[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 13 (Thursday, January 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3335-3336]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-1321]


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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 (15 days after 
publication).

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
       Application No.                     Docket No.                        Applicant             of exemption
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8009-M.......................  .................................  CP Industries, Inc.,                      8009
                                                                   McKeesport, PA (See Footnote
                                                                   1).
10407-M......................  .................................  TN Technologies, Inc., Round             10407
                                                                   Rock, TX (See Footnote 2).
10977-M......................  .................................  Federal Industries                       10977
                                                                   Corporation, Plymouth, MN
                                                                   (See Footnote 3).
11380-M......................  .................................  Baker Atlas (a division of               11380
                                                                   Baker Hughes, Inc.), Houston,
                                                                   TX (See Footnote 4).
11381-M......................  .................................  Eco-Pak Specialty Packaging,             11381
                                                                   Elizabethton, TN (See
                                                                   Footnote 5).
11613-M......................  .................................  Solutia, Inc., St. Louis, MO             11613
                                                                   (See Footnote 6).
11916-M......................  RSPA-1997-2740                     CP Industries, Inc.,                     11916
                                                                   McKeesport, PA (See Footnote
                                                                   7).
12150-M......................  RSPA-1998-4529                     Midland Manufacturing                    12150
                                                                   Corporation, Skokie, IL (See
                                                                   Footnote 8).
12162-M......................  RSPA-1998-4613                     U.S. Department of Defense,              12162
                                                                   Falls Church, VA (See
                                                                   Footnote 9).
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(1) To modify the exemption to authorize increased ultrasonic scanning speeds on DOT-3AAX cylinders (trailer
  tubes) made of 4130X steel, for CNG service, at the time of manufacturing.
(2) To modify the exemption to increase the water capacity of the non-DOT specification, stainless steel,
  radiation detection device, filled with a Division 2.2, nontoxic gas, from 30 cubic inches to 1000 cubic
  inches.
(3) To modify the exemption to include polypropylene blankets as a cushioning and absorbent, and a fibre tube to
  protect the closure for limited quantities of hazardous materials required to be labeled poison, KEEP AWAY
  FROM FOOD, flammable liquid, flammable solid, corrosive, oxidizer or DANGEROUS WHEN WET.
(4) To modify the exemption to allow for several design changes of the non-DOT specification cylinder for the
  transportation of certain compressed hydrocarbon gases.
(5) To modify the exemption to allow for a design change to the phenolic foam insulation for DOT Specification
  20PF-1, 20PF-2 and 20PF-3 overpacks manufactured in variance with the specification in 49 CFR 178.356 for
  transportation in commerce when containing uranium hexafluoride, fissile in Type A cylinders.
(6) To modify the exemption to provide for Class 3 as an additional class of material for rail cars that remain
  connected during entire unloading process without the physical presence of an unloader.
(7) To modify the exemption to alter the Rejection Criteria for isolated pits and line corrosion for DOT-3AX and
  DOT-3AAX cylinders for the transportation in commerce of 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3 compressed gases.
(8) To reissue the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis to authorize the transportation of DOT
  specification tank cars meeting all specifications except that they are equipped with combination pressure
  relief devices that contain a frangible disk constructed of a non-authorized material.
(9) To reissue the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis to use non-DOT specification containers for
  certain compressed gases.


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    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 January 14, 1999.
J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,
Director, Office of Hazardous Materials, Exemptions and Approvals.
[FR Doc. 99-1321 Filed 1-20-99; 8:45 am]
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