[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 3, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35318-35319]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-16663]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs Administration


Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Notice of Applications for 
Modifications 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 transportations, 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 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 July 18, 2001.

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

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                                                                                                    Modification
            Application No.                  Docket No.                    Applicant                of exemption
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4884-M.................................  ..................  Matheson Tri-Gas, East Rutherford, NJ          4884
                                                              \1\.
8995-M.................................  ..................  BASF Corporation, Mount Olive, NJ \2\          8995
9421-M.................................  ..................  Taylor-Wharton (Harsco Corporation),           9421
                                                              Harrisburg, PA \3\.
9508-M.................................  ..................  Callery Chemical Company, Pittsburgh,          9508
                                                              PA \4\.
10798-M................................  ..................  Lyondell Chemical Co/EQUISTAR                 10798
                                                              Chemicals, LP, Houston, TX \5\.
11153-M................................  ..................  Pacific Northwest National                    11153
                                                              Laboratory, Richland, WA \6\.
11786-M................................  ..................  Dow Corning Corporation, Midland, MI          11786
                                                              \7\.
12515-M................................  ..................  FIBA Technologies, Inc., Westboro, MA         12515
                                                              \8\.
12628-M................................  ..................  Arbel Fauvet Rail (AFR), 59500 Douai,        12628
                                                              FR \9\.
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\1\ To modify the exemption to authorize intermediate pick-up and deliveries of non-DOT specification cylinders,
  without an overpack, when transporting Class 8, Division 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and 4.3 materials.
\2\ To modify the exemption to allow for the transportation of an additional Division 2.2 material in non-DOT
  specification steel portable tanks.
\3\ To modify the exemption to eliminate the Fracture Toughness Test requirement and to authorize extending the
  initial requalification period from 5 years to 10 years of the non-DOT specification steel cylinders when used
  in specific non-corrosive, dry gas service.
\4\ To modify the exemption to authorize periodic external inspection of DOT-4BW240 cylinders as an alternative
  to periodic hydrostatic testing and inspeciton for the transportation of certain Division 4.3 materials.
\5\ To modify the exemption to allow for the transportation of additional Division 2.1 and Class 3 materials in
  DOT specification tank cars.
\6\ To modify the exemption to specifically authorize the transport of waste materials in combination packaging
  in the same transport vehicle with other Class/Division materials.
\7\ To modify the exemption to allow for the transportation of Division 2.1 and additional Class 8 materials in
  DOT Specification tank cars.

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\8\ To modify the exemption to authorize, as an optional requirement, the installation of a manhole for non-DOT
  specification vacuum insulated portable tanks in oxygen service.
\9\ To reissue the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis authorizing the use of DOT Specification 51
  tank containers that have been designed, constructed and ``U'' stamped in accordance with Section VIII,
  Division 1 of the ASME Code transporting Division 2.1 and 2.2 materials.

[FR Doc. 01-16663 Filed 7-2-01; 8:45 am]
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