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received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 

65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78). 

Issued in Washington, DC on August 18, 

2008. 

Grady C. Cothen, Jr., 

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety 

Standards and Program Development. 

[FR Doc. E8–19434 Filed 8–20–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; 

Notice of Application for Special 

Permits 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: List of Applications for Special 

Permits. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

procedures governing the application 

for, and the processing of, special 

permits from the Department of 

Transportation’s Hazardous Material 

Regulations (49 CFR Part 107, Subpart 

B), notice is hereby given that the Office 

of Hazardous Materials Safety has 

received the application described 

herein. Each mode of transportation for 

which a particular special permit 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—Passengercarrying aircraft. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before September 22, 2008. 

Address Comments to: Record Center, 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 

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 special permit number. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Copies of the applications are available 

for inspection in the Records Center, 

East Building, PHH–30, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue Southeast, Washington 

DC or at http://dms.dot.gov. 

This notice of receipt of applications 

for special permit is published in 

accordance with Part 107 of the Federal 

hazardous materials transportation law 

(49 U.S.C. 5117(b); 49 CFR 1.53(b)). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 8, 

2008. 

Delmer F. Billings, 

Director, Office of Hazardous Materials, 

Special Permits and Approvals. 

NEW SPECIAL PERMITS

Application No. Docket No. Applicant Regulation(s) affected Nature of special permits thereof 

14739–N ............ ........................... Battery Council International (BCI), Chicago, IL.49 CFR 172.316 ............. To authorize the transportation in commerce of 

certain Consumer commodities that have been 

overpacked and do not have the correct markings on the inner package when transported by 

motor vehicle. (mode 1) 

14740–N ............ ........................... Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, 

PA.

49 CFR 173.301(c) and 

(f) and 173.40.

To authorize the transportation in commerce of 

certain DOT-specification cylinders containing 

nitric oxide that do not meet the requirements 

for pressure relief devices. (modes 1, 3) 

14741–N ............ ........................... Weatherford International, Fort Worth, 

TX.

49 CFR 173.304 ............. To authorize the transportation in commerce of 

sulfur hexafluoride in non-DOT specification cylinders. (modes 1, 3, 4, 5) 

14742–N ............ ........................... Strong Environmental, 

Inc., Norcross, GA.

49 CFR 173.12(b) .......... To authorize the manufacture, marking, sale and 

use of a IJN standard 4G fiberboard box for use 

as the outer packaging for lab pack applications 

in accordance with § 173.12(b). (mode 1) 

14743–N ............ ........................... TIER DE, Inc., Gap, PA 49 CFR 173.24b and 

173.244.

To authorize the one-time, one-way transportation 

in commerce of a non-DOT specification metal 

tank containing approximately 700 lbs. of sodium by motor vehicle. (mode 1) 

14744–N ............ ........................... Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, 

NM.

49 CFR 173.24(b)(1) and 

173.302a.

To authorize the transportation in commerce of 

DOT Specification 3AA and ICC 3A cylinders 

containing nitrogen, compressed, and a nonDOT specification refrigeration system containing helium that are installed in the Advance 

Flight Telescope (AFT) Payload where the cylinders release nitrogen into the satellite telescope during transportation. (modes 1, 4, 5) 

14746–N ............ ........................... Preferred Foam Products, Inc., Clinton, CT.49 CFR 173.315(a) ........ To authorize the transportation in commerce of 

certain non-DOT specification portable tanks 

containing a Division 2.2 compressed gas. 

(modes 1, 2) 

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49538 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 163 / Thursday, August 21, 2008 / Notices 

[FR Doc. E8–19250 Filed 8–20–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4909–60–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; 

Notice of Applications for Modification 

of Special Permit 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: List of Applications for 

Modification of Special Permit. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

procedures governing the application 

for, and the processing of, special 

permits from the Department of 

Transportation’s Hazardous Material 

Regulations (49 CFR Part 107, Subpart 

B), notice is hereby given that the Office 

of Hazardous Materials Safety has 

received the application 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. Request of 

modifications of special permits (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. Their applications 

have been separated from the new 

application for special permits to 

facilitate processing. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before September 5, 2008. 

Address Comments To: Record 

Center, Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety 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 special permit number. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Copies of the applications are available 

for inspection in the Records Center, 

East Building, PHH–30, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue, Southeast, Washington 

DC or at http://dms.dot.gov. 

This notice of receipt of applications 

for modification of special permit is 

published in accordance with Part 107 

of the Federal hazardous materials 

transportation law (49 U.S.C. 5117(b); 

49 CFR 1.53(b)). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 8, 

2008. 

Delmer F. Billings, 

Director, Office of Hazardous Materials, 

Special Permits and Approvals. 

MODIFICATION SPECIAL PERMITS

Application No. Docket No. Applicant Regulation(s) affected Nature of special permit thereof 

11379–M ........... ........................... TRW Occupant Safety 

Systems, Washington, 

MI.

49 CFR 173.301(h), 

173.302.

To modify the special permit to allow the transportation in commerce of an additional Division 

1.4G and Division 2.2 material. 

12155–M ........... ........................... S&C Electric Company, 

Chicago, IL.

49 CFR 172.301(c); 

173.304.

To modify the special permit to remove the 

placarding requirement when transporting by 

motor vehicle. 

14576–M ........... ........................... Structural Composites Industries (SCI), Pomona, CA.49 CFR 173.302a and 

173.304a.

To modify the special permit to authorize an increase in the maximum water volume from 300 

liters to 315 liters. 

14694–M ........... PHMSA–08–

0113.

Department of Defense, 

Scott AFB, IL.

49 CFR 173.62 ............... To reissue the special permit originally issued on 

an emergency basis for the transportation in 

commerce of certain equipment contaminated 

with explosives in non-DOT specification packaging. 

[FR Doc. E8–19249 Filed 8–20–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4909–60–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; 

Notice of Delays in Processing of 

Special Permits Applications 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: List of applications delayed 

more than 180 days. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5117(c), 

PHMSA is publishing the following list 

of special permit applications that have 

been in process for 180 days or more. 

The reason(s) for delay and the expected 

completion date for action on each 

application is provided in association 

with each identified application. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Delmer F. Billings, Director, Office of 

Hazardous Materials Special Permits 

and Approvals, Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, East 

Building, PHH–30, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590–

0001, (202) 366–4535. 

Key to ‘‘Reason for Delay’’

1. Awaiting additional information 

from applicant 

2. Extensive public comment under 

review 

3. Application is technically complex 

and is of significant impact or 

precedent-setting and requires extensive 

analysis 

4. Staff review delayed by other 

priority issues or volume of special 

permit applications 

Meaning of Application Number 

Suffixes 

N—New application 

M—Modification request 

PM—Party to application with 

modification request 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 15, 

2008. 

Delmer F. Billings, 

Director, Office of Hazardous Materials, 

Special Permits and Approvals. 

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