GENEVA — A delegation from the Dangerous Goods Advisory Council attended the UN Sub-Committee of Experts on the TDG held in Geneva on June 30-July 9, 2008. This was the third meeting of the biennium which will conclude in December 2008.

With Chinese delegate at US reception discussing restrictions on the transport of
dangerous goods during the Olympic period in China. Note the stars & stripes
plate in his hand.

The delegation was made up of DGAC President Mike Morrissette, Andy Altemos of HMT Associates, Jay Johnson of Inmark, Inc., Ron Klein of DelValCo Consultants, Neil McCulloch of Labelmaster and Steve Schulte of Ecolab.

A DGAC report was prepared by Andy Altemos, DGAC INTEREC Committee Chairman and is available to members in the Members Only section of the website.

Items summarized in the report are of broad interest to the membership or issues raised by DGAC at this or past sessions. DGAC did not submit any papers for this session. A complete summary of all matters discussed as well as draft amendments to the Model Regulations will be available shortly through the official meeting report prepared by the UN Secretary.

DGAC President Mike Morrissette with Dr. Charles Ke, PHMSA Office of Hazardous Materials
Technology, discussing Class 1 matters during a coffee break.

Mike Morrissette with Ron Klein and Ted Willke, PHMSA Associate
Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety, at the US reception.

Issues covered by the DGAC report include explosives, packaging and IBC requirements, limited quantities and consumer commodities (including the new mark), packaging and IBC requirements, listing and classification, documentation, alignment of Class 8 with the GHS, portable tanks, training provisions, transport provisions for gases, the cylinder incident in air transport, provisions for batteries, electronic data interchange, genetically modified organisms, transport units under fumigation or containing refrigerants, and GHS-related matters including desensitized explosives.