[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 33 (Friday, February 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8441-8442]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4103]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs Administration


Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Notice of Application for 
Modification of Exemption

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs Administration, DOT.

ACTION: List of Applications for Modifications 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

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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 March 8, 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
    Application No.            Docket No.                           Applicant                      of exemption
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6611-M.................  ......................  Gardner Cryogenics, Lehigh Valley, PA (See                 6611
                                                  Footnote 1).
6765-M.................  ......................  Gardner Cryogenics, Lehigh Valley, PA (See                 6765
                                                  Footnote 2).
11447-M................  ......................  SAES Pure Gas, Inc., San Luis Obispo, CA (See             11447
                                                  Footnote 3).
11856-M................  RSPA-1997-2530........  Olin Corp/Motorola Corp, (See Footnote 4)......           11856
12211-M................  Non-available.........  BJ Coiltech division of BJ Services Company               12211
                                                  USA, Lafayette, LA (See Footnote 5).
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(1) To modify the exemption to provide for design changes of a non-DOT specification vacuum insulated portable
  tank manufactured in accordance with ASME Code criteria resulting in an increase of the Maximum Allowable
  Working Pressure for the transportation of a nonflammable cryogenic liquid.
(2) To modify the exemption to provide for design changes of the non-DOT specification portable tanks
  manufactured in accordance with the ASME Code criteria resulting in an increase of the Maximum Allowable
  Working Pressures for the transportation of a Division 2.1 and a Division 2.2 material.
(3) To modify the exemption to allow for a design change of the stainless steel pressure vessel; an increase of
  catalyst material not to exceed 8,000 pounds; increase of nickel content within the catalyst not to exceed
  5,200 pounds.
(4) To modify the exemption to increase the satellite fuel tank capacity from 33 gallons to 35 gallons and to
  authorize rail freight as an additional mode of transportation for certain Division 2.3 and Class 8 materials.
(5) To reissue the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis to authorize the transportation in commerce
  of liquid nitrogen, cryogenic liquid by cargo vessel in non-DOT specification insulated portable tanks
  manufactured before 2/1/99, used in support of the offshore oil and gas exploration and production in the Gulf
  of Mexico.

    This notice of receipt of applications for modification of 
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 February 12, 1999.
J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,
Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Exemptions and Approvals.
[FR Doc. 99-4103 Filed 2-18-99; 8:45 am]
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