Document ID: PHMSA-2016-0042-0001
Agency: phmsa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Hazardous Materials: Termination of Designated Approval Agencies Approvals
Posted Date: 2016-08-16T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 158 (Tuesday, August 16, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54660-54661]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-19415]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2016-0042; Notice No. 2016-06]

Hazardous Materials: Termination of Designated Approval Agencies 
Approvals

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice is to advise interested persons that PHMSA has 
terminated the Designated Approval Agencies approvals listed herein. 
PHMSA, via certified mail, attempted to contact all of the below listed 
approval holders during May 2015. PHMSA issued a Show Cause letter via 
certified mail requesting a response within 30 days with their intent 
with respect to the approval. None of the companies complied with the 
requirements of the letter. Thus, PHMSA issued a Termination letter via 
certified mail in December 2015. To date, PHMSA has not received any 
correspondence concerning the below listed approval numbers.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Ryan Paquet, Director, Approvals 
and Permits Division, Office of Hazardous

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Materials Safety, (202) 366-4512, PHMSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 
Washington, DC 20590 or at approvals@dot.gov.
    Correspondence with respect to the below listed approval numbers 
should be sent to approvals@dot.gov with a subject line ``Termination 
Letter'' and should be in writing; state in detail any alleged errors 
of fact and law; enclose any additional information needed to support 
the request; and state in detail the modification of the final decision 
sought.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction

    In this notice, PHMSA's Approvals and Permits Division is 
terminating the approvals listed below based on a change in 
circumstances rendering the approval no longer necessary (49 CFR 
107.713(b)(1)); and/or violations of your approval and the HMR that 
demonstrate a lack of fitness (49 CFR 107.713(b)(4)).

II. Background

    On March 17, 2014, PHMSA held a mandatory Designated Approvals 
Agency (DAA) meeting. In May 2015, PHMSA mailed a Show Cause letter to 
each DAA that did not attend this meeting, requesting the DAA provide 
current operating status. The companies below did not respond to the 
Show Cause letter. In December 2015, PHMSA issued a Termination letter 
to each DAA listed below. As of January 1, 2016, PHMSA has not received 
any correspondence from these DAAs, and PHMSA terminated the approvals 
of the approval holders listed below. This Federal Register notice 
serves as an official announcement of termination of those approvals.

III. Action

    PHMSA has terminated the below listed approvals, and this Federal 
Register notice serves as an official announcement to the public.

IV. Approvals Terminated

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             ID No.                      Approval holder/company
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107-94-01.......................  Pacific Marine Repair, Inc..........
IM-9703.........................  TDI, Inc............................
IA-0301.........................  ATech Engineering...................
IM-9603.........................  Unicon International................
IA-8105.........................  British Engine......................
IM-9602.........................  Commercial Union Insurance Company..
IA-0401.........................  Trimac Transportation Services, Inc.
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    Issued in Washington, DC, on August 10, 2016, under authority 
delegated in 49 CFR part 107.
William S. Schoonover,
Deputy Associate Administrator, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2016-19415 Filed 8-15-16; 8:45 am]
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