[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 116 (Thursday, June 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32606-32607]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-15380]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Research and Special Programs Administration
Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Notice of Applications for
Exemptions
AGENCY: Research and Special Programs Administration, DOT.
ACTION: List of Applicants for 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. Each
mode of transportation for which a particular exemption is requested is
indicated by a number in the ``Nature of Application'' portion of the
table below as follows: 1--Motor vehicle, 2 --Rail freight, 3--Cargo
vessel, 4--Cargo aircraft only, 5--Passenger-carrying aircraft.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 19, 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 application
number.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the applications (See Docket
Number) are available for inspection at the New Docket Management
Facility, PL-401, at the U.S. Department of Transportation, Nassif
Building, 400 7th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20590.
This notice of receipt of applications for new 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,
Exemption Programs Officer, Office of Hazardous Materials Exemptions
and Approvals.
New Exemptions
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Nature of exemption
Application No. Docket No. Applicant Regulation(s) affected thereof
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12277-N......... RSPA-1999-5797.......... The Indian Sugar & 49 CFR 173.3, 173.304... To authorize the
General manufacture, marking
Engineering Corp. and sale of non-DOT
ISGE Haryana, IN. specification
cylinders (pressure
vessel) for use in
transporting
Chlorine, Division
2.3 material. (modes
1, 2)
12278-N......... RSPA-1999-5762.......... Morton 49 CFR 173.243.......... To authorize the
International transportation in
Chicago, IL. commerce of composite
intermediate bulk
containers meeting UN
design type 31HA1 for
the shipment of
Thioglycol, classed
as a Division 6.1, PG
II material. (modes
1, 2)
12280-N......... RSPA-1999-5764.......... Combined Tactical 49 CFR 172.101 (6, To authorize the
Systems, Inc. 172.402(e). transportation in
Jamestown, PA. commerce of Division
1.4S material with a
subsidiary 6.1 hazard
to be transported
without subsidiary
label applied to
outer packagings.
(mode 1)
12281-N......... RSPA-1999-5765.......... ABS Group Inc. 49 CFR 178.27-5(b)(2)... To authorize the use
Houston, TX. of an equivalent mild
steel thickness of
6.0 mm for IM 101
portable tanks with a
diameter greater than
1.8m in relief of the
6.35 mm thickness of
the current
requirement for use
in transporting
presently authorized
hazardous materials.
(modes 1, 2, 3)
12282-N......... RSPA-1999-5766.......... Defense Technology 49 CFR 173.302.......... To authorize the
Corp. Casper, WY. manufacture, marking
and sale of
compressed gas,
Division 2.2, in non-
DOT specification
cylinders comparable
to DOT-Specification
39. (modes 1, 2, 4)
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12285-N......... RSPA-1999-5828.......... Biotech Research 49 CFR 173.196, 178.609. To authorize the
Laboratories, transportation in
Inc. commerce of
Gaithersburg, MD. biological specimens
classed as Infectious
substance (Etiologic
agent) in
specifically designed
packagings inside
mechanical freezers
and walk-in-cold
boxes. (mode 1)
12286-N......... RSPA-1999-5827.......... FMC Corporation 49 CFR 180.509.......... To extend the retest
Philadelphia, PA. period for DOT-
111A60W7 tank cars in
dedicated hydrogen
peroxide service
(Division 5.1). (mode
2)
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[FR Doc. 99-15380 Filed 6-16-99; 8:45 am]
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