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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 application are available

for inspection in the Dockets Unit,

Room 8426, Nassif Building, 400 7th

Street SW, Washington, DC.

Application

number Docket number Applicant Modification ofexemption

4661–M ........................... Cyprus Foote Mineral Co., Kings Mountain, NC (See Footnote 1) ......................................... 4661

10365–M ........................... U.S. Enrichment Corporation, Bethesda, MD (See Footnote 2) ............................................. 10365

11254–M ........................... Schlumberger Oilfield Services, Sugar Land, TX (See Footnote 3) ....................................... 11254

11516–M ........................... Falcon Safety Products, Somerville, NJ (See Footnote 4) ...................................................... 11516

11536–M ........................... Hughes Space & Communications Co., Los Angeles, CA (See Footnote 5) ......................... 11536

11932–M RSPA–97–2895 PEPCO Manufacturing Co., Inc., Portland, OR (See Footnote 6) .......................................... 11932

11937–M RSPA–97–2896 Puritan-Bennett Aero Systems Co., Lexena, KS (See Footnote 7) ........................................ 11937

(1) To modify the exemption to provide for Class 3 material as an additional class for transportation in DOT Specification 4BA240 cylinders

with alternative retest procedures.

(2) To modify the exemption to provide for 21PF–1A and 21PF–1B packages with gross weights greater than indicated in the specification and

relief from marking requirement.

(3) To modify the exemption to provide for additional tool pallet models with a total explosive content not to exceed 200 pounds per pallet.

(4) To modify the exemption to provide for certain DOT Specification 2Q containers in size greater than presently authorized.

(5) To modify the exemption to provide for dry air, compressed, Division 2.2 as an alternative for the nitrogen purge of the shipping containers

and provide for two additional containers.

(6) To reissue an exemption orginally issued on an emergency basis authorizing the transportation in commerce of oxygen generators in nonDOT specification bulk packaging when installed in depolyment modules and personal service units.

(7) To reissue an exemption originally issued on an emergency basis authorizing the transportation in commerce of an oxygen generator,

chemical, with one of the two positive means of preventing unintentional actuation of generator consisting of a packaging feature.

This notice of receipt of applications

for modification of 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 September

15, 1997.

J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,

Director, Office of Hazardous Materials,

Exemptions and Approvals.

[FR Doc. 97–24965 Filed 9–18–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs

Administration

Notice of Applications for Exemptions

AGENCY: Office of Hazardous Materials

Safety, 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 October 20, 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 CONTACT:

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 Transportation Act

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

Issued in Washington, DC, on September

15, 1997.

J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,

Director, Office of Hazardous Materials,

Exemptions and Approvals.

NEW EXEMPTIONS

Application

No.

Docket

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

1941–N .................. RSPA–97–2897 ..... Oxychem, Deer Park,

TX.

49 CFR 173.31 Retest

Table 1, 173.31(c).

To authorize alternative retesting criteria for

tanks cars used in chlorine service. (mode 2)

11942–N ................ RSPA–97–2898 ..... DowElanco, Indianapolis, IN.49 CFR 172.203(a),

172.302(c), 173.227.

To authorize the transportation in commerce of

a Division 6.1, liquid PIH material meeting

Hazard Zone B, in DOT specifications 4BW

cylinders authorized under Sec. 173.227, but

do not meet the general packaging provisions

for liquid poisonous materials in cylinders required under Sec. 173.40. (mode 1)

11944–N ................ RSPA–97–2899 ..... Core Laboratories, Inc.,

Carrollton, TX.

49 CFR 173.302 .......... To authorize the transportation in commerce of

compressed natural gas in 4E240 cylinders.

(modes 1, 4)
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1The rail lines will be purchased from Daniel R.

Frick, the sole shareholder of the rail lines, and are

part of a larger transaction involving the purchase

of four facilities for the storage and distribution of

bulk commodities, fertilizer and agricultural

chemicals. The rail lines provide the transportation

services to two of the four facilities being purchased

by Cargill.

NEW EXEMPTIONS—Continued

Application

No.

Docket

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

11946–N ................ RSPA–97–2900 ..... Regional Airline Association, Washington,

DC.

49 CFR 173.34(e) ........ To authorize an alternative maintenance/inspection program in lieu of that required in 49

CFR 173.34(e) for certain DOT specification

and non-DOT specification cylinders used as

components in aircraft fire suppressant systems. (modes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

11947–N ................ RSPA–97–2901 ..... Patts Fabrication &

Services, Odessa,

TX.

49 CFR 178.253 .......... To authorize the manufacture, mark and sale of

non-specification 60 gallon portable metal

tanks designed and constructed in accordance with DOT-Specification 57, with certain

exceptions, for use in transporting Flammable

liquids, n.o.s., Class 3. (mode 1)

11948–N ................ RSPA–97–2902 ..... Sumitomo Corporation,

San Francisco, CA.

49 CFR 173, Subpart G To authorize the transportation in commerce of

non-specification cylinders manufactured and

filled in Japan for use in transporting certain

compressed gases. (modes 1, 2, 3)

11953–N ................ RSPA–97–2903 ..... Manchester Tank,

Brentwood, TN.

49 CFR 178.61(a) ........ To authorize the transportation in commerce of

DOT 4B cylinders that are exempt from the

maximum 1,000 pound water capacity requirement. (modes 1, 2, 3, 4)

11954–N ................ RSPA–97–2904 ..... Republic Environmental

Systems (PA), Inc.,

Hatfield, PA.

49 CFR 173.29, Part

178.

To authorize the transportation in commerce of

reused UN 1A2/Y/1.2 drums that were previously used to transport lab pack quantities

of waste without meeting the retesting and

reconditioning requirements for use in transporting various classes of hazardous materials. (mode 1)

[FR Doc. 97–24964 Filed 9–18–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs

Administration

International Standards on the

Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air;

Public Meeting

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs

Administration (RSPA), Department of

Transportation.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice is to advise

persons that RSPA will conduct a public

meeting to exchange views on proposals

submitted to the sixteenth session of the

International Civil Aviation

Organization’s (ICAO) Dangerous Goods

Panel (DGP) to be held in Montreal,

Canada on October 20–31, 1997.

DATES: October 16, 1997 at 9:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: Department of

Transportation, Nassif Building, Room

8406A, 400 Seventh Street S.W.,

Washington, DC 20590–0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frits

Wybenga, (202) 366–0656, International

Standards Coordinator for Hazardous

Materials Safety, RSPA, Department of

Transportation, Washington, DC 20590–

0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

meeting will be held in preparation for

the sixteenth session of the ICAO

Dangerous Goods Panel Working Group.

The primary purpose of the Panel

meeting will be to discuss proposed

amendments to the ICAO Technical

Instructions for the Safe Transport of

Dangerous Goods by Air (the Technical

Instructions). The Panel will consider

possible amendments to resolve

problems encountered with the use of

the Technical Instructions, and

amendments to the Technical

Instructions on the basis of revisions to

the United Nations Recommendations

on the Transport of Dangerous Goods

(UN Recommendations).

The public is invited to attend

without prior notification.

Documents

Documents submitted to the ICAO

Dangerous Goods Panel may be

reviewed between the hours of 8:30 and

5:00 in RSPA’s Dockets Unit located in

room 8419 of the Nassif Building, 400

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC

20590, telephone (202) 366–5046.

Copies of documents may also be

ordered by contacting RSPA’s Dockets

Unit.

Issued in Washington, DC, on September

16, 1997.

Alan I. Roberts,

Associate Administrator for Hazardous

Materials Safety.

[FR Doc. 97–24975 Filed 9–18–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33458]

Cargill, Incorporated—Acquisition of

Control Exemption—A&R Line, Inc.

and J.K. Line, Inc.

Cargill, Incorporated (Cargill), a

noncarrier, has filed a notice of

exemption to acquire control, through

stock purchase, of A&R Line, Inc., and

J.K. Line, Inc. (rail lines), Class III

railroads, operating in the State of

Indiana.1

The earliest the transaction could be

consummated is September 12, 1997,