05-6803. Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Notice of Delays in Processing of Exemption Applications

AGENCY:

Pipeline and Hazardous Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

In accordance with the requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5117(c), PHMSA is publishing the following list of exemption applications that have been in process for 180 days or more. The reason(s) for delay and the expected completion date for action on each application is provided in association with each identified application.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Delmer Billings, Office of Hazardous Materials Exemptions and Approvals, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001, [phone].

Key to “Reason for Delay”

1. Awaiting additional information from applicant.

2. Extensive public comment under review.

3. Application is technically complex and is of significant impact or precedent-setting and requires extensive analysis.

4. Staff review delayed by other priority issues or volume of exemption applications.

Meaning of Applications Number Suffixes

N—New application.

M—Modification request.

X—Renewal.

PM—Party to application with modification request.

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 1, 2005.

R. Ryan Posten,

Exemptions Program Officer, Office of Hazardous Materials Safety Exemptions & Approvals.

New Exemption Applications

Application number	Applicant	Reason for delay	Estimated date of completion
13054-N	CHS Transportation, Mason City, IA	4	04-30-2005
13183-N	Becton Dickinson, Sandy, UT	4	04-30-2005
13188-N	General Dynamics, Lincoln, NE	3	04-30-2005
13281-N	The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI	4	04-30-2005
13309-N	OPW Engineered Systems, Lebanon, OH	4	04-30-2005
13295-N	Taylor-Wharton, Harrisburg, PA	1	04-30-2005
13266-N	Luxfer Gas Cylinders, Riverside, CA	1	04-30-2005
13422-N	Puritan Bennett, Plainfield, IN	3	04-30-2005
13314-N	Sunoco Inc., Philadelphia, PA	4	04-30-2005
13958-N	Department of Defense, Fort Eustis, VA	1	04-30-2005
13957-N	T.L.C.C.I., Inc., Franklin, TN	4	05-31-2005
13960-N	Terumo Heart, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI	4	05-31-2005
13858-N	U.S. Ecology Idaho, Inc. (USEI), Grand View, ID	1	04-30-2005
13776-N	MHF Logistical Solutions, Cranberry Twp., PA	4	04-30-2005
13636-N	Timberline Environmental Services, Cold Springs, CA	4	04-30-2005
13582-N	Linde Gas LLC (Linde), Independence, OH	4	04-30-2005
13563-N	Applied Companies, Valencia, CA	4	04-30-2005
13547-N	CP Industries, McKeesport, PA	4	04-30-2005
13346-N	Stand-By-Systems, Inc., Dallas, TX	1	04-30-2005
13347-N	ShipMate, Inc., Torrance, CA	4	04-30-2005
13341-N	National Propane Gas Association, Washington, DC	1	04-30-2005
13302-N	FIBA Technologies, Inc., Westboro, MA	4	04-30-2005

Modification to Exemptions

Application number	Applicant	Reason for delay	Estimated date of completion
7277-M	Structural Composites Industries, Pomona, CA	3	04-30-2005
11241-M	Rohm and Haas Co., Philadelphia, PA	1	05-31-2005
11526-M	BOC Gases Americas, Murray Hill, NJ	4	05-31-2005
10319-M	Amtrol, Inc., West Warwick, RI	4	05-31-2005
12284-M	The American Traffic Safety Services Assn. (ATSSA), Fredericksburg, VA	1	04-30-2005
6263-M	Amtrol, Inc., West Warwick, RI	4	05-31-2005
11579-M	Dyno Nobel, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT	4	05-31-2005
10915-M	Luxfer Gas Cylinders (Composite Cylinder Division), Riverside,CA	1	05-31-2005
7280-M	Department of Defense, Ft. Eustis, VA	4	05-31-2005
10878-M	Tankcon FRP Inc., Boisbriand, Qc	1,3	05-31-2005
12022-M	Taylor-Wharton (Gas & Fluid Control Group), Harrisburg, PA	4	04-30-2005
10019-M	Structural Composites Industries, Pomona, CA	3	04-30-2005
8162-M	Structural Composites Industries, Pomona, CA	3	04-30-2005
8718-M	Structural Composites Industries, Pomona, CA	3	04-30-2005
9649-X	U.S. Department of Defense, Fort Eustis, VA	1	04-30-2005