Document ID: PHMSA-2013-0008-0363
Agency: phmsa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Hazardous Materials: Actions on Special Permits
Posted Date: 2020-04-08T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 68 (Wednesday, April 8, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19795-19796]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-07370]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Hazardous Materials: Notice of Actions on Special Permits

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), 
DOT.

ACTION: Notice of actions on special permit applications.

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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, notice is hereby given 
that the Office of Hazardous Materials Safety has received the 
application described herein.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 8, 2020.

ADDRESSES: 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 self-addressed stamped postcard showing the special permit number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald Burger, Chief, Office of 
Hazardous Materials Approvals and Permits Division, Pipeline and 
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, East Building, PHH-30, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 
Southeast, Washington, DC 20590-0001, (202) 366-4535.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 April 2, 2020.
Donald P. Burger,
Chief, General Approvals and Permits Branch.

                                          Special Permits Data--Granted
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                                                                                   Nature of the special permits
       Application No.                 Applicant          Regulation(s) affected              thereof
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7607-M.......................  Thermo Fisher Scientific  172.101(j), 173.306.....  To modify the special permit
                                Inc.                                                to clarify the manufacturing
                                                                                    markings.
16518-M......................  Midwest Helicopter        172.200, 172.301(c),      To modify the special permit
                                Airways.                  175.33.                   to authorize additional
                                                                                    hazmat.
20396-M......................  Hexagon Digital Wave LLC  180.205(g)..............  To modify the special permit
                                                                                    to authorize MA testing of
                                                                                    certain DOT-CFFC cylinders.
20932-N......................  Jingjiang Asian-pacific   178.274(b)..............  To authorize the manufacture,
                                Logistics Equipment                                 mark, sale, and use of
                                Co., Ltd.                                           portable tanks constructed
                                                                                    to Section VIII, Division 2
                                                                                    of the ASME code.
20951-N......................  Kalitta Air, LLC........  172.101(j), 172.203(a),   To authorize the
                                                          172.301(c),               transportation in commerce
                                                          173.27(b)(2),             of explosives forbidden for
                                                          175.30(a)(1).             air transportation by cargo-
                                                                                    only aircraft.
20960-N......................  Johnson Outdoors Gear     173.304(a),               To authorize the use of non-
                                Llc.                      173.304a(d)(3)(ii).       DOT specification
                                                                                    receptacles similar to the
                                                                                    2P specification, except as
                                                                                    specified herein, for the
                                                                                    transportation in commerce
                                                                                    of Division 2.1 materials.
20963-N......................  Lg Chem Wroclaw Energy    172.101(j)..............  To authorization in commerce
                                Sp Z O O.                                           of lithium ion batteries
                                                                                    exceeding 35 kg by cargo-
                                                                                    only aircraft.
20973-N......................  Olin Winchester LLC.....  172.203(a),               To authorize the
                                                          173.63(b)(2)(v).          transportation in commerce
                                                                                    of 22 caliber (or less) rim-
                                                                                    fire cartridges packaged
                                                                                    loose in strong outer
                                                                                    packagings.
20989-N......................  Dgm Italia Srl..........  173.185(e)(5)...........  To authorize the
                                                                                    transportation in commerce
                                                                                    of lithium ion batteries
                                                                                    which have not been tested.
20993-N......................  United States Dept. of    173.467.................  To authorize the
                                Energy.                                             transportation in commerce
                                                                                    of class 7 material in
                                                                                    alternative packaging.
21003-N......................  Airgas USA, LLC.........  173.301(a)(2)...........  To authorize the
                                                                                    transportation in commerce
                                                                                    of ethylene in DOT 3T 2400
                                                                                    tubes that are not visually
                                                                                    inspected before filling.
21004-N......................  Actia Corporation.......  173.185(e)..............  To authorize the
                                                                                    transportation in commerce
                                                                                    of low production lithium
                                                                                    ion batteries.
21008-N......................  Atieva USA, Inc.........  173.185(e), 173.220(d)..  To authorize the
                                                                                    transportation in commerce
                                                                                    of prototype lithium battery
                                                                                    packs by themselves and
                                                                                    installed in equipment that
                                                                                    exceed 35 kg. (modes 1, 2,
                                                                                    3, 4).
21009-N......................  Atlas Air, Inc..........  172.101(j),               To authorize the
                                                          172.204(c)(3),            transportation in commerce
                                                          173.27(b)(2),             of explosives by cargo only
                                                          173.27(b)(3).             aircraft which is forbidden
                                                                                    in the regulations. (mode
                                                                                    4).

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21021-N......................  Federal Express           175.10(a)(1)(ii)........  To authorize the
                                Corporation.                                        transportation in commerce
                                                                                    of certain Division 2.2
                                                                                    aerosols in crewmember carry-
                                                                                    on baggage for the purpose
                                                                                    of preventing the potential
                                                                                    spread and contraction of
                                                                                    COVID-19.
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                                          Special Permits Data--Denied
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                                                                                   Nature of the special permits
       Application No.                 Applicant          Regulation(s) affected              thereof
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20957-N......................  Versum Materials, Inc...  173.338(a)..............  To authorize the
                                                                                    transportation in commerce
                                                                                    of tungsten hexafluoride in
                                                                                    tubes that are dual marked
                                                                                    to a DOT and UN
                                                                                    specification.
20972-N......................  Distributor Operations,   173.159(e)(1)...........  To authorize the
                                Inc.                                                transportation in commerce
                                                                                    of electric storage
                                                                                    batteries under the
                                                                                    exception in 173.159(e) when
                                                                                    other hazardous materials
                                                                                    are present on the vehicle.
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                                         Special Permits Data--Withdrawn
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                                                                                   Nature of the special permits
       Application No.                 Applicant          Regulation(s) affected              thereof
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14951-M......................  Hexagon Lincoln, LLC....  173.301(f), 173.302(a)..  To modify the special permit
                                                                                    to authorize permitted
                                                                                    cylinders to have an ``in-
                                                                                    service date'' on their
                                                                                    labels. This date would be
                                                                                    the date in which the
                                                                                    cylinder was released from
                                                                                    the Hexagon inventory and
                                                                                    placed in the possession of
                                                                                    the end user.
20924-N......................  Candesant Biomedical,     172.402(c), 173.4b(a)...  To authorize the
                                Inc.                                                transportation in commerce
                                                                                    of Division 4.3 materials as
                                                                                    de minimis quantities by
                                                                                    passenger-carrying aircraft.
21010-N......................  Jem Technical Marketing   ........................  To authorize the
                                Co., Inc.                                           transportation in commerce
                                                                                    of hydraulic accumulators
                                                                                    designed and fabricated in
                                                                                    accordance with Section
                                                                                    VIII, Division I of the ASME
                                                                                    Code.
21011-N......................  Spectro Analytical        173.185(a)..............  To authorize the
                                Instruments Gmbh.                                   transportation in commerce
                                                                                    of lithium ion batteries
                                                                                    that are not of a type
                                                                                    proven to meet the criteria
                                                                                    in section 38.3 of the UN
                                                                                    Manual of Tests and
                                                                                    Criteria.
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