[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 123 (Tuesday, June 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32777-32778]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16149]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Proposal to Change Items 325 and 327 in the Military Traffic 
Management Command Freight Traffic Rules Publication No. 1A (MFTRP No. 
1A) Governing Dromedary Service

AGENCY: Military Traffic Management Command (MTMC), DOD.

ACTION: Request for comments on proposed changes.

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SUMMARY: MTMC is proposing changes to Items 325 and 327 in MFTRP No. 1A 
governing dromedary service. The following changes are necessary for 
clarification and to follow the current United States Department of 
Transportation rules:
    Item 325, Paragraph 2d, beginning on line 2, the second sentence 
will read: ``Shipments of bulk white phosphorus or of bulk initiating 
or priming, explosives, wetted (Diazodinitrophenol, mercury fulminate, 
guanyl nitrosaminoguanylidene hydrazine, lead azide, lead styphnate, 
nitromannite, nitrosoguanidine, pentaerythrite tetranitrate, tetrazone, 
lead monoitroresorcinate) will be subject to a

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line-haul minimum weight of 5,000 pounds or actual weight, if greater, 
at the 5,000 pound tender rate.''
    Item 327, Paragraph 2c, beginning on line 2, the second sentence 
will read: ``Shipments of bulk white phosphorus or of bulk initiating 
or priming explosives, wetted (Diazodinitrophenol, mercury fulminate, 
guanyl nitrosaminoguanylidene hydrazine, lead azide, lead styphnate, 
nitromanninte, nitrosoguanidine, pentaerythrite tetranitrate, 
tetrazene, lead mononitroresorcinate) will be subject to a line-haul 
minimum weight of 10,000 pounds or actual weight, if greater, at the 
10,000 pound tender rate.''

    Cancel Note 3 to Item 325 and Item 327.

DATES: Comments concerning the proposed changes must reach 
Headquarters, Military Traffic Management Command, ATTN: MTOP-T-SR, 629 
NASSIF Building, 5611 Columbia Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-5050, 
within 60 days of the publication date of this Federal Register notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Julian Jolkovsky, MTOP-T-SR, (703) 681-3440, or Mr. James Murphy, 
MTOP-T-SR (703) 681-3443.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These changes will clarify that the 
commodities in these Item 325 and 327 paragraphs refer to ``bulk'' 
commodities. ``Bulk,'' as used in Items 325 and 327, means a package 
containing only the individual commodity, such as a package containing 
only lead azide. Shipments of small amounts of these commodities, as 
components of ammunition, have significantly lower risk because of safe 
and arming designs and devices and packaging, and therefore should not 
be subject to higher minimum weights. Cancellation of Note 3 to Items 
325 and 327 eliminates misinterpretations concerning chemical 
ammunition that have occurred in the past.
Gregory D. Showalter,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-16149 Filed 6-24-96; 8:45 am]
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