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Alternate Standards for Open-Head Fiber Drum Packaging

Supplemental advance notice of proposed rulemaking; reopening of public comment period and announcement of public hearing.

RSPA is inviting additional proposals and comments concerning alternate standards for open-head fiber drum packagings, for the domestic transportation of liquid hazardous materials. Among the matters on which further comments may be submitted are the alternate standards proposed by the International Fibre Drum Institute; a proposed exception for certain shipments of hazardous wastes; and the factors which RSPA should consider in this rulemaking proceeding.

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