[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 23 (Thursday, February 3, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5389-5391]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-2362]
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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 March 6, 2000.
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: 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 or at http://dms.dot.gov.
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 January 28, 2000.
J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,
Director, Office of Hazardous Materials, Exemptions and Approvals.
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New Exemptions
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Regulation(s) Nature of exemption
Application No. Docket No. Applicant affected thereof
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12396-N.............. RSPA-2000-6772................... United States 49 CFR To authorize the
Alliance 173.301(h), transportation in
Houston, TX. 173.302(a), commerce of a non-
173.34(d). DOT specification
cylinder as part of
a specifically
designed device for
space flight for
use in transporting
Nitrogen, Division
2.2. (modes 1, 4)
12397-N.............. RSPA-2000-6771................... FMC 49 CFR To authorize the use
Corporation, 172.203(a), of an alternative
Philadelphia, 180.509(1)(2). requalification
PA. method for certain
DOT specification
111A100W6 tank cars
used to transport
Class 8 hazardous
materials. (mode 2)
12398-N.............. RSPA-2000-6770................... Praxair, 49 CFR To authorize the
Danbury, CT. 173.34(d). transportation in
commerce of DOT 3A
and 3AA cylinders
equipped with
alternative relief
devices for use in
transporting
Division 2.2
material. (modes 1,
2)
12399-N.............. RSPA-2000-6769................... BOC Gases, 49 CFR To authorize the use
Murray Hill, 173.34(e). of ultrasonic
NJ. inspection as an
alternative retest
method for DOT
Specification 3AL
cylinders. (modes
1, 2, 3)
12400-N.............. RSPA-2000-6761................... Delta Chemical 49 CFR To authorize the
Corporation, 173.24(b), transportation of
Baltimore, MD. 173.31(b)(1), defective multi-
173.31(b)(3), unit tank car tanks
179.300-12(b), used for chlorine
179.300-13, equipped with
179.300-14. Chlorine Institute
Emergency ``B''
Kits. (mode 1)
12401-N.............. RSPA-2000-6762................... DG Supplies, 49 CFR 172.400, To authorize the
Inc., 172.402, manufacture,
Hamilton, NJ. 172.504, marking and sale of
173.150-154, specially-designed
173.201-203, combination
173.211-213, packaging for use
173.25, 175.3. in transporting
liquid and solid
hazardous materials
with relief from
labeling and
placarding
requirements.
(modes 1, 2, 4, 5)
12402-N.............. RSPA-2000-6763................... Taylor-Wharton, 49 CFR To authorize the
Huntsville, AL. 172.301(c), manufacture,
178.35(f)(2)(i marking and sale of
), 178.39(e). non-DOT
specification
cylinders
(comparable to DOT
Specification 3BN
cylinders) equipped
with an alternative
bottom plug for use
in transporting
presently
authorized
hazardous
materials. (modes
1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
12403-N.............. RSPA-2000-6764................... Strainrite, 49 CFR 178.517. To authorize the
Lewiston, ME. manufacture,
marking and sale of
a non-bulk
container
(comparable to a UN
Standard 4H2 solid
plastic box) for
use in transporting
hazardous materials
or hazardous wastes
as presently
authorized. (modes
1, 2, 3)
12404-N.............. RSPA-2000-6765................... CBS 49 CFR 173.403, To authorize the one-
Corporation, 173.427. time transportation
Pittsburgh, PA. in commerce of a
reactor tank for
use in transporting
radioactive waste.
(modes 1, 2)
12405-N.............. RSPA-2000-6766................... Air Products 49 CFR To authorize an
and Chemicals, 173.304(a)(2), increase in filling
Inc., 173.304(b). density to the
Allentown, PA. cylinder test
pressure for the
transportation of
Division 2.1, 2.2
and 2.3 hazardous
materials. (modes
1, 3, 4, 5)
12406-N.............. RSPA-2000-6767................... Occidental 49 CFR 173.242. To authorize the
Chemical manufacture,
Corporation, marking and sale of
Dallas, TX. a custom-designed
non-DOT
specification tank
truck for use in
transporting
certain Division
5.1 material. (mode
1)
12407-N.............. RSPA-2000-6768................... Qual-X, Inc., 49 CFR 173.410, To authorize the
Powell, OH. 173.412, transportation in
173.415, commerce of a
173.465, specifically
173.466. designed device
containing Class 7
hazardous
materials. (mode 1)
12411-N.............. RSPA-2000-6828................... International 49 CFR 173.212. To authorize the
Fuel Cells, transportation in
South Windsor, commerce of dry
CT. metal catalysts
classified as, Self-
heating, solid,
inorganic, n.o.s.,
Division 4.2, in
non-DOT
specification
packaging. (modes
1, 3, 4)
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12412-N.............. RSPA-2000-6827................... Great Western 49 CFR To consolidate the
Chemical 172.203(a), exemptions that
Company, 172.302(c), currently authorize
Portland, OR. 177.834(h). the discharge of
hazardous materials
in UN Intermediate
Bulk Containers
(IBC) without
removing the IBC
from the motor
vehicle on which it
is transported.
(mode 1)
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