Document ID: PHMSA-2013-0008-0205
Agency: phmsa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Hazardous Materials: Applications for Special Permits
Posted Date: 2017-08-04T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 149 (Friday, August 4, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 36524]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-16445]

[[Page 36524]]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Hazardous Materials: Notice of Applications 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, 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 September 5, 2017.

ADDRESSES: You should 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: Ryan Paquet, Director, 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 July 28, 2017.
Donald Burger,
Chief, Office of the Special Permits and Approvals.

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                                                                     Regulation(s)       Nature of the special
    Application No.        Docket No.           Applicant              affected             permits thereof
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                                              SPECIAL PERMITS DATA
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20492-N...............  ................  Exal Corporation.....  178.33-7(a), 178.33a- To authorize the
                                                                  7(a).                 transportation in
                                                                                        commerce of 2P and 2Q
                                                                                        receptacles with a
                                                                                        minimum wall thickness
                                                                                        less that what is
                                                                                        required by the HMR.
                                                                                        (Modes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
20493-N...............  ................  Tesla, Inc...........  172.101 Column (9B),  To authorize the
                                                                  173.185(b).           transportation in
                                                                                        commerce of lithium ion
                                                                                        batteries exceeding 35
                                                                                        kg net weight by cargo-
                                                                                        only aircraft. (Mode 4).
20498-N...............  ................  Lighting Resources,    172.101, 172.102(c),  To authorize the
                                           LLC.                   172.301(c),           manufacture, marking,
                                                                  173.185(a)(1),        sale and use of
                                                                  173.185(c),           specifically designed
                                                                  173.185(d),           packagings for the
                                                                  173.22(a).            transportation in
                                                                                        commerce of certain
                                                                                        batteries and cells
                                                                                        without shipping papers,
                                                                                        and certain marking and
                                                                                        labeling when
                                                                                        transported for
                                                                                        recycling or disposal.
                                                                                        (Modes 1, 2).
20501-N...............  ................  Rota Aviation          173.219(c)(5),        To authorize the
                                           Company, LLC.          175.10(a)(11).        transportation in
                                                                                        commerce of life saving
                                                                                        appliances aboard
                                                                                        passenger-carrying
                                                                                        aircraft by passenger
                                                                                        and crew. (Mode 5).
20502-N...............  ................  Spencer Composites     173.302(a),           To authorize the
                                           Corporation.           173.304(a).           manufacture, mark, sale,
                                                                                        and use of non-DOT
                                                                                        specification cylinders
                                                                                        for the transportation
                                                                                        of certain hazardous
                                                                                        materials in commerce.
                                                                                        (Modes 1, 2, 3, 4).
20503-N...............  ................  Dyno Nobel Inc.......  177.835(a),           To authorize the
                                                                  177.835(c)(3),        transportation in
                                                                  177.848(e)(2),        commerce of certain
                                                                  177.848(g)(3).        oxidizing materials with
                                                                                        certain Class 1 and
                                                                                        Class 8 materials under
                                                                                        alternative segregation
                                                                                        requirements. (Mode 1).
20504-N...............  ................  A123 Systems LLC.....  172.101 Column (9B),  To authorize the
                                                                  173.185(b).           transportation in
                                                                                        commerce of lithium ion
                                                                                        batteries in excess of
                                                                                        35 kg net weight by
                                                                                        cargo-only aircraft.
                                                                                        (Mode 4).
20507-N...............  ................  Energy, United States  173.302(a)..........  To authorize the
                                           Dept of.                                     transportation in
                                                                                        commerce of non-DOT
                                                                                        specification cylinders
                                                                                        containing compressed
                                                                                        hydrogen. (Mode 1).
20511-N...............  ................  Armotech s.r.o.......  107.807(b)(1),        To authorize the
                                                                  173.301(a)(1),        transportation in
                                                                  173.302(a)(1),        commerce of non-DOT
                                                                  173.302(f)(1),        specification cylinders
                                                                  173.302(f)(2),        containing oxygen.
                                                                  178.71(q),            (Modes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
                                                                  178.71(t).
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