67360 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 249 / Friday, December 28, 2001 / Notices

Application

No. Exemption No. Applicant Regulation(s) affected Nature of exemption thereof

EE 12596–N DOT–E 12596 Hci Worth Chemical Co.,

Chatanooga, TN.

49 CFR 173.24(b) ............ Request for emergency exemption to transport a

leaking ton cylinder that has been fitted with an

emergency B kit to prevent leakage (mode 1).

EE 12597–N DOT–E 12597 Firestone Tire and Rubber

Company, Savannah,

GA.

49 CFR 178.245–4(e) ...... Request for an emergency exemption to transport

anhydrous ammonia in certain DOT spec. 51 portable tanks (modes 1, 3).

EE 12598–N DOT–E 12598 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkely, CA.

49 CFR 173.150(b) .......... Request for an emergency exemption to permit

packaging that are not authorized for a class 3,

pkg. III material (mode 1).

EE 12601–N DOT–E 12601 Great Lakes Chemical

Corp., Indianapolis, IN.

49 CFR 172.301(c),

173.24(e), 173.226(c).

Request for emergency exemption to authorize the

one-time transportation in commerce of a 6.1 material in plastic bottles that have not passed certain performance tests required by the HMR

(mode 1).

EE 12602–N DOT–E 12602 Allied Universal Corp.,

Maimi, FL.

49 CFR 173.24(b) ............ Request for an emergency exemption to transport a

leaking ton container fitted with an emergency B

kit (mode 1).

EE 12603–N DOT–E 12603 JCI Jones Chemical Milford, VA.49 CFR 173.24(b) ............ Request for an emergency exemption to transport a

leaking ton container fitted with an emergency B

kit to prevent leakage during transportation (mode

1).

EE 12604–N DOT–E 12604 Allied Universal Miami, FL 49 CFR 173.23(b) ............ Request for an emergency exemption for a tank car

fitted with a B kit (mode 1).

DENIALS

8556–M ....................... Request by Gardner Cryogenics Lehigh Valley, PA to modify the exemption to provide for design changes of the nonDOT specification portable tank manufactured in accordance with ASME Code criteria; add a new 4830 gallon liquid

helium tank design denied November 17, 2000.

9232–X ........................ Request by U.S. Department of Defense Alexandria, VA to authorize the shipment of explosives and other hazardous

materials forbidden or in quantities greater than those prescribed by commercial air carriers activated under the Civil

Reserve Air Fleet during a contingency airlift or national emergency denied November 22, 2000.

9323–X ........................ Request by U.S. Department of Defense Falls Church, VA to authorize the shipment only by the U.S. Department of

Defense of gasoline and JP–4 and JP–5 fuel, Class 3 liquids, in non-DOT specification collapsible, fabric reinforced

rubber drums of 500-gallon capacity denied November 22, 2000.

10880–X ...................... Request by St. Lawrence Explosives Corp. Adams Center, NY to authorize the use of reusable, flexible Intermediate

Bulk Container (IBC) type 12H3 or 13H4 conforming to Subpart N and O of Part 178 with replaced liners having a

capacity not over 1000kg (2206 pounds) and top and bottom outlets, for shipment of ammonium nitrate-fuel oil mixture ANFO denied October 20, 2000.

10880–X ...................... Request by St. Lawrence Explosives Corporation Adams Center, NY to authorize the use of reusable, flexible Intermediate Bulk Container (IBC) type 12H3 or 13H4 conforming to Subpart N and O of Part 178 with replaced liners

having a capacity not over 1000kg (2206 pounds) and top and bottom outlets, for shipment of ammonium nitrate-fuel

oil mixture ANFO denied October 20, 2000.

12343–N ...................... Request by City Machine & Welding, Inc. of Amarillo, Amarillo, TX to authorize acoustic emission retesting of DOT–

3AAX and 3T cylinders for use in transporting various hazardous materials classed in Division 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3 denied November 29, 2000.

12525–N ...................... Request by ICO Worldwide, Inc. Houston, TX to authorize the transportation in commerce of a specially designed device (mobile pipe inspection unit pulled by a tractor) containing radioactive material, Type A, transported with obscured markings denied November 22, 2000.

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BILLING CODE 4909–60–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs

Administration

Office of Hazardous Materials Safety;

Notice of Delays in Processing of

Exemption Applications

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: List of applications delayed

more than 180 days.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

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

is publishing the following list of

exemption 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: J.

Suzanne Hedgepeth, Director, Office of

Hazardous Materials, Exemptions and

Approvals, Research and Special

Programs Administration, U.S.

Department of Transportation, 400

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC

20590–0001, (202) 366–4535.

Key to ‘‘Reasons for Delay’’

1. Awaiting additional information

from applicant

2. Extension 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 exemption

applications

Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 249 / Friday, December 28, 2001 / Notices 67361

Meaning of Application Number

Suffixes

N—New application

M—Modification request

PM—Party to application with

modification request

Issued in Washington, DC, on December

21, 2001.

J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,

Director, Office of Hazardous Materials

Exemptions and Approvals.

NEW EXEMPTION APPLICATIONS

Application No. Applicant Reason for

delay

Estimated

date of

completion

11862–N .................. The BOC Group, Murray Hill, NJ .............................................................................................. 4 01/31/2002

11927–N .................. Alaska Marine Lines, Inc., Seattle, WA ..................................................................................... 4 01/31/2002

12353–N .................. Monson Companies, South Portland, ME ................................................................................. 4 01/31/2002

12381–N .................. Ideal Chemical & Supply Co., Memphis, TN ............................................................................. 4 01/31/2002

12406–N .................. Occidental Chemical Corporation, Dallas, TX ........................................................................... 4 01/31/2002

12412–N .................. Great Western Chemical Company, Portland, OR ................................................................... 4 01/31/2002

12434–N .................. Salmon Air, Salmon, ID ............................................................................................................. 4 01/31/2002

12440–N .................. Luxfer, Inc., Riverside, CA ......................................................................................................... 4 01/31/2002

12456–N .................. Baker Hughes, Houston, TX ...................................................................................................... 4 01/31/2002

12571–N .................. Air Products & Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA ......................................................................... 4 01/31/2002

12586–N .................. Wilsonart International Inc., Temple, TX ................................................................................... 4 01/31/2002

12588–N .................. El Dorado Chemical Co., Creve Ceour, MO ............................................................................. 4 01/31/2002

12629–N .................. Western Sales & Testing of Amarillo, Inc., Amarillo, TX .......................................................... 4 01/31/2002

12630–N .................. Chemetall GmbH Gesellschaft, Langelsheim, DE .................................................................... 4 01/31/2002

12634–N .................. Norman International, Los Angeles, CA .................................................................................... 4 01/31/2002

12648–N .................. Stress Engineering Services, Inc., Houston, TX ....................................................................... 4 01/31/2002

12650–N .................. Coleman Powermate, Inc., Kearney, NE .................................................................................. 4 01/31/2002

12661–N .................. United Parcel Service (UPS), Atlanta, GA ................................................................................ 4 01/31/2002

12674–N .................. G&S Aviation, Donnelly, ID ....................................................................................................... 4 01/31/2002

12690–N .................. Air Liquide America Corporation, Houston, TX ......................................................................... 4 02/28/2002

12696–N .................. Phibro-Tech, Inc., Fort Lee, NJ ................................................................................................. 4 02/28/2002

12701–N .................. Fuel Cell Components & Integrators, Inc., Hauppauge, NY ..................................................... 4 02/28/2002

12702–N .................. Los Crespos Cylinders, Anasco, PR ......................................................................................... 4 01/31/2002

12706–N .................. Raufoss Composites AS, Raufoss, NO ..................................................................................... 4 02/28/2002

12716–N .................. Air Liquide America Corporation, Houston, TX ......................................................................... 4 01/31/2002

12718–N .................. Weldship Corporation, Bethlehem, PA ...................................................................................... 4 01/31/2002

12724–N .................. E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., Inc., Wilmington, DE .............................................................. 4 02/28/2002

12741–N .................. Thunderbird Cylinder Inc., Phoenix, AZ .................................................................................... 4 02/28/2002

12751–N .................. Defense Technology Corporation, Casper, WY ........................................................................ 4 02/28/2002

12753–N .................. Praxair, Inc., Danbury, CT ......................................................................................................... 4 02/28/2002

12755–N .................. Air Canada, Ottawa, ON ............................................................................................................ 4 02/28/2002

MODIFICATIONS TO EXEMPTIONS

Application No. Applicant Reason for

delay

Estimated

date of

completion

4453–M ............. Dyno Nobel, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT .............................................................................................. 4 01/31/2002

4884–M ............. Matheson Tri-Gas, East Rutherford, NJ .......................................................................................... 4 01/31/2002

6805–M ............. Air Liquide America Corporation, Houston, TX ............................................................................... 4 01/31/2002

7060–M ............. Federal Express, Memphis, TN ....................................................................................................... 4 01/31/2002

7277–M ............. Structural Composites Industries, Pomona, CA .............................................................................. 4 01/31/2002

7954–M ............. Voltaix, Inc., North Branch, NJ ........................................................................................................ 4 01/31/2002

8308–M ............. Tradewind Enterprises, Inc., Hillsboro, OR ..................................................................................... 4 01/31/2002

8308–M ............. American Courier Express Corporation, Miramar, FL ..................................................................... 4 01/31/2002

8554–M ............. Orica USA, Inc., Englewood, CO .................................................................................................... 4 01/31/2002

8554–M ............. Dyno Nobel, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT .............................................................................................. 4 01/31/2002

8723–M ............. Dyno Nobel, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT .............................................................................................. 4 01/31/2002

9401–M ............. Societe Nationale de Wagon-Reservoirs, 79009 Paris, FR ............................................................ 4 02/28/2002

9421–M ............. Taylor-Wharton (Harsco Corporation), Harrisburg, PA ................................................................... 4 01/31/2002

10019–M ........... Structural Composites Industries, Pomona, CA .............................................................................. 4 02/28/2002

10832–M ........... Autoliv ASP, Inc., Ogden, UT .......................................................................................................... 4 02/28/2002

11244–M ........... Aerospace Design & Development, Inc., Longmont, CO ................................................................ 4 01/31/2002

11379–M ........... TRW Automotive Occupant Safety Systems, Washington, MI ....................................................... 4 02/28/2002

11537–M ........... JCI Jones Chemicals, Inc., Milford, VA ........................................................................................... 4 01/31/2002

11769–M ........... Great Western Chemical Company, Portland, OR .......................................................................... 4 01/31/2002

11769–M ........... Great Western Chemical Company, Portland, OR .......................................................................... 4 02/28/2002

11769–M ........... Hydrite Chemical Company, Brookfield, WI .................................................................................... 4 01/31/2002

11911–M ........... Transfer Flow, Inc., Chico, CA ........................................................................................................ 4 01/31/2002

12065–M ........... Petrolab Company, Latham, NY ...................................................................................................... 4 02/28/2002

12084–M ........... Honeywell International, Inc., Morristown, NJ ................................................................................. 4 01/31/2002

12449–M ........... Chlorine Service Company, Inc., Kingwood, TX ............................................................................. 4 02/28/2002

67362 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 249 / Friday, December 28, 2001 / Notices

1See RailAmerica, Inc.—Control Exemption—

StatesRail Acquisition Corp. and StatesRail, Inc.,

STB Finance Docket No. 34129 (STB served Dec. 5,

2001). 2On December 7, 2001, RailAmerica also filed: (1)

A notice of exemption in STB Finance Docket No.

34128, RailAmerica, Inc.—Control Exemption—

New StatesRail Holdings, Inc. and Alabama & Gulf

Coast Railway L.L.C., to acquire from StatesRail,

L.L.C., all of the outstanding stock of New

StatesRail Holdings, Inc. (New StatesRail), and

through New StatesRail to acquire control of its

wholly owned subsidiary, the Alabama & Gulf Coast

Railway, L.L.C.; and (2) a petition for exemption in

STB Finance Docket No. 34130, RailAmerica, Inc.—

Control Exemption—Kiamichi Holdings, Inc. and

Kiamichi Railroad L.L.C., to acquire control of

Kiamichi Holdings, Inc., and its subsidiary

Kiamichi Railroad L.L.C.

3RailAmerica has invoked the Board’s class

exemption procedures to acquire control of Class II

rail carrier ParkSierra Corp. (ParkSierra) in

RailAmerica, Inc.—Control Exemption—ParkSierra

Acquisition Corp. and ParkSierra Corp., STB

Finance Docket No. 34100 (STB served Dec. 20,

2001) (ParkSierra). RailAmerica indicates that

ParkSierra’s rail properties do not connect with

those of Alabama & Gulf Coast or those of

RailAmerica’s other rail subsidiaries.

MODIFICATIONS TO EXEMPTIONS—Continued

Application No. Applicant Reason for

delay

Estimated

date of

completion

12676–M ........... Environmental Management, Inc., Guthrie, OK ............................................................................... 4 02/28/2002

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BILLING CODE 4910–60–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs

Administration

International Standards on the

Transport of Dangerous Goods; Public

Meetings

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs

Administration (RSPA), Department of

Transportation.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice is to advise

interested persons that RSPA will

conduct a public meeting to discuss the

outcome of the twentieth session of the

United Nation’s Sub-Committee of

Experts on the Transport of Dangerous

Goods (UNSCOE) held December 5–11,

2001 in Geneva, Switzerland.

DATES: January 16, 2002, 9:30 a.m.–12

p.m., Room 3328.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

DOT Headquarters, Nassif Building,

Room 3328, 400 Seventh Street SW.,

Washington, DC 20590.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob

Richard, International Standards

Coordinator, Office of Hazardous

Materials Safety, Department of

Transportation, Washington, DC 20590;

(202) 366–0656.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

primary purpose of the meeting will be

to discuss outcomes of proposals

presented to the twentieth session of

UNSCOE. Topics to be covered during

the public meeting will include (1)

Criteria for Environmentally Hazardous

Substances, (2) Intermodal requirements

for the transport of solids in bulk

containers, (3) Harmonized

requirements for compressed gas

cylinders, (4) Portable tank

requirements, (5) Classification of

individual substances, (6) Requirements

for packagings used to transport

hazardous materials, (7) Requirements

for infectious substances, and (8) Hazard

communication requirements.

The public is invited to attend

without prior information.

Documents

Copies of documents for the UNSCOE

meeting may be obtained by

downloading hem from the United

Nations Transport Division web site at

http://www.unece.org/trans/main/dgdb/

dgsubc/c3doc_2001.html. Information

concerning UN dangerous goods

meetings including agendas can be

downloaded at http://www.unece.org/

trans/main/dgdb/dgsubc/c3.html. These

sites may also be accessed through the

international section of RSPA’s

Hazardous Materials Safety website at

http://hazmat.dot.gov/intstandards.htm.

RSPA’s site provides information

regarding the UNSCOE and the Globally

Harmonized System of Classification

and Labeling for Chemicals, a summary

of decisions taken at the 21st session of

the UN Committee of Experts, meeting

dates and summary of the primary

topics which are to be addressed in the

2001–2002 biennium.

Issued in Washington, DC, on December

21, 2001.

Robert A. McGuire,

Associate Administrator for Hazardous

Materials Safety.

[FR Doc. 01–32011 Filed 12–27–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–60–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34129]

RailAmerica, Inc.—Control

Exemption—StatesRail Acquisition

Corp. and StatesRail, Inc.

RailAmerica, Inc. (RailAmerica), a

noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of

exemption to continue in control of

StatesRail Acquisition Corp.

(Acquisition), and to obtain control of

StatesRail, Inc. (StatesRail), a holding

company that controls Arizona Eastern

Railway Company, Eastern Alabama

Railway, Kyle Railroad Company, San

Joaquin Valley Railroad Company, and

SWKR Operating Co., all Class III

railroads, upon the acquisition of all of

the stock of StatesRail by Acquisition.

The transaction is scheduled to be

consummated on or after January 1,

2002.

On November 15, 2001, RailAmerica

also filed a motion for protective order

under CFR 1104.14, and the motion was

granted.1

RailAmerica states that, as of its filing

of the notice of exemption, it controls

one Class II and 23 Class III rail

common carriers operating in 23 states.2

However, in ParkSierra, infra,

RailAmerica is acquiring control of a

second Class II carrier.

RailAmerica also states that: (i) These

railroads do not connect with each

other; (ii) the acquisition of control is

not part of a series of anticipated

transactions that would connect the

railroads with each other or any railroad

in their corporate family; and (iii) the

transaction does not involve a Class I

carrier.3 Therefore, the transaction is

exempt from the prior approval

requirements of 49 U.S.C. 11323. See 49

CFR 1180.2(d)(2).

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. Because RailAmerica will

control more than one Class II rail

carrier, the transaction will be made

subject to the labor protection

conditions described in New York Dock

Ry.—Control—Brooklyn Eastern Dist.,

360 I.C.C. 60 (1979).

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the

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