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HM-166I HM-166J HM-166K HM-166L HM-166M HM-166N HM-166O HM-166P
HM-166Q&F HM-166R HM-166S HM-166T HM-166U HM-166V HM-166W HM-166X
HM-166Y HM-166Z HM-167 HM-167A HM-168 HM-169 HM-169A HM-169B
HM-170 HM-171 HM-171A HM-171B HM-171C HM-171D HM-172 HM-172A
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HM Docket # Rulemaking Description FR Date Status Date Comment/

Effective
FR Cite
HM-160 Asbestos



Revision

Revision
03/02/78

12/04/78

03/29/79

08/16/79
NPRM

FR

FR

FR
05/02/78

04/30/79

08/20/79

08/20/79
43FR~8562

43FR-56664

44FR-18673

44FR-47937
HM-161 Detonators & Detonating Primers 05/04/78

12/10/79
NPRM

FR
09/01/78

01/01/80
43FR-19242

44FR-70721
HM-162 Metric Equivalents 06/29/78

11/30/78
NPRM

FR
08/18/78

01/15/79
43FR-28216

43FR-56043
HM-163 Withdrawal of BOE

Delegations of Authorities
08/17/78 FR 08/17/78 43FR-36445
HM-163A BOE Delegation of Authorities 03/26/79 FR 03/26/79 44FR-18027
HM-163B BOE Delegations of Authorities 05/07/79

11/19/79
NPRM

FR
06/30/79

11/19/79
44FR-26772

44FR-66197
HM-163D BOE Delegations 11/26/79

05/19/80
NPRM

FR
01/15/80

05/19/80
44FR-67476

45FR-32692
HM-163E BOE Delegations

Correction

10/20/80

04/16/81

04/27/81
NPRM

FR

FR
12/05/80

06/15/81

06/15/81
45FR-69272

46FR-22194

46FR-23461
HM-163F Elimination of Certain Approval

Requirements
 

OPEN  

 

HM-164 Highway Routing RAM

Public Hearing



Public Hearing

Extend-Comm

Correction



08/17/78

10/26/78

01/31/80

03/06/80

05/15/80

05/22/80

01/19/81
ANPRM

ANPRM

NPRM

NPRM

NPRM

NPRM

FR
01/01/79

01/01/79

05/31/80

05/31/80

06/30/80

06/30/80

02/01/82
43FR-36492

43FR-50006

45FR-7140

45FR-14609

45FR-32030

45FR-34316

46FR-5298
HM-164A State Designations Alternative

Routes for RAM Transportation
07/16/87

05/12/88
NPRM

FR
08/31/87

09/09/88
52FR-26928

53FR-16990
HM-164B Notification to RSPA of Route Plans

for RAM Transportation
07/16/87

05/12/88
NPRM

FR
08/31/87

07/11/88
52FR-26932

53FR-16991
HM-164C Direct Route Transportation of RAM

Corrections
09/29/89

10/12/89

05/08/90
NPRM

NPRM

FR
12/28/89

12/28/89

10/01/90
54FR-40272

54FR-41902

55FR-19210
HM-164D Deletion of Appendix A to Part 177 02/08/90 FR 02/08/90 55FR-4423
HM-165 Predesignation & Revision - RSPA 09/25/78

10/02/78
FR

FR
09/25/78

09/25/78
43FR-43305

43FR-45366
HM-166 Shipment of HM Water 11/30/78

04/19/79
NPRM

FR
01/29/79

05/21/79
43FR-56070

44FR-23225
HM-166A Miscellanous Amendments 05/03/79

08/23/79
NPRM

FR
06/15/79

08/23/79
44FR-25886

44FR-49455
HM-166B Shipment of HM Air



Revision
05/21/79

02/28/80

10/16/80
NPRM

FR

FR
07/20/79

09/01/80

11/17/80
44FR-29503

45FR-13087

45FR-68653
HM-166C Termination of Spec. Regulations 10/18/79

09/11/80
NPRM

FR
01/08/80

09/11/80
44FR-60112

45FR-59887
HM-166D Miscellaneous Amendments 04/14/80

09/18/80
NPRM

FR
06/15/80

09/18/80
45FR-25083

45FR-62079
HM-166E Shipments by Air 05/19/80 FR 07/01/80 45FR-92690
HM-166F Limited Quantities RAM

Correction

 

Combined with HM-166Q
12/08/80

12/15/80

12/21/81
ANPRM

ANPRM

NPRM
03/13/81

03/13/81

02/19/82
45FR-80843

45FR-82681

46FR-61908
HM-166G Miscellaneous. Amendments

Ammonium Hydroxide



Correction
01/08/81

03/19/81

10/08/81

11/09/81
NPRM

FR

FR

FR
02/23/81

06/01/81

07/01/82

07/01/82
46FR-2126

46FR-17564

46FR-49889

46FR-55266
HM-166H HM Table/Communication

Dispersant/Refrigerant Gas

Correction
01/08/81

10/08/81

02/22/82
NPRM

FR

FR
02/23/81

07/01/82

07/01/82
46FR-2121

46FR-49883

47FR-7670
HM-166I LPG in Intrastate Commerce 05/18/81

02/18/82
NPRM

FR
06/16/81

04/19/82
46FR-27146

47FR-7242
HM-166J Tear Gas Devices - Aircraft

Extension-Comment

Withdrawal
08/10/81

09/14/81

07/15/82
NPRM

NPRM

NPRM
09/09/81

10/19/81

07/15/82
46FR-40540

46FR-45652

47FR-30799
HM-166K Anhydrous Ammonia in Intrastate Commerce 09/24/81

02/18/82
NPRM

FR
11/23/81

04/19/82
46FR-47099

47FR-7244
HM-166L Consumer Commodities Paint/Related Material 02/01/82

02/21/83
NPRM

FR
04/02/82

04/01/84
47FR-4538

48FR-17094
HM-166M Reinstate DOE RAM Packaging 02/18/82 FR 02/18/82 47FR-7243
HM-166N Miscellaneous Amendments 08/02/82

06/20/83
NPRM

FR
10/01/82

08/04/83
47FR-33288

48FR-28095
HM-166O Deletion of Commodity Entries

Ruling-Pet. Recond.

06/03/82

11/17/83

04/11/84
NPRM

FR

FR
08/02/82

09/30/84

09/30/84
47FR-24157

48FR-52306

49FR-14353
HM-166P Radiation limits for Exclusive Use Shipment RAM 10/07/82

10/16/85
NPRM

FR
12/06/82

12/01/85
47FR-44356

50FR-41895
HM-166Q & F Exceptions for Small Quanties of HM

 

 

Correction
11/15/82

05/02/83

06/30/83

05/04/84
NPRM

FR

FR

FR
01/06/83

05/03/83

09/30/83

05/04/84
47FR-51430



48FR-30132

49FR-19025
HM-166R Miscellaneous Amendments

Correction

03/22/84

03/19/85

06/24/85
NPRM

FR

FR
06/29/84

07/01/85

07/01/85
49FR-10780

50FR-11048
HM-166S Magnetized Material 09/24/84

11/25/85
NPRM

FR
11/07/84

02/25/85
49FR-37438

50FR-48419
HM-166T Miscellaneous Amendments 01/03/85

02/18/86
NPRM

FR
03/07/85

03/20/86
50FR-288

51FR-5968
HM-166U Miscellaneous Amendments

Extend - Comment Period
06/03/86

07/30/86

04/20/87
NPRM

NPRM

FR
07/31/86

09/04/86

05/18/87
51FR-19666

51FR-27223

52FR-13034
HM-166V Uranium Hexafluoride



Extend-Effective Date

Emergency FR

Revision



Supplemental FR
04/11/86

11/18/86

12/24/86

03/12/87

07/06/87

07/06/87

04/06/88

08/29/89
NPRM

FR

FR

FR

FR

NPRM

FR

FR
07/01/86

01/01/87

01/01/87

03/12/87

08/05/87

08/05/87



08/28/89
51FR-12529

51FR-41631

51FR-46674

52FR-7581

52FR-25340

52FR-25342

53FR-11320

54FR-35651
HM-166W Miscellaneous Amendments



Corrections

Correction/Response to Petitions
09/19/88

09/20/89

11/20/89
NPRM

FR

FR

FR
10/25/88

11/15/89

11/15/89
53FR-36410

54FR-38790

54FR-47986
HM-166X Miscellaneous Amendments

RIN: 2137-AA44
08/07/91

09/27/93
NPRM

FR
10/07/91

10/01/93
56FR-37505

58FR-50496
HM-166Y Miscellaneous Amendments







Response to Petitions

RIN: 2137-AC41

RSPA-97-2905
09/24/97

09/24/97

07/10/98

07/10/98

10/30/98
NPRM

NPRM

FR

FR

FR

11/24/97

11/24/97

10/01/98

10/01/98

10/30/98
62FR-50222

62FR-50221

63FR-37454

63FR-37453

63FR-58323
HM-166Z Miscellaneous Amendments

Matter Inc. by Reference
06/02/94 FR 07/05/94 59FR-28487
HM-167 IM Portable Tanks

 

Correction

TOFC

Delay Effective Date
12/11/78

01/29/81

04/30/81

04/30/81

07/16/81
NPRM

FR

FR

FR

FR
03/15/79

05/01/81

05/01/81

05/01/81

07/10/81
43FR-58050

46FR-9880

46FR-24183

46FR-24185

46FR-36860
HM-167A IM Portable Tank Specifications  

NPRM On Hold

HM-168 HM on Aircraft

 

 

Correction
12/11/78

01/31/80

05/27/80

07/17/80
NPRM

FR

FR

FR
02/15/79

01/31/80

10/01/80

07/17/80
43FR-57928

45FR-6946

45FR-35329

45FR-47843
HM-169 Recodification of RAM Requirements

Request Comments

Reopen Comments

Extend Comments

 

 

Correction

Correction
01/08/79

04/05/79

08/16/79

10/22/79

07/28/80

03/10/83

03/31/83

07/07/83
NPRM

NPRM

NPRM

NPRM

FR

FR

FR

FR
04/05/79

07/05/79

10/16/79

12/17/79

11/20/80

07/01/83

07/01/83

07/07/83
44FR-1852

44FR-23266

44FR-47966

44FR-60771

45FR-49939

48FR-10218

48FR-13431

48FR-31214
HM-169A Compatibility with IAEA Regulations

Extend Comments



Correction Response to Petitions RIN: 2137-AB60
11/14/89

02/08/90

09/28/95

10/23/95

05/08/96
NPRM

NPRM

FR

FR

FR
02/09/90

05/11/90

04/01/95

04/01/95

06/03/96
54FR-47454

55FR-4445

60FR-50292

60FR-54409

61FR-20747
HM-169B Withdrawal of Radiation Protection Program Requirements





Revocation of D-FR

Revocation of D-FR

Extension of Effective Date



RIN: 2137-AD08

Docket: RSPA-97-2850
09/02/97

 

 

12/22/97

12/22/97

12/22/97

12/22/97

09/10/98

09/10/98

D-FR

 

Comments

FR

FR

FR

NPRM

FR

FR

09/30/97

 

09/30/97

09/30/97

09/30/97

12/22/97

02/13/98

09/10/98

09/10/98

62FR-46214

 

 

62FR-66898

62FR-66897

62FR-66900

62FR-66903

63FR-48566

63FR-48565
HM-170 Specifications for Tank Cars/Marking 04/05/79 FR 01/01/80 44FR-20433
HM-171 Use of UN Shipping Names

See HM 118/126/145 et al for Final Rule

 

Correction
07/26/79

 

06/01/81

06/22/81
NPRM

 

FR

FR
10/18/79

 

06/01/81

06/22/81
44FR-43864

 

46FR-29392

46FR-32250
HM-171B UN Shipping Description

Correction
10/07/82

11/12/82
FR

FR
10/01/82

11/04/82
47FR-44466

47FR-51136
HM-171C Options HM Table - Use of UN Description 10/31/83 FR 12/01/83 48FR-50234
HM-171D IMO Shipping Names, Emergency FR 07/15/86 FR 07/15/86 51FR-25639
HM-172 Marking/Record Retention Cylinders

 

Partial Delay
02/14/80

04/15/82

07/08/82
NPRM

FR

FR
 

07/01/82

01/01/83
45FR-9960

47FR-16183

47FR-29678
HM-172A Marking Owner Symbol on Compressed Gas Cylinders 04/11/84 ANPRM 05/23/84 49FR-14405
HM-172B Cylinder Retester Identification Procedure

 

Correction

Delay-Effective Date
10/04/84

11/06/85

12/05/85

12/27/85
NPRM

FR

FR

FR
01/03/85

01/15/86

 

04/15/86
49FR-39177

50FR-46054

 

50FR-52926
HM-173 Wet Storage Batteries 02/28/80

06/04/81

06/07/82
NPRM

NPRM

FR
07/01/80

08/03/81

08/06/82
45FR-13153

46FR-29968

47FR-24582
HM-174 Specifications for Tank Cars

Correction

 

Correction

Revision

Amendment/Delay

Amendment/Delay

Amendment
07/21/80

07/31/80

01/26/81

03/30/81

08/24/81

09/02/82

09/01/83

01/27/84
NPRM

NPRM

FR

FR

FR

FR

FR

FR

09/18/80

09/18/80

03/01/81

03/31/81

09/01/83

09/01/83

09/01/83

03/01/84
45FR-48671

45FR-50840

46FR-8005

46FR-19236

46FR-42678

47FR-38697

48FR-39630

49FR-3473
HM-175 Shippers-Specifications for Tank Cars

 

Extension

 

Correction

Response to Petitions
07/21/80

04/14/83

06/06/83

01/27/84

10/24/84

11/01/84
ANPRM

NPRM

NPRM

FR

FR

FR
10/16/80

06/07/83

07/13/83

03/01/84

10/01/84

11/01/84
45FR-48668

48FR-16188

48FR-25236

49FR-3468

49FR-42733

49FR-43963
HM-175A Specifications for Tank Cars

RIN: 2137-AB89

Extension

 

 

Response to Petitions

Combined with HM-201
05/15/90

 

08/29/90

10/08/93

09/21/95

06/26/96
ANPRM

 

SANPRM

NPRM

FR

FR
08/21/90

 

01/04/91

02/07/94

07/01/96

07/01/96
55FR-20242

 

55FR-35327

58FR-52574

60FR-49048

61FR-33250
HM-176 3AL Aluminum Cylinders

Correction

 

Correction

Correction

Response to Petitions

Correction

Correction
08/14/80

09/04/80

12/24/81

04/01/82

04/19/82

05/01/82

05/13/82

06/21/82
NPRM

NPRM

FR

FR

FR

FR

FR

FR
11/01/80

11/01/80

07/02/82

07/02/82

07/02/82

07/02/82

07/02/82

07/02/82
45FR-54097

45FR-58632

46FR-62452

47FR-13816

47FR-16632

47FR-18904

47FR-20591

47FR-26633
HM-176A DOT 3AL Aluminum Cylinder-Safety Problems

RIN: 2137-AB51
07/10/87 ANPRM

NPRM
08/10/87 52FR-26027

Pending
HM-177 TOFC

Withdrawal
01/26/81

07/15/82
NPRM

NPRM
 

07/15/82
46FR-8055

47FR-30800
HM-178 Definition of Flammable Solid

Extended

 

See HM-181D (NPRM)

Combined with HM-181
05/07/81

09/03/81

06/28/90
ANPRM

ANPRM

ANPRM

WITHDRAWN
08/20/81

11/19/81

06/28/90
46FR-25492

46FR-44198

55FR-26574
HM-179 Definition Oxidizer

 

 

See HM-181D (NPRM)

Combined with HM-181
06/15/81

09/14/81

06/28/90
ANPRM

ANPRM

ANPRM

WITHDRAWN
09/14/81

12/05/81

06/28/90

46FR-31294

46FR-45652

55FR-26574
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