[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 202 (Monday, October 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 54503]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27673]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Research and Special Programs Administration
Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Notice of Applications for
Modification of Exemptions
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 November 4, 1997.
ADDRESS COMMENTS TO: Dockets Unit, 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 Dockets
Unit, Room 8426, Nassif Building, 400 7th Street SW, Washington, DC.
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Modification
Application No. Docket No. Applicant of exemption
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11344-M................................. ............................ E.I. DuPont, Wilmington, 11344
DE (See Footnote 1).
11956-M................................. RSPA-97-2988 Scott Aviation, Lancaster, 11956
NY (See Footnote 2).
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\1\ To modify the exemption to provide for tank cars, containing chlorine, Division 2.3, to remain standing with
unloading connections attached without the physical presence of an unloader.
\2\ To reissue the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis for protective breathing equipment (PBE),
containing chemical oxygen generators which utilize special integral packaging as a secondary means of
preventing actuation.
This notice of receipt of applications for modification of
exemptions is published in accordance with Part 107 of the Hazardous
Materials Transporatation Act (49 U.S.C. 1806; 49 CFR 1.53(e)).
Issued in Washington, DC, on October 10, 1997.
J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,
Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Exemptions and Approvals.
[FR Doc. 97-27673 Filed 10-17-97; 8:45 am]
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