[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 139 (Tuesday, July 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39116-39117]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19358]


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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 August 20, 1998.

ADDRESS COMMENTS TO: Records Center, 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 application 
number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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)).


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    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 14, 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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12096-N               RSPA-98-3991            E.I. DuPont de       49 CFR 172.102       To authorize the one    
                                               Nemours & Co.,       (c)(3) SP B9 &       time-transportation in 
                                               Inc., Wilmington,    B74, 179.103-5       commerce of a DOT-     
                                               DE.                  (b)(1).              Specification 120A500W 
                                                                                         tank car, containing a 
                                                                                         Division 6.1 material, 
                                                                                         poisonous by           
                                                                                         inhalation, that was   
                                                                                         loaded out of test     
                                                                                         date. (mode 2)         
12097-N               RSPA-98-3993            Qual-X Inc.,         49 CFR 173.140,      To authorize the one-   
                                               Powell, OH.          173.412.             time transportation in 
                                                                                         commerce of a specially
                                                                                         designed device        
                                                                                         containing small       
                                                                                         quantities of gas,     
                                                                                         Division 2.2 contained 
                                                                                         in Type A package used 
                                                                                         as part of a leak      
                                                                                         detector console. (mode
                                                                                         1)                     
12098-N               RSPA-98-3994            Carleton             49 CFR 178.65......  To authorize the        
                                               Technologies,                             transportation in      
                                               Inc., Orchard                             commerce of certain    
                                               Park, NY.                                 compressed gases,      
                                                                                         Division 2.2, in non-  
                                                                                         DOT specification      
                                                                                         pressure vessels.      
                                                                                         (modes 1, 2, 4)        
12100-N               RSPA-98-4004            Tokico (USA), Inc.,  49 CFR 172.200-202,  To authorize the        
                                               Berea, KY.           172.203-204,         transportation in      
                                                                    172.300, 173.306     commerce of gas struts 
                                                                    (f)(1), 173.306      charged by a mixture of
                                                                    (f)(2)(iii),         nitrogen gas and       
                                                                    173.306 (f)(3).      hydraulic oil as       
                                                                                         essentially            
                                                                                         unregulated. (modes 1, 
                                                                                         2, 3, 4, 5)            
12102-N               RSPA-98-4005            AETS/CWM, Flanders,  49 CFR 173.56(i)...  To authorize the        
                                               NJ.                                       transportation of      
                                                                                         certain Division 1.1D, 
                                                                                         unstable waste         
                                                                                         laboratory mixtures    
                                                                                         that have been         
                                                                                         densitized to remove   
                                                                                         their explosive        
                                                                                         characteristics, as    
                                                                                         Division 4.1 flammable 
                                                                                         solids. (mode 1)       
12104-N               RSPA-98-4039            Hoechst Celanese,    49 CFR 174.67(i)...  To authorize rail cars  
                                               Spartanburg, SC.                          to remain connected    
                                                                                         throughout the         
                                                                                         unloading of Class 9   
                                                                                         material without the   
                                                                                         physical presence of an
                                                                                         unloader. (mode 2)     
12105-N               RSPA-98-4040            Becton Dickinson     49 CFR 172.504,      To authorize the        
                                               Microbiology         174.81, 177.848.     transportation in      
                                               Systems, Sparks,                          commerce of specially- 
                                               MD.                                       designed combination   
                                                                                         packaging for use in   
                                                                                         transporting Division  
                                                                                         4.3 and Class 8        
                                                                                         material be exempt from
                                                                                         segregation and        
                                                                                         placarding             
                                                                                         requirements. (modes 1,
                                                                                         2)                     
12106-N               RSPA-98-4041            Air Liquide America  49 CFR 173.24(g)...  To authorize the venting
                                               Corporation,                              of a DOT-specification 
                                               Houston, TX.                              105A400W tank car used 
                                                                                         for the transportation 
                                                                                         of carbon dioxide,     
                                                                                         Division 2.2. (mode 2) 
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[FR Doc. 98-19358 Filed 7-20-98; 8:45 am]
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