[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 6, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17507-17509]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-6803]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration


Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Notice of Delays in 
Processing of Exemption Applications

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5117(c), 
PHMSA is publishing the following list of exemption applications that 
have been in process for 180 days or more. The reason(s) for delay and 
the expected completion date for action on each application is provided 
in association with each identified application.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Delmer Billings, Office of Hazardous

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Materials Exemptions and Approvals, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 
Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001, (202) 366-4535.

Key to ``Reason for Delay''

    1. Awaiting additional information from applicant.
    2. Extensive public comment under review.
    3. Application is technically complex and is of significant impact 
or precedent-setting and requires extensive analysis.
    4. Staff review delayed by other priority issues or volume of 
exemption applications.

Meaning of Applications Number Suffixes

    N--New application.
    M--Modification request.
    X--Renewal.
    PM--Party to application with modification request.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on April 1, 2005.
R. Ryan Posten,
Exemptions Program Officer, Office of Hazardous Materials Safety 
Exemptions & Approvals.

                                           New Exemption Applications
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                                                                                                     Estimated
            Application  number                             Applicant                 Reason for      date of
                                                                                        delay       completion
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13054-N....................................  CHS Transportation, Mason City, IA....            4      04-30-2005
13183-N....................................  Becton Dickinson, Sandy, UT...........            4      04-30-2005
13188-N....................................  General Dynamics, Lincoln, NE.........            3      04-30-2005
13281-N....................................  The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI.            4      04-30-2005
13309-N....................................  OPW Engineered Systems, Lebanon, OH...            4      04-30-2005
13295-N....................................  Taylor-Wharton, Harrisburg, PA........            1      04-30-2005
13266-N....................................  Luxfer Gas Cylinders, Riverside, CA...            1      04-30-2005
13422-N....................................  Puritan Bennett, Plainfield, IN.......            3      04-30-2005
13314-N....................................  Sunoco Inc., Philadelphia, PA.........            4      04-30-2005
13958-N....................................  Department of Defense, Fort Eustis, VA            1      04-30-2005
13957-N....................................  T.L.C.C.I., Inc., Franklin, TN........            4      05-31-2005
13960-N....................................  Terumo Heart, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI.....            4      05-31-2005
13858-N....................................  U.S. Ecology Idaho, Inc. (USEI), Grand            1      04-30-2005
                                              View, ID.
13776-N....................................  MHF Logistical Solutions, Cranberry               4      04-30-2005
                                              Twp., PA.
13636-N....................................  Timberline Environmental Services,                4      04-30-2005
                                              Cold Springs, CA.
13582-N....................................  Linde Gas LLC (Linde), Independence,              4      04-30-2005
                                              OH.
13563-N....................................  Applied Companies, Valencia, CA.......            4      04-30-2005
13547-N....................................  CP Industries, McKeesport, PA.........            4      04-30-2005
13346-N....................................  Stand-By-Systems, Inc., Dallas, TX....            1      04-30-2005
13347-N....................................  ShipMate, Inc., Torrance, CA..........            4      04-30-2005
13341-N....................................  National Propane Gas Association,                 1      04-30-2005
                                              Washington, DC.
13302-N....................................  FIBA Technologies, Inc., Westboro, MA.            4      04-30-2005
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                                           Modification to Exemptions
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                                                                                      Reason for  Estimated date
             Application number                             Applicant                   delay      of completion
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7277-M.....................................  Structural Composites Industries,                 3      04-30-2005
                                              Pomona, CA.
11241-M....................................  Rohm and Haas Co., Philadelphia, PA...            1      05-31-2005
11526-M....................................  BOC Gases Americas, Murray Hill, NJ...            4      05-31-2005
10319-M....................................  Amtrol, Inc., West Warwick, RI........            4      05-31-2005
12284-M....................................  The American Traffic Safety Services              1      04-30-2005
                                              Assn. (ATSSA), Fredericksburg, VA.
6263-M.....................................  Amtrol, Inc., West Warwick, RI........            4      05-31-2005
11579-M....................................  Dyno Nobel, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT..            4      05-31-2005
10915-M....................................  Luxfer Gas Cylinders (Composite                   1      05-31-2005
                                              Cylinder Division), Riverside,CA.
7280-M.....................................  Department of Defense, Ft. Eustis, VA.            4      05-31-2005
10878-M....................................  Tankcon FRP Inc., Boisbriand, Qc......          1,3      05-31-2005
12022-M....................................  Taylor-Wharton (Gas & Fluid Control               4      04-30-2005
                                              Group), Harrisburg, PA.
10019-M....................................  Structural Composites Industries,                 3      04-30-2005
                                              Pomona, CA.
8162-M.....................................  Structural Composites Industries,                 3      04-30-2005
                                              Pomona, CA.
8718-M.....................................  Structural Composites Industries,                 3      04-30-2005
                                              Pomona, CA.
9649-X.....................................  U.S. Department of Defense, Fort                  1      04-30-2005
                                              Eustis, VA.
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