[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 197 (Thursday, October 12, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53240-53241]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-25234]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Research and Special Programs Administration


Office of Hazardous Materials safety; Notice of 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 November 13, 1995.

ADDRESSES COMMENTS TO: Dockets Unit, Research and Special Programs, 

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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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                                                                                           Nature of exemption  
  Application No.               Applicant                  Regulation(s) affected                thereof        
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11551-N             The Fertilizer Institute,         49 CFR 180.407(c)(h)(1)(ii).....  To authorize an         
                     Washington, DC.                                                     alternative testing    
                                                                                         procedure for MC-330   
                                                                                         and MC-331 cargo tanks 
                                                                                         in dedicated anhydrous 
                                                                                         ammonia service. (Mode 
                                                                                         1.)                    
11554-N             Kodson Enterprises, Ventura, CA.  49 CFR 172.101, 175.3...........  To authorize the        
                                                                                         transportation in      
                                                                                         commerce of motor fuel 
                                                                                         modules containing not 
                                                                                         more than 1500 grams of
                                                                                         propellant per module  
                                                                                         to be shipped in       
                                                                                         prescribed packaging as
                                                                                         flammable solids,      
                                                                                         Division 4.1. (Mode 4.)
11555-N             USA Fertilizer Inc., Blackfoot,   49 CFR 174.67(j)................  To authorize rail cars  
                     ID.                                                                 to remain connected    
                                                                                         during unloading of    
                                                                                         sulfuric acid, Class 8 
                                                                                         without the physical   
                                                                                         presence of an         
                                                                                         unloader. (Mode 2.)    
11556-N             Pursuit Marketing, Inc.,          49 CFR 173.302(a)(1), 173.304,    To authorize the        
                     Northbrook, IL.                   178.42.                           manufacture, mark, and 
                                                                                         sale of non-DOT        
                                                                                         specification cylinder 
                                                                                         for use in transporting
                                                                                         Division 2.1 and 2.2.  
                                                                                         (Modes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.) 
11557-N             Westvaco, Richmond, VA..........  49 CFR 174.67(i)................  To authorize rail cars  
                                                                                         to remain connected,   
                                                                                         during unloading of    
                                                                                         Class 9 material       
                                                                                         without the physical   
                                                                                         presence of an         
                                                                                         unloader. (Mode 2.)    
11558-N             Service Oil Co., West Fargo, ND.  49 CFR 179.13...................  To authorize the        
                                                                                         transportation of DOT  
                                                                                         111A200WI tank cars,   
                                                                                         containing diesel fuel,
                                                                                         which exceed the weight
                                                                                         limitations. (Mode 2.) 
11559-N             Japan Oxygen, Inc., Long Beach,   49 CFR 173.318..................  To authorize the        
                     CA.                                                                 transportation of non- 
                                                                                         DOT specification      
                                                                                         insulated cargo tanks  
                                                                                         for use in transporting
                                                                                         helium, Division 2.2.  
                                                                                         (Modes 1, 3.)          
11560-N             Trans Continental Airlines,       49 CFR 107, Subpart B, 172.101,   To authorize the        
                     Inc., Ypsilanti, MI.              172.204(c)(3), 173.27,            transportation in      
                                                       175.30(a)(1).                     commerce of Division 1 
                                                                                         explosives and         
                                                                                         ammunition presently   
                                                                                         forbidden or in        
                                                                                         quantities greater than
                                                                                         those authorized. (Mode
                                                                                         4.)                    
11561-N             Solkatronic Chemicals,            49 CFR 173.28(b)(7)(ii).........  To authorize the        
                     Fairfield, NJ.                                                      transportation in      
                                                                                         commerce of stainless  
                                                                                         steel refillable       
                                                                                         containers on vehicles 
                                                                                         other than company-    
                                                                                         owned or exclusive-use 
                                                                                         vehicles. (Mode 1.)    
11564-N             Nippon Sharyo Ltd., Toyokawa,     49 CFR 178.245-7(a), 178.2451(b)  To authorize the        
                     Aichi, JA.                                                          transportation in      
                                                                                         commerce of a pressure-
                                                                                         liquefied non-flammable
                                                                                         refrigerant gas in non-
                                                                                         DOT specification steel
                                                                                         portable tanks         
                                                                                         permanently fitted with
                                                                                         an ISO frame with      
                                                                                         openings which are     
                                                                                         located in the shell   
                                                                                         below liquid level     
                                                                                         lines and are not      
                                                                                         grouped together with  
                                                                                         the other openings.    
                                                                                         (Modes 1, 2, 3.)       
11565-N             C.P.F. Dualam Inc., Gatesville,   49 CFR 178.345, 178.348.........  To authorize the        
                     TX.                                                                 manufacture, mark and  
                                                                                         sale of non-DOT        
                                                                                         specification cargo    
                                                                                         tanks of fiberglass    
                                                                                         construction for use in
                                                                                         transporting Class 8   
                                                                                         material. (Mode 1.)    
11566-N             Nippon Sharyo Ltd., Toyokawa,     49 CFR 178.245-1(b), 178.245-     To authorize the        
                     Aichi, JA.                        7(a).                             manufacture, mark and  
                                                                                         sale of non-DOT        
                                                                                         specification steel    
                                                                                         portable tanks equipped
                                                                                         with openings not      
                                                                                         grouped together for   
                                                                                         use in transporting    
                                                                                         flammable and non-     
                                                                                         flammable refrigerant  
                                                                                         gases. (Modes 1, 2, 3.)
11568-N             Equipment & Meter Services Inc.,  49 CFR 172.200, 172.602, 173.242  To authorize the        
                     Linden, NJ.                                                         transportation of a non-
                                                                                         DOT specification      
                                                                                         device known as a meter
                                                                                         prover for use in      
                                                                                         calibration of various 
                                                                                         hazardous materials.   
                                                                                         (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 October 5, 1995.
J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,
Chief, Exemption Programs, Office of Hazardous Materials Exemptions and 
Approvals.
[FR Doc. 95-25234 Filed 10-11-95; 8:45 am]
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