44746 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 163 / Friday, August 22, 1997 / Notices

Information collection requirement Respondent universe Total responses Average time

per response

Total annual

burden

hours

Special Notices for Repair ......................................................... 680 Railroads ............ 200 notices ................ 5 minutes .......... 17

Emergency Order—Track .......................................................... 680 Railroads ............ 2 Orders .................... 1 hour ............... 2

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 19.

Status: Regular Review.

Title: Designation of Qualified

Persons (49 CFR 215).

OMB Control Number: 2130–0511.

Abstract: Under the Federal Railroad

Safety Act of 1970, the Federal Railroad

Administration promulgated the Freight

Car Safety Standards—49 CFR part 215.

These standards require each railroad to

conduct regular inspections and take

necessary remedial action relative to

repairs or movement for repairs of

defective railroad freight cars. Under

part 215.11, railroads are required to

designate persons qualified to inspect

freight cars for compliance with part

215 and persons who shall determine

restrictions on movements of defective

cars. Inspectors are designated as

qualified to inspect freight cars to

ensure that the cars receive a full and

accurate inspection for compliance with

part 215. Under ‘‘Movement of Defective

Cars for Repair’’ designated inspectors

are necessary to determine what repairs

are necessary for defective freight cars.

Repairs to railroad freight cars are

divided into two categories. ‘‘Running’’

or light repairs are confined to defects

to freight cars requiring movement of

equipment and repair personnel to the

freight car’s location. The freight car’s

defect or damage repairs can be

performed at that location. The second

category is specialized or heavy repairs.

the freight car must be moved to a

location where specialized equipment is

located. This type of movement for

repairs involves freight cars that may

not be safely moved without precaution.

The movement must be authorized by

an employee knowledgeable about

equipment limitations which might

include speed, track structure, curvature

or other conditions that normally would

not be of concern.

Form Number(s): N/A.

Affected Public: Businesses.

Respondent Universe: 680 Railroads.

Frequency of Submission: On

occasion.

Total Annual Responses: 1,500

records.

Average Time per Response: 2

minutes.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 50 hours.

Status: Regular Review.

Pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 3507(a) and 5

C.F.R. 1320.5(b), 1320.8(b)(3)(vi), FRA

informs all interested parties that it may

not conduct or sponsor, and a

respondent is not required to respond

to, a collection of information unless it

displays a currently valid OMB control

number.

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.

Issued in Washington, D.C. on August 11,

1997.

Hung Phan,

Acting Director, Office of Information

Technology and Support Systems, Federal

Railroad Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–21820 Filed 8–21–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–62–M

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 exemptions.

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 8, 1997.

ADDRESS COMMENTS TO: Dockets Unit,

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: Copies of the

applications are available for inspection

in the Dockets Unit, Room 8426, Nassif

Building, 400 7th Street SW.,

Washington, DC.

Application No. Docket No. Applicant Modification of exemption

6922–M .......................... ........................................ Solvay Fluorides, Greenwich, CT (See Footnote 1) .................. 6922

7026–M .......................... ........................................ Walter Kidde Aerospace, Wilson, NC (See Footnote 2) ............ 7026

10138–M ........................ ........................................ BetzDearborn Inc., Trevose, PA (See Footnote 3) .................... 10138

11167–M ........................ ........................................ Eco-Pak Specialty Packaging, Elizabethton, TN (See Footnote

4).

11167

11248–M ........................ ........................................ HAZMATPAC, Houston, TX (See Footnote 5) ........................... 11248

11856–M ........................ RSPA–97–2530–5 ......... Olin Corporation, Chandler, AZ (See Footnote 6) ..................... 11856

11902–M ........................ RSPA–97–2669–2 ......... Eurotainer USA, Inc., Somerset, NJ (See Footnote 7) .............. 11902

(1) To modify the exemption to include DOT Specification 110A800W tanks for use in transporting trifluoroacetyl chloride, Class 8, PIH.

(2) To modify the exemption to provide for an alternative container life for non-DOT specification welded steel pressure vessels, for use in

transporting compressed gas, Division 2.3.

(3) To modify the exemption to provide for the use of intermediate bulk containers for transporting different classes of hazardous materials.
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(4) To modify the exemption to provide for a similar type portable tank suitable for transporting solids and liquids specified as Packaging Group

1 materials, as well as materials poisonous by inhalation.

(5) To modify the exemption to provide for Class 9, spontaneously combustible, dangerous when wet oxidizers and poisons by inhalation in

materials to be transported specially designed combination type packaging.

(6) To modify the exemption to provide for the transportation of a thermal transport system containing ammonia anhydrous, as a separate unit,

to accompany satellite shipments.

(7) To reissue an exemption originally issued on an emergency basis authorizing relief from 173.225(e)(3)(c) concerning portable tank pressure

relief device setting and capacity requirements for certain organic peroxides.

This notice of receipt of applications

for modification of exemptions is

published in accordance with Part 107

of the Hazardous Materials

Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 1806; 49

CFR 1.53(e)).

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 15,

1997.

J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,

Director, Office of Hazardous Materials,

Exemptions and Approvals.

[FR Doc. 97–22280 Filed 8–21–97; 8:45 am]

BIILING CODE 4910–60–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs

Administration

Office of Hazardous Materials Safety;

Notice of Applications for Exemptions

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: List of applicants for

exemptions.

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. Each

mode of transportation for which a

particular exemption is requested is

indicated by a number in the ‘‘Nature 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 September 22, 1997.

ADDRESS COMMENTS TO: Dockets Unit,

Research and Special Programs

Administration, Room 8421, DHM–30,

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 application number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Copies of the

applications (See Docket Number) are

available for inspection at the New

Docket Management Facility, PL–401, at

the U.S. Department of Transportation,

Nassif Building, 400 7th Street, SW.

Washington, DC 20590.

This notice of receipt of applications

for new exemptions is published in

accordance with Part 107 of the

Hazardous Materials Transportations

Act (49 U.S.C. 1806; 49 CFR 1.53(e)).

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 15,

1997.

J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,

Director, Office of Hazardous Materials

Exemptions and Approvals.

NEW EXEMPTIONS

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

11930–N ................. RSPA–97–2804 ..... Boeing North American, Inc., Downey, CA.49 CFR 173.226,

173.336.

To authorize the transportation in commerce of nonspecification propellant tanks designed to military

specification, non-pressurized during shipment,

containing hazardous materials classed in Division

6.1 and 2.3, to be transported in non-specification

packaging. (modes 1, 3)

11933–N ................. RSPA–97–2805 ..... The Columbiana

Boiler Co.,

Columbiana, OH.

49 CFR 173.3,

173.304.

To authorize the manufacture, mark and sale of a

non-DOT specification cylinder (pressure vessel)

for the transportation in commerce of chlorine, Division 2.3. (modes 1, 2, 3)

11934–N ................. RSPA–97–2806 ..... UtiliCorp United,

Inc., Omaha, NE.

49 CFR 172.101,

173.242, 173.54,

173.56, 173.57,

177.801.

To authorize the transportation of bulk shipment of

certain hazard liquids and solids, including solids

with dual hazards in portable tanks similar to

DOT-Specification 51. (mode 1)

11935–N ................. RSPA–97–2807 ..... Celanese Ltd., Dallas, TX.49 CFR 173.26,

179.13.

To authorize an exemption to increase gross weight

on rail to 286,000 pounds for CELX 98330–98369

tank cars transporting acrylic acid, inhibited, Class

8. (mode 2)

11936–N ................. RSPA–97–2808 ..... Celanese, Dallas, TX 49 CFR 173.26,

179.13.

To authorize an exemption to increase gross weight

on rail to 286,000 pounds for CELX–13600–13656

Series Tank Cars transporting formaldehyde solutions, classed as Class 8 and formaldehyde solutions, Class 3. (mode 2)

11938–N ................. RSPA–97–2809 ..... Steel Shipping Container Institute,

Washington, DC.

49 CFR 178.3(a)(5),

178.503(a)(10).

To authorize the transportation in commerce of nonbulk containers with alternative markings for use

in transporting various classes of hazardous materials. (modes 1, 2, 3, 4)