[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 225 (Tuesday, November 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65760-65761]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-30500]


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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 December 8, 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 CONTACT: Copies of the applications are 
available for inspection in the Records Center, Nassif Building, 400 
7th Street SW, Washington, DC or at http://dms.dot.gov.
    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 November 17, 1999.
J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,
Director, Office of Hazardous Materials, Exemptions and Approvals.

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                                                                                                   Modification
           Application No.                      Docket No.                    Applicant            of exemption
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10180-M.............................  .............................  Fireboy-Xintex,                       10180
                                                                      Incorporated Grand Rapids,
                                                                      MI \1\.
11548-M.............................  .............................  Akzo Nobel Chemicals, Inc.            11548
                                                                      Chicago, IL \2\.
11598-M.............................  .............................  Metalcraft, Inc. Baltimore,           11598
                                                                      MD \3\.
11749-M.............................  .............................  Union Tank Car Company East           11749
                                                                      Chicago, IN \4\.
11865-M.............................  RSPA-1977-2452                 ACCU Chem Conversion, Inc.            11865
                                                                      City of Industry, CA \5\.
11941-M.............................  RSPA-1997-2897                 Union Tank Car Company East           11941
                                                                      Chicago, IN \6\.
12132-M.............................  RSPA-1998-4415                 Carleton Technologies, Inc.           12132
                                                                      Orchard Park, NY \7\.
12328-M.............................  RSPA-1999-6102                 Certitank LLC Coatesville,            12328
                                                                      PA \8\.
12362-M.............................  RSPA-99-6487                   U.S. Department of Defense            12362
                                                                      Falls Church, VA \9\.
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\1\ To modify the exemption to include rail freight and passenger-carrying aircraft as authorized modes of
  transportation for DOT Specification cylinders equipped with pressure relief device systems for transportation
  of Division 2.2 gases.
\2\ To modify the exemption to include rail freight and cargo vessel as authorized modes for the transportation
  in commerce of various hazardous materials in DOT specification compressed gas cylinders, except for
  Specification 8 and 3HT type.
\3\ To modify the exemption to allow for: Passenger-carrying aircraft as an authorized mode of transportation;
  the addition of DOT 4BW cylinders as authorized packaging; the transportation of an additional Division 2.2
  material.
\4\ To modify the exemption to change the requirements for shippers holding party status and the need for them
  to maintain a copy of the exemption at their facilities.
\5\ To modify the exemption to authorize the transportation of certain Class 3 materials in rail cars.
\6\ To modify the exemption to revise the requirements for inspector qualification and facility certification
  for retesting tank cars used in chlorine service.
\7\ To modify the exemption to allow for a design change of the hermetically sealed high pressure gas cylinder
  containing Division 1.4S argon gas.
\8\ To reissue the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis authorizing the rebuilding or modification
  and sale of certain DOT Specification 4B, 4BA, and 4BW cylinders.
\9\ To reissue the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis authorizing limited maintenance and repair
  operations to vehicles stowed below deck in the same cargo holds as Class 1 explosives aboard LMSR vessels.


[FR Doc. 99-30500 Filed 11-22-99; 8:45 am]
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