[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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