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11 June 2020  
(20-4147) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 11 June 2020, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States of America .  
 
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TITLE: Hazardous Materials: Request for Information on Safety Devices  
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), Department of 
Transportation (DOT)  
ACTION: Notice; Request for information  
SUMMARY: PHMSA is developing a national policy regarding safety devices (UN0503 and UN3268). 
PHMSA has continued to see advancements in technologies for articles containing hazardous 
materials that have been submitted to PHMSA requesting an approval or special permit to 
transport as safety devices (UN0503 and UN3268). PHMSA is requesting informatio n or data from 
stakeholders regarding the classification, testing, and conditions for transportation of these devices 
requesting an approval to be classified as safety devices.  
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 10 August  2020. 
Comments received after that date will be considered to the extent practicable.  
This notice; request for information is identified by docket number PHMSA -2019-0156.  
The docket folder for this Notice, request for information is available on Regulations.gov  at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=PHMS A-2019-0156, and provides access to primary and 
supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from 
Regulations.gov  by searching the docket number. WTO Members and the ir stakeholders are asked 
to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point .  Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry 
Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders will be shared with the regulator and wi ll also be 
submitted to the Docket  on Regulations.gov if received within the comment period.  
The docket folder for the action notified as G/TBT/N/USA/920 , a Proposed Rule published in the 
Federal Register on 25 August 2014 and the Final Rule notified as G/TBT/N/USA/920/Add.1  
published in the Federal Reg ister on 8 January 2015, identified by docket number PHMSA -2013-
0260, is accessible from Regulations.gov  at https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=PHMSA -2013-
0260, and provides access to primary and supporting documents as well as comments received.   
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-06-09/html/2020 -12452.htm   
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-06-09/pdf/2020 -12452.pd f  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/USA/20_3687_00_e.pdf  
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