[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 99 (Wednesday, May 22, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36064-36065]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-12737]


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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 herby given that the Office of Hazardous

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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 June 21, 2002.

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 application 
number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the application 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 May 16, 2002.
R. 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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12988-N.............  RSPA-02-12215          Air Products &      49 CFR 173.304....  To authorize the
                                              Chemicals, Inc.,                        transportation in commerce
                                              Allentown, PA.                          of a non-DOT specification
                                                                                      cylinder for use in
                                                                                      transporting hydrogen
                                                                                      chloride, anhydrous,
                                                                                      Division 2.3. (modes 1, 3)
12990-N.............  RSPA-02-12218          Technifab           49 CFR 178.57(1)..  To authorize the
                                              Products, Inc.,                         manufacture, mark, sale
                                              Brazil, IN.                             and use of cryogenic tanks
                                                                                      equipped with alternative
                                                                                      openings and testing
                                                                                      criteria for use in
                                                                                      transporting hazardous
                                                                                      materials. (mode 1)
12991-N.............  RSPA-02-12219          General Plastics    49 CFR 174.64 (i)   To authorize rail cars to
                                              Manufacturing       & (j).              remain connected while
                                              Company, Tacoma,                        standing without the
                                              WA.                                     physical presence of an
                                                                                      unloader. (mode 2)
12994-N.............  RSPA-02-12221          Air Liquide         49 CFR 173.34(d)..  To authorize the
                                              American                                transportation in commerce
                                              Corporation,                            of certain DOT
                                              Houston, TX.                            specification cylinders
                                                                                      and cylinders manufactured
                                                                                      to a foreign specification
                                                                                      without pressure relief
                                                                                      devices. (modes 1, 3)
12995-N.............  RSPA-02-12220          The Dow Chemical    49 CFR              To authorize the
                                              Company, Midland,   173.306(a)(3)(v).   transportation in commerce
                                              MI.                                     of inner metal receptacles
                                                                                      which have been subjected
                                                                                      to an alternative testing
                                                                                      procedure for use in
                                                                                      transporting limited
                                                                                      quantities of compressed
                                                                                      gases. (modes 1, 2, 3, 4)
12997-N.............  RSPA-02-12214          Albemarle           49 CFR              To authorize the
                                              Corporation,        173.24(g)(4).       transportation in commerce
                                              Baton Rouge, LA.                        of hazardous materials in
                                                                                      a vented bulk packaging
                                                                                      (an intermediate bulk
                                                                                      container) when venting is
                                                                                      not authorized. (modes 1,
                                                                                      2, 3)
12998-N.............  RSPA-02-12278          Safety-Kleen        49 CFR              To authorize the
                                              Services, Inc.,     173.12(b)(1).       transportation in commerce
                                              Columbia, SC.                           of non-waste material from
                                                                                      one location to another
                                                                                      location for various
                                                                                      customers in lab packs.
                                                                                      (mode 1)
13001-N.............  RSPA-02-12282          The J.C. Smith      49 CFR 178.346....  To authorize the
                                              Co., San Saba, TX.                      transportation in commerce
                                                                                      of a non-DOT specification
                                                                                      tank similar to a DOT 406
                                                                                      for use in transporting
                                                                                      various hazardous
                                                                                      materials. (mode 1)
13010-N.............  .....................  Continuum Chemical  49 CFR 173.243....  To authorize the
                                              Corporation,                            manufacture, mark, sale
                                              Houston, TX.                            and use of certain non-DOT
                                                                                      specification cargo tanks
                                                                                      for transporting hazardous
                                                                                      wastes. (mode 1)
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