[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 246 (Wednesday, December 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71186-71187]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33896]


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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

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numbers with the suffix ``M'' denote a modification request. These 
applications have been separated form the new applications for 
exemptions to facilitate processing.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 7, 1999.

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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                                                                                                Modification of
      Application No.                  Docket No.                        Applicant                 exemption
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7708-M.....................  ..............................  Pacific Scientific (HTL/KIN-Tech               7708
                                                              Division Duarte, CA (See
                                                              Footnote \1\).
9162-M.....................  Sun Line Company Tulsa, OK       (See Footnote \2\).............               9162
10929-M....................  ..............................  Consolidated Rail Corporation                 10929
                                                              Philadelphia, PA (See Footnote
                                                              \3\).
11624-M....................  ..............................  Safety-Kleen Corporation                      11624
                                                              Columbia, SC (See Footnote \4\).
12022-M....................  RSPA-1998-3308                  Taylor-Wharton Harrisburg, PA                 12022
                                                              (See Footnote \5\).
12178-M....................  ..............................  STC Technologies, Inc.                        12178
                                                              Bethlehem, PA (See Footnote
                                                              \6\).
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(\1\) To modify the exemption to for a design change and an increase in service pressure to 6300 psig of a non-
  specification high-pressure cylinder for shipment of a Division 2.2 material.
(\2\) To modify the exemption to increase the capacity of a trailer equipped with a mechanical displacement
  meter prover to 153.50 gallons for the transportation of Class 3 or Division 2.1 materials.
(\3\) To modify the exemption to provide for venting of asphalt cars and the addition of commodities.
(\4\) To modify the exemption to provide for rail as an additional mode of transportation for the transportation
  of household hazardous wastes, Class 3, in quantities greater than those presently authorized.
(\5\) To modify the exemption to provide for alternative testing criteria of 3AA cylinders for use in
  transporting Division 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3 hazardous materials.
(\6\) To reissue the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis to use a non-DOT specification container
  for liquefied gas, flammable, n.o.s.

    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 December 16, 1998.
J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,
Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Exemptions and Approvals.
[FR Doc. 98-33896 Filed 12-22-98; 8:45 am]
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