Document ID: PHMSA-2009-0240-0001
Agency: phmsa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Notice of Application for Special Permits
Posted Date: 2009-07-14T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 133 (Tuesday, July 14, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34072-34073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-16517]

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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 August 13, 2009.
    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: Copies of the applications are available for 
inspection in the Records Center, East Building, PHH-30, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC or at http://fdms.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 7, 2009.
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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14871-N.............  ....................  Calico Brands, Inc.,  49 CFR 172.302(c)     To authorize the
                                             Ontario, CA.          and 173.308(c)(2).    transportation in
                                                                                         commerce of lighters
                                                                                         containing flammable
                                                                                         gas in non-DOT
                                                                                         specification
                                                                                         containers that are
                                                                                         capable of meeting UN
                                                                                         performance standards
                                                                                         at the PG II
                                                                                         performance level that
                                                                                         are further overpacked
                                                                                         in a corrugated
                                                                                         container. (mode 1)
14872-N.............  ....................  Arkema, Inc.,         49 CFR                To authorize the
                                             Philadelphia, PA.     173.31(e)(2)(ii)      transportation in
                                                                   and 173.314(c).       commerce of methyl
                                                                                         mercaptan in certain
                                                                                         DOT I 05J300W tank
                                                                                         cars. (mode 2)
14873-N.............  ....................  Matson Navigation     49 CFR 176.116(e)(3)  To authorize the
                                             Company, Inc.,                              transportation in
                                             Oakland, CA.                                commerce of certain
                                                                                         Class I (explosive)
                                                                                         hazardous materials in
                                                                                         an alternative stowage
                                                                                         configuration. (mode 3)
14875-N.............  ....................  Canton Railroad       49 CFR 174.85.......  To authorize
                                             Company, Baltimore,                         transportation of
                                             MD.                                         hazardous materials by
                                                                                         rail without the use of
                                                                                         a buffer car between
                                                                                         the rail car containing
                                                                                         the hazardous materials
                                                                                         and the locomotive.
                                                                                         (mode 2)
14877-N.............  ....................  Halon Banking         49 CFR 173.304a.....  To authorize the one-
                                             Systems, New Hope,                          time, one-way
                                             MN.                                         transportation in
                                                                                         commerce of non-DOT
                                                                                         specification cylinders
                                                                                         containing a
                                                                                         refrigerant gas. (modes
                                                                                         1, 2)

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14878-N.............  ....................  Humboldt County       49 CFR 172.102        To authorize the
                                             Waste Management      Special Provision     transportation in
                                             Authority, Eureka,    130.                  commerce of certain dry
                                             CA.                                         batteries in packaging
                                                                                         without protecting
                                                                                         against short circuits.
                                                                                         (mode 1)
14881-N.............  ....................  United Parcel         49 CFR 172.404(b)...  To authorize the
                                             Service, Atlanta,                           transportation in
                                             GA.                                         commerce of small
                                                                                         unpalletized packages
                                                                                         in an overpack
                                                                                         (reusable, collapsible
                                                                                         consolidation bins)
                                                                                         without hazard warning
                                                                                         labels on the overpack.
                                                                                         (modes 1, 2)
14883-N.............  ....................  Structural            49 CFR 173.302a and   To authorize the
                                             Composites            173.304a.             manufacture, marking,
                                             Industries (SCI),                           sale and use of non-DOT
                                             Pomona, CA.                                 specification fully
                                                                                         wrapped carbon-fiber
                                                                                         reinforced aluminum
                                                                                         lined cylinders. (modes
                                                                                         1, 2, 3, 4)
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