[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 58 (Wednesday, March 26, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14531-14532]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7557]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Notice of Applications for
Exemptions
AGENCY: Research and Special Programs Administration, DOT.
ACTION: List of applicants for 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. Each
mode of transportation for which a particular exemption is requested is
indicated by a number in the ``Nature of Application'' portion of the
table below as follows: 1--Motor vehicle, 2--Rail freight, 3--Cargo
vessel, 4--Cargo aircraft only, 5--Passenger-carrying aircraft.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 25, 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 application
number.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Copies of the applications (See Docket Number) are available for
inspection at the New Docket Management Facility, PL-401, at the U.S.
Department of Transportation, Nassif Building, 400 7th Street, SW,
Washington, DC 20590.
This notice of receipt of applications for new 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.
New Exemptions
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Regulation(s) Nature of Exemption
Application No. Docket No. Applicant affected Thereof
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11814-N 11814-N The Columbiana 49 CFR 178.245... To manufacture, mark and
Boiler Co., sell non-DOT
Columbiana, OH. specification steel
portable tanks
permanently fitted within
an ISO frame similar to
DOT-51 portable tanks for
use in transporting those
hazardous materials as
authorized in DOT-
Specification 51 portable
tanks. (modes 1, 2, 3).
11839-N RSPA-97-2217 Williams Field 49 CFR 177.834(i) To authorize loading of
Services, Opal, cargo tank containing
WY. Class 3 and Division 2.1
material without the
physical presence of an
unloader. (mode 1).
11840-N RSPA-97-2218 TRW Vehicle 49 CFR 172 To authorize the
Safety Systems, Subparts D&E, transportation in
Inc., Queen 173.51(a), commerce of passenger air
Creek, AZ. 173.62(c). bag inflator classed in
Division 1.4 and Division
4.1, to be transported
without required marking
and labeling in reusable
plastic trays banded or
strapped to pallets.
(mode 1).
11841-N RSPA-97-2224 Stepan Co., 49 CFR 179.200-16 To authorize the
Northfield, IL. transportation in
commerce of tank cars
equipped with alternative
loading and unloading
devices to be transported
without required DOT
exemption markings for
use in the shipment of
Class 9 material. (mode
2).
11842-N RSPA-97-2226 Maine State Ferry 49 CFR To authorize the
Service, 176.89(a)(6). transportation in
Augusta, MA. commerce of tank trucks
carrying fuel oil, Class
3 to be transported in
ferry service without an
operator staying with the
vehicle. (mode 3).
11843-N RSPA-97-2227 Shell Chemical 49 CFR To authorize an exemption
Co., Houston, TX. 173.31(f)(1) & from the requirement to
(2). modify, reassign, retire,
or remove at least 50
percent of in-service
tank car fleet used for
the transportation of a
hazardous substance.
(mode 2).
11844-N RSPA-97-2228 Evergreen 49 CFR 172.101, To authorize the
International Col 9B, transportation in
Airlines, Inc., 172.204(a) and commerce of explosives,
McMinnville, OR. (c), 173.27, Division 1, that are
173.54(j), forbidden or exceed the
175.30(a)(1) quantity limitation for
App. B to transportation by air.
subpart B of (mode 4).
part 107.
11847-N RSPA-97-2229 Energy & 49 CFR To authorize the
Environmental 173.188(a)(2). transportation in
Tech. Co., commerce of Division 4.2
Southfield, MI. material contained in
hermetically sealed
warheads overpacked in 55
gallon 1A2 drums instead
of 30 gallon steel drums.
capacity. (mode 1).
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