25738 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 100 / Wednesday, May 22, 1996 / Notices

This notice of receipt of applications for

new 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 May 15,

1996.

J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,

Director, Office of Hazardous Materials

Exemptions and Approvals.

[FR Doc. 96–12801 Filed 5–21–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–60–M

Office of Hazardous Materials Safety,

Notice of Applications for Modification

of Exemptions or Applications To

Become a Party to an Exemption

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: List of applications for

modification of exemptions or

applications to become a party to an

exemption.

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. Application

numbers with the suffix ‘‘P’’ denote a

party to request. These applications

have been separated from the new

applications for exemptions to facilitate

processing.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before (15 days after publication).

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

9413–M EM Science, Cincinnati, OH (See

Footnote 1).

9413

9926–M Implementos Agricolas,

Gomez Palacio,

DGO, MX (See Footnote 2).

9926

10798–M Olin Corp., Stamford,

CT (See Footnote 3).

10798

11227–M Western Atlas International, Houston,

TX (See Footnote 4).

11227

11658–M AFR Arbel Fauvet Rail,

Douai, France (See

Footnote 5).

11658

11661–M AFR Arbel Fauvet Rail,

(See Footnote 6).

11661

(1) To modify the exemption to provide for

rail as an additional mode of transportation for

use in transporting chemical kits.

(2) To modify the exemption to increase the

service pressure to 2200 psi for non-DOT

specification cylinders manufactured in accordance with DOT–39 specification except for

material of construction.

(3) To modify the exemption to provide for

the unloading of several additional classes of

hazardous material from tank cars while connections are attached when no product is

being transferred.

(4) To modify the exemption to provide for

an additional power device, Division 1.4C, in

specially designed vehicles and offshore tool

pallets.

(5) To reissue exemption originally issued on

an emergency basis to authorize the transportation in commerce of certain Division 2.1 and

2.2 gases in non-DOT specification IMO Type

5 portable tanks which are comparable to

DOT specification 51 except the tank has bottom outlets.

(6) To reissue the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis to authorize the

manufacture, marking and sale of non-DOT

specification portable tanks for the transportation of refrigerant gases. Tanks meet DOT

Specification 51 except for location of openings.

Application No. Applicant

Parties

to exemption

7835–P Praxair Distribution,

Inc., Austin, TX.

7835

8451–P Action Manufacturing

Company, Philadelphia, PA.

8451

8554–P Evenson Explosives,

LLC, Morris, IL.

8554

9275–P SmithKline Beecham,

King of Prussia, PA.

9275

9275–P Ohmeda, Inc., Liberty

Corner, NJ.

9275

9273–P Seacoast Ocean Services, Incorporated,

Portland, ME.

9723

Application No. Applicant

Parties

to exemption

9769–P Laidlaw Environmental

Svcs. de Mexico, SA

de C.V., Columbia,

SC.

9769

9769–P Laidlaw Environmental

Services (Quebec),

Ltd., Columbia, SC.

9769

9769–P Laidlaw Environmental

Services, Ltd., Columbia, SC.

9769

9769–P Laidlaw Environmental

Services (Recovery),

Inc., Columbia, SC.

9769

9769–P Laidlaw Environmental

Services of South

Carolina, Columbia,

SC.

9769

9769–P Laidlaw Environmental

Services of Bartow,

Inc., Columbia, SC.

9769

9769–P Laidlaw Environmental

Services (WT), Inc.,

Columbia, SC.

9769

9769–P Laidlaw Environmental

Services of Chattanooga, Columbia,

SC.

9769

9769–P Municipal Services

Corportion, Inc., Columbia, SC.

9769

9769–P Solvent Service Company, Inc., Columbia,

SC.

9769

9769–P Masters Wash Products, Inc., Columbia,

SC.

9769

9769–P Clean Venture, Inc.,

Elizabeth, NJ.

9769

9769–P Chemical Conservation

Corporation, Orlando, FL.

9769

10001–P Tristate Airgas, Inc.

d/b/a Randall-Graw

Co., Inc., La Crosse,

WI.

10001

10441–P Superior Special Services, Inc., Port

Washington, WI.

10441

10441–P Environmental Options,

Inc., Rocky Mount,

VA.

10441

10751–P Austin Powder Company Cleveland, OH.10751

10933–P Environmental Options,

Inc., Rocky Mount,

VA.

10933

10933–P Hydrocarbon Recyclers, Inc., Columbia,

SC.

10933

10996–P Luna Tech, Inc.,

Owens Cross Roads,

AL.

10996

11043–P Superior Special Services. Inc., Port

Washington, WI.

11043

11043–P Chemical Conservation

Corporation, Orlando, FL.

11043

11055–P Superior Special Services, Inc., Port

Washington, WI.

11055
Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 100 / Wednesday, May 22, 1996 / Notices 25739

1The ICC Termination Act of 1995, Pub. L. No.

104–88, 109 Stat. 803, which was enacted on

December 29, 1995, and took effect on January 1,

1996, abolished the Interstate Commerce

Commission and transferred certain functions to the

Surface Transportation Board (Board). This notice

relates to functions that are subject to Board

jurisdiction pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10901.

1The ICC Termination Act of 1995, Pub. L. No.

104–88, 109 Stat. 803, which was enacted on

December 29, 1995, and took effect on January 1,

1996, abolished the Interstate Commerce

Commission (ICC) and transferred certain functions

to the Surface Transportation Board (Board). This

notice relates to functions that are subject to Board

jurisdiction pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 11323.

2At the time the Steuben County Industrial

Development Agency (SCIDA) obtained approval

from the ICC to acquire the Subject Line, it did not

seek the requisite authority to obtain that portion

of the Subject Line between Bath and

Hammondsport. See Steuben County Industrial

Development Agency and Champaigne Railroad,

Inc.—Acquisition and Operation Exemption—Line

of Consolidated Rail Corporation, Finance Docket

No. 32133 (ICC served Dec. 23, 1992). LAL indicates

that SCIDA will be seeking a retroactive exemption

for this acquisition in the near future.

Application No. Applicant

Parties

to exemption

11153–P Chemical Conservation

Corporation, Orlando, FL.

11153

11156–P Buckley Powder Co. of

Oklahoma, Inc., Mill

Creek, OK.

11156

11373–P P.B. & S. Chemical

Company, Inc., Henderson, KY.

11373

11458–P American Home Food

Products, Inc., Milton, PA.

11458

11458–P Prestone Products Corporation, Danbury,

CT.

11458

11458–P Sherwin-Williams Diversified Brands,

Inc., Solon, Oh.

11458

11472–P Industrial Solid Propulsion, Inc., Las

Vegas, NV.

11472

11472–P Aero Tech, Inc., Las

Vegas, NV.

11472

11588–P American Type Culture

Collection, Rockville,

MD.

11588

11588–P Culver Enterprises,

Inc., Salisbury, MD.

11588

11588–P Safety Disposal System, Inc., Opa

Locka, FL.

11588

11588–P Health Care Incinerators, Fargo, ND.11588

11588–P GRP & Associates,

Inc., Clear Lake, IA.

11588

This notice of receipt of applications for

modification of exemptions and for party to

an exemption 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 May 15,

1996.

J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,

Director, Office of Hazardous Materials

Exemptions and Approvals.

[FR Doc. 96–12802 Filed 5–21–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–60–M

Surface Transportation Board 1

[STB Finance Docket No. 32938]

Bootheel Regional Rail Corporation

and Bootheel Rail Properties, Inc.—

Acquisition and Operation

Exemption—Burlington Northern Santa

Fe Corporation

Bootheel Regional Rail Corporation

(BRRC) and Bootheel Rail Properties,

Inc. (BRPI), noncarriers, have filed a

verified notice of exemption under 49

CFR 1150.31 for BRPI to acquire and

BRRC to operate a 26.63-mile rail line

(together with incidental and appendent

branch line rights-of-way, now

discontinued, and spur tracks) from the

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad

as follows: (1) Branch Line between

Hayti, MO, (milepost 212.73), and

Kennett, MO, (milepost 230.00); (2)

discontinued Branch Line right-of-way

from Kennett, MO, (milepost 230.00), to

Holcomb, MO, (milepost 233.15); (3)

discontinued Branch Line right-of-way

from Kennett, MO, (milepost 230.00), to

Senath, MO, (milepost 233.52); (3)

discontinued Piggott Stub Branch Line

right-of-way, (milepost 222.19 to

milepost 223.40); and (4) discontinued

Branch Line from Hayti, MO, (milepost

212.90), to Caruthersville, MO,

(milepost 214.38).

The transaction was to be

consummated on or after May 8, 1996.

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio. Petitions to reopen the

proceeding to revoke the exemption

under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) may be filed

at any time. The filing of a petition to

revoke will not automatically stay the

transaction.

An original and 10 copies of all

pleadings, referring to STB Finance

Docket No. 32938, must be filed with

the Surface Transportation Board, Office

of the Secretary, Case Control Branch,

1201 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20423. In addition, a

copy of each pleading must be served on

Allan A. Maki, Jr., Esq., 1563 Grandview

Drive, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701–2223.

Decided: May 16, 1996.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–12830 Filed 5–21–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

Surface Transportation Board 1

[STB Finance Docket No. 32941]

Livonia, Avon & Lakeville Railroad

Corp.—Acquisition and Operation

Exemption—Steuben County Industrial

Development Agency (19492)

Livonia, Avon & Lakeville Railroad

Corp. (LAL), a Class III common carrier

by rail, has filed a verified notice under

49 CFR 1180.2(d)(2) to acquire the

exclusive right to operate over Steuben

County Industrial Development

Authority’s rail line (Subject Line)

between milepost ±8.68 at

Hammondsport and milepost ±0.85 at

Bath,2 and from that point (which is also

designated as milepost ±285.10) to

milepost ±311.30 at Wayland, a distance

of approximately 34.03 route miles.

Consummation of the transaction was

expected to occur on May 8, 1996, or

soon thereafter.

LAL owns and operates a line of

railroad between Rochester and

Lakeville, NY. This transaction is

exempt from the prior approval

requirements of 49 U.S.C. 11323

because LAL states that: (1) The Subject

Line does not connect with the existing

rail lines of LAL; (2) the proposed

transaction is not part of a series of

anticipated transactions that would

connect LAL’s existing lines with the

Subject Line; and (3) the transaction

does not involve a Class I carrier.

Under 49 U.S.C. 10502(g), the Board

may not use its exemption authority to

relieve a rail carrier of its statutory

obligation to protect the interests of its

employees. Section 11326(c), however,

does not provide for labor protection for

transactions under sections 11324 and

11325 that involve only Class III rail

carriers. Because this transaction

involves Class III rail carriers only, the

Board, under the statute, may not

impose labor protective conditions for

this transaction.

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio. Petitions to reopen the

proceeding to revoke the exemption

under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) may be filed

at any time. The filing of a petition to

reopen will not automatically stay the

transaction.

An original and 10 copies of all

pleadings, referring to STB Finance

Docket No. 32941, must be filed with

the Surface Transportation Board, Office

of the Secretary, Case Control Branch,

1201 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20423. In addition, a

copy of each pleading must be served on