[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 183 (Wednesday, September 22, 1999)] [Notices] [Pages 51366-51367] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-24704] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Research and Special Programs Administration Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Notice of Applications for Exemptions AGENCY: Research and Special Programs Administration, DOT. ACTION: List of Applicants for Exemptions. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Each mode of transportation for which a particular exemption is requested is indicated 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. DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 22, 1999. 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 application number. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the application (See Docket Number) are available for inspection at the New Docket Management Facility, PL-401, at the U.S. Department of Transportation, Nassif Building, 400 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590 or at http:// dms.dot.gov. This notice of receipt of applications for new 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 September 16, 1999. J. Suzanne Hedgepeth, Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Exemptions and Approvals. New Exemptions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulations(s) Nature of Exemption Application No. Docket No. Applicant affected Thereof ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12332-N............. RSPA-1999-6176 Automotive 49 CFR 173.166 (c) To authorize the Occupant, & (e). transportation in Restraints commerce of air bag Council, modules or seat belt Lexington, KY. pre-tensioners that have been removed from motor vehicles for disposal to be transported without required markings. (mode 1) 12333-N............. RSPA-1999-6174 BFI, Atlanta, GA... 49 CFR To authorize the 173.28(b)(4)(i). transportation in commerce of non-DOT specification open- head plastic drums for use in transporting regulated Medical waste, Division 6.2 (mode 1) [[Page 51367]] 12334-N............. RSPA-1999-6177 Autoclave 49 CFR 178.36...... To authorize the Engineers, Erie, manufacture, marking PA. and sale of non-DOT specification cylinders comparable to 3A or 3AX seamless steel cylinder for use in transporting compressed hydrogen, Division 2.1. (mode 1) 12335-N............. RSPA-1999-6178 Baker Hughes, 49 CFR 173.62(c), To authorize an Houston, TX. PM E-139, PPR 1. alternative packaging method for use in transporting Cord, detonating, Division 1.1D and 1.4D. (modes 1, 3) 12336-N............. RSPA-1999-6179 AC Plastiques 49 CFR 172.102(c), To authorize the Canada (1992) 178.345-2, 4, 7, manufacture, marking Inc., Les Cedres, 14(b) -15, 178.348- and sale of fiber Quebec, CA. 1 & 2. reinforced plastic highway cargo tanks for use in transporting Class 8 material. (mode 1) 12338-N............. RSPA-1999-6180 Aeronex, Inc., San 49 CFR 173.212..... To authorize the Diego, CA. transportation in commerce of non-DOT specification seamless steel cylinders comparable to DOT-3A cylinders for use in transporting Self- heating solid, inorganic, n.o.s., Division 4.2. (mode 1) 12339-N............. RSPA-1999-6201 BOC Gases, Murray 49 CFR, To authorize the Hill, NJ. 173.192(a)(3), transportation in 173.302(a)(5), commerce of various 173.302(f), Division 2.1 and 2.3 173.304(a)(4), gases in DOT 173.304(d)(3)(i). Specification 3AL aluminum cylinders, overpacked in freight containers. (mode 3) 12340-N............. RSPA-1999-6199 General Chemical 49 CFR 178.605..... To authorize the Corp., Parsippany, transportation in NJ. commerce of Class 8 material in DOT 3H1 HDPE square jerricans with a lower pressure rating, equipped with or without diptubes (modes 1, 2, 3) 12341-N............. RSPA-1999-6200 Space Systems/ 49 CFR 173.301, To authorize the Loral, Palo Alto, 178.46. transportation in CA. commerce of non-DOT Specification cylinders pressurized to a low storage pressure with Division 2.2 material. (modes 1, 4) 12342-N............. RSPA-1999-6196 Elliot 1 Day 49 CFR 172.101 Col. To authorize the Surgery, Center, 8(c), 173.197. transportation in Manchester, NH. commerce of regulated medical waste in poly bags overpacked in non- DOT specification bulk bins. (mode 1) 12343-N............. RSPA-1999-6198 City Machine & 49 CFR To authorize acoustic Welding, Inc. of 173.302(c)(2), emission retesting of Amarillo, (c)(3), (c)(4), DOD-3AAX and 3T Amarillo, TX. 173.34(e)(6)(i)(D) cylinders for use in , transporting various 173.34(e)(6)(i)(D) hazardous materials , 173.34(e)(7)(i), classed in Division 173.34(e), (e)(2), 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3. (e)(4). (mode 1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [FR Doc. 99-24704 Filed 9-21-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-60-M