[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 142 (Tuesday, July 24, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38450-38451]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-18403]
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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 August 8, 2001.
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 number.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: 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 July 19, 2001.
J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,
Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Exemptions and Approvals.
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Modification
Application No. Docket No. Applicant of exemption
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5022-M............................ ...................... Thiokol Propulsion Corp., Brigham 5022
City, UT (See Footnote \1\).
7954-M............................ ...................... Voltaix, Inc., North Branch, NJ (See 7954
Footnote \2\).
8971-M............................ ...................... Baker Atlas, Houston, TX (See 8971
Footnote \3\).
9401-M............................ ...................... Societe Nationale de Wagon- 9401
Reservoirs, 79009 Paris, FR (See
Footnote \4\).
10842-M........................... ...................... Autoliv ASP, Inc., Ogden, UT (See 10832
Footnote \5\).
10945-M........................... ...................... Structural Composites Industries, 10945
Pomona, CA (See Footnote \6\).
11434-M........................... ...................... Fisher Scientific Chemical Division, 11434
Fair Lawn, NJ (See Footnote \7\).
11761-M........................... ...................... Hawkins, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (See 11761
Footnote \8\).
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12284-M........................... RSPA-99-5935 American Traffic Safety Services 12284
Assn. (ATSSA), Fredericksburg, VA
(See Footnote \9\).
12449-M........................... RSPA-00-7213 Chlorine Service Company, Inc., 12449
Kingwood, TX (See Footnote \10\).
12595-M........................... RSPA-01-8643 Marsulex, Inc., Toledo, OH (See 12595
Footnote \11\).
12643-M........................... RSPA-01-9066 TRW Space and Electronics Groups, 12643
Redondo Beach, CA (See Footnote
\12\).
12676-M........................... RSPA-01-9376 Environmental Management, Inc., 12676
Guthrie, OK (See Footnote \13\).
12688-M........................... RSPA-01-9530 Brenntag West, Inc., Santa Fe 12688
Springs, CA (See Footnote \14\).
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\1\ To modify the exemption to authorize the transportation of an additional Division 1.3C material in
temperature controlled equipment.
\2\ To modify the exemption to provide for germanine mixtures, Division 2.3, to be transported in DOT-
Specification 3A2400, 3AA2400 or 3AAX2400 cylinders.
\3\ To modify the exemption to authorize the use of additional design assemblies of the non-refillable, non-DOT
specification steel cylinders for the transportation of certain Division 5.1 materials.
\4\ To modify the exemption to authorize the transportation of an additional Division 2.2 materials in non-DOT
specification IMO Type 5 portable tanks.
\5\ To modify the exemption to authorize the transportation for disposal of unapproved waste explosive materials
used in passive restraint systems by common carrier and relief from the outer packaging requirements.
\6\ To modify the exemption to authorize the transportation of an additional Division 2.2 material in non-DOT
specification fully wrapped carbon fiber reinforced aluminum lined cylinders.
\7\ To modify the exemption to authorize the transportation of additional Class 3 material in tank cars
authorized to remain standing with unloading connections attached when no product is being transferred.
\8\ To modify the exemption to authorize the transportation of additional Class 8 materials in certain DOT
Specification and AAR Specification tank cars with a modified inspection procedure.
\9\ To modify the exemption to authorize an increase in the maximum capacity to 500 gallons of the non-DOT
specification cargo tanks used for roadway striping.
\10\ To modify the exemption to authorize the use of a hydrostatic proof pressure test of the non-DOT
specification pressure vessel for use in transporting Division 2.1 an 2.2 materials.
\11\ To modify the exemption to authorize rerouting a Division 2.3 residue tank car for reloading at a different
site while the car is in transit without change of placard and the addition of a Division 2.3 material.
\12\ To reissue the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis for the transportation of a Division 2.2
material in a non-DOT specification refrigeration system described as a pulse tube cooler.
\13\ To reissue the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis for the use of a non-DOT specification
full removable head steel salvage cylinder for overpacking and the transportation of damaged or leaking
cylinders of pressurized and non-pressurized hazardous materials.
\14\ To modify the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis for the transportation in commerce of a
Class 8 material in drums that do not meet the minimum thickness requirements.
[FR Doc. 01-18403 Filed 7-23-01; 8:45 am]
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