[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 37 (Tuesday, February 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 8508]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4581]
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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 March 27, 1997.
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 (See Docket
Number) are available for inspection at the New Docket Management
Facility, PL-401, at the U.S. Department of Transportation, Nassif
Building, 400 7th Street, SW. Washington, DC 20590.
New Exemptions
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Regulation(s) Nature of exemption
Application No. Docket No. Applicant affected thereof
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11832-N.............. RSPS-97-2130 Air Liquide 49 CFR 172.203, To authorize the
Corp., Houston, 173.318, 173.320. manufacture, mark and
TX. sale of a non-DOT
specification
portable tank for use
in the transportation
of helium,
refrigerated liquid,
Division 2.2. (mode
1).
11834-N.............. RSPA-97-2131 Ashland Chemical 49 CFR 173.173, To authorize the
Co., Dublin, OH. 173.202. transportation of
Division 3 and 5.1
material in UN 1A2/
Y1.4/100 openhead
steel drums as part
of a mechanical
application system.
(modes 1, 2).
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Note: Correction, Trinity Industries, Inc. application notice published on Wednesday February 5, 1997 FR Vol.
62, No. 24, Page 5506, should have appeared as Trinity Industries, Inc., Dallas, TX, modes 1, 2, and 3.
(1) To modify the exemption to provide for an additional container equipped with side discharge for use in
transporting certain blasting agents.
(2) To modify the exemption to provide for an additional motor vehicle, equipped with specific diesel-operated
heating equipment, for use in the transportation of certain Class 3 liquids or gases.
(3) To modify the exemption to provide for Division 2.2 and 5.1 as additional classes of hazardous material to
be unloaded with the physical presence of an unloader.
(4) To modify the exemption to increase the service life to 24 years, increase the retest schedule to 7 years
and eliminate the marking requirement on non-DOT specification welded stainless steel cylinders.
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 February 19, 1997.
J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,
Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Exemptions and Approvals.
[FR Doc. 97-4581 Filed 2-24-97; 8:45 am]
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