2021-07139. Hazardous Materials: Notice of Applications for Modifications to Special Permit

AGENCY:

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

ACTION:

List of applications for modification of special permits.

SUMMARY:

In accordance with the procedures governing the application for, and the processing of, special permits from the Department of Transportation's Hazardous Material Regulations, notice is hereby given that the Office of Hazardous Materials Safety has received the application described herein. Each mode of transportation for which a particular special permit 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 22, 2021.

ADDRESSES:

Record Center, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 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 special permit number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Donald Burger, Chief, Office of Hazardous Materials Safety General Approvals and Permits Branch, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, East Building, PHH-13, 1200 New Jersey Avenue Southeast, Washington, DC 20590-0001, [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Copies of the applications are available for inspection in the Records Center, East Building, PHH-30, 1200 New Jersey Avenue Southeast, Washington DC.

This notice of receipt of applications for special permit 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 April 1, 2021.

Donald P. Burger,

Chief, General Approvals and Permits Branch.

Special Permits Data

Application No.	Applicant	Regulation(s) affected	Nature of the special permits thereof
3121-M	Department of Defense US Army Military Surface Deployment & Distribution Command	172.101(i)(3)	To modify the special permit to update references to military manuals referenced in the permit. (mode 1)
10631-M	Department of Defense US Army Military Surface Deployment & Distribution Command	173.243, 173.244	To modify the special permit to remove outdated references to military programs used and to more closely align with the HMR. (mode 1)
16016-M	ISI Automotive Austria Gmbh	173.301, 173.302a, 173.305	To modify the special permit to authorize the addition of a further tube material for the pressure vessel shell of vessels with an outer diameter of 30mm. (modes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
21012-M	Praxair Distribution, Inc.	172.203(a), 180.209	To modify the special permit to remove the requirement for putting the SP number on shipping papers and to make it more consistent with similar special permits. (modes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)