[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 246 (Wednesday, December 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71186-71187]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33896]
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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
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numbers with the suffix ``M'' denote a modification request. These
applications have been separated form the new applications for
exemptions to facilitate processing.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 7, 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 number.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the applications are
available for inspection in the Records Center, Nassif Building, 400
7th Street SW, Washington, DC.
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Modification of
Application No. Docket No. Applicant exemption
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7708-M..................... .............................. Pacific Scientific (HTL/KIN-Tech 7708
Division Duarte, CA (See
Footnote \1\).
9162-M..................... Sun Line Company Tulsa, OK (See Footnote \2\)............. 9162
10929-M.................... .............................. Consolidated Rail Corporation 10929
Philadelphia, PA (See Footnote
\3\).
11624-M.................... .............................. Safety-Kleen Corporation 11624
Columbia, SC (See Footnote \4\).
12022-M.................... RSPA-1998-3308 Taylor-Wharton Harrisburg, PA 12022
(See Footnote \5\).
12178-M.................... .............................. STC Technologies, Inc. 12178
Bethlehem, PA (See Footnote
\6\).
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(\1\) To modify the exemption to for a design change and an increase in service pressure to 6300 psig of a non-
specification high-pressure cylinder for shipment of a Division 2.2 material.
(\2\) To modify the exemption to increase the capacity of a trailer equipped with a mechanical displacement
meter prover to 153.50 gallons for the transportation of Class 3 or Division 2.1 materials.
(\3\) To modify the exemption to provide for venting of asphalt cars and the addition of commodities.
(\4\) To modify the exemption to provide for rail as an additional mode of transportation for the transportation
of household hazardous wastes, Class 3, in quantities greater than those presently authorized.
(\5\) To modify the exemption to provide for alternative testing criteria of 3AA cylinders for use in
transporting Division 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3 hazardous materials.
(\6\) To reissue the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis to use a non-DOT specification container
for liquefied gas, flammable, n.o.s.
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 December 16, 1998.
J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,
Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Exemptions and Approvals.
[FR Doc. 98-33896 Filed 12-22-98; 8:45 am]
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