[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 182 (Friday, September 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49293-49294]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24964]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs Administration


Notice of Applications for Exemptions

AGENCY: Office of Hazardous Materials Safety, 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 October 20, 1997.

ADDRESS COMMENTS TO: Dockets Unit, Research and Special Programs, 
Administration, Room 8421, DHM-30, 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.
    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 September 15, 1997.
J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,
Director, Office of Hazardous Materials, Exemptions and Approvals.

                                                 New Exemptions                                                 
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                                                                           Regulation(s)    Nature of exemption 
     Application  No.              Docket  No.             Applicant         affected             thereof       
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1941-N....................  RSPA-97-2897.............  Oxychem, Deer     49 CFR 173.31     To authorize         
                                                        Park, TX.         Retest Table 1,   alternative         
                                                                          173.31(c).        retesting criteria  
                                                                                            for tanks cars used 
                                                                                            in chlorine service.
                                                                                            (mode 2)            
11942-N...................  RSPA-97-2898.............  DowElanco,        49 CFR            To authorize the     
                                                        Indianapolis,     172.203(a),       transportation in   
                                                        IN.               172.302(c),       commerce of a       
                                                                          173.227.          Division 6.1, liquid
                                                                                            PIH material meeting
                                                                                            Hazard Zone B, in   
                                                                                            DOT specifications  
                                                                                            4BW cylinders       
                                                                                            authorized under    
                                                                                            Sec. 173.227, but do
                                                                                            not meet the general
                                                                                            packaging provisions
                                                                                            for liquid poisonous
                                                                                            materials in        
                                                                                            cylinders required  
                                                                                            under Sec. 173.40.  
                                                                                            (mode 1)            
11944-N...................  RSPA-97-2899.............  Core              49 CFR 173.302..  To authorize the     
                                                        Laboratories,                       transportation in   
                                                        Inc.,                               commerce of         
                                                        Carrollton, TX.                     compressed natural  
                                                                                            gas in 4E240        
                                                                                            cylinders. (modes 1,
                                                                                            4)                  

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11946-N...................  RSPA-97-2900.............  Regional Airline  49 CFR 173.34(e)  To authorize an      
                                                        Association,                        alternative         
                                                        Washington, DC.                     maintenance/        
                                                                                            inspection program  
                                                                                            in lieu of that     
                                                                                            required in 49 CFR  
                                                                                            173.34(e) for       
                                                                                            certain DOT         
                                                                                            specification and   
                                                                                            non-DOT             
                                                                                            specification       
                                                                                            cylinders used as   
                                                                                            components in       
                                                                                            aircraft fire       
                                                                                            suppressant systems.
                                                                                            (modes 1, 2, 3, 4,  
                                                                                            5)                  
11947-N...................  RSPA-97-2901.............  Patts             49 CFR 178.253..  To authorize the     
                                                        Fabrication &                       manufacture, mark   
                                                        Services,                           and sale of non-    
                                                        Odessa, TX.                         specification 60    
                                                                                            gallon portable     
                                                                                            metal tanks designed
                                                                                            and constructed in  
                                                                                            accordance with DOT-
                                                                                            Specification 57,   
                                                                                            with certain        
                                                                                            exceptions, for use 
                                                                                            in transporting     
                                                                                            Flammable liquids,  
                                                                                            n.o.s., Class 3.    
                                                                                            (mode 1)            
11948-N...................  RSPA-97-2902.............  Sumitomo          49 CFR 173,       To authorize the     
                                                        Corporation,      Subpart G.        transportation in   
                                                        San Francisco,                      commerce of non-    
                                                        CA.                                 specification       
                                                                                            cylinders           
                                                                                            manufactured and    
                                                                                            filled in Japan for 
                                                                                            use in transporting 
                                                                                            certain compressed  
                                                                                            gases. (modes 1, 2, 
                                                                                            3)                  
11953-N...................  RSPA-97-2903.............  Manchester Tank,  49 CFR 178.61(a)  To authorize the     
                                                        Brentwood, TN.                      transportation in   
                                                                                            commerce of DOT 4B  
                                                                                            cylinders that are  
                                                                                            exempt from the     
                                                                                            maximum 1,000 pound 
                                                                                            water capacity      
                                                                                            requirement. (modes 
                                                                                            1, 2, 3, 4)         
11954-N...................  RSPA-97-2904.............  Republic          49 CFR 173.29,    To authorize the     
                                                        Environmental     Part 178.         transportation in   
                                                        Systems (PA),                       commerce of reused  
                                                        Inc., Hatfield,                     UN 1A2/Y/1.2 drums  
                                                        PA.                                 that were previously
                                                                                            used to transport   
                                                                                            lab pack quantities 
                                                                                            of waste without    
                                                                                            meeting the         
                                                                                            retesting and       
                                                                                            reconditioning      
                                                                                            requirements for use
                                                                                            in transporting     
                                                                                            various classes of  
                                                                                            hazardous materials.
                                                                                            (mode 1)            
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[FR Doc. 97-24964 Filed 9-18-97; 8:45 am]
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