[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 235 (Wednesday, December 8, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71120-71121]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-26866]



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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.

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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 from 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 December 1, 2004.
R. Ryan Posten,
Exemptions Program Officer, Office of Hazardous Materials Safety 
Exemptions & Approvals.

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                                                                                                     Estimated
              Application No.                             Applicant                 Reason for        date of
                                                                                       delay        completion
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                                           New Exemption Applications
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11927-N....................................  Alaska Marine Lines, Inc., Seattle,               4      12-31-2004
                                              WA.
12381-N....................................  Ideal Chemical & Supply Co.,                      2      01-31-2005
                                              Memphis, TN.
12412-N....................................  Great Western Chemical Company,                   3      01-31-2005
                                              Portland, OR.
12751-N....................................  Defense Technology Corporation,                   4      12-31-2004
                                              Casper, WY.
12950-N....................................  Walnut Industries, Inc., Bensalem,                4      01-31-2005
                                              PA.
13054-N....................................  CHS Transportation, Mason City, IA.               4      12-31-2004
13176-N....................................  Union Pacific Railroad Company,                   4      01-31-2005
                                              Omaha, NE.
12949-N....................................  Railway Progress Institute, Inc.,                 4      01-31-2005
                                              Alexandria, VA.
13281-N....................................  The Dow Chemical Company, Midland,                4      01-31-2005
                                              MI.
13347-N....................................  ShipMate, Inc., Torrance, CA.......               4      12-31-2004
13341-N....................................  National Propane Gas Association,                 1      12-31-2004
                                              Washington, DC.
13302-N....................................  FIBA Technologies, Inc., Westboro,                4      12-31-2004
                                              MA.
13314-N....................................  Sunoco Inc., Philadelphia, PA......               4      01-31-2005
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....................................  Aeropress Corporation, Shreveport,                4      12-31-2004
                                              LA.
13228-N....................................  AirSep Creekside Corp., Buffalo, NY               4      12-31-2004
13563-N....................................  Applied Companies, Valencia, CA....               4      01-31-2005
13560-N....................................  Texaco Ovonic Hydrogen Systems                    4      12-31-2004
                                              L.L.C. (TOHS), Rochester Hills, MI.
13554-N....................................  The Fertilizer Institute,                         4      12-31-2004
                                              Washington, DC.
13547-N....................................  CP Industries, McKeesport, PA......               4      01-31-2005
13484-N....................................  Air Liquide America, L.P., Houston,               4      12-31-2004
                                              TX.
13482-N....................................  U.S. Vanadium Corporation                         4      12-31-2004
                                              (Subsidiary of Straegic Minerals
                                              Corporation), Niagara Falls, NY.
13443-N....................................  Koch Materials Company, Wichita, KS               4      12-31-2004
13461-N....................................  FIBA Technologies, Inc., Westboro,                4      12-31-2004
                                              MA.
13346-N....................................  Stand-By-Systems, Inc., Dallas, TX.               1      12-31-2004
13585-N....................................  Texaco Ovonic Hydrogen Systems,                   4      12-31-2004
                                              L.L.C., Rochester Hills, MI.
13582-N....................................  Linde Gas LLC (Linde),                            4      01-31-2005
                                              Independence, OH.
13422-N....................................  Puritan Bennett, Plainfield, IN....               3      12-31-2004
13188-N....................................  General Dynamics, Lincoln, NE......               1      12-31-2004
13183-N....................................  Becton Dickinson, Sandy, UT........               4      12-31-2004
13077-N....................................  MacIntyre, Middlebury, VT..........               4      01-31-2005
12797-N....................................  Environmental Quality Co.,                        4      01-31-2005
                                              Belleville, MI.
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                                           Modification to Exemptions
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11769-M....................................  Great Western Chemical Company,                   2      01-31-2005
                                              Portland, OR.
12065-M....................................  Petrolab Company, Latham, NY.......               4      12-31-2004
10019-M....................................  Structural Composites Industries,                 3      12-31-2004
                                              Pomona, CA.
11241-M....................................  Rohm and Haas Co., Philadelphia, PA               1      01-31-2005
11537-M....................................  Hawkins, Inc., Minneapolis, MN.....               2      01-31-2005
7280-M.....................................  Department of Defense, Ft. Eustis,                4      12-31-2004
                                              VA.
10915-M....................................  Luxfer Gas Cylinders (Composite                   1      01-31-2005
                                              Cylinder Division), Riverside, CA.
10878-M....................................  Tankcon FRP Inc., Boisbriand, Qc...            1, 3      01-31-2005
9421-M.....................................  Taylor-Wharton (Gas & Fluid Control               4      12-31-2004
                                              Group), Harrisburg, PA.
12022-M....................................  Taylor-Wharton (Gas & Fluid Control               4      12-31-2004
                                              Group), Harrsburg, PA.
11537-M....................................  Interstate Chemical Company, Inc.,                2      01-31-2005
                                              Hermitage, PA.

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10882-M....................................  Espar Products, Inc., Mississauga,                4      01-31-2005
                                              Ontario, Canada.
13027-M....................................  Hernco Fabrication & Services,                    4      01-31-2005
                                              Midland, TX.
11579-M....................................  Dyno Nobel, Inc., Salt Lake City,                 4      01-31-2005
                                              UT.
11537-M....................................  American Development Corporation,                 3      01-31-2005
                                              Vanceboro, NC.
8718-M.....................................  Structural Composites Industries,                 3      12-31-2004
                                              Pomona, CA.
8162-M.....................................  Structural Composites Industries,                 3      12-31-2004
                                              Pomona, CA.
7277-M.....................................  Structural Composites Industries,                 3      12-31-2004
                                              Pomona, CA.
7060-M.....................................  Federal Express, Memphis, TN.......               4      12-31-2004
11769-M....................................  Great Western Chemical Company,                   2      01-31-2005
                                              Portland, OR.
11537-M....................................  JCI Jones Chemicals, Inc., Milford,               2      01-31-2005
                                              VA.
11769-M....................................  Hydrite Chemical Company,                         2      01-31-2005
                                              Brookfield, WI.
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