Document ID: PHMSA-2013-0008-0005
Agency: phmsa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Special Permit Applications
Posted Date: 2013-03-26T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 58 (Tuesday, March 26, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18420-18421]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-06698]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Special Permit Applications Actions

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 (49 CFR part 107, 
subpart B), notice is hereby given of the actions on special permits 
applications in (February to February 2013). The mode of transportation 
involved are identified 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. Application numbers prefixed by the letters EE represent 
applications for Emergency Special Permits. It should be noted that 
some of the sections cited were those in effect at the time certain 
special permits were issued.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on March 18, 2013.
Donald Burger,
Chief, Special Permits and Approvals Branch.

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                                                                                      Nature of special permit
           S.P No.                    Applicant                Regulation(s)                  thereof
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                                       MODIFICATION SPECIAL PERMIT GRANTED
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11470-M.....................  Veolia ES Technical        49 CFR 172.301(a)(2)....  To modify the special permit
                               Solutions, L.L.C.,                                   to authorize revising the
                               Flanders, NJ.                                        marking requirements.
15655-M.....................  Walt Disney Parks and      49 CFR 173.56(b) and      To modify the special permit
                               Resorts U.S., Inc.,        172.320.                  to authorize an additional
                               Anaheim, CA.                                         packaging configuration.
13232-M.....................  CP Industries,             49 CFR 178.37(k)(2)(i);   To modify the special permit
                               McKeesport, PA.            178.37(1);                to remove the requirement
                                                          178.45(j)(1);             for maintaining a copy of
                                                          178.45(k)(2).             the special permit where
                                                                                    each package is offered or
                                                                                    reoffered for
                                                                                    transportation.
15647-M.....................  Thunderbird Cylinder,      49 CFR 179.7 and 180.505  To reissue the special permit
                               Inc., Phoenix, AZ.                                   originally issued on an
                                                                                    emergency basis for
                                                                                    retesting of certain DOT
                                                                                    Specification and non-DOT
                                                                                    Specification multi unit
                                                                                    tank car tanks.
14003-M.....................  INOCOM Inc., Riverside,    49 CFR 173.302(a)(1),     To modify the special permit
                               CA.                        173.304(a) and 180.205.   by replacing the current
                                                                                    CFFC gunfire test with the
                                                                                    ISO-11119-2 gunfire test for
                                                                                    cylinders with diameter of
                                                                                    120 mm or less.
15118-M.....................  Mystery Creek Resources    49 CFR 172.101 Column     To modify the special permit
                               Inc., Anchorage, AK.       (9B).                     to authorize Sodium
                                                                                    hydroxide solution in
                                                                                    quantities that exceed those
                                                                                    authorized by cargo only
                                                                                    aircraft.
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                                           NEW SPECIAL PERMIT GRANTED
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15676-N.....................  Iberica del Espacio, S.A.  49 CFR 172.101 Column     To authorize the
                                                          (9B).                     transportation in commerce
                                                                                    of anhydrous ammonia by
                                                                                    cargo aircraft exceeding the
                                                                                    quantities authorized in
                                                                                    Column (9B). (mode 4)
15716-N.....................  Department of Energy,      49 CFR, 49 CFR Sec.       To authorize the
                               Washington, DC.            173.310.                  transportation in commerce
                                                                                    of boron trifluoride in
                                                                                    radiation detectors. (mode
                                                                                    1)
15735-N.....................  W.R. Grace, Grace-Conn,    49 CFR 173.242..........  To authorize the
                               Columbia, MD.                                        transportation in commerce
                                                                                    of a Class 4.3 material in
                                                                                    an IBC. (mode 1)
15741-N.....................  Pacific Consolidated       49 CFR 173.302(f) (3),    To authorize the
                               Industries, LLC            (4), (5); 175.501(e)(3).  transportation of oxidizing
                               Riverside, CA.                                       gases by cargo aircraft
                                                                                    without a strong outer
                                                                                    packaging capable of passing
                                                                                    the Flame Penetration
                                                                                    Restance Test, the Thermal
                                                                                    Resistance Test, and to
                                                                                    waive marking the outer
                                                                                    package. (modes 4, 5)
15744-N.....................  Praxair Distribution,      49 CFR 180.205; 180.209.  To authorize the
                               Inc., Danbury, CT.                                   transportation in commerce
                                                                                    of certain cylinders that
                                                                                    have been ultrasonically
                                                                                    retested for use in
                                                                                    transporting Division 2.1,
                                                                                    2.2, and 2.3 materials.
                                                                                    (modes 1, 2, 3, 4)

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15758-N.....................  K&S Helicopters, Inc.      49 CFR Sec.   172.101,    To authorize the
                               Column (9B), Kailua        Sec.   172.204(c)(3),     transportation in commerce
                               Kona, HI.                  Sec.   173.27(b)(2),      of certain hazardous
                                                          Sec.   175.30(a)(1),      materials by Part 133
                                                          Sec.  Sec.   172.200,     Rotorcraft External. Load
                                                          172.300, 172.400,         Operations, attached to or
                                                          173.302(f)(3) and Sec.    suspended from an aircraft,
                                                           175.75.                  in remote areas of the US
                                                                                    without meeting certain
                                                                                    hazard communication and
                                                                                    stowage requirements. (mode
                                                                                    4)
15768-N.....................  E.I. DuPont de Nemours &   49 CFR 172.302(a);        To authorize the
                               Company, Inc., Mt.         172.302(c); 172.326(a);   transportation in commerce
                               Clemens, MI.               172.331(b); 172.504(a).   of bulk packagings and
                                                                                    unmarked IBCs and DOT-57
                                                                                    portable tanks containing
                                                                                    residue of high flash point
                                                                                    combustible liquid. (mode 1)
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                                        EMERGENCY SPECIAL PERMIT GRANTED
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12135-M.....................  Daicel Safety Systems,     49 CFR 173.301(h);        To modify the special permit
                               Inc., Hyogo Prefecture     173.302; 173.306(d)(3).   to authorize a new design of
                               671-1681.                                            non-DOT specification
                                                                                    cylinders (pressure vessels)
                                                                                    for use as components of
                                                                                    automobile vehicle safety
                                                                                    systems. (modes 1, 2, 3, 4)
15756-M.....................  United States              49 CFR Parts 171-180....  To authorize additional time
                               Environmental Protection                             for the transportation in
                               Agency Region II,                                    commerce of certain
                               Edison, NJ.                                          hazardous materials in
                                                                                    support of the recovery and
                                                                                    relief efforts within the
                                                                                    Hurricane Sandy disaster
                                                                                    areas of New York and New
                                                                                    Jersey under conditions that
                                                                                    may not meet the Hazardous
                                                                                    Materials Regulations. (mode
                                                                                    1)
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15817-N.....................  CL Smith Company, Saint    49 CFR 173.13(a),         Authorizes the manufacture,
                               Louis, MO.                 173.13(b),                marking, and sale of
                                                          173.13(c)(l)(ii),         specially designed
                                                          173.13(c)(1)(iv),         combination packaging, for
                                                          173.13(d).                shipment of small quantities
                                                                                    Division 6.1 solids in
                                                                                    Packing Group II and III
                                                                                    shipped without labels.
                                                                                    (modes 1, 2, 4, 5)
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                                                     DENIED
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15764-N.....................   Request by Matheson Tr-Gas Basking Ridge, NJ February 15, 2013. To authorize the
                                 transportation in commerce of certain cylinders that have been ultrasonically
                                     retested for use in transporting Division 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3 materials.
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