[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 160 (Wednesday, August 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44506-44507]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-22263]
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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 September 3, 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 number.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the applications are
available for inspection in the Records Center, Nassif Building, 400
7th Street SW, Washington, DC.
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Application Modification
number Docket number Applicant of exemption
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8602-M .................................. MVE, Inc. New Prague, MN (See Footnote 1) 8602
8650-M .................................. Ethyl Corporation, Richmond, VA (See 8650
Footnote 2).
11054-M .................................. Welker Engineering Company, Sugar Land, 11054
TX (See Footnote 3).
11294-M .................................. University of Vermont Environmental 11294
Safety Fac., Burlington, VT (See
Footnote 4).
12062-M RSPA-1998-4142.................... Vulcan Chemicals, Birmingham, AL (See 12062
Footnote 5).
12113-M RSPA-1998-3790.................... Bemis Company, Inc., Omaha, NE (See 12113
Footnote 6).
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(1) To modify the exemption to provide for alternative testing criteria to be consistent with cryogenic MC-338
cargo tanks.
(2) To modify the exemption to provide for Class 3 as an additional class of material for transportation in a
non-DOT specification steel portable tank.
(3) To modify the exemption to waive the requirement for inspection by an independent inspection agency by
authorizing use of a competent manufacturer's inspector.
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(4) To modify the exemption to allow for a shortened buffer zone for the transportation of certain lab pack
quantities of hazardous materials with other materials in lab packs, with partial relief from certain
segregation requirements.
(5) To reissue the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis to continue to use a non-DOT specification
tank to transport a 6.1 material.
(6) To reissue the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis for the transportation in commerce of bags
(UN5M2) which were not marked to correct size specifications.
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 August 13, 1998.
J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,
Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Exemptions and Approvals.
[FR Doc. 98-22263 Filed 8-18-98; 8:45 am]
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