Hazardous Materials: Notice of Applications for New Special Permits
In accordance with the procedures governing the application for, and the processing of, special permits from the Department of Transportation's Hazardous Material Regulations, n...
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
AGENCY:
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), DOT.
( printed page 70982)
ACTION:
List of applications for special permits.
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 9, 2026.
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, Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Safety Special Permits Program, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, East Building, PHH-6, 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-6, 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 2, 2026.
Donald P. Burger,
Director, Special Permits Program.
Application No.
Applicant
Regulation(s) Affected
Nature of the special permits thereof
SPECIAL PERMITS DATA
22420-N
Eastman Chemical Company
172.203(a), 172.302(c), 173.31(d)(1)(ii)
To authorize the transportation in commerce of tank cars in which the manway cover gasket has been subjected to the leak detection method(s) in lieu of a visual inspection. (mode 2)
22422-N
Busek Co., Inc
173.301(f)(1), 178.35(e)
To authorize the transportation in commerce of non-DOT specification cylinders containing xenon, compressed within the Hall Effect Thruster propulsion system (satellite component). (modes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
22424-N
EVE Energy Malaysia Sdn. Bhd
173.185(b)(3)(i), 173.185(b)(6)
To authorize the transportation in commerce by motor vehicle, rail freight, and cargo vessel of lithium ion cells packaged within a UN50G fiberboard Large Packaging. (modes 1, 2, 3)
22425-N
The Battery Network, Inc
173.185(f)(1)
To authorize the manufacture, mark, sale and use of UN1A2 PGI drums containing granular thermal suppressant material for the transportation in commerce of damaged, defective, or recalled cells and batteries including those contained in or packed in equipment. (mode 1 and 2)
To authorize the transportation in commerce of spacecraft (satellite) or components of spacecraft containing toxic gas (anhydrous ammonia) in non-DOT specification containers (heat pipes), non-flammable, non-toxic gas (xenon) in non-DOT specification aluminum lined composite overwrapped pressure vessels and low production lithium ion batteries transported in a Satellite Transport Container (STC). (modes 1, 3, 4)
22429-N
LDJ Manufacturing, Inc
177.834(h), 178.705(d)
To authorize the manufacture, mark, sale and use of non-specification IBCs having a capacity less than 119 gallons which may be discharged without being removed from the vehicle. (mode 1)
22430-N
U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection
172.200, 172.300, 172.400, 173.25, 175.75(b)
To authorize the transportation in commerce of certain radiation survey devices containing Division 2.2 gases aboard commercial passenger aircraft. (mode 5)
22438-N
BIC Indiana
173.185(a)(1)
To authorize the transportation in commerce of prototype lithium ion batteries for lab testing. (mode 4)
22439-N
DGM Italia Srl
172.101(j)
To authorize the transportation in commerce of lithium ion batteries packed with equipment that exceed 35 kg net weight aboard cargo-only aircraft. (mode 4)
To authorize the transportation in commerce of hazardous materials by rotorcraft external load in amounts that exceed the maximum net quantity in the HMR with additional hazard communication, specification packaging, and stowage exceptions. (mode 4)
To authorize the manufacture, mark, sale and use of non-DOT specification composite overwrapped pressure vessels (COPV) for the transportation in commerce of compressed gases. (modes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
( printed page 70983)
22448-N
Luoyang Sunrui Special Equipment Co., Ltd
180.205(g)(1)
To authorize the requalification of DOT 3AA, 3AAX, 3T cylinder or UN/ISO 11120 cylinders by utilizing 100% Ultrasonic Examination (UE) in lieu of the internal visual inspection and the hydrostatic pressure test. (modes 1, 2, 3)
Use this for formal legal and research references to the published document.
91 FR 70981
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“Hazardous Materials: Notice of Applications for New Special Permits,” thefederalregister.org (November 9, 2026), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2026-22777/hazardous-materials-notice-of-applications-for-new-special-permits.
49 U.S.C. 5117(b)
49 CFR 1.53(b)