[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 143 (Thursday, July 25, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48702-48703]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-18771]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs Administration

[Docket No. RSPA-2002-11270, Notice No. 02-07]


Modification to Safety Advisory Concerning the Retesting of 
Cylinders Without Calibration of Test Equipment

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA), DOT.

ACTION: Modification of a safety advisory notice.

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SUMMARY: On July 9, 2002, Research and Special Programs Administration 
(RSPA; we) published a safety advisory notice in the Federal Register 
(67 FR 45582) advising the public that we are investigating the alleged 
improper marking of DOT-specification cylinders and/or tube trailers by 
BKC Industries, Inc. 2117 Will Suitt Road, Creedmore, NC 27522. This 
safety advisory notice modifies the July 9, 2002 safety advisory 
notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Raymond LaMagdelaine, Office of 
Hazardous Materials Enforcement, Research and Special Programs 
Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, 
SW., Washington, DC 20590, Telephone: (202) 366-4700, Fax: (202) 366-
2784; or Mark Toughiry, Office of Hazardous Materials Technology, 
Research and Special Programs Administration, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590, 
Telephone: (202) 366-4545, Fax: (202) 366-3650.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The cylinders and tube trailers at issue in 
the July 9, 2002 safety advisory and in this safety advisory notice 
were marked by BKC industries, Inc. with the retester identification 
number (RIN) D236 and stamped with a retest date between August 1998 
and October 2001. In the previous safety advisory notice, RSPA 
recommended that filled cylinders and tube trailers should be vented or 
otherwise safely discharged and then taken to a DOT-authorized cylinder 
retest facility for retesting. In addition, we recommended that the 
cylinders and tube trailers not be filled, refilled, or used for the 
their intended purpose until they had been reinspected, retested and 
recertified by a DOT-authorized facility.
    Upon further review of this matter, we believe that the cylinders 
and tube trailers subject to the safety advisory notice may continue in 
service provided each cylinder and tube trailer is thoroughly inspected 
by external visual

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examination at the time the cylinder or tube trailer is to be refilled. 
The visual examination should be conducted to the extent practicable 
without removing the cylinders or tubes from the trailer assembly. 
Records of the first visual examination conducted after the date of 
this safety advisory notice should be retained until the cylinder or 
tube is requalified. RSPA expects that BKC Industries will work with 
cylinder and tube trailer owners to arrange for requalification of the 
cylinders and tube trailers at issue.

    Issued in Washington, DC on July 18, 2002.
Frits Wybenga,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety.
[FR Doc. 02-18771 Filed 7-24-02; 8:45 am]
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