[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 117 (Thursday, June 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 33440]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16167]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Research and Special Programs Administration
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 July 20, 1998.
ADDRESS COMMENT TO: Dockets Unit, Research and Special Programs
Administration, Room 8421, DHM-30, 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: 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
Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 1806; 49 CFR 1.53(e)).
Issued in Washington, DC, on June 11. 1998.
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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12079-N............. RSPA-1998-3920 ASAHI SEISAKUSHO 49 CFR 173.301(h), To authorize the
CO., LTD, 173.302(a)(1), manufacture, mark and
Saitama, 339- 173.305(a), sale of non-DOT
0078, Japan. 173.34(a)(1). specification
cylinders comparable
to a DOT specification
3AA for use as a scuba
diving cylinder
containing a Division
2.2 gas. (modes 1, 2,
3, 4)
12083-N............. RSPA-1998-3934 Northern Indiana 49 CFR 173.29(a).. To authorize the bulk
Fuel & Light Co., transportation in
Inc., Auburn, IN. commerce of residual
quantities of Class 3
material to be
transported in
specially designed
tanks. (mode 1)
12084-N............. RSPA-1998-3941 AlliedSignal Inc., 49 CFR To authorize an
Morristown, NJ. 173.34(e)(11). alternative schedule
for retesting of DOT
4B, 4BA and 4BW
cylinders used in
transporting
refrigerant gases and
blends. (modes 1, 2,
3)
12086-N............. RSPA-1998-3942 Yale University, 49 CFR To authorize an
New Haven, CT. 173.196(a)(ii)(b). alternative packaging
for use in
transporting used
syringes classed as
Infectious substances,
Division 6.2. (mode 1)
12087-N............. RSPA-1998-3943 LND, Inc., 49 CFR 172.101, To authorize the
Fairfield, CT. Co. 9, 173.306, manufacture, mark, and
175.3. sale of non-DOT
specification metal
containers containing
Boron Trifluoride,
classed as 2.3 for use
in radiation
detectors. (modes 1,
2, 3, 4, 5)
12088-N............. RSPA-1998-3936 Westvaco, 49 CFR 173, 177, To authorize the
Richmond, VA. 178 & 180. transportation in
commerce of samples of
hazardous materials in
compatible containers
as essentially
unregulated. (mode 1)
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[FR Doc. 98-16167 Filed 6-17-98; 8:45 am]
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