[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 118 (Tuesday, June 18, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 30934]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15414]



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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.

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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 July 18, 1996.

ADDRESSES: 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 self-addressed stamped postcard showing the exemption application 
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.

                                                 New Exemptions                                                 
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                                                 Regulation(s)                                                  
   Application No.          Applicant              affected                 Nature of exemption thereof         
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11699-N.............  GEO Specialty          49 CFR 174.67.......  To authorize the installation of a 1''       
                       Chemicals, Bastrop,                          plugcock valve on the air inlet line located
                       LA.                                          on the dome of rail cars that are not       
                                                                    equipped with dome vents or safety relief   
                                                                    valves that are used for transporting       
                                                                    aluminum sulfate, solution, Division 2.3.   
                                                                    (mode 2)                                    
11700-N.............  Cryodyne               49 CFR 173.301(i)(j)  To authorize the transportation in commerce  
                       Technologies, Inc.,                          of non-flammable, non-toxic compressed      
                       Madison, CT.                                 gases, Division 2.2, in foreign made        
                                                                    cylinders from the port area to a compressed
                                                                    gas company where the materials are         
                                                                    repackaged into DOT authorized compressed   
                                                                    gas cylinders for shipment to domestic users
                                                                    of the material. (mode 1)                   
11701-N.............  Dept. of Defense,      49 CFR 173.34(e)(13)  To provide for a 3-year hydrostatic pressure 
                       Falls Church, VA.      (i) & (iii).          test and to extend the life of non-DOT      
                                                                    specification cylinders used in the missile 
                                                                    program to 30 years. (modes 1, 2, 4)        
11702-N.............  Eka Nobel Inc.,        49 CFR 172.101SP      To authorize the use of a continuous vent and
                       Columbus, MS.          B81, 178.345-10.      pressure relief device on DOT 412 stainless 
                                                                    steel cargo tanks for use in transporting   
                                                                    Division 5.1. material. (mode 2)            
11703-N.............  Walter Kidde, Mebone,  49 CFR 171.2(c),      To authorize the manufacture, marking and    
                       NC.                    173.301(h), 178.65.   sale of non-DOT specification cylinders     
                                                                    comparable to DOT Specification 39 for      
                                                                    shipment of certain gases. (mode 1)         
11708-N.............  Elf Atochem North      49 CFR 172.101, SP    To authorize the transportation in commerce  
                       America, Inc.,         T18&T26.              of methane sulfonic acid, Class 8, in IM101 
                       Philadelphia, PA.                            tanks. (mode 1)                             
11711-N.............  N.C. Department of     49 CFR 171, 172,      To authorize the transportation in commerce  
                       Agriculture,           173, 177.             of pesticide wastes as essentially non-     
                       Raleigh, NC.                                 regulated for residence involved in a       
                                                                    pesticide collection program. (mode 1)      
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    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 June 13, 1996.
J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,
Director, Office of Hazardous Materials, Exemptions and Approvals.
[FR Doc. 96-15414 Filed 6-17-96; 8:45 am]
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