[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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