[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 58 (Wednesday, March 26, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14530-14531]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7556]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
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 April 10, 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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Renewal
Application no. Applicant of
exemption
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10677-M..................... Primus AB, S-71 26 Solna, SW 10677
(See Footnote 1).
11055-M..................... Environmental Transport 11055
Systems, Inc., Fargo, ND (See
Footnote 2).
11827-M..................... Nippon Riku-un Sangyo Co., 11827
Ltd., Tokyo, JP (See Footnote
3).
11829-M..................... TRW Automotive Queen Creek, AZ 11829
(See Footnote 4).
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(1) To modify the exemption to authorize a larger design container
conforming to DOT Specification 2P, except for size, testing
requirements and marking, for the transportation of a Division 2.1
material.
(2) To modify the exemption to provide for Class 3, and 8 and Division
4.2 and 5.1 as additional classes of hazardous materials for
transportation in combination packaging.
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(3) To reissue the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis and
modify the exemption to provide for Division 6.1 material as an
additional class for transportation in IM portable tanks.
(4) To reissue exemption originally issued on an emergency basis to
authorize the manufacture, mark and sale of non-DOT specification
collapsible, non-reusable woven polypropylene bulk bags for use in
transporting sodium azide, Division 6.1.
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 March 20, 1997.
J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,
Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Exemptions and Approvals.
[FR Doc. 97-7556 Filed 3-25-97; 8:45 am]
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