[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16819-16820]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9411]



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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 May 17, 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 CONTACT: 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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11662-N            FIBA Technologies, Inc.,   49 CFR 173.304(a)(2)....  To authorize the transportation in      
                    Westboro, MA.                                        commerce of hexafluorethane, Division  
                                                                         2.2, in DOT-3T 2400 cylinders. (modes  
                                                                         1, 2, 3)                               
11663-N            Pfizer Inc., Groton, CT..  49 CFR 173.304(a)(2),     To authorize rail cars to remain        
                                               174.67(i)&(j).            connected during unloading process     
                                                                         without the physical presence of an    
                                                                         unloader. (mode 2)                     
11664-N            Breed Technologies, Inc.,  49 CFR 173.166(e).......  To authorize the transportation in      
                    Lakeland, FL.                                        commerce of airbag modules, Class 9, in
                                                                         fiberboard intermediate bulk           
                                                                         containers. (modes 1, 2, 3, 5)         
11665-N            Pan Air, Houston, TX.....  49 CFR 171.11, 172.101,   To authorize the transportation in      
                                               172.204(c)(3), 173.27,    commerce of Diviaion 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and 
                                               175.30(a)(1),             1.4 explosives which are forbidden for 
                                               175.320(b), Part 107,     shipment by air or are in quantities   
                                               Appendix B.               greater than those prescribed for      
                                                                         shipment by air. (mode 4)              
11666-N            UCar International Inc.,   49 CFR 173.240(b).......  To authorize the transportation of      
                    Danbury, CT.                                         graphite products classified as        
                                                                         Miscellaneous Hazardous Class 9        
                                                                         material in bulk packaging strapped to 
                                                                         wooden pallets on an open flat truck   
                                                                         bed. (mode 1)                          

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11667-N            Weldship Corp.,            49 CFR 173.34(e)........  To authorize an alternative retesting   
                    Bethlehem, PA.                                       method of DOT-3AAX, 3T, 107A, 3A and   
                                                                         3AA compressed gas cylinders. (mode 1) 
11668-N            AlliedSignal, Inc.,        49 CFR 173.420(2)(d)....  To authorize the one time shipment of   
                    Morristown, NJ.                                      space defective Model 48 OM cylinder   
                                                                         containing uranium hexafluoride, Class 
                                                                         7. (mode 1)                            
11669-N            Ciba-Geigy Corp.,          49 CFR 177.834(i)(2)....  To authorize the unloading of Division  
                    Tarrytown, NJ.                                       2.2 and Division 2.3 material from     
                                                                         cargo tanks into storage tanks without 
                                                                         the physical presence of an unloader.  
                                                                         (mode 1)                               
1670-N             Oilphase Sampling          49 CFR 178.36(3A).......  To authorize the transportation in      
                    Services Limited, Dye,                               commerce of pressurised oil well       
                    Aberdeen, Scotland.                                  formation samples from the well site to
                                                                         the analysis laboratory in specially   
                                                                         designed non-DOT specification         
                                                                         packaging. (modes 1, 2, 3, 4)          
1671-N             Matheson Gas Products,     49 CFR 172.101, Col.      To authorize the transportation in      
                    Secaucus, NJ.              (9B).                     commerce of arsine and phosphine,      
                                                                         Division 2.3 in DOT specification      
                                                                         cylinders by cargo only aircraft. (mode
                                                                         4)                                     
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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 April 11, 1996.
J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,
Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Exemptions and Approvals.
[FR Doc. 96-9411 Filed 4-16-96; 8:45 am]
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