[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 78 (Friday, April 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 20057]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-10244]



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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 May 10, 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: 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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6299-M........................  ......................  MVE, Inc., New Prague, MN (See Footnote 1)          6299
7573-M........................  ......................  U.S. Department of Defense (MTMC), Falls            7573
                                                         Church, VA (See Footnote 2).
8723-M........................  ......................  Nelson Brothers, Inc., Birmingham, AL (See          8723
                                                         Footnote 3).
9997-M........................  ......................  Hodgdon Powder Co. Inc., Shawnee Mission,           9997
                                                         KS (See Footnote 4).
10492-M.......................  ......................  Detroit Water & Sewage Department,                 10492
                                                         Detroit, MI (See Footnote 5).
10938-M.......................  ......................  Westvaco Corporation, Richmond, VA (See            10938
                                                         Footnote 6).
11513-M.......................  ......................  Thiokol Propulsion (Div of Cordant Tech            11513
                                                         Inc), Brigham City, UT (See Footnote 7).
11667-M.......................  ......................  Weldship Corporation, Bethlehem, PA (See           11667
                                                         Footnote 8).
12069-M.......................  RSPA-1998-3829........  Compagnie des Containers Reservoirs,               12069
                                                         Paris, FR (See Footnote 9).
12124-M.......................  RSPA-1998-4309........  Albemarle Corporation, Baton Rouge, LA             12124
                                                         (See Footnote 10).
12219-M.......................  RSPA-1999-5127........  TRW Space and Electronics Group, Redondo           12219
                                                         Beach, CA (See Footnote 11).
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    (1) To modify the exemption to reflect current revision levels on 
MVE's drawings for the manufacture, marking and sale of non-DOT 
specification portable tanks, for the transportation of Division 2.2 
materials.
    (2) To modify the exemption to provide for Division 1.5 as an 
additional class of material for the transport of certain hazardous 
materials presently forbidden or in quantities greater than allowed for 
cargo-only aircraft.
    (3) To modify the exemption to provide for the addition of IM-101 
portable tanks equipped with safety relief devices with lower set point 
devices that meet IM-102 set point and capacity requirements for bulk 
shipments of certain blasting agents.
    (4) To modify the exemption to provide for Division 4.1 as an 
additional class of material for the transport of a kit containing 
smokeless powder for small arms, percussion caps and nonhazardous 
articles such as lead balls and bore cleaner, in non-DOT specification 
fiber boxes.
    (5) To modify the exemption to authorize an alternative locking 
system and a change to the onsite bi-directional derail for tank cars 
loaded with chlorine allowed to remain attached to transfer connections 
when the unloading process is discontinued.
    (6) To modify the exemption to allow for Class 8 as an additional 
class of material in tank cars authorized to remain standing with 
unloading connections attached when no product is being transferred.
    (7) To modify the exemption to include cyclotrimethylene 
trinitramine (RDX), Division 1.1, as an additional material in limited 
quantities and under specially prescribed shipping conditions in UN 1G 
fiber drums.
    (8) To modify the exemption to allow for the testing of DOT-3AA 
cylinders and the use of Automatic Sensor Test (AST) method for the 
transportation of certain compressed gases.
    (9) To modify the exemption to provide for the addition of Class 8 
material in certain DOT Specification IM 101 portable tanks used in 
dedicated service with an alternative visual inspection schedule.
    (10) To modify the exemption to provide for design changes of the 
non-DOT specification portable tank comparable to a specification DOT 
51 portable tank equipped with bottom outlet and no internal shutoff 
valve for use in transporting various Division 4.2 and 4.3 hazardous 
materials.
    (11) To reissue the exemption originally issued on an emergency 
basis for the transportation of Division 2.2 materials in non-DOT 
specification refrigeration systems described as pulse tube coolers.
    This notice of receipt of applications for modification of 
exemptions is published in accordance with part 107 of the Federal 
hazardous materials transportation law (49 U.S.C. 5117(b); 49 CFR 
1.53(b)).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on April 19, 1999.
J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,
Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Exemptions and Approvals.
[FR Doc. 99-10244 Filed 4-22-99; 8:45 am]
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