Document ID: PHMSA-2008-0224-0001
Agency: phmsa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Notice of Application for Special Permits
Posted Date: 2008-08-21T04:00Z

[Federal Register: August 21, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 163)]
[Notices]               
[Page 49537-49538]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

 
Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Notice of Application 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 (49 CFR Part 107, 
Subpart B), 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 September 22, 2008.
    Address Comments to: 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: 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://
dms.dot.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 August 8, 2008.
Delmer F. Billings,
Director, Office of Hazardous Materials, Special Permits and Approvals.

                                               New Special Permits
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                                                                         Regulation(s)       Nature of special
    Application No.             Docket No.             Applicant           affected           permits thereof
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14739-N................  .......................  Battery Council     49 CFR 172.316....  To authorize the
                                                   International                           transportation in
                                                   (BCI), Chicago,                         commerce of certain
                                                   IL.                                     Consumer commodities
                                                                                           that have been
                                                                                           overpacked and do not
                                                                                           have the correct
                                                                                           markings on the inner
                                                                                           package when
                                                                                           transported by motor
                                                                                           vehicle. (mode 1)
14740-N................  .......................  Air Products and    49 CFR 173.301(c)   To authorize the
                                                   Chemicals, Inc.,    and (f) and         transportation in
                                                   Allentown, PA.      173.40.             commerce of certain
                                                                                           DOT-specification
                                                                                           cylinders containing
                                                                                           nitric oxide that do
                                                                                           not meet the
                                                                                           requirements for
                                                                                           pressure relief
                                                                                           devices. (modes 1, 3)
14741-N................  .......................  Weatherford         49 CFR 173.304....  To authorize the
                                                   International,                          transportation in
                                                   Fort Worth, TX.                         commerce of sulfur
                                                                                           hexafluoride in non-
                                                                                           DOT specification
                                                                                           cylinders. (modes 1,
                                                                                           3, 4, 5)
14742-N................  .......................  Strong              49 CFR 173.12(b)..  To authorize the
                                                   Environmental,                          manufacture, marking,
                                                   Inc., Norcross,                         sale and use of a IJN
                                                   GA.                                     standard 4G
                                                                                           fiberboard box for
                                                                                           use as the outer
                                                                                           packaging for lab
                                                                                           pack applications in
                                                                                           accordance with Sec.
                                                                                            173.12(b). (mode 1)
14743-N................  .......................  TIER DE, Inc.,      49 CFR 173.24b and  To authorize the one-
                                                   Gap, PA.            173.244.            time, one-way
                                                                                           transportation in
                                                                                           commerce of a non-DOT
                                                                                           specification metal
                                                                                           tank containing
                                                                                           approximately 700
                                                                                           lbs. of sodium by
                                                                                           motor vehicle. (mode
                                                                                           1)
14744-N................  .......................  Sandia National     49 CFR              To authorize the
                                                   Laboratories,       173.24(b)(1) and    transportation in
                                                   Albuquerque, NM.    173.302a.           commerce of DOT
                                                                                           Specification 3AA and
                                                                                           ICC 3A cylinders
                                                                                           containing nitrogen,
                                                                                           compressed, and a non-
                                                                                           DOT specification
                                                                                           refrigeration system
                                                                                           containing helium
                                                                                           that are installed in
                                                                                           the Advance Flight
                                                                                           Telescope (AFT)
                                                                                           Payload where the
                                                                                           cylinders release
                                                                                           nitrogen into the
                                                                                           satellite telescope
                                                                                           during
                                                                                           transportation.
                                                                                           (modes 1, 4, 5)
14746-N................  .......................  Preferred Foam      49 CFR 173.315(a).  To authorize the
                                                   Products, Inc.,                         transportation in
                                                   Clinton, CT.                            commerce of certain
                                                                                           non-DOT specification
                                                                                           portable tanks
                                                                                           containing a Division
                                                                                           2.2 compressed gas.
                                                                                           (modes 1, 2)
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