[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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