[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 56 (Tuesday, March 24, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15659-15660]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-06463]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration


Hazardous Materials: Actions on Special Permit Applications

AGENCY: Office of Hazardous Materials Safety, Pipeline and Hazardous 
Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of actions on special permit applications.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the procedures governing the application 
for, and the processing of, special permits from the Department of 
Transportation's Hazardous Material Regulations (49 CFR part 107, 
subpart B), notice is hereby given of the actions on special permits 
applications in (October to October 2014). The mode of transportation 
involved are identified 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. Application numbers prefixed by the letters EE represent 
applications for Emergency Special Permits. It should be noted that 
some of the sections cited were those in effect at the time certain 
special permits were issued.

     Issued in Washington, DC, on March 3, 2015.
Donald Burger,
Chief, Special Permits and Approvals Branch.

                                       Modification Special Permit Granted
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                                                                                      Nature of special permit
           S.P No.                     Applicant               Regulation(s)                  thereof
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12116-M......................  Proserv UK LTd., East     49 CFR 173.201,           To modify the special permit
                                Tullos.                   173.302a, 173.304a, and   to authorize a
                                                          173.301(f).               carboxysilicon coating to be
                                                                                    applied to certain
                                                                                    cylinders.
10232-M......................  ITW Sexton, Decatur, AL.  49 CFR 173.304(d) and     To modify the special permit
                                                          173.306(a)(3).            to authorize additional
                                                                                    hazardous materials.
14152-M......................  SAES Pure Gas, Inc., San  49 CFR 173.187..........  To modify the special permit
                                Luis Obispo, CA.                                    to authorize additional
                                                                                    outer packaging and
                                                                                    shielding gases.
12748-M......................  Lockheed Martin Space     49 CFR 178.601(a).......  To modify the special permit
                                Systems Company, Santa                              to authorize additional
                                Cruz, CA.                                           hazardous materials.
16279-M......................  Veolia ES Technical       49 CFR 173.196(a) and     To modify the special permit
                                Solutions, L.L.C.,        (b).                      originally issued on an
                                Flanders, NJ.                                       emergency basis to authorize
                                                                                    an additional two years.
15716-M......................  Department of Energy,     49 CFR 173.310..........  To modify the special permit
                                Washington, DC.                                     to authorize an additional
                                                                                    material.
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                                           NEW SPECIAL PERMIT GRANTED
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16217-N......................  Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.,  49 CFR 173.310..........  To authorize the manufacture,
                                Shinagawa-ku, To.                                   mark, sale and use of a
                                                                                    neutron radiation detector
                                                                                    containing a Division 2.1
                                                                                    flammable gas, (modes 1, 2,
                                                                                    4).
16251-N......................  Air Liquide America       49 CFR 173.302a(a)(1),    To authorize the
                                Specialty Gases, LLC,     173.302a(a)(3).           transportation in commerce
                                Plumsteadville, PA.                                 of certain non-liquefied
                                                                                    flammable gases in non-DOT
                                                                                    specification cylinders and
                                                                                    certain non-liquefied
                                                                                    flammable gases in cylinders
                                                                                    authorized under DOT-SP
                                                                                    10788 with a volume not to
                                                                                    exceed 1.6 L. (modes
                                                                                    1,2,3,4,5).
15991-N......................  Dockweller AG, Neustadt-  49 CFR 178.50(d)(1) and   To authorize the manufacture,
                                Glewe, Germany.           (d)(2).                   marking, sale and use of non-
                                                                                    DOT specification cylinders
                                                                                    similar to DOT 4BW for the
                                                                                    transportation in commerce
                                                                                    of certain hazardous
                                                                                    materials. (modes
                                                                                    1,2,3,4,5).
16316-N......................  Green Auto Products       49 CFR 171.2(k),          To authorize the
                                International, Inc.,      172.202(a)(5)(iii)(b),    transportation in commerce
                                Orlando, FL.              part 172, subpart H.      of certain used DOT 3AL
                                                                                    cylinders that contain
                                                                                    oxygen, but not necessarily
                                                                                    in an amount qualifying as
                                                                                    hazardous material. (modes
                                                                                    1,2,3).
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                                        EMERGENCY SPECIAL PERMIT GRANTED
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10832-M......................  Autoliv ASP, Inc.,        49 CFR 173.56(b), and     To modify the special permit
                                Ogden, UT.                173.61(a).                to update locations where
                                                                                    the permit may be used.
                                                                                    (mode 1).
16231-N......................  Thales Alenia Space,      49 CFR 172.101 Column     To authorize the
                                Cannes la Bocca.          9(B), 173.301(f),         transportation in commerce
                                                          173.302a(a)(1), and       of certain non-DOT
                                                          173.304a(a)(2).           specification containers
                                                                                    containing certain Division
                                                                                    2.1, 2.2, and 2.3 liquefied
                                                                                    and compressed gases and
                                                                                    other certain hazardous
                                                                                    materials. (modes 1,2,3,4).
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                                          NEW SPECIAL PERMIT WITHDRAWN
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16404-N......................  Intermountain Slurry      49 CFR 177.834(h).......  Exemption from 177.834(h) for
                                Seal, North Salt Lake,                              a Class 9 material mixed
                                UT.                                                 with a sealant to be applied
                                                                                    during the resurfacing and
                                                                                    repair of a closed portion
                                                                                    of a highway as part of
                                                                                    seasonal maintenance. (mode
                                                                                    1).
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                                       EMERGENCY SPECIAL PERMIT WITHDRAWN
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16189-N......................  Coffeyville Resources     49 CFR 173.31(a)(3) and   To authorize the
                                Nitrogen Fertilizers,     180.509(c)(3).            transportation in commerce
                                LLC, Kansas City, KS.                               of fifty (50) DOT 111 tank
                                                                                    cars, containing non-
                                                                                    hazardous material, that are
                                                                                    due for inspection and
                                                                                    testing for 6 months after
                                                                                    the date required. (mode 2).
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                                                     DENIED
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14778-M......................  Request by Sea-Fire Marine Inc., Baltimore, MD, February 13, 2015. To modify the
                                special permit to authorize cylinders being used on a foreign vessel to be
                                transported for service while the vessel is in USA waters.
16405-N......................  Request by Coal City Cob Company Waxahachie, TX, February 12, 2015. Renewal of
                                expired DOT SP 13192.
16317-N......................  Request by ICC Compliance Center, Niagara Falls, NY, February 25, 2015. To
                                authorize the manufacture, mark, sale and use of alternative packaging for the
                                transportation in commerce of Category A infectious waste.
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15885-M......................  PHI, Inc., Lafayette, LA  49 CFR 172.101 Table      To modify the special permit
                                                          Column (9A).              to authorize additional
                                                                                    hazardous materials.
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[FR Doc. 2015-06463 Filed 3-23-15; 8:45 am]
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