61582 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 222 / Tuesday, November 18, 1997 / Notices

NEW EXEMPTIONS—Continued

Application

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

11993–N ...... RSPA–97–3100 Breed Technologies, Inc., Lakeland, FL.49 CFR 173.301(h), 173.302,

173.306(d)(3).

To authorize the manufacture,

mark and sale of non-DOT

specification cylinders for use

as components of automobile

vehicle safety systems. (Modes

1, 2, 3, 4.)

[FR Doc. 97–30169 Filed 11–17–97; 8:45 am]

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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 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 December 3, 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 CONTACT:

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 ofexemption

3216–M ....... E.I. DuPont de Nemours, Wilmington, DE (See Footnote 1) ................................................. 3216

6971–M ....... Chem Service, West Chester, PA (See Footnote 2) ............................................................. 6971

7277–M ....... Structural Composites Industries, Pomona, CA (See Footnote 3) ........................................ 7277

8757–M ....... YZ Industries, Inc., Snyder, TX (See Footnote 4) .................................................................. 8757

9791–M ....... Pressed Steel Tank Co., Inc., Milwaukee, WI (See Footnote 5) ........................................... 9791

11054–M ..... Welker Engineering Co., Sugar land, TX (See Footnote 6) .................................................. 11054

11344–M ..... E.I. DuPont, Wilmington, DE (See Footnote 7) ...................................................................... 11344

11375–M ..... Oceaneering Space Systems, Houston, TX (See Footnote 8) .............................................. 11375

11489–M ..... TRW Vehicle Safety Systems, Queen Creek, AZ (See Footnote 9) ..................................... 11489

11952–M ..... RPSA–97–3101 Department of Defense, Falls Church, VA (See Footnote 10) .............................................. 11952

11955–M ..... RPSA–97–2667 Scott Aviation, Lancaster, NY (See Footnote 11) .................................................................. 11955

11988–M ..... RPSA–97–3102 COFAP of America, Inc., Dayton, OH (See Footnote 12) ..................................................... 11988

(1) To modify the exemption to provide for rail transportation as an additional mode.

(2) To modify exemption to provide for transportation by passenger aircraft as an additional mode for use in transporting small quantities of

chemicals inside glass bottles packaged in metal boxes overpacked in strong wooden or fiberboard boxes.

(3) To modify the exemption to provide for an alternative testing of non-DOT specification fiber reinforced plastic full composite cylinders used

as part of a ground support system for aircraft maintenance.

(4) To modify the exemption to provide for additional service pressure of 2,250 psi, alternative hydrostatic test of 4,500 psi and alternative

markings.

(5) To modify the exemption to provide for cargo aircraft as an additional mode of transportation for use in transporting non-specification cylinders, conforming in part with the DOT–3AA specification for transportation of certain nonflammable, nonliquefied compressed gases.

(6) To modify the exemption to authorize a series of piston cylinders with a 3600 psi service pressure for use in transporting various hazardous

materials classed in Class 3, Division 2.1 and 2.3.

(7) To modify the exemption to provide for tank cars, containing chlorine, Division 2.3, to remain standing with unloading connections attached

without the physical presence of an unloader.

(8) To modify the exemption to provide for several design changes to non-specification cylinder built to DOT-Specification 4L containing Division 2.2 material.

(9) To modify the exemption to provide for cargo only aircraft and cargo vessel as additional modes of transportation for use in transporting Division 1.4C explosive articles.

(10) To reissue the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis for use in transporting specially designed packaging consisting of a cylinder containing less than 7.22 cubic inches of nitrogen, compressed, Division 2.2

(11) To reissue the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis for transportation in commerce of oxygen generators which utilize special inegra as secondary means of preventing actuation.

(12) To reissue the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis to manufacture, mark and sale shock absorbers and struts containing

non-flammable gas, Division 2.2, as accumulators.
Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 222 / Tuesday, November 18, 1997 / Notices 61583

1Westco acquired the involved line from

Consolidated Rail Corporation in West Central Ohio

Port Authority—Acquisition Exemption—

Consolidated Rail Corporation, Finance Docket No.

32443 (ICC served Jan. 28, 1994).

IOCR’s lease and operation of the involved line

was approved in The Indiana & Ohio Central

Railroad Company, Inc.—Lease and Operation—

West Central Ohio Port Authority, Finance Docket

No. 32602 (ICC served Mar. 15, 1995).

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 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 offer of financial assistance must be

accompanied by the filing fee, which currently is

set at $900. See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25).

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 November 6,

1997.

J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,

Director, Office of Hazardous Materials,

Exemptions and Approvals.

[FR Doc. 97–30170 Filed 11–17–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Docket Nos. AB–535X and STB Docket

No. AB–536X]

West Central Ohio Port Authority—

Abandonment Exemption—in Clark

County, OH; The Indiana and Ohio

Central Railroad Company, Inc.—

Discontinuance of Service

Exemption—in Clark County, OH

West Central Ohio Port Authority

(Westco) and The Indiana and Ohio

Central Railroad Company, Inc. (IOCR),

have filed a notice of exemption under

49 CFR 1152 Subpart F—Exempt

Abandonments and Discontinuances for

Westco to abandon and IOCR to

discontinue service over a 5.6-mile line

of railroad between milepost 123.86 at

or near Glen Echo and milepost 129.46

at the north edge of Warder Street in

Springfield, Clark County, OH. The line

traverses United States Postal Zip Code

45502.1

Westco and IOCR have certified that:

(1) no local traffic has moved over the

line for at least 2 years; (2) overhead

traffic has been 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 Surface

Transportation Board (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.

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 18, 1997, 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 28,

1997. Petitions to reopen or requests for

public use conditions under 49 CFR

1152.28 must be filed by December 8,

1997, with: Office of the Secretary, Case

Control Unit, Surface Transportation

Board, 1925 K Street, N.W., Washington,

DC 20423.

A copy of any petition filed with the

Board should be sent to applicants’

representative: Thomas F. McFarland,

Jr., McFarland & Herman, 20 North

Wacker Drive, Suite 1330, Chicago, IL

60606–2902.

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio.

Westco and IOCR have filed an

environmental report which addresses

the effects of the abandonment and

discontinuance, if any, on the

environment and historic resources. The

Section of Environmental Analysis

(SEA) will issue an environmental

assessment (EA) by November 21, 1997.

Interested persons may obtain a copy of

the EA by writing to SEA (Room 500,

Surface Transportation Board,

Washington, DC 20423) or by calling

SEA, at (202) 565–1545. Comments on

environmental and historic preservation

matters must be filed within 15 days

after the EA becomes available to the

public.

Environmental, historic preservation,

public use, or trail use/rail banking

conditions will be imposed, where

appropriate, in a subsequent decision.

Pursuant to the provisions of 49 CFR

1152.29(e)(2), Westco shall file a notice

of consummation with the Board to

signify that it has exercised the

authority granted and fully abandoned

the line. If consummation has not been

effected by Westco’s filing of a notice of

consummation by November 18, 1998,

and there are no legal or regulatory

barriers to consummation, the authority

to abandon will automatically expire.

Decided: November 12, 1997.

By the Board, Beryl Gordon, Acting

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–30303 Filed 11–17–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Federal Law Enforcement Training

Center: Advisory Committee of the

National Center for State, Local, and

International Law Enforcement

Training, Notice of Renewal

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory

Committee Act of October 6, 1972, (Pub.

L. 92–463, as amended), and with the

approval of the Secretary of the

Treasury and the concurrence of the

Office of Management and Budget, the

Federal Law Enforcement Training

Center (FLETC) announces the renewal

of the following Advisory Committee:

Title: Advisory Committee to the

National Center for State, Local, and

International Law Enforcement

Training.

Purpose: The primary purpose of the

Advisory Committee is to provide a

forum for discussion and interchange

between a broad cross-section of

representatives for the law enforcement

community and related training

institutions on training issues and

needs. Considering that there are over

40,000 individual police departments

throughout the country,the advice

emanating from this exchange is very

important to the Director of the FLETC

and the Director of the National Center

for State, Local, and International Law

Enforcement Training (National Center).

The Committee’s advice is critical to

ensuring that programs developed and

offered by the National Center are

meeting the unique and specialized

needs of the State and local law

enforcement community and enhancing