[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 96 (Tuesday, May 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27621-27622]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13254]
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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, Office of
Hazardous Materials Safety, 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 June 3, 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 the Dockets Unit, Room 8426, Nassif Building, 400 7th
Street SW, Washington, DC.
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Modification of
Application No. Docket No. Applicant exemption
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10672-M....................... ................................... Burlington Packaging, 10672
Inc., Brooklyn, NY (See
Footnote 1).
11352-M....................... ................................... PepsiCo, Inc., 11352
Arlington, TX (See
Footnote 2).
11396-M....................... ................................... Laidlaw Environmental 11396
Services Inc.,
Columbia, SC (See
Footnote 3).
11624-M....................... ................................... Laidlaw Environmental 11624
Services Inc.,
Columbia, SC (See
Footnote 4).
11686-M....................... ................................... Bridgeview, Inc., 11686
Morgantown, PA (See
Footnote 5).
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12055-M....................... RPSA-1998-3731 M.D. Cryogenics, Inc., 12055
Pearland, TX (See
Footnote 6).
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\1\ To modify the exemption to provide for alternative absorbent material and plastic ringlock on specially-
designed composite type packaging.
\2\ To authorize party-status and additional classes of hazardous materials.
\3\ To modify the exemption to provide for cargo vessel as an additional mode of transportation for use in
transporting various Class 3 material.
\4\ To modify the exemption to provide for cargo vessel as an additional mode of transportation for use in
transporting various Class 3 material.
\5\ To modify the exemption to provide for several modifications to existing plastic bags.
\6\ To reissue the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis to authorize the transportation of portable
tanks that are incorrectly marked and are involved in off-shore operations.
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 May 13, 1998.
J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,
Director, Office of Hazardous Materials, Exemptions and Approvals.
[FR Doc. 98-13254 Filed 5-18-98; 8:45 am]
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