Action
Final rule; editorial revisions and response to petitions for reconsideration.
Summary
On September 26, 1996, RSPA published a final rule which amended the Hazardous Materials Regulations to incorporate a number of changes based on rulemaking petitions from industry, RSPA initiatives and comments received at public meetings, to the classification of certain hazardous materials which are poisonous by inhalation and to provisions for the manufacture, use, and reuse of hazardous materials packagings. The intended effect of the September 26, 1996 rule is to improve safety, reduce compliance costs to offerors and transporters of hazardous materials, make the regulations easier to use and correct errors. This final rule corrects errors in the September 26, 1996 final rule and responds to petitions for reconsideration. This final rule also publishes two letters denying petitions for reconsideration of a provision in the September 26, 1996 final rule.