[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 2]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 49CFR105.25]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

   CHAPTER I--PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, 

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 105_HAZARDOUS MATERIALS PROGRAM DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROCEDURES

--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart B_General Procedures

 

Sec. 105.25  Reviewing public documents.



    PHMSA is required by statute to make certain documents and 

information available to the public. You can review and copy publicly 

available documents and information at the locations described in this 

section.

    (a) DOT Docket Management System. Unless a particular document says 

otherwise, the following documents are available for public review and 

copying at the Department of Transportation's Docket Management System, 

Room PL 401, 400 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001, or for 

review and downloading through the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov.

    (1) Rulemaking documents in proceedings started after February 1, 

1997, including notices of proposed rulemaking, advance notices of 

proposed rulemaking, public comments, related Federal Register notices, 

final rules, appeals, and PHMSA's decisions in response to appeals.

    (2) Applications for exemption numbered DOT-E 11832 and above. Also 

available are supporting data, memoranda of any informal meetings with 

applicants, related Federal Register notices, public comments, and 

decisions granting or denying exemptions applications.

    (3) Applications for preemption determinations and waiver of 

preemption determinations received by PHMSA after February 1, 1997. Also 

available are public comments, Federal Register notices, and PHMSA's 

rulings,



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determinations, decisions on reconsideration, and orders issued in 

response to those applications.

    (b) Office of Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration's Office of Hazardous Materials Safety.

    (1) You may obtain documents (e.g., proposed and final rules, 

notices, letters of clarification, safety notices, DOT forms and other 

documents) by contacting the Hazardous Materials Information Center at 

1-800-467-4922 or through the Internet at http://www.phmsa.dot.gov.

    (2) Upon your written request, we will make the following documents 

and information available to you:

    (i) Appeals under 49 CFR part 107 and PHMSA's decisions issued in 

response to those appeals.

    (ii) Records of compliance order proceedings and PHMSA compliance 

orders.

    (iii) Applications for approvals, including supporting data, 

memoranda of any informal meetings with applicants, and decisions 

granting or denying approvals applications.

    (iv) Applications for exemptions numbered below DOT-E 11832 and 

related background information are available for public review and 

copying at the Office of Hazardous Materials Safety, Office of Hazardous 

Materials Exemptions and Approvals, U.S. Department of Transportation, 

Room 8100, 400 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001.

    (v) Other information about PHMSA's hazardous materials program 

required by statute to be made available to the public for review and 

copying and any other information PHMSA decides should be available to 

the public.

    (3) Your written request to review documents should include the 

following:

    (i) A detailed description of the documents you wish to review.

    (ii) Your name, address, and telephone number.

    (4) Send your written request to: Associate Administrator for 

Hazardous Materials Safety, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration, Attn: PHH-1, U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 7th 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001.



[70 FR 56088, Sept. 23, 2005]