[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 248 (Wednesday, December 27, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67016-67018]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-31330]



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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 January 26, 1996.

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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11585-N..............  Prillaman Chemical Corp.,      49 CFR 176.67(i) & (j)......  To authorize tank cars to   
                        Suffolk, VA.                                                 remain connected during    
                                                                                     unloading of chlorine      
                                                                                     without the physical       
                                                                                     presence of an unloader.   
                                                                                     (Mode 2.)                  

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11591-N..............  Clearwater Distributors,       49 CFR 177.834(a),            To authorize the            
                        Inc., Woodridge, NY.           177.834(h).                   transportation of multiple 
                                                                                     portable tanks permanently 
                                                                                     affixed to the vehicle     
                                                                                     equipped with unloading rod
                                                                                     for use in unloading Class 
                                                                                     8 material. (Mode 2.)      
11592-N..............  Amtrol Inc., West Warwick, RI  49 CFR 173.306(g)...........  To authorize an alternative 
                                                                                     design equation in the     
                                                                                     manufacture, mark and sale 
                                                                                     of cylinders of deep-drawn 
                                                                                     dome design for use in     
                                                                                     transporting compressed air
                                                                                     or compressed nitrogen.    
                                                                                     (Mode 1, 2, 3.)            
11593-N..............  Johnson & Johnson, Skillman,   49 CFR 162.301, 172; Subpart  To authorize the            
                        NJ.                            C, 172; Subpart F, 172;       transportation in commerce 
                                                       Subpart G, 172.400,           of highway fusees packed in
                                                       173.184(b), 178.              first aid kits for retail  
                                                                                     sales, classed as ORM-D to 
                                                                                     be shipped without required
                                                                                     shipping papers, marking,  
                                                                                     labelling or placarding.   
                                                                                     (Mode 1.)                  
11595-N..............  B.F. Goodrich, Cleveland, OH.  49 CFR 174.67 (i), (j) & (k)  To authorize rail cars to   
                                                                                     remain connected during    
                                                                                     unloading of carbon        
                                                                                     disulfide, Class 3, without
                                                                                     the physical presence of an
                                                                                     unloader. (Mode 2.)        
11597-N..............  Zeneca, Inc., Wilmington, DE.  49 CFR 173.28...............  To authorize the            
                                                                                     transportation in commerce 
                                                                                     of reused composite UN6HA1 
                                                                                     drums without leakproof    
                                                                                     testing for use in         
                                                                                     transporting Class 9       
                                                                                     material. (Mode 2.)        
11598-N..............  Metalcraft Inc., Baltimore,    49 CFR 173.34(d), 175.3.....  To authorize the            
                        MD.                                                          manufacture, mark and sale 
                                                                                     of fire extinguishers      
                                                                                     equipped with non-specified
                                                                                     pressure relief devices for
                                                                                     use in transporting        
                                                                                     Division 2.2 material.     
                                                                                     (Modes 1, 4, 5.)           
11599-N..............  Haviland Products Co., Grand   49 CFR 173.158..............  To authorize the            
                        Rapids, MI.                                                  transportation in commerce 
                                                                                     of non-bulk nitric acid,   
                                                                                     other than red fuming, less
                                                                                     than 70%, in 15 gallon and 
                                                                                     55 gallon, reusable 1H1    
                                                                                     plastic drums. (Mode 1.)   
11601-N..............  Hampton & Branchville RR Co.,  49 CFR 174.85(c) & (d)(2)...  To authorize the            
                        Inc., Hampton, SC.                                           transportation of rail cars
                                                                                     containing certain         
                                                                                     hazardous materials without
                                                                                     space cars in required     
                                                                                     sequence. (Mode 2.)        
11602-N..............  The American Aluminum          49 CFR 172.101, 172.301(c),   To authorize the            
                        Association, et al.,           173.22a, 173.241, 173.242;    transportation in commerce 
                        Cleveland, OH.                 Appendix B to Part 107.       of sift-proof bulk         
                                                                                     packagings comparable to   
                                                                                     those described in Section 
                                                                                     173.240 and SP B54 for the 
                                                                                     shipment of aluminum       
                                                                                     processing by products,    
                                                                                     including drosses and spent
                                                                                     potliner. (Modes 1, 2, 3.) 
11604-N..............  G.R.P. Trasporti Ferroviari    49 CFR 178.245-1(b).........  To authorize the            
                        S. A., Switzerland.                                          transportation in commerce 
                                                                                     of IMO Type 5 portable     
                                                                                     tanks equipped with bottom 
                                                                                     outlets similar to DOT     
                                                                                     Specification 51, except   
                                                                                     for location of openings   
                                                                                     for use in transporting    
                                                                                     Division 2.2 material.     
                                                                                     (Modes 1, 2, 3.)           
11606-N..............  Safety-Kleen Corp., Elgin, IL  49 CFR 173.28(b)(2).........  To authorize the            
                                                                                     transportation in commerce 
                                                                                     of reused non-DOT          
                                                                                     specification steel drums  
                                                                                     to ship waste combustible  
                                                                                     liquid and                 
                                                                                     tetrachloroethylene        
                                                                                     sludges. (Mode 2.)         
11607-N..............  Degussa Corporation,           49 CFR 173.32C(j)...........  To authorize transportation 
                        Ridgefield Park, NJ.                                         in commerce of disodium    
                                                                                     tetrasulfide, Class 8,     
                                                                                     (corrosive solid) in IMO   
                                                                                     Type 1 tanks of 5000 liters
                                                                                     capacity which are loaded  
                                                                                     to a filling density less  
                                                                                     than 80% by volume. (Modes 
                                                                                     1, 2, 3.)                  
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    This notice of receipts 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 December 19, 1995.
J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,
Chief, Exemption Programs, Office of Hazardous Materials Exemptions and 
Approvals.
[FR Doc. 95-31330 Filed 12-26-95; 8:45 am]
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