[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 206 (Friday, October 24, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61039-61040]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-26870]


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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 
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 November 10, 2003.

ADDRESSES: 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.

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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 October 20, 2003.
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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10323-M...............................  .........................  Air Products and Chemicals,             10323
                                                                    Inc., Allentown, PA (See
                                                                    Footnote 1).
10504-M...............................  .........................  Air Products and Chemicals,             10504
                                                                    Inc., Allentown, PA (See
                                                                    Footnote 2).
11598-M...............................  .........................  Metalcraft, Inc., Baltimore,            11598
                                                                    MD (See Footnote 3).
11646-M...............................  .........................  Bundit, Vesta, MN (See                  11646
                                                                    Footnote 4).
12443-M...............................  RSPA-00-7209.............  Kinder Morgan Materials                 12443
                                                                    Services, Sewickley, PA (See
                                                                    Footnote 5).
12698-M...............................  RSPA-01-9652.............  Precision Technik, Inc.,                12698
                                                                    Atlanta, GA (See Footnote 6).
13169-M...............................  RSPA-02-13894............  ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc.,            13169
                                                                    Anchorage, AK (See Footnote
                                                                    7).
13179-M...............................  RSPA-02-14020............  Onyx Environmental Services,            13179
                                                                    L.L.C., Flanders, NJ (See
                                                                    Footnote 8).
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\1\ To modify the exemption to update testing requirements of the non-DOT specification full-open head salvage
  cylinders and add a Division 2.2 material.
\2\ To modify the exemption to authorize a design change of the non-DOT specification full removable head
  salvage cylinder, add a Class 8 material and add cargo vessel as an additional mode of transportation.
\3\ To modify the exemption to authorize the use of an additional DOT Specification cylinder equipped with an
  alternative pressure relief device system for transporting certain Division 2.2 materials.
\4\ To modify the exemption to authorize the transportation of additional Class 3 materials unloaded from drums
  and/or intermediate bulk containers without removal from motor vehicles.
\5\ To modify the exemption to authorize product hoses for a Class 9 elevated temperature, liquid material to
  remain connected provided monitoring occurs at least every 12 hours.
\6\ To modify the exemption to authorize design changes of the non-DOT specification full opening head salvage
  cylinders for overpacking a damaged or leaking cylinder containing various hazardous materials.
\7\ To reissue the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis for the transportation of certain Class 3
  materials in DOT Specification UN31A intermediate bulk containers which exceed quantity limitations when
  shipped by air.
\8\ To modify the exemption to authorize cargo vessel as an additional mode of transportation for transporting
  Division 2.1 materials which has been removed from their inner packaging and are being sent for disposal.

[FR Doc. 03-26870 Filed 10-23-03; 8:45 am]
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