[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 3, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35317-35318]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-16662]


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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 August 2, 2001.

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 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 June 28, 2001.
Ryan Posten,
Exemptions Program Officer, Office of Hazardous Materials Exemptions 
and Approvals.

                                                 New Exemptions
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                                                                  Regulation(s)
 Application No.          Docket No.             Applicant           affected        Nature of exemption thereof
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12714-N.........  RSPA-01-9834.............  Scientific        49 CFR               To authorize the
                                              Cylinder          173.302(c)(2), (4)   transportation in commerce
                                              Corporation,      & (5),               of certain cylinders which
                                              Englewood, CO.    173.34(c)(2),        have been alternatively
                                                                (e)(3), (e)(4).      ultrasonically retested for
                                                                                     use in transporting
                                                                                     Division 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3
                                                                                     materials. (Modes 1, 2, 3,
                                                                                     4.).
12715-N.........  RSPA-01-9926.............  Arkansas          49 CFR 172.203(a),   To authorize rail cars
                                              Eastman,          172.302(c),          containing chlorine to
                                              Eastman           174.67(i) & (j).     remain standing while
                                              Chemical Co.,                          connected without the
                                              Batesville, AR.                        physical presence of an
                                                                                     unloader. (Mode 2.).
12716-N.........  RSPA-01-9930.............  Air Liquide       49 CFR               To authorize the
                                              America           173.304(a)(2).       transportation in commerce
                                              Corporation,                           of chlorine in uninsulated
                                              Houston, TX.                           DOT Specification 3AAX
                                                                                     cylinders permanently
                                                                                     mounted on a motor vehicle.
                                                                                     (Mode 1.).
12718-N.........  RSPA-01-9921.............  Weldship          49 CFR 172.301,      To authorize the
                                              Corporation,      173.34(e),           transportation in commerce
                                              Bethlehem, PA.    173.34(e)(3),        of certain DOT-3AL seamless
                                                                173.34(e)(4),        aluminum cylinders
                                                                173.34(e)(5),        constructed of alloy 6061
                                                                173.34(e)(6),        that have been
                                                                173.34(e)(7),        alternatively
                                                                173.34(e)(8).        ultrasonically retested for
                                                                                     use in transporting
                                                                                     Division 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
                                                                                     materials. (Modes 1, 2, 3,
                                                                                     4.).
12719-N.........  RSPA-01-9931.............  Bechtel Jacobs    49 CFR 173.211,      To authorize the
                                              Company LLC,      173.244.             transportation in commerce
                                              Oak Ridge, TN.                         of bulk and non-bulk
                                                                                     aluminum containers used in
                                                                                     transporting sodium,
                                                                                     Division 4.3. (Mode 1.).
12720-N.........  RSPA-01-9917.............  American Honda    49 CFR 176.76(a)(4)  To authorize the
                                              Motor Company,                         transportation in commerce
                                              Torrance, CA.                          of electrolyte batteries in
                                                                                     specially designed
                                                                                     packagings, overpacked in a
                                                                                     motor vehicle not subject
                                                                                     to the requirements of the
                                                                                     HMR, without securing the
                                                                                     overpack to the floor of
                                                                                     the intermodal freight
                                                                                     container or trailer.
                                                                                     (Modes 1, 2, 3, 4.).
12724-N.........  RSPA-01-9888.............  E.I. DuPont de    49 CFR 178.345-      To authorize the
                                              Nemours & Co.,    10(b)(3),            transportation in commerce
                                              Inc.,             180.405(h).          of MC 312 cargo tanks
                                              Wilmington, DE.                        equipped with pressure
                                                                                     relief systems that do not
                                                                                     withstand the dynamic
                                                                                     pressure surges in excess
                                                                                     of the design set pressure.
                                                                                     (Mode 1.).

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12726-N.........  RSPA-01-9884.............  Air Transport     49 CFR               To authorize the
                                              Association,      173.304(a)(1),       transportation in commerce
                                              Washington, DC.   173.305, 173.309,    of fire extinguishers to be
                                                                173.34(e), 175.3.    shipped with an alternative
                                                                                     proper shipping name as
                                                                                     specified in several
                                                                                     exemptions. (Modes 1, 2, 4,
                                                                                     5.).
12727-N.........  RSPA-01-9987.............  Tri-West          49 CFR               To authorize the
                                              Packaging,        173.12(b)(2)(i).     manufacture, marking and
                                              Corona, CA.                            sale of certain UN 11HH2
                                                                                     intermediate bulk
                                                                                     containers for use as the
                                                                                     outer packaging for lab
                                                                                     pack applications. (Mode
                                                                                     1.).
12728-N.........  RSPA-01-9889.............  Eagle-Picher      49 CFR 173.3,        To authorize the
                                              Technologies,     173.302(a),          transportation in commerce
                                              LLC, Joplin, MO.  173.34(d).           of certain non-DOT
                                                                                     specification pressure
                                                                                     vessels containing
                                                                                     compressed hydrogen, which
                                                                                     are a component part of a
                                                                                     nickel-hydrogen battery.
                                                                                     (Modes 1, 4.).
12729-N.........  RSPA-01-9883.............  Mallinckrodt/     49 CFR               To authorize the
                                              Tyco              178.57(d)(5),        manufacture, marking, sale
                                              Healthcare,       (e)(3), (e)(4).      and use of non-DOT
                                              Indianapolis,                          specification cylinders
                                              IN.                                    conforming in part with DOT
                                                                                     Specification 4L used for
                                                                                     crygenic materials,
                                                                                     Division 2.2. (Mode 1.).
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