[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 169 (Wednesday, August 30, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52806-52807]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-22079]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Research and Special Programs Administration
Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Applications for
Modification of Exemption
AGENCY: Research and Special Programs Administration, DOT.
ACTION: List of applications for modification of 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. This
notice is abbreviated to expedite docketing and public notice. Because
the sections affected, modes of transportation, and the nature of
application have been shown in earlier Federal Register publications,
they are not repeated here. Requests for modifications of exemptions
(e.g. to provide for additional hazardous materials, packaging design
changes, additional mode of transportation, etc.) are described in
footnotes to the application number. Application numbers with the
suffix ``M'' denote a modification request. These applications have
been separated from the new applications for exemptions to facilitate
processing.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 14, 2000.
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 number.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Copies of the applications are available for
inspection in the Records Center, Nassif Building, 400 7th Street SW,
Washington, DC or at http://dms.dot.gov.
This notice of receipt of applications for modification of
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 August 17, 2000.
J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,
Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Exemptions and Approvals.
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Modification
Application No. Docket No. Applicant of exemption
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4661-M..................... .................................... Chemical Foote Corporation, 4661
Kings Mountain, NC (See
Footnote 1).
7060-M..................... .................................... Federal Express; Memphis, TN 7060
(See Footnote 2).
8757-M..................... .................................... YZ Systems, Inc.; Conrole, TX 8757
(See Footnote 3).
9347-M..................... .................................... PGI International; Houston, TX 9347
(See Footnote 4).
11924-M.................... RSPA-1997-2744 UF Strainrite; Lewiston, ME 11924
(See Footnote 5).
12399-M.................... RSPA-2000-6769 BOC Gasea; Murray Hill, NJ (See 12399
Footnote 6).
12494-M.................... RSPA-2000-7597 American Reclamation Group, 12494
LLC; Anchorage, AK (See
Footnote 7).
12509-M.................... RSPA-2000-7789 Department of Defense (MTMC); 12509
Alexandria, VA (See Footnote
8).
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Footnotes:
\1\ To modify the exemption to allow for alternative retest procedures for 4BA240 and 4BW240 cylinders; to allow
for the transportation of Division 4.3 materials.
\2\ To modify the exemption to waive the requirements to carry a copy of the exemption aboard each aircraft when
transporting Class 7 materials.
\3\ To modify the exemption to allow for the transportation of additional division 2.3 and class 3 materials in
non-DOT specification stainless steel cylinders; editorial corrections to paragraph 6 of the exemption.
\4\ To modify the exemption to change wording in the exemption to clarify the requirements for hydrostatic/
pressure testing of the non-DOT specification stainless stell cylinders.
\5\ To modify the exemption to authorize a UN 11HH2 intermediate bulk container as an outer packaging for lab
pack applications transporting various classes of hazardous wastes.
\6\ To modify the exemption to amend the equipment performance and test procedure language authorizing the use
of certain DOT Specification 3AL cylinders for the transportation of compressed gases.
\7\ To reissue the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis for the transportation of certain Division
5.1 materials by cargo aircraft only when aircraft is the only means of reaching destination.
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\8\ To reissue the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis authorizing certain Division 4.2 materials
to be stowed as palletized cargo in an under-deck forecastle location.
[FR Doc. 00-22079 Filed 8-29-00; 8:45 am]
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