[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 35 (Monday, February 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9044-9045]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4525]
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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 for 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 modes 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 March 10, 1998.
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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7887-M........................ ...................................... Kosdon Enterprises, 7887
Ventura, CA (See
Footnote 1).
9610-m........................ ...................................... Alliant Techsystems 9610
Inc., Hopkins, MN (See
Footnote 2).
9791-M........................ ...................................... Pressed Steel Tank Co., 9791
Inc., Milwaukee, WI
(See Footnote 3).
10996-M....................... ...................................... Kosdon Enterprises, 10996
Ventura, CA (See
Footnote 4).
11888-M....................... RSPA-97-2583.......................... Alliant Techsystems, 11888
Inc., Hopkins, MN (See
Footnote 5).
11984-M....................... RSPA-97-3173.......................... Trans World Airlines, 11984
Inc., Kansas City, MO
(See Footnote 6).
12013-M....................... RSPA-97-3249.......................... All Pure Chemical 12013
Company, Walnut Creek,
CA (See Footnote 7).
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(1) To modify the exemption to provide for rocket motors and
reloadable kits which are classified as Division 1.3G that exceed the
25 gram limitation to be excepted from labeling requirements.
(2) To modify the exemption to provide for the transportation of
smokeless powder in DOT-Specification UN 1A2 steel drums as an
alternative container.
(3) To modify the exemption to provide for cargo only aircraft as
an additional mode of transportation for shipment of non-specification
cylinders containing Division 2.2 material.
(4) To modify the exemption to provide for certain rocket motors
and explosive articles with propellant charges in excess of 25 grams to
be classed as Division 1.3C.
(5) To reissue the exemption originally issued on an emergency
basis and to modify the exemption to provide for transportation by
ocean vessel.
(6) To reissue the exemption originally issued on an emergency
basis to authorize the transportation in commerce of a second safety
mechanism when shipping oxygen generators.
(7) To modify the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis
to authorize the discharge of certain Class 8 liquids from IBCs without
removing tanks from vehicles.
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 February 13, 1998.
J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,
Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Exemptions and Approvals.
[FR Doc. 98-4525 Filed 2-20-98; 8:45 am]
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