[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 1, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15795-15796]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-7710]


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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

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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 May 1, 2003.

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: 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 March 24, 2003.
R. Ryan Posten,
Exemptions Program Officer, Office of Hazardous Materials Exemptions 
and Approvals.

                                                 New Exemptions
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                        Docket                        Regulation(s)
  Application  No.       No.         Applicant           affected             Nature of exemption thereof
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33208-N.............  .........  Provensis Limited  49 CFR             To authorize the transportation in
                                  of South           171.11(d)(14),     commerce of aerosol containers that have
                                  Harefield          171.11(d)(7),      not been subjected to the hot water bath
                                  Middlesex, UK.     171.12(b)(17),     test for use in transporting non-
                                                     173.306(a)(3)(v)   flammable compressed gas. (Modes 1, 2,
                                                     , part 174, part   3, 4.)
                                                     177.
13209-N.............  .........  Corning, Inc.,     49 CFR 173.21(e),  To authorize the transportation in
                                  Corning, NY.       173.25(a)(1),      commerce of sodium borophydridge,
                                                     180.205(g).        Division 4.3 with various aqueous
                                                                        solutions in specially designed
                                                                        packaging. (Modes 1, 4.)
13211-N.............  .........  Avecia Inc.,       49 CFR 172.101,    To authorize the transportation in
                                  Wilmington, DE.    SP N8.             commerce of a non-bulk UN standard
                                                                        alternative packaging for use in
                                                                        transporting nitroglycerin solution in
                                                                        alcohol. (Modes 1, 3, 5.)
13212-N.............  .........  Southern           49 CFR 173.427,    To authorize the transportation in
                                  California         173.465(c),        commerce of three large reactor coolant
                                  Edison, San        173.465(d).        pumps containing Class 7 radioactive
                                  Clemente, CA.                         materials and surface contaminated
                                                                        objects. (Mode 1.)
13213-N.............  .........  Washington State   49 CFR             To authorize the transportation in
                                  Ferries,           172.101(10a).      commerce of limited quantities of Class
                                  Seattle, WA.                          3, Class 9 and Division 2.1 hazardous
                                                                        materials being stowed on and below deck
                                                                        on passenger ferry vessels transporting
                                                                        motor vehicles, such as recreational
                                                                        vehicles, with attached cylinders of
                                                                        liquefied petroleum gas. (Mode 5.)
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[FR Doc. 03-7710 Filed 3-31-03; 8:45 am]
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