[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1990-1991]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-760]


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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 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. This 
notice is abbreviated to expedite docketing and public notice. Because 
of 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 January 28, 1998.

ADDRESSES COMMENTS TO: Docket 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

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comments is desired, include a self-addressed stamped postcard showing 
the exemption 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.

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                                                                                                   Modification 
         Application No.                      Docket No.                      Applicant            of exemption 
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9421-M...........................  ................................  Taylor-Wharton, Harrisburg,            9421
                                                                      PA (See Footnote 1).                      
9706-M...........................  ................................  Taylor-Wharton, Harrisburg,            9706
                                                                      PA (See Footnote 2).                      
9909-M...........................  ................................  Taylor-Wharton, Harrisburg,            9909
                                                                      PA (See Footnote 3).                      
10047-M..........................  ................................  Taylor-Wharton, Harrisburg,           10047
                                                                      PA (See Footnote 4).                      
11986-M..........................  RSPA-98-3171....................  U.S. Department of Defense,           11986
                                                                      Falls Church, VA (See                     
                                                                      Footnote 5).                              
11989-M..........................  RSPA-98-3170....................  U.S. Department of Defense,           11989
                                                                      Falls Church, VA (See                     
                                                                      Footnote 6).                              
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\1\ To modify the exemption to authorize the use of ultrasonic inspection in lieu of hydrostatic pressure test  
  and internal visual inspection of non-DOT specification cylinders for use in transporting certain Division    
  2.1, 2.2 gases and Division 6.1 materials.                                                                    
\2\ To modify the exemption to authorize the use of ultrasonic inspection in lieu of hydrostatic pressure test  
  and internal visual inspection of non-DOT specification cylinders for use in transporting certain Division    
  2.1, 2.2 gases and Division 6.1 materials.                                                                    
\3\ To modify the exemption to provide for the use of ultrasonic inspection in lieu of hydrostatic pressure test
  and internal visual inspection of non-DOT specification steel cylinders for use in transporting Division 2.1  
  and 2.2 gases.                                                                                                
\4\ To modify the exemption to provide for ultrasonic inspection in lieu of hydrostatic pressure test and       
  internal visual inspection of non-DOT specification cylinder used for transporting certain hazardous          
  materials.                                                                                                    
\5\ To reissue the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis to authorize the stowage of Division 1.2,  
  explosives in freight containers below deck aboard large, medium speed, roll-on/roll-off vessels.             
\6\ To reissue the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis from segregation requirements aboard       
  vessels transporting explosive material.                                                                      

    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 January 7, 1998.
J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,
Director, Office of Hazardous Materials, Exemptions and Approvals.
[FR Doc. 98-760 Filed 1-12-98; 8:45 am]
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