[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 183 (Thursday, September 20, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48509-48510]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-23430]


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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

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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 (15 days after 
publication).

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 September 14, 2001.
R. Ryan Posten,
Exemptions 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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7007-M....................................  .................  Allied Universal Corp., Miami, FL            7007
                                                                (See Footnote 1).
9884-M....................................  .................  Puritan Bennett Corp. (Div. of               9884
                                                                Tyco Healthcare), Indianapolis,
                                                                IN (See Footnote 2).
10688-M...................................  .................  Alaska Air Taxi, Anchorage, AK              10688
                                                                (See Footnote 3).
11761-M...................................  .................  The Mead Corporation, Dayton, OH            11761
                                                                (See Footnote 4).
11761-M...................................  .................  Brenntag West, Inc., Santa Fe               11761
                                                                Springs, CA (See Footnote 5).
11791-M...................................  .................  The Coleman Company, Inc.,                  11791
                                                                Wichita, KS (See Footnote 6).
11850-M...................................       RSPA-97-2308  Air Transport Association,                  11850
                                                                Washington, DC (See Footnote 7).
12532-M...................................       RSPA-00-7864  Carleton Technologies, Inc.,                12532
                                                                Orchard Park, NY (See Footnote
                                                                8).
12590-M...................................       RSPA-01-9890  USAirways, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA             12590
                                                                (See Footnote 9).
12599-M...................................       RSPA-01-8918  Voltaix, Inc., North Branch, NJ             12599
                                                                (See Footnote 10).
12652-M...................................       RSPA-01-9061  Eagle-Picher Technologies, LLC,             12652
                                                                Joplin, MO (See Footnote 11).
12705-M...................................       RSPA-01-9726  Brenntag Mid-South, Inc.,                   12705
                                                                Henderson, KY (See Footnote 12).
12808-M...................................  .................  Linco-Electromatic Measurement,            12808
                                                                Inc., Kilgore, TX (See Footnote
                                                                13).
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\1\ To modify the exemption to authorize the use of additional non-DOT specification multi-unit tank car tanks
  with minimum shell thickness for the transportation of Division 2.3 materials.
\2\ To modify the exemption to authorize the use of a brazing procedure for bonding of the non-DOT specification
  cylinder tubes with the heads for the transportation of certain Division 2.2 materials.
\3\ To modify the exemption to authorize alternative packaging for the non-DOT specification polyethylene
  containers with an increased container size to 6 gallons for the transportation of a Class 3 material; the
  addition of cargo aircraft only as an additional mode of transportation.
\4\ To modify the exemption to authorize the transportation of additional Class 8 materials in certain DOT and
  AAR Specification tank cars with a modified inspection procedure.
\5\ To modify the exemption to authorize relief from the inspection requirements of the underside rupture disk
  of the DOT and AAR Specification tank car tanks and the transportation of all Class 8 materials.
\6\ To modify the exemption to authorize the use of a smaller size DOT 2Q nonrefillable inner container for the
  transportation of certain Division 2.1 materials.
\7\ To modify the exemption to authorize the use of certain DOT and non-DOT specification cylinders fabricated
  from 4130 steel and titanium for the transportation of Division 2.2 materials.
\8\ To modify the exemption to authorize one refill cycle of the non-DOT specification non-refillable welded
  stainless steel cylinder for the transportation of certain Division 2.2 materials.
\9\ To modify the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis for the transportation of certain Class 8
  materials in non-DOT specification specially designed containers and the transportation of an additional Class
  8 material.
\10\ To modify the exemption to authorize germane mixtures, Division 2.1 and 2.3, to be transported in DOT
  Specification 3AA and 3AAX manifold cylinders.
\11\ To reissue the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis for the transportation of a Division 2.1
  material in a non-DOT specification pressure vessel.
\12\ To modify the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis for the transportation of a Class 8
  material in drums that do not meet the minimum thickness requirements.
\13\ To reissue the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis for the transportation of Class 3
  materials in a non-DOT specification container described as a truck mounted mechanical displacement meter
  prover.

[FR Doc. 01-23430 Filed 9-19-01; 8:45 am]
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