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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 September 16, 1994.

ADDRESS COMMENTS TO: Docket 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: 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                                                                                                     
    No.              Applicant            Regulation(s) affected            Nature of exemption thereof         
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11294-N      Northeast Environmental    49 CFR 177.848...........  To load, transport and store combustible     
              Services of America,                                  materials classed as Division 4.2; poison   
              Inc., Canastota, NY.                                  materials classed as Division 6.1 in Packing
                                                                    Group 1, Zone A packed in ``lab-pack'' drums
                                                                    on the same transport vehicle carrying      
                                                                    packages containing various classes of      
                                                                    hazardous materials. (mode 1)               
11297-N      Reebok International       49 CFR (Parts 171-177) of  This exemption authorizes the transportation 
              Ltd., Stoughton, MA.       Subtitle B, 175.10,        of Reebok ``instapump'' inflators equipped  
                                         subchapter C.              with CO2 cartridges, classed in division    
                                                                    2.2, which are presently forbidden either in
                                                                    the passenger cabin of the aircraft, or the 
                                                                    cargo compartment. (mode 5)                 
11299-N      Minnesota Valley,          49 CFR 178.57-10(a)(1),    Authorize the manufacture, marking and sale  
              Engineering, Inc.,         178.57-21(a).              of non-DOT specification cylinders of ASTM  
              Bloomington, MN.                                      A240 Type 201LN stainless steel for use in  
                                                                    transporting non-flammable gases, Division  
                                                                    2.2. (modes 1, 2, 3, 4)                     
11301-N      ICI Explosives USA Inc.,   49 CFR 173.51, 173.54,     To authorize the transportation of           
              Dallas, TX.                173.57, 173.62, 177.801.   unclassified explosive material consisting  
                                                                    of articles and solid substances classed in 
                                                                    Division 1.1, waste substances (or          
                                                                    articles); explosives, n.o.s. overpacked in 
                                                                    packaging group II containers transported by
                                                                    EPA licensed hazardous waste haulers. (mode 
                                                                    1)                                          
11302-N      Stolt Tank Containers      49 CFR 178.245-1(b)......  To authorize the manufacture, marking and    
              Limited, Hull, North                                  sale of non-DOT specification cargo tanks   
              Humberside, EN.                                       built to DOT-51 specification equipped with 
                                                                    modified outlets on the bottom side for use 
                                                                    in transporting various hazardous materials 
                                                                    classed in Division 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, and Class
                                                                    3. (modes 1, 2, 3)                          
11304-N      AT&T, Basking Ridge, NJ..  49 CFR 173.28(b)(2)(iii).  To be exempt from retesting criteria for up  
                                                                    to 5 gallons capacity DOT Specification     
                                                                    containers containing gasoline, Class 3, for
                                                                    use in fueling service vehicles. (mode 1)   
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    This notice of receipt of applications for new exemptions is 
published in accordance with Part 107 of the Hazardous Materials 
Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 1806; 49 CFR 1.53(e)).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on August 10, 1994.
J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,
Chief, Exemption Programs, Office of Hazardous Materials Exemptions and 
Approvals.
[FR Doc. 94-20153 Filed 8-16-94; 8:45 am]
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