57134 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 184 / Thursday, September 23, 2004 / Notices 

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 selfaddressed 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

Application 

No. 

Docket 

No. Applicant Regulation(s) affected Nature of exemption thereof 

13856–N ....... ............ Dow Chemical Company, 

Midland MI.

49 CFR 172.203(a); 173.26 and 

179.13.

To authorize the 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. 

(USEI) Grand View, ID.

49 CFR 173.427(b) .................... To authorize the 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, Parsippany, NJ.49 CFR 177.848 ........................ To authorize the transportation in commerce of certain hazardous materials to be transported together 

in the same transport vehicle. 

13860–N ....... ............ United States Enrichment 

Corporation (USEC), Paducah, KY.

49 CFR 173.420(a)(3)(ii) and 

(iii).

To authorize the transportation in commerce of nonspecification DOT cylinders for use in transporting 

uranium hexafluoride, class 7. (mode 1.) 

13876–N ....... ............ City of Kotzebue, 

Kotzebue, AK.

49 CFR 173.159 ........................ To authorize the transportation in commerce of wet 

batteries for disposal to be transported in non-DOT 

specification packaging. (modes 4, 5.) 

13896–N ....... ............ FIBA Technologies, Inc., 

Westboro, MA.

49 CFR 180.211 ........................ To authorize the repair of DOT–3 series cylinders by 

external re-threading of the cylinder neck. (modes 

1, 6.) 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs 

Administration 

Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; 

Notice of Applications for Modification 

of Exemption

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs 

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: List of applications for 

modification of exemption. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

procedures governing the application 

for, and the processing of, exemptions 

from the Department of Transportation’s 

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. 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. Request of 

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 application for exemption to 

facilitate processing.

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before October 8, 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 selfaddressed 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 

16, 2004. 

R. Ryan Posten, 

Exemptions Program Officer, Office of 

Hazardous Materials Exemptions & 

Approvals.

Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 184 / Thursday, September 23, 2004 / Notices 57135

MODIFICATION EXEMPTIONS

Application 

No. Docket No. Applicant Regulation(s) affected 

Modification 

exemption Nature of exemption thereof 

9275–M ......... Alcoa Inc. Pittsburgh, 

PA.

49 CFR Parts 100–

180.

9275 To modify the exemption to authorize revising the proper shipping description to 

allow transportation of medical screening 

solutions containing ethyl alcohol liquids. 

10791–M ....... Con-Quest Products, 

Inc. Elk Grove Village, IL.

49 CFR 173.12(b)(2) 10791 To modify the exemption to authorize a design change of the UN 4G fiberboard box 

filled with a polyethylene film bag liner 

for the transportation of various Hazard 

Class/Division waste hazardous materials. 

11536–M ....... The Boeing Company 

Los Angeles, CA.

49 CFR 173.302; 

173.62; 173.159; 

173.304.

11536 To modify the exemption to authorize an 

increase of spacecraft pressure vessels 

from two to four and the transportation of 

an additional Division 2.1 material. 

11670–M ....... Oilphase 

Schlumberger 

Dyce, Aberdeen 

Scotland.

49 CFR 178.36 ......... 11670 To modify the exemption to authorize the 

use of a newly designed non-DOT specification oil well sampling cylinder for the 

transportation of Division 2.1 materials. 

12744–M ....... RSPA–01–

10126

Alcoa Inc. Pittsburgh, 

PA.

49 CFR 171–180 ...... 12744 To modify the exemption to authorize a Division 4.3, PGI material be allowed to be 

transported as a ‘‘material of trade’’ item. 

13321–M ....... RSPA–03–

16598

Quest Diagnostics, 

Inc. Collegeville, 

PA.

49 CFR 173.28(b)(3) 13321 To modify the exemption to authorize passenger-carrying aircraft as an additional 

mode of transportation for certain Division 6.2 materials. 

13442–M ....... PRC-DeSoto International Mojave, 

CA.

49 CFR 

173.173(b)(2).

13442 To reissue the exemption originally issued 

on an emergency basis for a Class 3 

material in inner plastic packagings not 

exceeding 5 L capacity in addition to the 

glass and metal packagings. 

13796–M ....... RSPA–04–

18891

Rhodia Inc. 

Cranbury, NJ.

49 CFR 173.188 ....... 13796 To reissue the exemption originally issued 

on an emergency basis for the transportation of a Division 4.2 material while 

under water in alternative packaging. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs 

Administration 

Potential for Damage to Pipeline 

Facilities Caused by the Passage of 

Hurricane Ivan

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs 

Administration (RSPA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice; issuance of advisory 

bulletin. 

SUMMARY: RSPA is issuing this advisory 

bulletin to owners and operators of gas 

and hazardous liquid pipelines to 

communicate the potential for damage 

to pipeline facilities caused by the 

passage of Hurricane Ivan on September 

16, 2004.

ADDRESSES: This document can be 

viewed on the Office of Pipeline Safety 

(OPS) home page at: http://ops.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard Huriaux, (202) 366–4565, or by 

e-mail at richard.hurriaux@rspa.dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The purpose of this advisory bulletin 

is to warn all operators of gas and 

hazardous liquid pipelines in the Gulf 

of Mexico and adjacent state waters that 

pipeline safety problems may have been 

caused by the passage of Hurricane Ivan 

on September 16, 2004. RSPA received 

several reports of damage to pipeline 

facilities in the offshore and inland 

areas of Louisiana, Mississippi, 

Alabama, and the Florida Panhandle. 

It was reported in newspapers that 

officials with Houston-based 

Transocean found the semi-submersible 

drilling rig Deepwater Nautilus late 

Thursday, 70 miles from its original 

mooring site south of Mobile, Ala. No 

crew was aboard the rig, which likely 

rode through winds in excess of 140 

mph and seas as high as 40 feet. The rig 

is built to handle winds of 120 mph, 

according to company data. 

It was also reported that Diamond 

Offshore Drilling reported one of its rigs, 

the Ocean Star, was found drifting 12 

miles from its mooring 80 miles south 

of Mobile, Ala. 

Energy companies evacuated workers 

from 545 platforms and 69 drilling rigs 

in the Gulf, shutting in almost 4 million 

barrels of oil and 17 billion cubic feet 

of natural gas according to the U.S. 

Department of the Interior’s Minerals 

Management Service. 

The Federal pipeline safety 

regulations at 49 CFR parts 192 and 195 

require operators to shut down and start 

up pipeline facilities in a safe manner 

and to conduct periodic pipeline patrols 

to detect unusual operating and 

maintenance conditions and to take 

corrective action if conditions are 

unsafe. Because this patrolling is 

generally by aircraft, pipelines exposed 

or damaged on the sea floor may not be 

visually detected. It is likely that some 

pipeline facilities and pipelines located 

in the area of Hurricane Ivan’s impact 

are damaged or exposed. 

The gas and hazardous liquid pipeline 

safety regulations require that operators 

mitigate the safety condition if a 

pipeline facility is damaged or if a 

pipeline is exposed on the sea floor or 

constitutes a hazard to navigation. The 

regulations require that damaged 

pipeline facilities or exposed pipelines 

must be repaired, replaced, or reburied