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Direct final rule.

The Coast Guard revises its rules on carriage of hazardous materials in bulk, treating the rules in three parts. This three-part revision will update the tables of hazardous materials transportable in bulk and better inform persons shipping any such materials of those materials' compatibility and of requirements for special handling. It should make the carriage of such materials safer.

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