40786 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 146 /Thursday, July 30, 1998 / Notices

1On July 6, 1998, UP filed a notice of exemption

under the Board’s class exemption procedures at 49

CFR 1180.2(d)(7). The notice covered the agreement

by BNSF to grant temporary overhead trackage

rights to UP from milepost 345.6, at Tower 55–

UPRRX near Fort Worth, to milepost 217.3, near

Temple, a distance of 128.3 miles in the State of

Texas. See Union Pacific Railroad Company—

Trackage Rights Exemption—The Burlington

Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company, STB

Finance Docket No. 33631 (STB served July 17,

1998). The trackage rights operations under the

exemption became effective and were scheduled to

be consummated on July 13, 1998.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs

Administration

[Notice No. 98–7]

Safety Advisory: Unauthorized Marking

of Compressed Gas Cylinders

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs

Administration (RSPA), DOT.

ACTION: Safety Advisory Notice.

SUMMARY: This is to notify the public

that RSPA is investigating the

unauthorized marking of high-pressure

compressed gas cylinders. On March 12,

1998, RSPA inspectors conducted a

compliance inspection at City Fire

Equipment Company, Inc. (CFECI), 518

34th Street, Gulfport, Mississippi.

During the inspection it was determined

that CFECI had improperly retested a

number of cylinders. The President of

CFECI told inspectors that his company

had not done any type of cylinder

retesting since January 1998.

Subsequent inspections of CFECI’s

customers indicate that CFECI has

charged some of its customers for

cylinder retesting and has marked

cylinders as having been properly

retested in accordance with the

Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR)

after January 1998.

Failure to properly conduct a

hydrostatic retest can result in cylinders

that should be condemned being

returned to service. Serious personal

injury, death, and property damage

could result from rupture of a cylinder.

Cylinders that have not been retested in

accordance with the HMR may not be

charged or filled with a hazardous

material.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cheryl K. Johnson, Hazardous Materials

Enforcement Specialist, Southern

Region, telephone (404) 305–6120, Fax

(404) 305–6125, Office of Hazardous

Materials Enforcement, Research and

Special Programs Administration,

Department of Transportation, 1701

Columbia Ave, DHM–46, Suite 520,

College Park, GA 30337.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Through

follow-up inspections of CFECI’s

customers, the inspectors found

cylinders marked after January 1998

with CFECI’s retester identification

number (RIN):

B 8

X Y

8 9

[Where B898 is CFECI’s RIN number,

X=month of retest (/e.g., (4) and Y=year

of retest (e.g., 98)]

CFECI provided inspectors with a list

of customers with whom it has done

business over the past year; however,

RSPA has reason to believe that any

cylinder that was marked with RIN

B898 and last serviced by CFECI is not

in compliance with the Hazardous

Materials Regulations (HMR) (49 CFR

Parts 171–180). Under the HMR,

hydrostatic retesting is required to

verify a cylinder’s structural integrity.

Any person who has a cylinder

marked with RIN B898 that was last

serviced by CFECI should not charge or

fill the cylinder with a hazardous

material without first having it

inspected/retested by a DOT-authorized

retest facility. Filled cylinders (if filled

with an atmospheric gas) described in

this safety advisory should be vented or

otherwise properly and safely evacuated

and purged, and taken to a DOTauthorized cylinder retest facility for

visual reinspection and retest to

determine compliance with the HMR.

Under no circumstances should a

cylinder described in this safety

advisory be filled, refilled or used for

any purpose other than scrap, until it is

reinspected and retested by a DOTauthorized retest facility.

It is further recommended that

persons finding or possessing cylinders

described in this safety notice contact

Ms. Cheryl K. Johnson, for further

information.

Issued in Washington, DC on July 23, 1998.

Alan I. Roberts,

Associate Administrator for Hazardous

Materials Safety.

[FR Doc. 98–20350 Filed 7–29–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33631 (Sub-No.

1)]

Union Pacific Railroad Co.—Trackage

Rights Exemption—The Burlington

Northern and Santa Fe Railway Co.

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

ACTION: Notice of Exemption.

SUMMARY: The Board, under 49 U.S.C.

10502, exempts the trackage rights

described in STB Finance Docket No.

33631 1 to permit the trackage rights to

expire on July 31, 1998, in accordance

with the agreement of the parties.

DATES: This exemption is effective on

July 30, 1998.

ADDRESSES: An original and 10 copies of

all pleadings referring to STB Finance

Docket No. 33631 (Sub-No. 1) must be

filed with the Office of the Secretary,

Case Control Unit, Surface

Transportation Board, 1925 K Street,

NW, Washington, DC 20423–0001. In

addition, a copy of all pleadings must be

served on petitioner’s representative

Joseph D. Anthofer, Esq., Union Pacific

Railroad Company, 1416 Dodge Street,

#830, Omaha, NE 68179.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Joseph H. Dettmar, (202) 927–1600.

[TDD for the hearing impaired: (202)

565–1695.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Additional information is contained in

the Board’s decision. To purchase a

copy of the full decision, write to, call,

or pick up in person from: DC NEWS &

DATA, INC., Suite 210, 1925 K Street,

NW, Washington, DC 20006. Telephone:

(202) 289–4357. [Assistance for the

hearing impaired is available through

TDD services (202) 565–1695.]

Board decisions and notices are

available on our website at

‘‘WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.’’

Decided: July 22, 1998.

By the Board, Chairman Morgan and Vice

Chairman Owen.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–20256 Filed 7–29–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Customs Service

[T.D. 98–63]

Revocation of Customs Broker License

AGENCY: Customs Service, Department

of the Treasury .

ACTION: Broker license revocation.

Notice is hereby given that the

Commissioner of Customs, pursuant to

section 641, Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended (19 U.S.C. 1641), and

§§ 111.52 and 111.74 of the Customs

regulations, as amended (19 CFR 111.52

and 111.74), is canceling the following

Customs broker licenses without

prejudice.