Document ID: PHMSA-2013-0008-0342
Agency: phmsa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Hazardous Materials: Applications for New Special Permits
Posted Date: 2020-02-11T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 11, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 7845]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-02701]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Hazardous Materials: Notice of Applications for New 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, 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 March 12, 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.
    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 February 6, 2020.
Donald P. Burger,
Chief, General Approvals and Permits Branch.

                                              Special Permits Data
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                                                                                   Nature of the special permits
       Application No.                 Applicant          Regulation(s) affected              thereof
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20989-N......................  Argotec Srl.............  173.185(e)(5)...........  To authorize the
                                                                                    transportation in commerce
                                                                                    of lithium ion batteries
                                                                                    which have not been tested.
                                                                                    (modes 1, 4).
20993-N......................  United States Dept. Of    173.467.................  To authorize the
                                Energy.                                             transportation in commerce
                                                                                    of class 7 material in
                                                                                    alternative packaging.
20994-N......................  Sk Innovation Co. Ltd...  172.101(j)..............  To authorize the
                                                                                    transportation in commerce
                                                                                    of lithium ion batteries
                                                                                    that exceed 35 kg by cargo-
                                                                                    only aircraft. (mode 4).
20996-N......................  Norfolk Southern Railway  174.85(a)...............  To authorize the
                                Company.                                            transportation in commerce
                                                                                    of hazardous materials by
                                                                                    rail without buffer cars
                                                                                    between placarded cars and
                                                                                    engines. (mode 2).
20998-N......................  Daicel Safety Systems     173.301(a)(1),            To authorize the manufacture,
                                Americas, Inc.            173.302(a),               mark, sale, and use of non-
                                                          178.65(c)(3).             DOT specification cylinders
                                                                                    for use as components of
                                                                                    automobile safety systems.
                                                                                    (modes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
20999-N......................  U.S. Cryogenics, Inc....  172.203(a), 172.301(c),   To authorized the
                                                          180.211(c)(2)(i).         transportation in commerce
                                                                                    of repaired pressure
                                                                                    receptacles that have not
                                                                                    been pressure tested in
                                                                                    accordance with the
                                                                                    specifications under which
                                                                                    they were originally
                                                                                    manufactured. (modes 1, 2,
                                                                                    3, 4, 5).
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