97-30170. Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Notice of Applications for Modification of Exemption  

  • [Federal Register Volume 62, Number 222 (Tuesday, November 18, 1997)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 61582-61583]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 97-30170]
    
    
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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 December 3, 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 CONTACT:
    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 of
          Application No.                    Docket No.                        Applicant                exemption   
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    3216-M.....................  .................................  E.I. DuPont de Nemours,                     3216
                                                                     Wilmington, DE (See Footnote                   
                                                                     1).                                            
    6971-M.....................  .................................  Chem Service, West Chester, PA              6971
                                                                     (See Footnote 2).                              
    7277-M.....................  .................................  Structural Composites                       7277
                                                                     Industries, Pomona, CA (See                    
                                                                     Footnote 3).                                   
    8757-M.....................  .................................  YZ Industries, Inc., Snyder, TX             8757
                                                                     (See Footnote 4).                              
    9791-M.....................  .................................  Pressed Steel Tank Co., Inc.,               9791
                                                                     Milwaukee, WI (See Footnote 5).                
    11054-M....................  .................................  Welker Engineering Co., Sugar              11054
                                                                     land, TX (See Footnote 6).                     
    11344-M....................  .................................  E.I. DuPont, Wilmington, DE                11344
                                                                     (See Footnote 7).                              
    11375-M....................  .................................  Oceaneering Space Systems,                 11375
                                                                     Houston, TX (See Footnote 8).                  
    11489-M....................  .................................  TRW Vehicle Safety Systems,                11489
                                                                     Queen Creek, AZ (See Footnote                  
                                                                     9).                                            
    11952-M....................  RPSA-97-3101                       Department of Defense, Falls               11952
                                                                     Church, VA (See Footnote 10).                  
    11955-M....................  RPSA-97-2667                       Scott Aviation, Lancaster, NY              11955
                                                                     (See Footnote 11).                             
    11988-M....................  RPSA-97-3102                       COFAP of America, Inc., Dayton,            11988
                                                                     OH (See Footnote 12).                          
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    (1) To modify the exemption to provide for rail transportation as an additional mode.                           
    (2) To modify exemption to provide for transportation by passenger aircraft as an additional mode for use in    
      transporting small quantities of chemicals inside glass bottles packaged in metal boxes overpacked in strong  
      wooden or fiberboard boxes.                                                                                   
    (3) To modify the exemption to provide for an alternative testing of non-DOT specification fiber reinforced     
      plastic full composite cylinders used as part of a ground support system for aircraft maintenance.            
    (4) To modify the exemption to provide for additional service pressure of 2,250 psi, alternative hydrostatic    
      test of 4,500 psi and alternative markings.                                                                   
    (5) To modify the exemption to provide for cargo aircraft as an additional mode of transportation for use in    
      transporting non-specification cylinders, conforming in part with the DOT-3AA specification for transportation
      of certain nonflammable, nonliquefied compressed gases.                                                       
    (6) To modify the exemption to authorize a series of piston cylinders with a 3600 psi service pressure for use  
      in transporting various hazardous materials classed in Class 3, Division 2.1 and 2.3.                         
    (7) 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.                                  
    (8) To modify the exemption to provide for several design changes to non-specification cylinder built to DOT-   
      Specification 4L containing Division 2.2 material.                                                            
    (9) To modify the exemption to provide for cargo only aircraft and cargo vessel as additional modes of          
      transportation for use in transporting Division 1.4C explosive articles.                                      
    (10) To reissue the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis for use in transporting specially designed
      packaging consisting of a cylinder containing less than 7.22 cubic inches of nitrogen, compressed, Division   
      2.2                                                                                                           
    (11) To reissue the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis for transportation in commerce of oxygen  
      generators which utilize special inegra as secondary means of preventing actuation.                           
    (12) To reissue the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis to manufacture, mark and sale shock       
      absorbers and struts containing non-flammable gas, Division 2.2, as accumulators.                             
    
    
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        This notice of receipt of applications for modification of 
    exemptions is published in accordance with Part 107 of the Hazardous 
    Materials Transportations Act (49 U.S.C. 1806; 49 CFR 1.53(e)).
    
        Issued in Washington, DC, on November 6, 1997.
    J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,
    Director, Office of Hazardous Materials, Exemptions and Approvals.
    [FR Doc. 97-30170 Filed 11-17-97; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
11/18/1997
Department:
Research and Special Programs Administration
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
List of applications for modification of exemptions.
Document Number:
97-30170
Dates:
Comments must be received on or before December 3, 1997.
Pages:
61582-61583 (2 pages)
PDF File:
97-30170.pdf