2018-06290: Request for Information on Regulatory Challenges to Safely Transporting Hazardous Materials by Surface Modes in an Automated Vehicle Environment; Correction

Summary

This request for information notice replaces the version published in the Federal Register on March 22, 2018 (83 FR 12529), to make technical corrections to the prior version. The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) requests information on matters related to the development and potential use of automated technologies for surface modes (i.e., highway and rail) in hazardous materials transportation. In anticipation of the development, testing, and integration of Automated Driving Systems in surface transportation, PHMSA is issuing this request for information on the factors the Agency should consider to ensure continued safe transportation of hazardous materials without impeding emerging surface transportation technologies.

The agency’s own summary, as published.

What this changes

Amends 9 parts of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

• 49 CFR 107 Hazardous Materials Program Procedures
• 49 CFR 171 General Information, Regulations, and Definitions
• 49 CFR 172 Hazardous Materials Table, Special Provisions, Hazardous Materials Communications, Emergency Response Information, Training Requirements, and Security Plans
• 49 CFR 173 Shippers—General Requirements for Shipments and Packagings
• 49 CFR 174 Carriage by Rail
• 49 CFR 177 Carriage by Public Highway
• 49 CFR 178 Specifications for Packagings
• 49 CFR 179 Specifications for Tank Cars
• 49 CFR 180 Continuing Qualification and Maintenance of Packagings