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Part V





Department of Transportation





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Coast Guard



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46 CFR Parts 30 et al.




Obsolete Bulk Hazardous Materials; Proposed Rule




DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

46 CFR Parts 30, 150, 151, and 153

[CGD 94-902]

 
Obsolete Bulk Hazardous Materials

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Advance notice of proposed rulemaking; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is considering amending its regulations on 
carriage of bulk hazardous materials by deleting commodities from its 
regulations that are no longer viable as bulk liquid cargoes, and 
cancelling the classifications of obsolete commodities not included in 
those regulations. The Coast Guard is seeking the public's assistance 
in identifying such obsolete cargoes and classifications to determine 
whether such a rulemaking would be appropriate. This action would help 
to ensure that Coast Guard requirements are current and that the 
hazardous materials tables and lists are free of entries that 
unnecessarily complicate the Coast Guard's regulations.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 29, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to Executive Secretary, Marine Safety 
Council (G-LRA/3406) (CGD 94-902), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 
Second Street SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001, or may be delivered to 
room 3406 at the above address between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone number is (202) 
267-1477. The Executive Secretary maintains the public docket for this 
notice. Comments will become part of this docket and will be available 
for inspection or copying at room 3406, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Curtis G. Payne, Hazardous 
Materials Branch, (202) 267-1577.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Request for Comments

    The Coast Guard encourages interested persons to participate in 
this notice by submitting written data, views, or arguments. Persons 
submitting comments, should include their names and addresses, identify 
this notice (CGD 94-902) and give the reasons for each comment. Please 
submit two copies of all comments and attachments in an unbound format, 
on 8\1/2\ by 11 inch paper, suitable for copying and electronic filing. 
Persons wanting acknowledgment of receipt of comments should enclose a 
stamped, self-addressed postcard or envelope. The Coast Guard will 
consider all comments received during the comment period.

Drafting Information

    The principal persons involved in drafting this document are Mr. 
Curtis G. Payne, Project Manager, and Ms. Helen G. Boutrous, Project 
Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel.

Related Rulemakings

    Elsewhere in this edition of the Federal Register, the Coast Guard 
is publishing amendments to its noxious liquid substances lists in 33 
CFR 151.47 and 151.49 (CGD 94-901) and its bulk hazardous materials 
lists and tables in 46 CFR Parts 30, 150, 151, and 153 (CGD 94-900).

Background and Purpose

    The Coast Guard is seeking to identify obsolete cargo entries in 
its various tables and lists as well as obsolete cargo classifications 
for entries never entered in those tables and lists. Upon review of the 
comments received in response to this notice, and further review of its 
own records, the Coast Guard will determine whether a notice of 
proposed rulemaking to delete obsolete entries and classifications 
would be appropriate. By deleting obsolete entries in its tables and 
lists, and cancelling the classification of obsolete commodities, the 
Coast Guard will reduce an administrative burden on its regulatory 
record keeping and ensure that its requirements reflect current needs. 
The various commodities are divided into several groups, identified by 
a number in the right hand column, depending upon the list or table in 
which they appear in the Code of Federal Regulations, or based on Coast 
Guard information that the commodity is, or may be obsolete. The 
commodity status groups are identified following the commodity list.

Commodity List 

Acetyl tributyl citrate......................................      2    
Alkenylsuccinic acid.........................................      2    
Alkyl succinate formaldehyde hydroxyamino condensate (3.2% or           
 less) (LOA).................................................      2    
Aminoethyl piperazine H.H....................................      6    
Ammonium phosphate solution..................................      5    
Amyl tallate.................................................      2    
Aqueous waste solution (from the manufacture of a trade name            
 pesticide)..................................................      6    
ARCOHIB C-112................................................      6    
BASAGRAN (bentazon-sodium salt solution).....................      6    
Benzyl chloride..............................................      4    
Bicyclic terpenel polyamine amide salt (LOA).................      2    
n-Butylamine (under the entry Butylamine (all isomers))......   1, 3, 4 
Butyl by-products (containing butyl formate, ethyl butyrate,            
 ethyl propionate and methyl butyrate).......................      6    
(crude) Butyraldehyde........................................   1, 3, 4 
C-6 Aldehydes (mixed) (distilled croton oil).................      6    
Calcium alkylphenate (LOA)...................................      2    
Calcium amino nonyl phenolate (LOA)..........................      2    
Calcium carboxylate (LOA)....................................      2    
Carbonate and Carbolate waste water..........................      6    
Carbon black base (printing ink base material)...............      2    
2-Chloro-4-ethylamino-6-isopropylamino-5-triazine solution...      5    
Chlorohydrins (crude)........................................     3, 4  
Cleaning spirit (unleaded)...................................      2    
Cresylic acid tar............................................      1    
Crude hydrocarbon feedstocks (containing ethyl ether)........      6    
Cycloaliphatic resins........................................      2    
Cyclohexane oxidation product acid water, 50% aqueous                   
 solution (trade names: ``COP Acid water'', ``Acid Water                
 EP306'')....................................................      6    
Cyclopentadiene, Styrene, Benzene mixture....................      1    
iso-Decyl acrylate (under the entry Decyl acrylate (all                 
 isomers))...................................................   1, 3, 4 
Depentanized aromatic stream.................................      6    
Diammonium salt of Zinc ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid                
 solution....................................................      4    
2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, dimethylamine salt solution             
 (70% or less)...............................................      1    
Didecyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, Ethanol mixture solution.      6    
Dimer acid...................................................      7    
Dinitriles...................................................      6    
Diolefin stream..............................................      6    
Di(octylphenyl)amine.........................................      2    
1,4-Dioxane, Butylene oxide, Nitromethane mixture............      6    
DMD-2 (``Dupont Metal Deactivator No. 2'')...................      6    
Dodecyldimethylamine, Tetradecyldimethylamine mixture........   1, 3, 4 
Ethyl chlorothioformate......................................      7    
Ethylene dichloride, 1,1,2-Trichloroethane mixture...........      1    
Ethylidene norbornene........................................     3, 4  
Fatty acid amides (LOA)......................................      2    
Ferric hydroxyethylethylene diamine triacetic acid, trisodium           
 salt solution (other name: Sodium salt of Ferric                       
 hydroxyethyl-ethylenediamine triacetic acid solution).......     1, 5  
Heartcut distillate raffinate................................      6    
Heavy aromatic concentrate...................................      6    
High molecular weight Lithium amine-amide mixture (other                
 name: Polyamine amide mixture)..............................      6    
Hydrochloric acid, spent.....................................     1, 3  
Isopentaldehyde..............................................      3    
Glycols, Resins, and Solvents mixture........................      2    
Jet fuel: JP-1...............................................      2    
Jet fuel: JP-3...............................................      2    
Maleic anhydride copolymer (LOA).............................      2    
Manganese sulfate solution...................................      6    
Metallo organic compound containing Barium, Calcium and                 
 Sulfur......................................................      6    
2-Mercaptobenzothiazole (LOA)................................      2    
Methylamine..................................................     1, 3  
4,4'-Methylenedianiline (43% or less), Polymethylene                    
 polyphenylamine, o-Dichlorobenzene mixture..................      6    
Methyl formal (dimethyl formal)..............................      2    
alpha-Methyl styrene, Cumene.................................      6    
Methyl styrene, Indenes, Alkyl benzenes......................      6    
Nitrilotriacetic acid, sodium salt solution (other name:                
 Trisodium nitrilotriacetate (``NTA-150 Chelant''))..........      6    
Octyl epoxytallate...........................................      2    
Oil, edible: Babassu.........................................      2    
Oil, edible: Grapeseed.......................................      2    
Oil, edible: Mustard seed....................................      2    
Oil, misc: Adsoption.........................................      2    
Oil, misc: Aviation F2300....................................      2    
Oil, misc: Croton............................................      2    
Oil, misc: Range.............................................      2    
Oil, misc: Resin.............................................      2    
Oil, misc: Resinous petroleum (possible other names: Resinous           
 petroleum residue)..........................................      2    
Oil, misc: Spray.............................................      2    
Oil, misc: Tanner's..........................................      2    
Oil, misc: White (mineral)...................................      2    
Oil, misc: Wood..............................................      2    
Paraldehyde..................................................      4    
Pentene/Miscellaneous hydrocarbon mixture (hydrogenated                 
 pyrolysis oils).............................................      6    
3-Pentenenitrile.............................................      6    
3-Pentenenitrile (crude).....................................      6    
PETROX 214...................................................      6    
Phosphorus, white (elemental)................................     1, 3  
Polyalkenyl succinic anhydride amine (LOA)...................      2    
Polyamine, amide mixture (LOA) (other name: High molecular              
 weight Lithium amine-amide mixture).........................      2    
Polydimethylsiloxane.........................................      2    
Polyester of alkenyl succinic anhydride caboxylic acid, and             
 Pentaerythritol.............................................      6    
Polystyrene dialkyl maleate (LOA)............................      2    
Propanolamine................................................   1, 3, 4 
Propanol, Propyl acetate mixture.............................      6    
Pro-Silage (mixture of ammonium hydroxide, ammonium phosphate           
 and molasses in water)......................................      6    
Reaction product of Styrene and Dialkyldithiophosphoric acid.      6    
Reformer prefractionator bottoms.............................      6    
Resinous petroleum residue (possible other name: Oil, misc:             
 Resinous petroleum).........................................      6    
Salicylaldehyde..............................................      1    
Sodium salt of Ferric hydroxyethylethylenediamine triacetic             
 acid solution (other name: Ferric hydroxyethylethylene                 
 diamine triacetic acid, trisodium salt solution)............     1, 5  
Sodium sulfide solution......................................     1, 4  
Sodium sulfite, bisulfite, formate and thiosulfite solution             
 (25% or less) (CO-PRODUCT (B))..............................      6    
Sodium sulfonate.............................................      2    
Styrene tar..................................................      1    
T-77 Bottoms.................................................      6    
T-150 Bottoms................................................      6    
TRET-O-LITE PR-980...........................................      6    
TRET-O-LITE L-1576...........................................      6    
Triisopropanolamine..........................................      1    
Trisodium nitrilotriacetate (``NTA-150 Chelant'') (other                
 name: Nitrilotriacetic acid, sodium salt solution)..........      6    
Vinyl acetate-fumarate copolymer (LOA).......................      2    
Waxes: Petroleum.............................................      2    
Wool grease..................................................      2    
Zinc dialkyldithiophosphate (LOA) (not to be confused with              
 Zinc alkyl dithiophosphate (C3-C14) or Zinc alkaryl                    
 dithiophosphate (C7-C16))...................................      2    
                                                                        

Identification of Commodity Status Groups

    1. Cargoes identified by the Cargo Classification Working Group of 
the Chemical Transportation Advisory Committee (CTAC) as possibly 
inactive. These entries may also appear in Coast Guard tables and 
lists. If so, this is indicated by additional commodity status group 
number(s).
    2. Entries that appear in Table 30.25-1, Parts 30-40. Where the 
Coast Guard has reason to believe the entry is a lube oil additive or a 
lube oil additive component, it is identified with ``(LOA)''.
    3. Entries that appear in Table 151.05, 46 CFR part 151.
    4. Entries that appear in Table 1, 46 CFR part 153.
    5. Entries that appear in Table 2, 46 CFR part 153.
    6. Commodities that have been evaluated for carriage but have not 
been included in the regulations, and for which the Coast Guard has 
information indicating that they are no longer viable bulk liquid 
cargoes.
    7. Commodities that have been evaluated or proposed for evaluation 
but which had not been included in the regulations, and for which the 
Coast Guard has no information as to their viability as bulk liquid 
cargoes.
    The Coast Guard requests assistance from interested parties who may 
know of additional obsolete commodities or classifications, or who have 
information concerning a commodity listed above. In a future 
rulemaking, the Coast Guard may propose to delete from its regulations 
those commodities no longer viable as bulk liquid cargoes, and cancel 
the classification of obsolete commodities. Any viable entry will be 
retained. Any entry retained will be submitted to the International 
Maritime Organization (IMO) for inclusion in its Chemical Codes if not 
already listed. Also, for any entry identified as obsolete but listed 
in the Chemical Codes, the Coast Guard will propose that it be deleted 
from those Codes.
    The Coast Guard intends to periodically propose deletion of 
commodities no longer manufactured or moved in bulk by vessel, from the 
tables and lists in titles 33 and 46 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations. Toward that end, the Coast Guard requests the continued 
assistance of interested parties in identifying obsolete entries and 
classifications in its regulations. Commodities submitted as obsolete 
will be published with requests for comments at a later date.

    Dated: August 1, 1994.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Acting Chief, Office of Marine Safety, Security and Environmental 
Protection.
[FR Doc. 94-20715 Filed 8-30-94; 8:45 am]
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