Document ID: PHMSA-2013-0008-0459
Agency: phmsa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Hazardous Materials: Actions on Special Permits
Posted Date: 2021-11-10T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 215 (Wednesday, November 10, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62595-62597]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-24561]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Hazardous Materials: Notice of Actions on Special Permits

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

ACTION: Notice of actions on special permit applications.

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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 December 10, 2021.

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

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Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, East Building, PHH-
13, 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-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 November 4, 2021.
Donald P. Burger,
Chief, General Approvals and Permits Branch.

                                          Special Permits Data--Granted
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                                                                                   Nature of the special permits
       Application No.                 Applicant          Regulation(s) affected              thereof
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10232-M                        Illinois Tool Works Inc.  173.304(d), 173.167,      To modify the special permit
                                                          173.306(i).               to remove an obsolete proper
                                                                                    shipping name from the
                                                                                    special permit.
11947-M                        Patts Fabrication, Inc..  173.241, 173.242,         To modify the special permit
                                                          173.243, 177.834(h).      to authorize additional
                                                                                    hazmat to be transported.
16231-M                        Thales Alenia Space.....  172.101(j), 173.301(f),   To modify the special permit
                                                          173.302a(a)(1),           to authorize additional 2.3
                                                          173.304a(a)(2).           hazmat.
20336-M                        Geotek Coring Inc.......  173.3(d)................  To modify the special permit
                                                                                    to authorize up to 36
                                                                                    salvage cylinders in an ISO
                                                                                    container.
21134-N                        GATX Corporation........  179.100-4, 179.200-4....  To authorize the use of
                                                                                    certain jacketed DOT
                                                                                    specification tank cars that
                                                                                    have been repaired pursuant
                                                                                    to Applicant's Jacket Patch
                                                                                    Procedure.
21163-N                        United Initiators, Inc..  178.345-10(b)(1)........  To authorize the
                                                                                    transportation in commerce
                                                                                    of organic peroxides in
                                                                                    cargo tank motor vehicles
                                                                                    that utilize alternative
                                                                                    pressure relief devices,
                                                                                    specifically 4-12'' diameter
                                                                                    rupture disks (See Drawing)
                                                                                    in lieu of the prescribed
                                                                                    reclosing PRD.
21178-N                        Meggitt Safety Systems,   173.302(a)(1)...........  To authorize the manufacture,
                                Inc.                                                mark, sale, and use of non-
                                                                                    DOT specification small,
                                                                                    high pressure cylinders of
                                                                                    welded construction similar
                                                                                    to a DOT 3HT.
21195-M                        Panasonic Energy          173.185(c)..............  To modify the special permit
                                Corporation of America.                             to authorize additional
                                                                                    packaging.
21203-N                        Daklapack US Inc........  173.199(a)..............  To authorize the
                                                                                    transportation in commerce
                                                                                    of category B biological
                                                                                    samples without rigid outer
                                                                                    packaging.
21212-N                        The Boeing Company......  178.955.................  To authorize the
                                                                                    transportation in commerce
                                                                                    of environmentally hazardous
                                                                                    substances contained in non-
                                                                                    DOT specification bulk
                                                                                    packagings by motor vehicle.
21213-M                        Space Exploration         172.300, 172.400,         To modify the special permit
                                Technologies Corp.        173.302(a).               to increase the number of
                                                                                    cylinders and add additional
                                                                                    routes.
21237-N                        Mauser USA, LLC.........  178.503(a)(3)(ii).......  To authorize the use of
                                                                                    certain 1H1 plastic drums
                                                                                    with markings that do not
                                                                                    include the letter
                                                                                    identifying the performance
                                                                                    standard.
21240-M                        Volkswagen Group of       172.101(j)..............  To modify the special permit
                                America Chattanooga                                 to authorize an additional
                                Operations, LLC.                                    lithium ion battery.
21242-N                        Myers Container, LLC....  178.503(a)(10)..........  To authorize the use of
                                                                                    certain UN Standard steel
                                                                                    drums exceeding 100 L in
                                                                                    which the marking required
                                                                                    by 49 CFR 178.503(a)(10) on
                                                                                    the bottom of the drum has a
                                                                                    different year of
                                                                                    manufacture than the top
                                                                                    head or side of the drum.
21258-N                        Veolia Es Technical       173.224(c), 173.21(f),    To authorize the one-time one-
                                Solutions, LLC.           173.124(a)(2)(iii)(C),    way transportation of self-
                                                          173.124(a)(2)(iii)(D).    reactive waste for disposal.
21273-N                        Spaceflight, Inc........  173.185(e)(3)...........  To authorize the
                                                                                    transportation in commerce
                                                                                    of low production and
                                                                                    prototype lithium batteries
                                                                                    contained in equipment by
                                                                                    motor vehicle.
21278-N                        ConocoPhillips Alaska,    172.101(j), 173.318.....  To authorize the
                                Inc.                                                transportation in commerce
                                                                                    of refrigerated liquid
                                                                                    nitrogen aboard cargo-only
                                                                                    aircraft within Alaska.
21284-N                        General Motors LLC......  173.185(a)(1)...........  To authorize the
                                                                                    transportation in commerce
                                                                                    via motor vehicle of
                                                                                    production batteries that
                                                                                    have not been proven to be
                                                                                    of a type that meets the
                                                                                    testing requirements of the
                                                                                    UN Manual of Test and
                                                                                    Criteria Section 38.3.
21291-N                        Praxair Distribution,     173.24(c), 173.25.......  To authorize the
                                Inc.                                                transportation in commerce
                                                                                    of a corrosive solid, toxic,
                                                                                    n.o.s. in a non-DOT
                                                                                    specification package
                                                                                    (fluorine generator) to
                                                                                    Korea for repair.

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21295-N                        Kavok Eir, Tov..........  172.101(j),               To authorize the
                                                          172.204(c)(3),            transportation in commerce
                                                          172.204(c)(3), 173.27,    of forbidden explosives by
                                                          175.30(a)(1).             cargo aircraft.
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                      Special Permits Data--Denied
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                                                           Nature of the
                                        Regulation(s)         special
  Application No.      Applicant           affected           permits
                                                              thereof
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                     Special Permits Data--Withdrawn
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                                                           Nature of the
                                        Regulation(s)         special
  Application No.      Applicant           affected           permits
                                                              thereof
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                    ...............  ...................  ..............
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