Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Applications for Modification of Exemption

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 141 (Friday, July 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 40059]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-18918]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs Administration


Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Applications for 
Modification of Exemption

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs Administration, DOT.

ACTION: List of Applications for Modification of Exemptions.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the procedures governing the application 
for, and the processing of, exemptions from the Department of 
Transportation's Hazardous Materials Regulations (49 CFR Part 107, 
Subpart B), notice is hereby given that the Office of Hazardous 
Materials Safety has received the applications described herein. This 
notice is abbreviated to expedite docketing and public notice. Because 
the sections affected, modes of transportation, and the nature of 
application have been shown in earlier Federal Register publications, 
they are not repeated here. Requests for modifications of exemptions 
(e.g. to provide for additional hazardous materials, packaging design 
changes, additional mode of transportation, etc.) are described in 
footnotes to the application number. Application numbers with the 
suffix ``M'' denote a modification request. These applications have 
been separated from the new applications for exemptions to facilitate 
processing.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 9, 1999.

ADDRESS COMMENTS TO: Records Center, Research and Special Programs 
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 exemption number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the applications are 
available for inspection in the Records Center, Nassif Building, 400 
7th Street SW, Washington, DC.

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                                                                                                   Modification
    Application No.             Docket No.                           Applicant                     of exemption
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8723-M................  .........................  Dyno Noble, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (See                8723
                                                    Footnote 1).
9672-M................  .........................  Albermarle Corporation, Baton Rouge, LA (See             9672
                                                    Footnote 2).
10427-M...............  .........................  Astrotech Space Operations, Inc., Titusville,           10427
                                                    FL (See Footnote 3).
10656-M...............  .........................  Conf. of Radiation Control Program Directors,           10656
                                                    Inc., Frankfort, KY (See Footnote 4).
10945-M...............  .........................  Structural Composites Industries (SCI),                 10945
                                                    Pomona, CA (See Footnote 5).
10987-M...............  .........................  Air Products and Chemical, Inc., Allentown,             10987
                                                    PA (See Footnote 6).
11263-M...............  .........................  Koopers Industries, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (See           11263
                                                    Footnote 7).
11329-M...............  .........................  Degesch America, Inc., Weyers Cave, VA (See             11329
                                                    Footnote 8).
11406-M...............  .........................  Conf. of Radiation Control Program Directors,           11406
                                                    Inc., Frankfort, KY (See Footnote 9).
11753-M...............  .........................  Ashland Specialty Chemical Company, Columbus,           11753
                                                    OH (See Footnote 10).
12283-M...............  .........................  RSPA-1999-5767 AT&T ALASCOM, Anchorage, AK              12283
                                                    (See Footnote 11).
12284-M...............  .........................  RSPA-1999-5935 L&D Safety Marking Corp.,                12284
                                                    Barre, VT (See Footnote 12).
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1 To modify the exemption to allow for an additional emulsion tote bin design for shipments of certain Division
  1.5 explosives and/or Division 5.1 oxidizers.
2 To modify the exemption to allow for additional shipping descriptions, classed as Division 4.2 materials, in
  DOT Specification MC-330 or MC-331 cargo tanks.
3 To modify the exemption to delete the midnight to 6:00 am transport requirement for shipment of ``Flight-
  ready'' spacecraft containing hazardous materials in specially designed non-DOT specification transport
  containers.
4 To modify the exemption to revise approval provisions and documentation required for shipments of metal
  containing unknown amounts of unidentified radionuclides.
5 To modify the exemption to authorize an addition Division 2.2 material in a non-DOT specification fully
  wrapped carbon-fiber reinforced aluminum lined cylinder.
6 To modify the exemption to extend the requalification and inspection period to once every five years for non-
  DOT specification open heal, steel salvage cylinders containing gases and mixtures of gases.
7 To modify the exemption to authorize the use of non-DOT specification fiber drums for the transportation of
  solid coal tar pitch compounds, Class 9, that exceed reportable quantities.
8 To modify the exemption to authorize an additional Division 4.3 material transported by private motor vehicle
  in specifically designed packages.
9 To modify the exemption to revise approval provisions and documentation required for shipments of waste or
  recycled materials, Class 7.
10 To modify the exemption to include an additional UN1H1 drum as authorized packaging for the transportation of
  certain Class 8 materials.
11 To reissue the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis for the transportation in commerce of large
  wet storage batteries in non-DOT specification packages.
12 To reissue the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis for the transportation of certain non-DOT
  specification cargo tanks used for roadway striping.

    This notice of receipt of applications for modification of 
exemptions 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 July 20, 1999.
J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,
Director, Office of Hazardous Materials, Exemptions and Approvals.
[FR Doc. 99-18918 Filed 7-22-99; 8:45 am]
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