[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13300-13301]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7026]


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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, 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 
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 April 2, 1998.

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: Copies of the applications are available for 
inspection in 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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7835-M......................  ...................................  Matheson Gas Products, East              7835
                                                                    Rutherford, NJ (See Footnote                
                                                                    1).                                         
8096-M......................  ...................................  Scott High Pressure Technology,          8096
                                                                    Plumsteadville, PA (See                     
                                                                    Footnote 2).                                
11270-M.....................  ...................................  The Specialty Chemicals Div. of         11270
                                                                    B.F. Goodrich, Co., Cleveland,              
                                                                    OH (See Footnote 3).                        
11998-M.....................  RSPA-97-3246.......................  Union Tank Car Co., East                11998
                                                                    Chicago, IN (See Footnote 4).               
12018-M.....................  RSPA-98-3348.......................  MVE, Inc., New Prague, MN (See          12018
                                                                    Footnote 5).                                
12041-M.....................  RSPA-98-3480.......................  General Electric Plastics,              12041
                                                                    Pittsfield, MA (See Footnote                
                                                                    6).                                         
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(1) To modify the exemption to provide for an additional pallet design for use in transporting compressed gas   
  cylinders.                                                                                                    
(2) To modify the exemption to provide for an alternative material to be used in manufacturing non-DOT          
  specification steel cylinders for use in transporting Division 2.2 material.                                  
(3) To modify the exemption to provide for unloading valves to remain open when rail cars are standing with     
  unloading connections attached.                                                                               
(4) To reissue the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis to authorize the transportation of DOT     
  Specification 105J200W tank cars transporting various hazardous materials not meeting SP B74.                 
(5) To reissue the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis to authorize the bulk transportation of    
  refrigerated liquids in cargo tanks when mounted on motor vehicles and provide for additional tanks.          
(6) To reissue the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis to use an alternate method of testing of   
  certain cylinders for transporting Division 2.3 material.                                                     


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    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 March 13, 1998.
J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,
Director, Office of Hazardous Materials, Exemptions and Approvals.
[FR Doc. 98-7026 Filed 3-17-98; 8:45 am]
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