sub-Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods on its fifty-seventh session.
Click here for Training during a Pandemic