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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Research and Special Programs Administration Office of Hazardous 
Materials Safety

 

Applications for Exemptions

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs Administration, DOT.

ACTION: List of Applicants for Exemptions.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the procedures governing the application 
for, and the processing of, exemptions from the Department of 
Transportation's Hazardous Materials Regulations (49 CFR part 107, 
Subpart B), notice is hereby given that the Office of Hazardous 
Materials Safety has received the applications described herein. Each 
mode of transportation for which a particular exemption is requested is 
indicated by a number in the ``Nature of Application'' portion of the 
table below as follows: 1--Motor vehicle, 2--Rail freight, 3--Cargo 
vessel, 4--Cargo aircraft only, 5--Passenger-carrying aircraft.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 22, 1994.

ADDRESS COMMENTS TO: Dockets Unit, Research and Special Programs 
Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, DC 
20590.
    Comments should refer to the application number and be submitted in 
triplicate. If confirmation of receipt of comments is desired, include 
a self-addressed stamped postcard showing the exemption application 
number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Copies of the applications are available for inspection in the Dockets 
Unit, room 8426, Nassif Building, 400 7th Street, SW. Washington, DC.
      

                                                 New Exemptions                                                 
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Application           Applicant           Regulation(s) affected             Nature of exemption thereof        
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11218-N       Allied Signal, Inc.,       49 CFR 174.67(a) and (j).  To authorize tank cars containing ethylene  
               Morristown, NJ.                                       oxide, Division 2.3, PIH, Zone C, to remain
                                                                     connected during unloading without the     
                                                                     physical presence of an unloader. (Mode 2.)
11219-N       Galiso, Inc., Montrose,    49 CFR 173.34(e).........  To authorize the ultrasonic inspection of 3A
               CO.                                                   and 3AA cylinders for use in transporting  
                                                                     various classes of hazardous materials,    
                                                                     Class 3, 8, and Division 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and 
                                                                     6.1. (Modes 1, 2, 3.)                      
11220-N       Nalco Chemical Company,    49 CFR 173.28(b)(2)......  To authorize the reuse of certain stainless 
               Naperville, IL.                                       steel packagings without leakproofness air 
                                                                     test for use in transporting various       
                                                                     classes of hazardous materials, Class 1, 8,
                                                                     9 and Division 5.1, 6.1. (Modes 1, 2, 3.)  
11221-N       Matrix Construction,       49 CFR 172.101, 173.315..  To authorize the bulk transportation of     
               Inc., Anchorage, AK.                                  Propane, Division 2.1, in DOT-51           
                                                                     specification portable fuel tanks in       
                                                                     quantities greater than those presently    
                                                                     authorized by cargo air. (Mode 4.)         
11222-N       Alaska Helicopters, Inc.,  49 CFR 172.101, 173.315..  To authorize the bulk transportation of     
               Anchorage, AK.                                        Propane, Division 2.1 in DOT-51            
                                                                     specification protable fuel tanks in       
                                                                     quantities greater than those presently    
                                                                     authorized by cargo air. (Mode 4.)         
11226-N       Carpenter Co., Pasadena,   49 CFR 174.67(a) and (j).  To authorize rail cars containing ethylene  
               TX.                                                   oxide, Division 2.3, PIH, zone C, to remain
                                                                     connected during unloading without the     
                                                                     physical presence of an unloader. (Mode 2.)
11227-N       Schlumberger Well          49 CFR 173.62, Packing     To authorize an alternative packing method  
               Services, Houston, TX.     Method E-114.              for transporting cartridges, power device, 
                                                                     Division 1.4C. (Modes 1, 3, 4.)            
11228-N       High Voltage               49 CFR 173.315...........  To authorize transportation of a specially  
               Environmental                                         designed packaging configuration containing
               Applications, Inc.,                                   sulfur hexafluoride, Division 2.2. (Mode   
               Miami, FL.                                            1.)                                        
11229-N       Airco Gases, Murray Hill,  49 CFR (11)(15), 15i, iv,  To authorize ultrasonic testing of 3A and   
               NJ.                        v, (16)i, ii,              3AA cylinders for use in transportation    
                                          172.302(c),                various hazardous materials classed in     
                                          173.302(c)(2)(3)(4),       Division 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 6.1 and class 3 and
                                          173.34(e)(1)ii, iii,       8. (Modes 1, 2, 3.)                        
                                          173.34(e)(3)(4)(6)(7).                                                
11230-N       Dyno Nobel, Inc., Salt     49 CFR 49 CFR 173.62, E-   To authorize the transportation of          
               Lake City, UT.             124, PPR-33, Packing       detonating assembles, non-electric, Class 1
                                          Method.                    in IME 22 containers equipped with interior
                                                                     partitions with \1/4\ inch aluminum sheets 
                                                                     to be shipped in the same vehicles with    
                                                                     other Class 1 explosives and Division 5.1. 
                                                                     (Mode 1.)                                  
11232-N       State of Alaska,           49 CFR 172.101 and         To authorize the transportation of limited  
               Department of              176.905(1).                quantity acetylene, Division 2.1, in       
               Transportation, Juneau,                               permanently affixed 100 lb. bottles on     
               AK.                                                   state-owned maintenance/vehicles           
                                                                     transported on passenger vessels for       
                                                                     emergency repairs. (Mode 3.)               
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    This notice of receipt of applications for new exemptions is 
published in accordance with part 107 of the Hazardous Materials 
Transportations Act (49 U.S.C. 1806; 49 CFR 1.53 (e)).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on March 17, 1994.
J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,
Chief, Exemption Programs, Office of Hazardous Materials Exemptions and 
Approvals.
[FR Doc. 94-6807 Filed 3-22-94; 8:45 am]
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