[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 184 (Thursday, September 23, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57133-57134]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-21379]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs Administration


Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Notice of Application for 
Exemptions

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs Administration, DOT.

ACTION:  List of applications for exemption.

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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

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Hazardous Material Regulations (49 CFR part 107, subpart B), 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 exemption is requested is indicated by a number in the 
``Name 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 25, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Address Comments To: Record 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 CONTACT: Copies of the application 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 
exemption 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 27, 2004.
R. Ryan Posten,
Exemption Program Officer, Office of Hazardous Materials Safety 
Exemptions and Approvals.

                                                  New Exemption
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                           Docket
     Application No.        No.           Applicant          Regulation(s) affected  Nature of exemption thereof
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13856-N.................  .......  Dow Chemical Company,    49 CFR 172.203(a);       To authorize the
                                    Midland MI.              173.26 and 179.13.       manufacture and use of DOT
                                                                                      class 111S tank cars
                                                                                      exceeding the presently
                                                                                      authorized weight limit
                                                                                      for use in transporting
                                                                                      Class 3 materials. (mode
                                                                                      2.)
13858-N.................  .......  US Ecology Idaho, Inc.   49 CFR 173.427(b)......  To authorize the
                                    (USEI) Grand View, ID.                            transportation in commerce
                                                                                      of exclusive use shipments
                                                                                      of bulk soil-like
                                                                                      radioactive LSA-II waste
                                                                                      material in covered dump
                                                                                      trucks. (mode 1.)
13859-N.................  .......  Degussa Corporation,     49 CFR 177.848.........  To authorize the
                                    Parsippany, NJ.                                   transportation in commerce
                                                                                      of certain hazardous
                                                                                      materials to be
                                                                                      transported together in
                                                                                      the same transport
                                                                                      vehicle.
13860-N.................  .......  United States            49 CFR                   To authorize the
                                    Enrichment Corporation   173.420(a)(3)(ii) and    transportation in commerce
                                    (USEC), Paducah, KY.     (iii).                   of non-specification DOT
                                                                                      cylinders for use in
                                                                                      transporting uranium
                                                                                      hexafluoride, class 7.
                                                                                      (mode 1.)
13876-N.................  .......  City of Kotzebue,        49 CFR 173.159.........  To authorize the
                                    Kotzebue, AK.                                     transportation in commerce
                                                                                      of wet batteries for
                                                                                      disposal to be transported
                                                                                      in non-DOT specification
                                                                                      packaging. (modes 4, 5.)
13896-N.................  .......  FIBA Technologies,       49 CFR 180.211.........  To authorize the repair of
                                    Inc., Westboro, MA.                               DOT-3 series cylinders by
                                                                                      external re-threading of
                                                                                      the cylinder neck. (modes
                                                                                      1, 6.)
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[FR Doc. 04-21379 Filed 9-22-04; 8:45 am]
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