[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 117 (Thursday, June 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 33440]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16167]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs 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 July 20, 1998.

ADDRESS COMMENT 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 applications (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 
Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 1806; 49 CFR 1.53(e)).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on June 11. 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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12079-N.............  RSPA-1998-3920             ASAHI SEISAKUSHO    49 CFR 173.301(h),  To authorize the       
                                                  CO., LTD,           173.302(a)(1),      manufacture, mark and 
                                                  Saitama, 339-       173.305(a),         sale of non-DOT       
                                                  0078, Japan.        173.34(a)(1).       specification         
                                                                                          cylinders comparable  
                                                                                          to a DOT specification
                                                                                          3AA for use as a scuba
                                                                                          diving cylinder       
                                                                                          containing a Division 
                                                                                          2.2 gas. (modes 1, 2, 
                                                                                          3, 4)                 
12083-N.............  RSPA-1998-3934             Northern Indiana    49 CFR 173.29(a)..  To authorize the bulk  
                                                  Fuel & Light Co.,                       transportation in     
                                                  Inc., Auburn, IN.                       commerce of residual  
                                                                                          quantities of Class 3 
                                                                                          material to be        
                                                                                          transported in        
                                                                                          specially designed    
                                                                                          tanks. (mode 1)       
12084-N.............  RSPA-1998-3941             AlliedSignal Inc.,  49 CFR              To authorize an        
                                                  Morristown, NJ.     173.34(e)(11).      alternative schedule  
                                                                                          for retesting of DOT  
                                                                                          4B, 4BA and 4BW       
                                                                                          cylinders used in     
                                                                                          transporting          
                                                                                          refrigerant gases and 
                                                                                          blends. (modes 1, 2,  
                                                                                          3)                    
12086-N.............  RSPA-1998-3942             Yale University,    49 CFR              To authorize an        
                                                  New Haven, CT.      173.196(a)(ii)(b).  alternative packaging 
                                                                                          for use in            
                                                                                          transporting used     
                                                                                          syringes classed as   
                                                                                          Infectious substances,
                                                                                          Division 6.2. (mode 1)
12087-N.............  RSPA-1998-3943             LND, Inc.,          49 CFR 172.101,     To authorize the       
                                                  Fairfield, CT.      Co. 9, 173.306,     manufacture, mark, and
                                                                      175.3.              sale of non-DOT       
                                                                                          specification metal   
                                                                                          containers containing 
                                                                                          Boron Trifluoride,    
                                                                                          classed as 2.3 for use
                                                                                          in radiation          
                                                                                          detectors. (modes 1,  
                                                                                          2, 3, 4, 5)           
12088-N.............  RSPA-1998-3936             Westvaco,           49 CFR 173, 177,    To authorize the       
                                                  Richmond, VA.       178 & 180.          transportation in     
                                                                                          commerce of samples of
                                                                                          hazardous materials in
                                                                                          compatible containers 
                                                                                          as essentially        
                                                                                          unregulated. (mode 1) 
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[FR Doc. 98-16167 Filed 6-17-98; 8:45 am]
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