[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 47 (Thursday, March 9, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12621-12623]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-5807]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs Administration


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

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs Administration, DOT.

ACTION: List of applications delayed more than 180 days.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5117(c), RSPA 
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 of action on each application is provided in 
association with each identified application.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: J. Suzanne Hedgepeth, Director, Office 
of Hazardous Materials, Exemptions and Approvals, Research and Special 
Programs Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh 
Street, SW, Washington, DC 20590-0001, (202) 366-4535.

Key to ``Reasons 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 Application Number Suffixes

    N--New application.
    M--Modification request.

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    PM--Party to application with modification request.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on February 23, 2000.
J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,
Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Exemptions and Approvals.

                                           New Exemption Applications
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                                                                                                     Estimated
              Application No.                               Applicant                 Reason for      date of
                                                                                        delay       completion
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11767-N....................................  Ausimont USA, Inc., Thorofare, NJ.....            1      03/31/2000
11862-N....................................  The BOC Group, Murray Hill, NJ........            4      03/31/2000
11927-N....................................  Alaska Marine Lines, Inc., Seattle, WA            4      03/31/2000
12106-N....................................  Air Liquide America Corporation,                  4      03/31/2000
                                              Houston, TX.
12125-N....................................  Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN........            4      03/31/2000
12138-N....................................  Gas Supply Resources, Inc., Albany, NY            4      03/31/2000
12142-N....................................  Aristech Chemical Corp., Pittsburgh,              4      03/31/2000
                                              PA.
12146-N....................................  Luxfer Gas Cylinders, Riverside, CA...            1      03/31/2000
12148-N....................................  Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY..            4      03/31/2000
12158-N....................................  Hickson Corporation, Conley, GA.......            4      03/31/2000
12181-N....................................  Aristech, Pittsburgh, PA..............            4      03/31/2000
12205-N....................................  Independent Chemical Corp., Glendale,             4      04/28/2000
                                              NY.
12248-N....................................  Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp., High              4      04/28/2000
                                              Point, NC.
12269-N....................................  Solutia, Inc., St. Louis, MO..........            4      04/28/2000
12277-N....................................  The Indian Sugar & General Engineering            1      04/28/2000
                                              Corp. ISGE, Haryana, IX.
12280-N....................................  Combined Tactical Systems, Inc.,                  4      04/28/2000
                                              Jamestown, PA.
12281-N....................................  ABS Group, Inc., Houston, TX..........            4      04/28/2000
12290-N....................................  Savage Industries, Inc., Pottstown, PA            4      04/28/2000
12292-N....................................  Westway Trading Corporation, New                  4      04/28/2000
                                              Orleans, LA.
12293-N....................................  Intercontinental Packaging Corp.,                 4      03/31/2000
                                              Tuckahoe, NY.
12297-N....................................  Applied Companies, Valencia, CA.......            4      04/28/2000
12301-N....................................  Niklor Chemical Co., Long Beach, CA...            4      03/31/2000
12307-N....................................  Kern County Dept. of Weights &                    4      04/28/2000
                                              Measures, Bakersfield, CA.
12316-N....................................  The Dow Chemical Co., Channahon, IL...            4      04/28/2000
12325-N....................................  Lifeline Technologies, Inc., Sharon               4      04/28/2000
                                              Hill, PA.
12332-N....................................  Automotive Occupant Restraints                    4      04/28/2000
                                              Council, Lexington, KY.
12333-N....................................  BFI, Atlanta, GA......................            4      04/28/2000
12336-N....................................  AC Plastiques Canada (1992), Inc., Les            1      04/28/2000
                                              Cedres, Quebec, CA.
12338-N....................................  Aeronex, Inc., San Diego, CA..........            4      04/28/2000
12339-N....................................  BOC Gases, Murray HIll, NJ............            4      04/28/2000
12343-N....................................  City Machine & Welding, Inc. of                   1      04/28/2000
                                              Amarillo, Amarillo, TX.
12350-N....................................  BAC Technologies, Ltd., West Liberty,             4      04/28/2000
                                              OH.
12360-N....................................  EMCORE Corp., Somerset, NJ............            4      04/28/2000
12361-N....................................  PurePak Technology Corp., Gilbert, AZ.            4      03/31/2000
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                                           Modifications to Exemptions
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                                                                                                     Estimated
              Application No.                               Applicant                 Reason for      date of
                                                                                        delay       completion
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6611-M.....................................  Gardner Cryogenics, Lehigh Valley, PA.            1      03/31/2000
6765-M.....................................  Gardner Cryogenics, Lehigh Valley, PA.            1      03/31/2000
7277-M.....................................  Structural Composites Industries,                 4      03/31/2000
                                              Pomona, CA.
8556-M.....................................  Gardner Cryogenics, Lehigh Valley, PA.            4      03/31/2000
8723-M.....................................  Buckley Powder Company, Englewood, CO.            4      03/31/2000
9266-M.....................................  ERMEWA, Inc., Houston, TX.............            4      03/31/2000
10480-M....................................  Gardner Cryogenics, Lehigh Valley, PA.            1      03/31/2000
10656-M....................................  Conf. of Radiation Control Program                4      03/31/2000
                                              Directors, Inc., Frankfort, KY.
10672-M....................................  Burlington Packaging, Inc., Brooklyn,             4      03/31/2000
                                              NY.
10821-M....................................  BFI Waste Systems of North America,               4      03/31/2000
                                              Inc., Atlanta GA.
10921-M....................................  The Proctor & Gamble Company,                     4      03/31/2000
                                              Cincinnati, OH.
10928-M....................................  Matheson Tri-Gas, Parsippany, NJ......            4      04/28/2000
10929-M....................................  Consolidated Rail Corporation,                    4      03/31/2000
                                              Philadelphia, PA.
10929-M....................................  Matheson Tri-Gas, Parsippany, NJ......            4      03/31/2000
10945-M....................................  Structural Composites Industries                  4      03/31/2000
                                              (SCI), Pomona, CA.
10945-M....................................  Structural Composites Industries,                 4      03/31/2000
                                              Pomona, CA.
10962-M....................................  International Compliance Center,                  4      03/31/2000
                                              Mississauga ON L4Z 1X8, CA.
10977-M....................................  Federal Industries Corporation,                   4      03/31/2000
                                              Plymouth, MN.
10987-M....................................  Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.,                 4      03/31/2000
                                              Allentown, PA.
11186-M....................................  Cryenco, Inc., Denver, CO.............            4      03/31/2000
11248-M....................................  HAZMATPAC, Houston, TX................            4      03/31/2000
11380-M....................................  Baker Atlas, Houston, TX..............            4      02/28/2000

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11406-M....................................  Conf. of Radiation Control Program                4      04/28/2000
                                              Directors, Inc., Frankfort, KY.
11769-M....................................  Great Western Chemical Company,                   4      04/28/2000
                                              Portland, OR.
11769-M....................................  Great Western Chemical Company,                   4      02/28/2000
                                              Protland, OR.
11903-M....................................  Comptank Corporation, Bothwell,                   4      04/28/2000
                                              Ontario, CA.
11942-M....................................  Niklor Chemical Company, Long Beach,              4      04/28/2000
                                              CA.
12069-M....................................  Compagnie des Containers Reservoirs,              4      03/31/2000
                                              Paris, FR.
12074-M....................................  Van Hool NV, B-2500 Lier                          1      04/28/2000
                                              Koningshooikt, BG.
12178-M....................................  STC Technologies, Inc., Bethlehem, PA.            1      04/28/2000
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