Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 73 /Thursday, April 16, 1998 / Notices 18965

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Frazer C. Hilder, Office of the Chief

Counsel, Research and Special Programs

Administration, U.S. Department of

Transportation, Washington, DC 20590–

0001 (Tel. No. 202–366–4400).

Issued in Washington, DC on April 10,

1998.

Alan I. Roberts,

Associate Administrator for Hazardous

Materials Safety.

[FR Doc. 98–10043 Filed 4–15–98; 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 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 May 1, 1998.

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

4844–M ......... ............................... Kidde-Graviner Ltd., Colnbrook, Slough, Berks, UK (See Footnote 1) .................................... 4844

9419–M ......... ............................... FIBA Technologies, Inc., Westboro, MA (See Footnote 2) ...................................................... 9419

10458–M ....... ............................... Marsulex Inc., Sudbury, ON (See Footnote 3) ......................................................................... 10458

11483–M ....... ............................... Autoliv, Autoflator AB, Vargarda, SW (See Footnote 4) ........................................................... 11483

11667–M ....... ............................... Weldship Corporation, Bethlehem, PA (See Footnote 5) ......................................................... 11667

11790–M ....... ............................... United States Enrichment Corporation, Bethesda, MD (See Footnote 6) ................................ 11790

11872–M ....... RSPA–1997–2584 Polymet Alloys, Inc., Saginaw, AL (See Footnote 7) ................................................................ 11872

(1) To modify the exemption to provide for rail, air and cargo vessel as additional modes of transportation for use in transporting non-DOT

specification foreign made steel cylinders.

(2) To modify the exemption to provide for minimum wall thickness to be reduced to 0.299 inch for DOT Specification 3AAX or 3T cylinders

and increase the quantity of cylinders retested to 1,000 annually.

(3) To modify the exemption to provide for Sulfur dioxide, Division 2.2 as an additional class of material for transportation in DOT Specification

111A100W2 tank cars.

(4) To modify the exemption to provide for an additional designed non-DOT specification, refillable, high pressure cylinders charged with Division 2.2 material for transportation as part of modules for automobile airbag systems.

(5) To authorize the modification of personnel qualifications for retesting of DOT–3AAX and 3T cylinders.

(6) To modify the exemption to provide for alternative material to be used in tubing of non-specification cylinders similar to DOT 5A and 5B

specification cylinder without required markings for use in transporting uranium hexafluoride, Class 7.

(7) To modify exemption to provide for tarp covered vehicles for transportation of water reactive, solid, Division 4.3 in flexible intermediate bulk

containers.

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 10,

1998.

J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,

Director, Office of Hazardous Materials

Exemptions and Approvals.

[FR Doc. 98–10070 Filed 4–15–98; 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

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 May 18, 1998.

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