Document ID: PHMSA-2008-0314-0001
Agency: phmsa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Notice of Application for Special Permits
Posted Date: 2008-11-21T05:00Z

[Federal Register: November 21, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 226)]
[Notices]               
[Page 70696-70697]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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.

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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 (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--Passenger-carrying 
aircraft.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 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 self-addressed 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 November 10 2008.
Delmer F. Billings,
Director, Office of Hazardous Materials, Special Permits and Approvals.

                                               New Special Permits
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                                                                        Regulation(s)        Nature of special
        Application No.            Docket No.         Applicant            affected           permits thereof
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14782-N.......................  ................  Southern States,  49 CFR 173.304a......  To authorize the
                                                   LLC, Atlanta,                            transportation in
                                                   GA.                                      commerce of large
                                                                                            pieces of electrical
                                                                                            equipment containing
                                                                                            a chamber which
                                                                                            holds sulfur
                                                                                            hexafluoride in
                                                                                            alternative
                                                                                            packaging. (modes 1,
                                                                                            2, 3).
14784-N.......................  ................  Weldship          49 CFR 180.209(a) and  To authorize the
                                                   Corporation,      (b).                   requalification of
                                                   Bethlehem, PA.                           certain DOT-
                                                                                            Specification
                                                                                            Cylinders containing
                                                                                            Division 2.1 and 2.2
                                                                                            gases every ten
                                                                                            years. (modes 1, 2,
                                                                                            3).

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14786-N.......................  ................  Fruit of the      49 CFR                 To authorize the
                                                   Earth, Inc.,      173.306(a)(3)(v).      transportation in
                                                   Fort Worth, TX.                          commerce of certain
                                                                                            non-refillable
                                                                                            aluminum cylindrical
                                                                                            containers that are
                                                                                            leak tested by an
                                                                                            automated in-line
                                                                                            pressure check in
                                                                                            lieu of the required
                                                                                            hot water bath.
                                                                                            (modes 1, 2, 3, 4,
                                                                                            5).
14787-N.......................  ................  Flexcon           49 CFR 173.306(g)....  To authorize the
                                                   Industries,                              transportation in
                                                   Randolph, MA.                            commerce of certain
                                                                                            fiber reinforced
                                                                                            plastic composite
                                                                                            cylinders containing
                                                                                            compressed air under
                                                                                            the exception in 49
                                                                                            CFR 173.306(g).
                                                                                            (modes 1, 2, 3).
14789-N.......................  ................  Blasting          49 CFR 177.835(g)....  To authorize the
                                                   Solutions,                               transportation in
                                                   Inc., Syracuse,                          commerce of certain
                                                   UT.                                      detonator assemblies
                                                                                            on the same motor
                                                                                            vehicle with any
                                                                                            other Class I
                                                                                            explosives when they
                                                                                            are in separate and
                                                                                            isolated cargo-
                                                                                            carrying
                                                                                            compartments powered
                                                                                            by the same tractor,
                                                                                            (mode 1).
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