Document ID: PHMSA-2013-0008-0285
Agency: phmsa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Hazardous Materials: Applications for Special Permits
Posted Date: 2019-03-12T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 12, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8945-8946]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-04451]

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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 April 11, 2019.

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-

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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 March 5, 2019.
Donald P. Burger,
Chief, General Approvals and Permits Branch.

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                                                        Nature of the
 Application No.     Applicant      Regulation(s)      special permits
                                       affected            thereof
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                          SPECIAL PERMITS DATA
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20830-N.........  ARKEMA, INC....  173.302a(a)(1).  To authorize the
                                                     transportation of
                                                     boron trifluoride
                                                     in non-DOT
                                                     specification
                                                     spherical pressure
                                                     vessels. (modes 1,
                                                     2, 3).
20831-N.........  CYLINDER SALES   180.209(a),      To authorize the
                   AND TESTING,     180.209(b),      transportation in
                   LLC.             180.209(b)(1)(   commerce of certain
                                    iv).             hazardous materials
                                                     in DOT
                                                     Specification 3AL
                                                     cylinders
                                                     manufactured from
                                                     aluminum alloy 6061-
                                                     T6 that are
                                                     requalified every
                                                     ten years rather
                                                     than every five
                                                     years using 100%
                                                     ultrasonic
                                                     examination. (modes
                                                     1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
20833-N.........  SAMSUNG SDI      172.101(j).....  To authorize the air
                   AMERICA, INC.                     transportation of
                                                     lithium ion
                                                     batteries exceeding
                                                     35 kg net weight.
                                                     (mode 4).
20834-N.........  ECC CORROSION    107.503(b),      To authorizing the
                   INC.             107.503(c),      manufacture,
                                    173.241,         marking, sale and
                                    173.242,         use of non-DOT
                                    173.243,         specification glass
                                    178.345-1(d),    fiber reinforced
                                    178.345-1(f),    plastic cargo tanks
                                    178.345-2,       conforming with
                                    178.345-3,       regulations
                                    178.345-4,       applicable to DOT
                                    178.345-7,       Specifications 407
                                    180.405,         and 412 for the
                                    180.413.         transportation of
                                                     hazardous materials
                                                     in commerce. (mode
                                                     1).
20835-N.........  AKZO NOBEL       178.337-8(a)(3)  To authorize the
                   FUNCTIONAL       , 178.337-       shipment of UN3394
                   CHEMICALS LLC.   8(a)(4).         and UN3399 metal
                                                     alkyls in MC331
                                                     cargo tanks that
                                                     house product inlet
                                                     and discharge
                                                     opening valves in a
                                                     protective recessed
                                                     well of the cargo
                                                     tank. (mode 1).
20836-N.........  ELCO             173.35(e)......  To authorize the
                   CORPORATION.                      transportation of
                                                     certain hazmat
                                                     where two or more
                                                     closure systems are
                                                     fitted in series,
                                                     the system nearest
                                                     to the hazardous
                                                     material being
                                                     carried must be
                                                     closed first. (mode
                                                     1).
20838-N.........  AIR LIQUIDE      180.205(g).....  To authorize the
                   ELECTRONICS                       transportation in
                   U.S. LP.                          commerce of
                                                     cylinders
                                                     containing
                                                     dichlorosilane
                                                     which have been
                                                     periodically
                                                     requalified using
                                                     alternative
                                                     methods. (modes 1,
                                                     2, 3).
20839-N.........  A123 SYSTEMS     172.101(j).....  To authorize the
                   LLC.                              transportation in
                                                     commerce of lithium
                                                     battery assemblies
                                                     exceeding 35 kg
                                                     aboard cargo-only
                                                     aircraft. (mode 4).
20841-N.........  STERILMED, INC.  172.203(a),      To authorize the
                                    172.302(c),      transportation in
                                    173.134(b)(12)   commerce of medical
                                    (i).             equipment in
                                                     accordance with 49
                                                     CFR
                                                     173.134(b)(12)(i)
                                                     when some medical
                                                     equipment will
                                                     ultimately be sent
                                                     for disposal. (mode
                                                     1).
20843-N.........  SPACEFLIGHT,     173.185(a).....  To authorize the
                   INC.                              transportation in
                                                     commerce of low
                                                     production lithium
                                                     ion batteries
                                                     contained in
                                                     spacecraft by air.
                                                     (mode 4).
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[FR Doc. 2019-04451 Filed 3-11-19; 8:45 am]
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