[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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