99-24704. Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Notice of Applications for Exemptions  

  • [Federal Register Volume 64, Number 183 (Wednesday, September 22, 1999)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 51366-51367]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 99-24704]
    
    
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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 October 22, 1999.
    
    ADDRESS COMMENTS TO: Records Center, 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 application (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 or at http://
    dms.dot.gov.
        This notice of receipt of applications for new exemptions is 
    published in accordance with part 107 of the Federal hazardous 
    materials transportation law (49 U.S.C. 5117(b); 49 CFR 1.53(b)).
    
        Issued in Washington, DC, on September 16, 1999.
    J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,
    Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Exemptions and Approvals.
    
                                                     New Exemptions
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                                                                           Regulations(s)      Nature of Exemption
       Application No.           Docket No.             Applicant             affected               Thereof
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    12332-N.............           RSPA-1999-6176  Automotive           49 CFR 173.166 (c)   To authorize the
                                                    Occupant,            & (e).               transportation in
                                                    Restraints                                commerce of air bag
                                                    Council,                                  modules or seat belt
                                                    Lexington, KY.                            pre-tensioners that
                                                                                              have been removed from
                                                                                              motor vehicles for
                                                                                              disposal to be
                                                                                              transported without
                                                                                              required markings.
                                                                                              (mode 1)
    12333-N.............           RSPA-1999-6174  BFI, Atlanta, GA...  49 CFR               To authorize the
                                                                         173.28(b)(4)(i).     transportation in
                                                                                              commerce of non-DOT
                                                                                              specification open-
                                                                                              head plastic drums for
                                                                                              use in transporting
                                                                                              regulated Medical
                                                                                              waste, Division 6.2
                                                                                              (mode 1)
    
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    12334-N.............           RSPA-1999-6177  Autoclave            49 CFR 178.36......  To authorize the
                                                    Engineers, Erie,                          manufacture, marking
                                                    PA.                                       and sale of non-DOT
                                                                                              specification
                                                                                              cylinders comparable
                                                                                              to 3A or 3AX seamless
                                                                                              steel cylinder for use
                                                                                              in transporting
                                                                                              compressed hydrogen,
                                                                                              Division 2.1. (mode 1)
    12335-N.............           RSPA-1999-6178  Baker Hughes,        49 CFR 173.62(c),    To authorize an
                                                    Houston, TX.         PM E-139, PPR 1.     alternative packaging
                                                                                              method for use in
                                                                                              transporting Cord,
                                                                                              detonating, Division
                                                                                              1.1D and 1.4D. (modes
                                                                                              1, 3)
    12336-N.............           RSPA-1999-6179  AC Plastiques        49 CFR 172.102(c),   To authorize the
                                                    Canada (1992)        178.345-2, 4, 7,     manufacture, marking
                                                    Inc., Les Cedres,    14(b) -15, 178.348-  and sale of fiber
                                                    Quebec, CA.          1 & 2.               reinforced plastic
                                                                                              highway cargo tanks
                                                                                              for use in
                                                                                              transporting Class 8
                                                                                              material. (mode 1)
    12338-N.............           RSPA-1999-6180  Aeronex, Inc., San   49 CFR 173.212.....  To authorize the
                                                    Diego, CA.                                transportation in
                                                                                              commerce of non-DOT
                                                                                              specification seamless
                                                                                              steel cylinders
                                                                                              comparable to DOT-3A
                                                                                              cylinders for use in
                                                                                              transporting Self-
                                                                                              heating solid,
                                                                                              inorganic, n.o.s.,
                                                                                              Division 4.2. (mode 1)
    12339-N.............           RSPA-1999-6201  BOC Gases, Murray    49 CFR,              To authorize the
                                                    Hill, NJ.            173.192(a)(3),       transportation in
                                                                         173.302(a)(5),       commerce of various
                                                                         173.302(f),          Division 2.1 and 2.3
                                                                         173.304(a)(4),       gases in DOT
                                                                         173.304(d)(3)(i).    Specification 3AL
                                                                                              aluminum cylinders,
                                                                                              overpacked in freight
                                                                                              containers. (mode 3)
    12340-N.............           RSPA-1999-6199  General Chemical     49 CFR 178.605.....  To authorize the
                                                    Corp., Parsippany,                        transportation in
                                                    NJ.                                       commerce of Class 8
                                                                                              material in DOT 3H1
                                                                                              HDPE square jerricans
                                                                                              with a lower pressure
                                                                                              rating, equipped with
                                                                                              or without diptubes
                                                                                              (modes 1, 2, 3)
    12341-N.............           RSPA-1999-6200  Space Systems/       49 CFR 173.301,      To authorize the
                                                    Loral, Palo Alto,    178.46.              transportation in
                                                    CA.                                       commerce of non-DOT
                                                                                              Specification
                                                                                              cylinders pressurized
                                                                                              to a low storage
                                                                                              pressure with Division
                                                                                              2.2 material. (modes
                                                                                              1, 4)
    12342-N.............           RSPA-1999-6196  Elliot 1 Day         49 CFR 172.101 Col.  To authorize the
                                                    Surgery, Center,     8(c), 173.197.       transportation in
                                                    Manchester, NH.                           commerce of regulated
                                                                                              medical waste in poly
                                                                                              bags overpacked in non-
                                                                                              DOT specification bulk
                                                                                              bins. (mode 1)
    12343-N.............           RSPA-1999-6198  City Machine &       49 CFR               To authorize acoustic
                                                    Welding, Inc. of     173.302(c)(2),       emission retesting of
                                                    Amarillo,            (c)(3), (c)(4),      DOD-3AAX and 3T
                                                    Amarillo, TX.        173.34(e)(6)(i)(D)   cylinders for use in
                                                                         ,                    transporting various
                                                                         173.34(e)(6)(i)(D)   hazardous materials
                                                                         , 173.34(e)(7)(i),   classed in Division
                                                                         173.34(e), (e)(2),   2.1, 2.2 and 2.3.
                                                                         (e)(4).              (mode 1)
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Document Information

Published:
09/22/1999
Department:
Research and Special Programs Administration
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
List of Applicants for Exemptions.
Document Number:
99-24704
Dates:
Comments must be received on or before October 22, 1999.
Pages:
51366-51367 (2 pages)
PDF File:
99-24704.pdf