17662 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 69 / Thursday, April 10, 1997 / Notices

comments. FRA does not anticipate

scheduling a public hearing in

connection with these proceedings since

the facts do not appear to warrant a

hearing. If any interested party desires

an opportunity for oral comment, they

should notify FRA, in writing, before

the end of the comment period and

specify the basis for their request.

All communications concerning these

proceedings should identify the

appropriate docket number (e.g., Waiver

Petition Docket Number RSGM–96–3)

and must be submitted in triplicate to

the Docket Clerk, Office of Chief

Counsel, FRA, Nassif Building, 400

Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C.

20590. Communications received within

45 days of the date of this notice will

be considered by FRA before final

action is taken. Comments received after

that date will be considered as far as

practicable. All written communications

concerning these proceedings are

available for examination during regular

business hours (9 a.m.–5 p.m.) at FRA’s

temporary docket room located at 1120

Vermont Avenue, N.W., Room 7051,

Washington, D.C. 20005.

Issued in Washington, D.C. on March 31,

1997.

Phil Olekszyk,

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety

Compliance and Program Implementation.

[FR Doc. 97–9201 Filed 4–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

Discretionary Cooperative Agreements

to Support the Air Bag Safety

Campaign

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Extension of the due date for

submission of applications in response

to agency announcement published

February 19, 1997, 62 FR 7495.

Reference DTNH22–97–H–05090.

SUMMARY: Due to lack of sufficient

response from the necessary number of

national organizations as a result of the

original announcement, the decision has

been made to extend the due date for

submission of applications from March

21, 1997 to April 21, 1997. Those

applicants which met the original due

date are also given the opportunity to

utilize the additional time to refine/

revise and resubmit their applications if

they so desire.

Your attention is drawn to the

Eligibility Requirements in the original

announcement wherein it states that in

order to be eligible to participate in this

program, you must be a national

nonprofit organization which: (1) Has an

established membership structure with

regional, state or local chapters

throughout the country having a

mechanism for disseminating and

coordinating project efforts at the local

level; and, (2) have in place a schedule

of regular/national/regional or state

conferences or conventions, and one or

more communication mechanisms that

can be used for motivating members and

other constituents to become involved

in occupant protection at the state and

local level.

Dated: April 1, 1997.

James H. Hedlund,

Associate Administrator for Traffic Safety

Programs.

[FR Doc. 97–9154 Filed 4–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–59–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 April 25, 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. Applicant

Renewal

of exemption

11244–M Aerospace Design &

Development, Inc.

Niwot, CO (See

Footnote 1) ............ 11244

11344–M Dupont SHE Excellence Center, Wilmington, DE (See

Footnote 2) ............ 11344

11725–M Swales Aerospace,

Beltsville, MD (See

Footnote 3) ............ 11725

1To modify the exemption to provide for additional designed non-DOT specification cylinder for use in transporting air, refrigerated

liquid. 2To modify the exemption to provide for

Methyl acrylate, inhibited, Class 3, as an additional class of material. 3To modify the exemption to provide for

higher capacity heat pipes by increasing the

size of end caps and fill tubes and weight of

anhydrous ammonia, Division 2.3.

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 April 4,

1997.

J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,

Director, Office of Hazardous Materials,

Exemptions and Approvals.

[FR Doc. 97–9166 Filed 4–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING 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