07-6127. Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Notice of Delays in Processing of Special Permits Applications

AGENCY:

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), DOT.

ACTION:

List of Applications Delayed more than 180 days.

SUMMARY:

In accordance with the requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5117(c), PHMSA is publishing the following list of special permit 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 F. Billings, Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Special Permits and Approvals, Pipleine and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, East Building, PHH-30, 1200 New Jersey Avenue Southeast, 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 special permit applications.

Meaning of Application Number Suffixes.

N—New application.

M—Modification request.

PM—Party to application with modification request.

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 14, 2007.

Delmer F. Billings,

Director, Office of Hazardous Materials, Special Permits and Approvals.

Application No.	Applicant	Reason for delay	Estimated date of completion
Modification to Special Permits
11579-M	Austin Powder Company, Cleveland, OH	3, 4	12-31-2007
New Special Permit Applications
14385-N	Kansas City Southern Railway Company, Kansas City, MO	4	12-31-2007
14402-N	Lincoln Composites, Lincoln, NE	1	12-31-2007
14436-N	BNSF Railway Company, Topeka, KS	4	12-31-2007
14500-N	Northwest Respiratory Services, St. Paul, MN	4	12-31-2007
14507-N	Gulf Coast Hydrostatic Testers, LLC, Denham Springs, LA	4	12-31-2007
14508-N	Gulf Coast Hydrostatic Testers, LLC, Denham Springs, LA	4	12-31-2007