Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 203 / Thursday, October 22, 2009 / Notices 54621 

1The Board will grant a stay if an informed 

decision on environmental issues (whether raised 

by a party or by the Board’s Section of 

Environmental Analysis (SEA) in its independent 

investigation) cannot be made before the 

exemption’s effective date. See Exemption of Outof-Service Rail Lines, 5 I.C.C.2d 377 (1989). Any 

request for a stay should be filed as soon as possible 

so that the Board may take appropriate action before 

the exemption’s effective date. 

2Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing 

fee, which currently is set at $1,500. See 49 CFR 

1002.2(f)(25). 

acting on behalf of such user) regarding 

cessation of service over the line either 

is pending with the Board or with any 

U.S. District Court or has been decided 

in favor of complainant within the 2- 

year period; and (4) the requirements at 

49 CFR 1105.7 (environmental report), 

49 CFR 1105.8 (historic report), 49 CFR 

1105.11 (transmittal letter), 49 CFR 

1105.12 (newspaper publication), and 

49 CFR 1152.50(d)(1) (notice to 

governmental agencies) have been met. 

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employee adversely affected by the 

abandonment shall be protected under 

Oregon Short Line R. Co.— 

Abandonment—Goshen, 360 I.C.C. 91 

(1979). To address whether this 

condition adequately protects affected 

employees, a petition for partial 

revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) 

must be filed. 

Provided no formal expression of 

intent to file an offer of financial 

assistance (OFA) has been received, this 

exemption will be effective on 

November 21, 2009, unless stayed 

pending reconsideration. Petitions to 

stay that do not involve environmental 

issues,1 formal expressions of intent to 

file an OFA under 49 CFR 

1152.27(c)(2),2 and trail use/rail banking 

requests under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be 

filed by November 2, 2009. Petitions to 

reopen or requests for public use 

conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must 

be filed by November 12, 2009, with: 

Surface Transportation Board, 395 E 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423– 

0001. 

A copy of any petition filed with the 

Board should be sent to BNSF’s 

representative: Kristy Clark, General 

Attorney, BNSF Railway Company, 

2500 Lou Menk Drive, AOB–3, Fort 

Worth, TX 76131. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

BNSF has filed environmental and 

historic reports which address the 

effects, if any, of the abandonment on 

the environment and historic resources. 

SEA will issue an environmental 

assessment (EA) by October 27, 2009. 

Interested persons may obtain a copy of 

the EA by writing to SEA (Room 1100, 

Surface Transportation Board, 

Washington, DC 20423–0001) or by 

calling SEA, at (202) 245–0305. 

Assistance for the hearing impaired is 

available through the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339. Comments on 

environmental and historic preservation 

matters must be filed within 15 days 

after the EA becomes available to the 

public. 

Environmental, historic preservation, 

public use, or trail use/rail banking 

conditions will be imposed, where 

appropriate, in a subsequent decision. 

Pursuant to the provisions of 49 CFR 

1152.29(e)(2), BNSF shall file a notice of 

consummation with the Board to signify 

that it has exercised the authority 

granted and fully abandoned the line. If 

consummation has not been effected by 

BNSF’s filing of a notice of 

consummation by October 22, 2010, and 

there are no legal or regulatory barriers 

to consummation, the authority to 

abandon will automatically expire. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: October 19, 2009. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Kulunie L. Cannon, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. E9–25432 Filed 10–21–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–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 

Transportations 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 November 23, 2009. 

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://regulations.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 October 7, 

2009. 

Delmer F. Billings, 

Director, Office of Hazardous Materials, 

Special Permits and Approvals. 

NEW SPECIAL PERMITS

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

14910–N ......... .................... Drug & Laboratory Disposal, 

Inc., Plainwell, MI.

49 CFR 178.503 ..................... To authorize the transportation in commerce 

of UN 1H2 plastic drums that are intended 

to be non-reusable as the outer packaging 

for lab packs. (modes 1, 2, 3) 


dcolon on DSK2BSOYB1PROD with NOTICES
54622 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 203 / Thursday, October 22, 2009 / Notices 

NEW SPECIAL PERMITS—Continued 

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

14911–N ......... .................... ITW Sexton, Decatur, AL ........ 49 CFR 173.304a ................... To authorize the manufacture, marking and 

sale of a non-DOT specification cylinder to 

be used for the transportation in commerce 

of certain Division 2.2 materials. (modes 1, 

2, 3, 4) 

14912–N ......... .................... ITW Sexton, Decatur, AL ........ 49 CFR 173.304a and 173.3 

06(a)(3)(ii).

To authorize the manufacture, marking and 

sale of a non-DOT specification container 

to be used for the transportation in commerce of certain Division 2.2 materials. 

(modes 1, 2, 3, 4) 

14913–N ......... .................... Air Products and Chemicals, 

Inc., Allentown, PA.

49 CFR 171.23(a)(3) .............. To authorize the one-time transportation in 

commerce of 115 non-DOT specification 

cylinders containing arsine and arsine mixtures by dedicated motor vehicle. (mode 1) 

14914–N ......... .................... The Boeing Company, St. 

Louis, MO.

49 CFR 173.62 ....................... To authorize the transportation in commerce 

of a T–45 canopy containing a Division 

1.4S explosive in alternative packaging. 

(mode 1) 

14915–N ......... .................... Schering-Plough, Summit, NJ 49 CFR 172.200, 172.300, 

172.400 and 172.500.

To authorize the one-time, one-way transportation in commerce of a finished product 

from its primary production building to another location to complete product filling, 

packaging and shipping without shipping 

papers, marking, labeling or placarding. 

(mode 1) 

14916–N ......... .................... Air Products and Chemicals, 

Inc., Allentown, PA.

49 CFR 173.240 ..................... To authorize the transportation in commerce 

of an assembled electrolytic cell containing 

corrosive solids, toxic, n.o.s. in alternative 

packaging. (modes 1, 3) 

14917–N ......... .................... DSE Fuzing LLC, Orlando, FL 49 CFR 177.848(f) .................. To authorize the transportation in commerce 

of certain explosives by motor vehicle with 

alternative segregation. (mode 1) 

14918–N ......... .................... Aviall Services, Inc., Van 

Nuys, CA.

49 CFR 173.159(f) and Packing Instruction 806 of ICAO.To authorize the transportation in commerce 

of nickle cadmium aircraft batteries UN2795 

as non-spillable batteries when in specially 

designed packagings. (modes 1, 4, 5) 

14919–N ......... .................... TK Holdings Inc., Armada, MI 49 CFR 173.301(a) and 

173.302a.

To authorize the manufacture, marking, sale 

and use of non-DOT specification cylinders 

for use in automobile safety systems. 

(modes 1, 2, 3, 4) 

14920–N ......... .................... Dapco Industries, Inc., 

Ridgefield, CT.

49 CFR 173.302a, 180.205, 

and 180.209.

To authorize the transportation in commerce 

of certain cylinders that have tested using 

ultrasonic examinations with visual external 

examination in lieu of hydrostatic testing 

and internal visual inspection. (modes 1, 2, 

3, 4, 5) 

14924–N ......... .................... Explosive Service International 

Ltd., Baton Rouge, LA.

49 CFR 176.144(e), 

176.145(b), 176.137(b)(7), 

176.63(e), 176.83 and 

176.138(b).

To authorize the transportation in commerce 

of certain Division 1.1D and 1.4B explosives by vessel in an alternative stowage 

configuration. (mode 3) 

[FR Doc. E9–25277 Filed 10–21–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4909–60–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

Applications for Modification of 

Special Permit 

AGENCY: Office of Hazardous Materials 

Safety, Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: List of applications for 

modification of 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 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 

modification 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. These 

applications have been separated from 

the new application for special permits 

to facilitate processing. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 6, 2009. 

Address Comments to: Record Center, 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 


dcolon on DSK2BSOYB1PROD with NOTICES