Document ID: PHMSA-2012-0260-0005
Agency: phmsa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Hazardous Materials: Special Permit and Approvals Standard Operating Procedures and Evaluation Process; Corrections
Posted Date: 2014-09-12T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 177 (Friday, September 12, 2014)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 54676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-21776]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

49 CFR Parts 105, 107, and 171

[Docket No. PHMSA-2012-0260 (HM-233E)]
RIN 2137-AE99

Hazardous Materials: Special Permit and Approvals Standard 
Operating Procedures and Evaluation Process

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

ACTION: Proposed rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: PHMSA is correcting language it issued in a notice of proposed 
rulemaking under this Docket on August 12, 2014, that proposes to 
include the standard operating procedures and criteria used to evaluate 
applications for special permits and approvals under the Hazardous 
Materials Regulations. The NPRM addresses certain matters identified in 
the Hazardous Materials Transportation Safety Act of 2012 related to 
these procedures as they are executed by PHMSA's Office of Hazardous 
Materials Safety's Approvals and Permits Division. This correction adds 
language to clarify that special permit and approval applications that 
undergo review by an Operating Administration (OA) will complete this 
review before they undergo an automated review. This proposed 
correction also clarifies that an OA review, depending on its 
completeness, may negate the need for the automated review.

DATES: The proposed rule published August 12, 2014 (79 FR 47047), is 
corrected as of September 12, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald Burger, Office of Hazardous 
Materials Safety, Approvals and Permits Division, (202) 366-4535 or 
Eileen Edmonson, Office of Hazardous Materials Safety, Standards and 
Rulemaking Division, (202) 366-8553, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 
Safety Administration (PHMSA), 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 
DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In proposed rule FR Doc. 2014-18925, 79 FR 
47047, beginning on page 47047 in the issue of August 12, 2014, make 
the following corrections:

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1. On page 47062 in the 3rd column revise the first sentence of 
paragraph 3(b)(i), entitled ``Automated Review,'' to read as follows:
    ``(i) Automated review. An applicant for a special permit or 
approval which requires a fitness evaluation, but does not include 
coordination with an OA, is subject to an automated fitness review.''
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2. On page 47063 in the 1st column, revise the first sentence of 
paragraph 3(b)(ii), entitled `Safety profile review,'' to read as 
follows:
    ``(ii) Safety profile review. A fitness coordinator, as defined in 
Sec.  107.1, conducts a safety profile review of all applicants meeting 
one of the criteria listed earlier in this appendix under ``automated 
review,'' and all applicants whose fitness reviews are subject to 
coordination with an OA, as described in introductory paragraph 3(b) of 
this appendix.''

William S. Schoonover,
Deputy Associate Administrator, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2014-21776 Filed 9-11-14; 8:45 am]
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