64130 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 212 / Wednesday, November 3, 2004 / Notices 

will be available for examination in the 

docket at the above address both before 

and after that date. To the extent 

possible, comments filed after the 

closing date will also be considered. 

Notice of final action on the petition 

will be published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to the authority 

indicated below.

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30141(a)(1)(A) and 

(b)(1); 49 CFR 593.8; delegations of authority 

at 49 CFR 1.50 and 501.8.

Claude H. Harris, 

Director, Office of Vehicle, Safety 

Compliance.

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BILLING CODE 4910–59–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs 

Administration 

Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; 

Notice of Delays in Processing of 

Exemption Applications

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs 

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: List of application delayed more 

than 180 days. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5117(c), RSPA 

is publishing the following list of 

exemption 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 Billings, Office of Hazardous 

Materials Exemptions and Approvals, 

Research and Special Programs 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, 

SW., Washington, DC 20590–0001, (202) 

366–4535. 

Key to ‘‘Reason for Delay’’

1. Awaiting additional information for 

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 exemption 

applications. 

Meaning of Application Number 

Suffixes 

N—New application. 

M—Modification request. 

PM—Party to application with 

modification request.

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 28, 

2004. 

R. Ryan Posten, 

Exemptions Program Officer, Office of 

Hazardous Materials Safety Exemptions & 

Approvals.

NEW EXEMPTION APPLICATIONS

Application 

No. Applicant Reason for delay 

Estimated date of 

completion 

11927–N ....... Alaska Marine Lines, Inc., Seattle, WA ...................................................................................... 4 12–31–2004 

12381–N ....... Ideal Chemical & Supply Co., Memphis, TN ............................................................................. 2 01–31–2005 

12412–N ....... Great Western Chemical Company, Portland, OR .................................................................... 3 01–31–2005 

12751–N ....... Defense Technology Corporation, Casper, WY ......................................................................... 4 12–31–2004 

12797–N ....... Environmental Quality Co., Belleville, MI ................................................................................... 4 01–31–2005 

12960–N ....... International Fuel Cells, South Windsor, CT .............................................................................. 1 11–30–2004 

13055–N ....... Stenstrom Petroleum Equipment Group, Rockford, IL .............................................................. 4 01–31–2005 

13183–N ....... Becton Dickinson, Sandy, UT .................................................................................................... 4 12–31–2004 

13188–N ....... General Dynamics, Lincoln, NE ................................................................................................. 1 12–31–2004 

13309–N ....... OPW Engineered Systems, Lebanon, OH ................................................................................. 4 01–31–2005 

13295–N ....... Taylor-Wharton, Harrisburg, PA ................................................................................................. 1 12–31–2004 

13266–N ....... Luxfer Gas Cylinders, Riverside, CA ......................................................................................... 1 12–31–2004 

13265–N ....... Aeropres Corporation, Shreveport, LA ....................................................................................... 4 11–30–2004 

13228–N ....... AirSep Creekside Corp., Buffalo, NY ......................................................................................... 4 12–31–2004 

13225–N ....... Quantum Technologies, Irvine, CA ............................................................................................ 1 12–31–2004 

13281–N ....... The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI ............................................................................... 4 11–30–2004 

13422–N ....... Puritan Bennett, Plainfield, IN .................................................................................................... 3 12–31–2004 

12949–N ....... Railway Progress Institute, Inc., Alexandria, VA ........................................................................ 4 01–31–2005 

13482–N ....... U.S. Vanadium Corporation (Subsidiary of Strategic Minerals Corporation), Niagra Falls, NY 4 11–30–2004 

13443–N ....... Koch Materials Company, Wichita, KS ...................................................................................... 4 11–30–2004 

13423–N ....... E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Company, Inc., Wilmington, DE ..................................................... 1 01–31–2005 

13461–N ....... FIBA Technologies, Inc., Westboro, MA .................................................................................... 4 12–31–2004 

13346–N ....... Stand-By-Systems, Inc., Dallas, TX ........................................................................................... 1 12–31–2004 

13347–N ....... ShipMate, Inc., Torrance, CA ..................................................................................................... 4 12–31–2004 

13341–N ....... National Propane Gas Association, Washington, DC ................................................................ 1 12–31–2004 

13302–N ....... FIBA Technologies, Inc., Westboro, MA .................................................................................... 4 12–31–2004 

13314–N ....... Sunoco Inc., Philadelphia, PA .................................................................................................... 4 01–31–2005 

13560–N ....... Texaco Ovonic Hydrogen Systems L.L.C. (TOHS), Rochester Hills, MI ................................... 4 12–31–2004 

13554–N ....... The Fertilizer Institute, Washington, DC .................................................................................... 4 12–31–2004 

13547–N ....... CP Industries, McKeesport, PA .................................................................................................. 4 01–31–2005 

13976–N ....... Osmose Utilities Services, Inc., Buffalo, NY .............................................................................. 4 11–30–2004 

13551–N ....... INO Therapeutics LLC, Port Allen, LA ....................................................................................... 4 12–31–2004 

13484–N ....... Air Liquide Ameria L.P., Houston, TX ........................................................................................ 4 11–30–2004 

13176–N ....... Union Pacific Railroad Company, Omaha, NE .......................................................................... 4 01–31–2005 

13054–N ....... CHS Transportation, Mason City, IA .......................................................................................... 4 11–30–2004 

13077–N ....... MacIntyre, Middlebury, VT ......................................................................................................... 4 01–31–2005 

12950–N ....... Walnut Industries, Inc., Bensalem, PA ....................................................................................... 4 01–31–2005 

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1RRVW states that it has used the subject line to 

store cars for off-line shippers during the preceding 

2 years. RRVW points out that use of a rail line to 

store rail cars for the convenience of off-line 

shippers or the railroad is not traffic originating or 

terminating on the line within the meaning of 49 

CFR 1152.50(b), citing, Union Pacific Railroad 

Company—Abandonment Exemption—in Ada 

County, ID, STB Docket No. AB–33 (Sub-No. 137X) 

(STB served Aug. 6, 1999).

2The Board will grant a stay if an informed 

decision on environmental issues (whether raised 

by a party or by the Board’s Section of 

Environmental Analysis (SEA) in its independent 

investigation) cannot be made before the 

exemption’s effective date. See Exemption of Outof-Service Rail Lines, 5 I.C.C.2d 377 (1989). Any 

request for a stay should be filed as soon as possible 

so that the Board may take appropriate action before 

the exemption’s effective date.

3Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing 

fee, which increases to $1,200, effective October 31, 

2004. See Regulations Governing Fees for Services 

Performed in Connection with Licensing and 

Related Services—2004 Update, STB Ex Parte No. 

542 (Sub-No. 11) (STB served Oct. 1, 2004). See 49 

CFR 1002.2(f)(25).

MODIFICATION TO EXEMPTIONS

Application 

No. Applicant Reason for delay 

Estimated date of 

completion 

11769–M ....... Great Western Chemical Company, Portland, OR .................................................................... 2 01–31–2005 

12065–M ....... Petrolab Company, Latham, NY ................................................................................................ 4 12–31–2004 

10019–M ....... Structural Composites Industries, Pomona, CA ......................................................................... 3 12–31–2004 

12443–M ....... Dow Reichhold Specialty Latex, LLC, Chickamauga, GA ......................................................... 4 01–31–2005 

8650–M ......... Ethyl Corporation, Richmond, VA .............................................................................................. 4 12–31–2004 

9149–M ......... Ethyl Corporation, Richmond, VA .............................................................................................. 4 12–31–2004 

7073–M ......... Ethyl Corporation, Richmond, VA .............................................................................................. 4 12–31–2004 

12443–M ....... Kinder Morgan Materials Services, Sewickley, PA .................................................................... 4 01–31–2005 

13080–M ....... Pressed Steel Tank Co., Milwaukee, WI ................................................................................... 1 12–31–2004 

10915–M ....... Luxfer Gas Cylinders (Composite Cylinder Division), Riverside, CA ........................................ 1 01–31–2005 

10878–M ....... Tankcon FRP Inc., Boisbriand, QC ............................................................................................ 1,3 11–30–2004 

12443–M ....... Kinder Morgan Materials Services, Sewickley, PA .................................................................... 4 01–31–2005 

9421–M ......... Taylor-Wharton (Gas & Fluid Control Group), Harrisburg, PA .................................................. 4 12–31–2004 

12022–M ....... Taylor-Wharton (Gas & Fluid Control Group), Harrisburg, PA .................................................. 4 12–31–2004 

11537–M ....... Interstate Chemical Company, Inc., Hermitage, PA .................................................................. 2 01–31–2005 

10882–M ....... Espar Products, Inc., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada ................................................................ 4 11–30–2004 

12443–M ....... Buckbee-Mears Cortland (BMC), Minneapolis, MN ................................................................... 4 01–31–2005 

11537–M ....... Hawkins, Inc., Minneapolis, MN ................................................................................................. 2 01–31–2005 

7280–M ......... Department of Defense, Ft. Eustis, VA ...................................................................................... 4 12–31–2004 

8718–M ......... Structural Composites Industries, Pomona, CA ......................................................................... 3 12–31–2004 

8162–M ......... Structural Composites Industries, Pomona, CA ......................................................................... 3 12–31–2004 

7277–M ......... Structural Composites Industries, Pomona, CA ......................................................................... 3 12–31–2004 

7060–M ......... Federal Express, Memphis, TN .................................................................................................. 4 12–31–2004 

11769–M ....... Great Western Chemical Company, Portland, OR .................................................................... 2 01–31–2005 

11537–M ....... JCI Jones Chemicals, Inc., Milford, VA ...................................................................................... 2 01–31–2005 

11769–M ....... Hydrite Chemical Company, Brookfield, WI ............................................................................... 2 01–31–2005 

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BILLING CODE 4910–60–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Docket No. AB–391 (Sub-No. 10X)] 

Red River Valley and Western Railroad 

Company—Abandonment Exemption—

in Foster and Wells Counties, ND 

Red River Valley & Western Railroad 

Company (RRVW) has filed a notice of 

exemption under 49 CFR 1152 Subpart 

F—Exempt Abandonments to abandon 

approximately 27.76 miles of rail line 

from approximately milepost 21.4 in or 

near Carrington, ND, to the end of the 

line at approximately milepost 29.16 in 

or near Bowdon, ND, in Foster and 

Wells Counties, ND. The line traverses 

United States Postal Service Zip Codes 

58486, 58418 and 58421. 

RRVW has certified that: (1) No local 

traffic has moved over the line for at 

least 2 years; (2) any overhead traffic 

can be rerouted over other lines; (3) no 

formal complaint filed by a user of rail 

service on the line (or by a state or local 

government entity acting on behalf of 

such user) regarding cessation of service 

over the line either is pending with the 

Board or with any U.S. District Court or 

has been decided in favor of 

complainant within the 2-year period; 

and (4) the requirements at 49 CFR 

1105.7 (environmental reports), 49 CFR 

1105.8 (historic reports), 49 CFR 

1105.11 (transmittal letter), 49 CFR 

1105.12 (newspaper publication), and 

49 CFR 1152.50(d)(1) (notice to 

governmental agencies) have been met.1

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employee adversely affected by the 

abandonment shall be protected under 

Oregon Short Line R. Co.—

Abandonment—Goshen, 360 I.C.C. 91 

(1979). To address whether this 

condition adequately protects affected 

employees, a petition for partial 

revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) 

must be filed. 

Provided no formal expression of 

intent to file an offer of financial 

assistance (OFA) has been received, this 

exemption will be effective on 

December 3, 2004, unless stayed 

pending reconsideration. Petitions to 

stay that do not involve environmental 

issues,2 formal expressions of intent to 

file an OFA under 49 CFR 

1152.27(c)(2),3 and trail use/rail banking 

requests under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be 

filed by November 12, 2004. Petitions to 

reopen or requests for public use 

conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must 

be filed by November 23, 2004, with: 

Surface Transportation Board, 1925 K 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001.

A copy of any petition filed with the 

Board should be sent to applicant’s 

representative: Rose-Michele Weinryb, 

Weiner Brodsky Sidman Kider PC, 1300 

19th Street NW., 5th Floor, Washington, 

DC 20036–1609. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

RRVW has filed an environmental 

report which addresses the 

abandonment’s effects, if any, on the 

environment and historic resources. 

SEA will issue an environmental 

assessment (EA) by November 28, 2004. 

Interested persons may obtain a copy of 

the EA by writing to SEA (Room 500, 

Surface Transportation Board,