[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 116 (Thursday, June 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32605-32606]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-15379]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Research and Special Program 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 form 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 July 2, 1999.
ADDRESSES: 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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6293-M.................... ...................................... Dyno Nobel, Inc., Salt Lake 6293
City, UT (See Footnote 1).
8495-M.................... ...................................... Walter Kidde Aerospace, 8495
Wilson, NC (See Footnote 2).
10440-M................... ...................................... MASS Systems, Inc., Baldwin 10440
Park, CA (See Footnote 3).
10858-M................... ...................................... Ashland Speciality Chemical 10858
Company, Columbus, OH (See
Footnote 4).
10962-M................... ...................................... International Compliance 10962
Center, Mississauga ON L4Z
1X8, CA (See Footnote 5).
11186-M................... ...................................... Cryenco, Inc., Denver, CO 11186
(See Footnote 6).
11344-M................... ...................................... E.I. DuPont de Nemours and 11344
Company, Wilmington, DE
(See Footnote 7).
11373-M................... ...................................... Independent Chemical 11373
Company, Glendale, NY (See
Footnote 8).
11458-M................... ...................................... Reckitt & Colman, Inc., 11458
Wayne, NJ (See Footnote 9).
11537-M................... ...................................... ROBCHEM, Inc., Los Angeles, 11537
CA (See Footnote 10).
11537-M................... ...................................... Milport Enterprises, Inc., 11537
Milwaukee, WI (See Footnote
11).
11631-M................... ...................................... Health Care Incinerators, 11631
Inc., Fargo, ND (See
Footnote 12).
11769-M................... ...................................... Great Western Chemical 11769
Company, Portland, OR (See
Footnote 13).
12013-M................... RSPA-1997-3249........................ Hawkins Chemical, Inc., 12013
Minneapolis, MN (See
Footnote 14).
12093-M................... RSPA-1998-4003........................ Dynatherm Corporation, Inc., 12093
Hunt Valley, MD (See
Footnote 15).
12275-M................... RSPA-1999-5834........................ Medico Environmental 12275
Services, Inc., Clearwater,
FL (See Footnote 16).
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\1\ To modify the exemption to allow for DOT-412 cargo tank motor vehicles, equipped for top loading and
unloading only, for the transportation in commerce of specific Class 8 materials.
\2\ To modify the exemption to include the use of an alternative fire extinguishing agent, pentafluoroethance,
in a non-DOT specification cylinder.
\3\ To modify the exemption to increase service pressure not to exceed 3100 psig for the welded austenitic
stainess steel non-DOT specification cylinder.
\4\ To modify the exemption to allow for additional Class 3 materials in DOT specification tank cars.
\5\ To modify the exemption to provide for Class 9 as an additional class of material in motor vehicles which
are not placarded DANGEROUS WHEN WET.
\6\ To modify the exemption to provide for nitogen as an alternative test medium; increase the inner tank design
pressure to 350 psig for a non-DOT specification insulated portable tank transportating Divisions 2.1 and 2.2
materials.
\7\ To modify the exemption to authorize Divisions 2.1, 2.2, 6.1, and those hazardous materials currently
authorized to be shipped in tank cars.
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\8\ To modify the exemption to update the description for self-heating material, Division 4.2, on the same
transport vehicle with Class 8 liquids when the materials are separated.
\9\ To modify the exemption to allow for the use of intermodal road railers for the transportation of Classes 2,
3, 8, 9 and Division 5.1 consumer commodities in packages that exceed the 30 kg gross weight limit.
\10\ To modify the exemption to provide for additional Class 8 materials in IBCs that are securely mounted to a
flatbed trailer, but not removed from the vehicle prior to the unloading of the container.
\11\ To modify the exemption to provide for semi-trailers and box trucks securely mounted to a flatbed trailer,
but not removed from the vehicle prior to unloading for the transportation of certain Class 8 materials.
\12\ To modify the exemption to provide for a design change of the intermediate packaging to allow for a 2.5 mil
poly bag, closed to be liquid-tight, for use in transporting medical waste in bulk bins.
\13\ To modify the exemption to authorize Division 5.1 and additional Class 8 materials from truck-mounted
UN31HH1 IBCs with capacities not exceeding 330 gallons and to allow for UN-marked, compatible IBCs having
capacities not exceeding 550 gallons.
\14\ To modify the exemption to provide for additional Class 8 materials in IBCs without removing tanks from the
vehicles on which they are transported.
\15\ To modify the exemption to allow for design changes of the non-DOT specification containers containing
certain Divisions 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3 liquefied and compressed gases.
\16\ To reissue the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis for the transportation of regulated
medical waste in non-DOT specification packaging consisting of a bulk outer container and non-bulk inner
packagings.
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 June 10, 1999.
R. Ryan Posten,
Exemptions Programs Officer, Office of Hazardous Materials Exemptions &
Approvals.
[FR Doc. 99-15379 Filed 6-16-99; 8:45 am]
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