[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 144 (Monday, July 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 40397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19771]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs Administration


Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Notice of Applications for 
Modification of Exemption

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs Administration, DOT.

ACTION: List of applications for modification of exemptions.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the procedures governing the application 
for, and the processing of, exemption 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. This 
notice is abbreviated to expedite docketing and public notice. Because 
the sections affected, modes of transportation, and the nature of 
application have been shown in earlier Federal Register publications, 
they are not repeated here. Requests for modifications of exemptions 
(e.g. to provide for additional hazardous materials, packaging design 
changes, additional mode of transportation, etc.) are described in 
footnotes to the application number. Application numbers with the 
suffix ``M'' denote a modification request. These applications have 
been separated from the new applications for exemptions to facilitate 
processing.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 12, 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 number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Copies of the application are available for inspection in the Dockets 
Unit, Room 8426, Nassif Building, 400 7th Street SW, Wasington, DC.

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                                                                                                      Renewal of
            Application No.                       Docket No.                     Applicant             exemption
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6922-M................................  .............................  Halocarbon Products Co., N.          6922
                                                                        Augusta, SC (See Footnote 1).           
9064-M................................  .............................  Propack, Inc., Essington, PA         9064
                                                                        (See Footnote 2).                       
10020-M...............................  .............................  Allwaste, Inc., Houston, TX         10020
                                                                        (See Footnote 3).                       
11378-M...............................  .............................  Astrotech Space Operations,         11378
                                                                        Inc., Titusville, FL (See               
                                                                        Footnote 4).                            
11380-M...............................  .............................  Western Atlas Logging               11380
                                                                        Services, Houston, TX (See              
                                                                        Footnote 5).                            
11512-M...............................  .............................  Alaska Eskimo Whaling               11512
                                                                        Commission, Barrow, AK (See             
                                                                        Footnote 6).                            
11836-M...............................  RSPA-97-2572-4                 HCI USA Distribution                11836
                                                                        Companies, Inc., Greensboro,            
                                                                        NC (See Footnote 7).                    
11888-M...............................  RSPA-97-2583-2                 Day & Zimmermann, Inc.,             11888
                                                                        Parsons, KS (See Footnote 8).           
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\1\ To modify the exemption to provide for use of alternative metal for DOT Specification 106A500-X multi-unit  
  tank car tank, for shipment of certain compressed gases.                                                      
\2\ To modify the exemption to provide for ocean transportation as an additional mode for use in transporting   
  corrosive materials in glass containers placed in cushioned cylindrical steel overpacks.                      
\3\ To modify the exemption to provide for the transportation of a Division 4.2 hazardous materials in non-DOT  
  specification roll-on/roll-off containers.                                                                    
\4\ To modify the exemption to provide for ocean transportation as an alternative mode for use in transporting  
  certain hazardous materials in non-DOT specification stainless steel cylinders.                               
\5\ To modify the exemption to provide for several technical changes to the non-DOT specification cylinders for 
  use in transporting compressed hydrocarbon gases.                                                             
\6\ To reissue the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis to authorize the transportation in commerce
  of Black powder, Division 1.1D., by cargo aircraft only.                                                      
\7\ To reissue the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis for the transportation of polyethylene     
  drums for use in transporting non-bulk quantities of ammonia solutions, Class 8.                              
\8\ To reissue the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis to authorize the shipment of substances,   
  explosive, n.o.s. mixture, which is not authorized by the Hazardous Materials Regulations, in a specially     
  designed packaging.                                                                                           

    This notice of receipt of applications for modification of 
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 July 22, 1997.
J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,
Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Exemptions and Approvals.
[FR Doc. 97-19771 Filed 7-25-97; 8:45 am]
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