[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 241 (Thursday, December 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78260-78261]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-31931]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION


Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Notice of Application 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 29, 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 number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: 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 December 8, 2000.
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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8451-M                     ..................  TRW Automotive, Queen Creek, AZ (See Footnote 1)...          8451
8723-M                     ..................  Senex Explosives, Inc., Cuddy, PA (See Footnote 2).          8723
8760-M                     ..................  Barton Solvents, Inc., Des Moines, IA (See Footnote          8760
                                                3).
9929-M                     ..................  Orbital Sciences Corporation, Germantown, MD (See            9929
                                                Footnote 4).
10869-M                    ..................  Norris Cylinder Company, Longview, TX (See Footnote         10869
                                                5).
11526-M                    ..................  BOC Gases, Murray Hill, NJ (See Footnote 6)........         11526
11691-M                    ..................  Universal Flavors Corporation, Indianapolis, IN             11691
                                                (See Footnote 7).
12022-M                        RSPA-1998-3308  Taylor-Wharton (Harsco Gas & Fluid Control Group),          12022
                                                Harrisburg, PA (See Footnote 8).
12102-M                        RSPA-1998-4019  Onyx Environmental Services, L.L.C., Ledgewood, NJ          12102
                                                (See Footnote 9).
12581-M                        RSPA-2000-8387  Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, CO            12581
                                                (See Footnote 10).
12582-M                        RSPA-2000-8385  State of Michigan (Dept. of State Police), East            12582
                                                Lansing, MI (See Footnote 11).
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\1\ To modify the exemption to waive the requirement to have a copy of the exemption accompany the shipment of
  not more than 25 grams of Division 1.1 materials.
\2\ To modify the exemption to authorize an additional non-DOT specification repump unit for bulk shipment of
  certain blasting agents.
\3\ To modify the exemption to allow for the transportation of additional Class 3 materials in cargo tanks
  having six or more compartments.
\4\ To modify the exemption to update the list of cargo air carriers and airports of departure for the transport
  of rocket motors having weights exceeding those specified in the regulations.
\5\ To modify the exemption to clarify the fracture toughness test requirements, for design qualification only,
  of non-DOT specification steel cylinders transporting certain compressed gases.
\6\ To modify the exemption concerning the calibration cylinder specification testing requirements of 3A and 3AA
  cylinders.
\7\ To modify the exemption to allow for the transportation of an additional Class 8 material exempt from
  segregation requirements; competent authority approval.
\8\ To modify the exemption to include 3BN cylinders and alternative test equipment/procedures for use in
  transporting Division 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3 materials.
\9\ To modify the exemption to allow for the transportation of densitized Division 5.1 and additional Class 3
  materials; cargo vessel as an additional mode of transportation; expanded transportation services.
\10\ To reissue the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis for the transportation of helium in non-
  DOT specification packaging.
\11\ To reissue the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis for the transportation of first aid/trauma
  kits containing 2.2 gases in a passenger-carrying aircraft.


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