Document ID: PHMSA-2013-0008-0530
Agency: phmsa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Permits; Applications, Issuances, etc.: Hazardous Materials
Posted Date: 2023-10-20T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 202 (Friday, October 20, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72558-72559]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23153]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Hazardous Materials: Notice of Applications for New 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.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 20, 2023.

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-addressed stamped postcard showing the special permit number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald Burger, Chief, Office of 
Hazardous Materials Safety General Approvals and Permits Branch, 
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, U.S. Department 
of Transportation, East Building, PHH-13, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 
Southeast, Washington, DC 20590-0001, (202) 366-4535.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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.
    Copies of the applications are available for inspection in the 
Records Center, East Building, PHH-13, 1200 New Jersey Avenue Southeast 
Washington, DC.
    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 October 5, 2023.
Donald P. Burger,
Chief, General Approvals and Permits Branch.

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                                                                                   Nature of the special permits
       Application No.                Applicant           Regulation(s) affected              thereof
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                                              Special Permits Data
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21632-N.....................  Weilert Enterprises, Inc.  173.56(b)...............  To authorize the manufacture,
                                                                                    mark, sale, and use of
                                                                                    packaging for cartridges,
                                                                                    power device classed as
                                                                                    Division 1.4S for the
                                                                                    transportation in commerce
                                                                                    of these hazardous
                                                                                    materials. (mode 5).
21633-N.....................  Exxonmobil Chemical        180.352(b)(1)...........  To authorize the
                               Company.                                             transportation in commerce
                                                                                    of Division 4.3 materials in
                                                                                    UN 31A steel intermediate
                                                                                    bulk containers that have
                                                                                    been requalified using an
                                                                                    alternative leakproofness
                                                                                    test using nitrogen rather
                                                                                    than oxygen. (mode 1).
21634-N.....................  Astra Space Operations,    173.301(f)(1),            To authorize the
                               Inc.                       173.302a(a)(1),           transportation in commerce
                                                          178.35(e).                of non-DOT specification
                                                                                    cylinders, incorporated into
                                                                                    a propellant management
                                                                                    system within a satellite.
                                                                                    The cylinders are based on
                                                                                    the ISO 11119-2 Standard and
                                                                                    are not equipped with
                                                                                    pressure relief devices.
                                                                                    (modes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
21635-N.....................  Point One USA, LLC.......  173.4b(a)(10)(ii).......  To authorize the
                                                                                    transportation of
                                                                                    colorimetric simulant kits
                                                                                    on passenger aircrafts.
                                                                                    (mode 5).
21636-N.....................  Tradewater LLC...........  173.306(a)(1)...........  To authorize the
                                                                                    transportation in commerce
                                                                                    of inner receptacles
                                                                                    containing refrigerant gases
                                                                                    in quantities exceeding 4
                                                                                    fluid ounces under the
                                                                                    limited quantity exception.
                                                                                    (modes 1, 2, 3).
21638-N.....................  Bae Systems Controls Inc.  172.101(j)..............  To authorize the
                                                                                    transportation in commerce
                                                                                    of lithium ion batteries
                                                                                    exceeding 35 kg by cargo-
                                                                                    only aircraft. (mode 4).
21642-N.....................  Air Liquide Electronics    173.23(a)...............  To authorize the one time
                               U.S. LP.                                             shipment of non-dot
                                                                                    cylinders of Xenon (UN2036)
                                                                                    to the USA for discharge and
                                                                                    then destruction. (modes 1,
                                                                                    2, 3).
21644-N.....................  G-Shang Metal Corporation  180.209.................  To authorize the
                                                                                    transportation in commerce
                                                                                    of DOT 3AL cylinders that
                                                                                    have been requalified every
                                                                                    10 years instead of every 5
                                                                                    years. (modes 1, 3).
21648-N.....................  Bentley Motors             172.101(j)..............  To authorize the
                               Incorporated.                                        transportation in commerce
                                                                                    of lithium ion batteries
                                                                                    exceeding 35 kg by cargo-
                                                                                    only aircraft. (mode 4).
21649-N.....................  Minnesoda Club LLC.......  171.2(k)................  To authorize the
                                                                                    transportation in commerce
                                                                                    of certain DOT 3AL, TC/3ALM
                                                                                    and UN ISO 7866 cylinders
                                                                                    that contain carbon dioxide,
                                                                                    with alternative hazard
                                                                                    communication. (modes 1, 2).
21650-N.....................  Bollore Logistics Germany  172.400, 172.101(j),      To authorize the
                               GmbH.                      172.300, 173.185(a)(1),   transportation in commerce
                                                          173.185(e)(7),            of certain non-DOT
                                                          173.301(f),               specification containers
                                                          173.302a(a)(1).           containing certain Division
                                                                                    2.2 and 2.3 liquefied and
                                                                                    compressed gases and other
                                                                                    hazardous materials for use
                                                                                    in specialty cooling
                                                                                    applications such as
                                                                                    satellites and military
                                                                                    aircraft. (modes 1, 4).
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[FR Doc. 2023-23153 Filed 10-19-23; 8:45 am]
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