[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 228 (Friday, November 27, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74213-74215]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-29957]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration


Hazardous Materials: Actions on Special Permit Applications

AGENCY: 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 November 4, 2015.
Don Burger,
Chief, Special Permits and Approvals Branch.

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                                                                                       Nature of special permit
              S.P. No.                      Applicant             Regulation(s)                thereof
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                                       MODIFICATION SPECIAL PERMIT GRANTED
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15744-M............................  Praxair Distribution,   49 CFR 180.205;         To modify the special
                                      Inc., Danbury, CT.      180.209.                permit to exempt the
                                                                                      notation ``DOT-SP'' 15744
                                                                                      on shipping papers.
12562-M............................  Taeyang Industrial      49 CFR                  To modify the special
                                      Company Ltd., Chung     173.304(d)(3)(ii).      permit to authorize
                                      Nam.                                            additional Division 2.1
                                                                                      hazardous materials and to
                                                                                      add an additional inside
                                                                                      container design.
16302-M............................  Ametek Inc.,            49 CFR 171.1..........  To modify the special
                                      Pittsburgh, PA.                                 permit to authorize glass
                                                                                      ampules with a 31 ml
                                                                                      actual capacity and remove
                                                                                      the 30 kg limit when
                                                                                      ampules are installed in
                                                                                      analyzing equipment.
16239-M............................  Trinity Containers,     49 CFR 171.7..........  To reissue the special
                                      LLC, Dallas, TX.                                permit that was originally
                                                                                      issued on an emergency
                                                                                      basis with a two year
                                                                                      renewal.
11054-M............................  Welker Inc., Sugar      49 CFR 178.36 subpart   To modify the special
                                      Land, TX.               C.                      permit to authorize
                                                                                      additional hazardous
                                                                                      materials.
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                                           NEW SPECIAL PERMIT GRANTED
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16395-N............................  Chandler Instruments    49 CFR 173.201,         To authorize the
                                      Company LLC Broken      173.301(f),             manufacture, mark, sale
                                      Arrow, OK.              173.302(a), 173.304.    and use of non-DOT
                                                                                      specification cylinders
                                                                                      used in oil well sampling.
                                                                                      (modes 1, 2, 3, 4).
16414-N............................  Gardner Cryogenics      49 CFR 178.338........  To authorize the
                                      Department of Air                               manufacture mark and sell
                                      Products and                                    of MC338 cargo tanks built
                                      Chemicals Inc.,                                 to ASME Section XII
                                      Allentown, PA.                                  standards(version in
                                                                                      effect at time of
                                                                                      manufacture) and stamping
                                                                                      them with a ``T'' stamp
                                                                                      associated with that
                                                                                      section rather than the
                                                                                      ``U'' stamp of current
                                                                                      Federal Regulations.
                                                                                      (modes 1, 3).
16498-N............................  FIBA Technologies,      49 CFR 172.203(a),      Authorizes the manufacture,
                                      Inc. Littleton, MA.     173.302a, 173.304a.     mark, sale and use of
                                                                                      specification DOT 3T
                                                                                      cylinders using an
                                                                                      alternative heat treatment
                                                                                      batch size. (modes 1, 2,
                                                                                      3).
16530-N............................  3M Company, Saint       49 CFR 173.301(f).....  To authorize the
                                      Paul, MN.                                       transportation in commerce
                                                                                      of Specification DOT 4BW
                                                                                      cylinders containing
                                                                                      certain toxic gases
                                                                                      without pressure relief
                                                                                      devices. (modes 1, 2, 3).
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                                        EMERGENCY SPECIAL PERMIT GRANTED
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16590-N............................  U.S. Environmental      49 CFR 171-180........  To authorize the
                                      Protection Agency,                              transportation in commerce
                                      Middletown, CA.                                 of hazardous materials
                                                                                      used to support the
                                                                                      recovery and relief
                                                                                      efforts from and within
                                                                                      Lake and Calaveras
                                                                                      Counties in California,
                                                                                      under conditions that may
                                                                                      not meet the Hazardous
                                                                                      Materials Regulations
                                                                                      (HMR). (mode 1).
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                                      MODIFICATION SPECIAL PERMIT WITHDRAWN
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5022-M.............................  Aerojet Rocketdyne,     49 CFR 174.101(L);
                                      Sacramento, CA.         174.104(d);
                                                              174.112(a);
                                                              177.834(l)(1).
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                                          NEW SPECIAL PERMIT WITHDRAWN
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16597-N............................  Aerojet/Rocketdyne      49 CFR 172.102(c)(1),   To authorize the
                                      Rancho Cordova, CA.     special provision 37.   transportation in commerce
                                                                                      of liquid propellant
                                                                                      (UN0497) that cannot meet
                                                                                      Sec.   172.102(c)(1),
                                                                                      special provision 37.
                                                                                      (mode 1).
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                                                     DENIED
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16396-N............................  Request by Eniware LLC Washington, DC October 7, 2015. To authorize the
                                      manufacture, mark, sale and use of sterilization devices containing two
                                      toxic gases in non-DOT specification containers (steel gas cartridges) as
                                      excepted quantities.
16356-N............................  Request by United Launch Alliance, LLC Centennial, CO October 16, 2015, the
                                      transportation in commerce of articles containing not more than 25 grams
                                      of solid explosive or pyrotechnic material that has energy density not
                                      significantly greater than that of pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN),
                                      classed as Division 1.4E when packed in a special shipping container.
16430-N............................  Request by Eniware LLC Washington, DC October 16, 2015. To authorize the
                                      manufacture, mark, sale and use of specialized packaging used to transport
                                      sterilization devices containing nitric acid as excepted quantities.
16575-N............................  Request by FIBA Technologies, Inc. Littleton, MA October 9, 2015. To
                                      authorize the manufacture, mark, sale and use of certain specification DOT
                                      3AA, 3AAX, and 3T cylinders and UN ISO 11120 tubes that were witnessed
                                      during manufacture with real-time video feeds by an Independent Inspection
                                      Agency for certain tests.

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16582-N............................  Request by Spectrum Brands Inc. Middleton, WI October 9, 2015. To authorize
                                      the transportation in commerce of damaged lithium metal cells for disposal
                                      in alternative packaging.
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[FR Doc. 2015-29957 Filed 11-25-15; 8:45 am]
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