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[FR Doc No: 94-29003]


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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 December 27, 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: 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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11338-N           BF Goodrich Specialty   49 CFR 174.67 (i) &     To authorize tank cars, containing carbon     
                   Chemicals, Cleveland,   (j).                    disulfide, Class 3, to remain standing with  
                   OH.                                             unloading connections attached when no       
                                                                   product is being transferred. (Mode 2.)      
11340-N           McCain Foods, Inc.,     49 CFR 174.67 (i) &     To authorize tank cars, containing fuel, oil, 
                   Easton, MA.             (j).                    Class 3, to remain standing with unloading   
                                                                   connections attached when no product is being
                                                                   transferred. (Mode 2.)                       
11342-N           Midland Fumigant Co.,   49 CFR 172.504........  To authorize transportation of aluminum       
                   Inc., Leavenworth, KS.                          phosphide, Division 4.3, in private owned    
                                                                   pest control vehicles without placards. (Mode
                                                                   1.)                                          
11344-N           Dupont Co.,             49 CFR 174.67 (h) &     To authorize tank cars, containing Class 8    
                   Wilimingon, DE.         (i).                    material, to remain standing with unloading  
                                                                   connections attached when no product is being
                                                                   transferred. (Mode 2.)                       
11345-N           Kaiser Compositek,      49 CFR 173.302(a)(1),   To authorize the manufacture, marking and sale
                   Inc., Brea, CA.         173.304(a)(d), 175.3.   of overwrapped composite high pressure       
                                                                   cylinder built to DOT FRP-1 for use in       
                                                                   transporting various gases classed in        
                                                                   Division 2.1 and 2.2. (Modes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.) 
11347-N           Nuclear Containers,     49 CFR 178.358........  To reissue an exemption issued on an emergency
                   Inc., Elizabethton,                             basis to authorize the manufacture, mark, and
                   TN.                                             sell of DOT Specification 21PF-1B overpacks, 
                                                                   with minor variations in the mechanical      
                                                                   features and chemical composition of the     
                                                                   insulation material, for shipment of uranium 
                                                                   hexafluoride fissile (containing more than 1%
                                                                   U-235). (Modes 1, 2, 3.)                     
11348-N           Engelhard Corporation,  49 CFR 173.421(d),      To authorize transportation of ammonium       
                   Carteret, NJ.           173.421-1(a), 173.421-  perrhenate, a division 5.1 material which    
                                           2(c).                   also meets the definition of Class 7,        
                                                                   contained in 1-liter polyethylene plastic    
                                                                   jars overpacked in DOT Specification         
                                                                   packaging, to be transported without required
                                                                   radioactive material markings. (Modes 1, 4,  
                                                                   5.)                                          
11349-N           City of Houston,        49 CFR 49 CFR Sections  To authorize tank cars, containing chlorine,  
                   Houston, TX.            174.67 (i) & (j).       to remain standing with unloading connections
                                                                   attached when no product is being            
                                                                   transferred. (Mode 2.)                       
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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 November 17, 1994.
J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,
Chief, Exemption Programs, Office of Hazardous Materials Exemptions and 
Approvals.
[FR Doc. 94-29003 Filed 11-23-94; 8:45 am]
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