[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13299-13300]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7025]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Research and Special Program 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 April 17, 1998.
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: Copies of the application (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
Transportations Act (49 U.S.C. 1806; 49 CFR 1.53(e)).
Issued in Washington, DC, on March 12, 1998.
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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12044-N RSPA-98-3612 Reagent Chemical & 49 CFR 179.3...... To authorize the
Research, Inc., transportation in
Houston, TX. commerce of DOT
111A100W5 tank cars
that exceed the
authorized load
capacity for use in
transporting
hydrochloric acid,
Class 8. (mode 2)
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12045-N RSPA-98-3613 Jefferson Smurfit 49 CFR 174.67 (i) To authorize tank cars
Corp., Fernandina & (j). loaded with chlorine
Beach, FL. to stand with
unloading connections
attached after
unloading is
completed and remain
attached to transfer
connection without
the physical presence
of an unloader. (mode
2)
12046-N RSPA-98-3614 Univ. of Colorado 49 CFR 171 to 178. to authorize the
Health Sciences transportation in
Center, Denver, commerce of various
CO. hazardous materials
in small quantities
inside lab packs
without required
markings and
labelling as
essentially non-
regulated. (mode 1)
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Note: In Federal Register Vol. 63, No. 35, Monday, February 13,
1998, Page 9043, Application No. 12038-N, SPA-98-3461 for Duracool
Limited, the summary should have appeared as Regulations Affected:
49 CFR 173.304(a), 173.304(d)(3)(ii), 172.301 (a) & (c): To
authorize the transportation in commerce of a Division 2.1 liquefied
refrigerant gas, in DOT Specification 2Q containers, at a charging
pressure in excess of the authorized maximum.
[FR Doc. 98-7025 Filed 3-17-98; 8:45 am]
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