Applications for Modification of Exemptions or Applications To Become a Party to an Exemption

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs Administration Office of Hazardous

Materials Safety

Applications for Modification of Exemptions or Applications To

Become a Party to an Exemption

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs Administration, DOT.

ACTION: List of Applications for Modification of Exemptions or

Applications to Become a Party to an Exemption.

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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 ``X'' denote a modification request. Application numbers with

the suffix ``P'' denote a party to request. These applications have

been separated from the new applications for exemptions to facilitate

processing.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 5, 1994.

ADDRESS COMMENTS TO: Dockets Unit, 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: Copies of the applications are available for

inspection in the Dockets Unit, room 8426, Nassif Building, 400 7th

Street SW., Washington, DC.

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Modification

Application No. Applicant of exemption

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9846-X Flexcon and Systems, Inc., Lafayette, 9846

LA (See Footnote 1).

10717-X Union Tank Car Company, East Chicago, 10717

IN (See Footnote 2).

10785-X Kay-Ray/Sensall, Inc., Mt. Prospect, 10785

IL (See Footnote 3).

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(1) To modify exemption to provide for the manufacture of bulk bags not

to exceed 3,300 pounds for use in transporting various Classes of

hazardous materials.

(2) To modify the exemption to authorize DOT-111A100W2 and 111A60W2 tank

cars without internal coatings to transport fuming sulfuric acid with

less than 30% excess S03 to continue with a 3 year tank retest

interval after age 20 provided tank shell was built with \9/16\'' or

thicker plate.

(3) To reissue exemption originally issued on an emergency basis to

manufacture, mark and sell non-DOT specification containers (radiation

detection chamber) in certain non-contacting measurement systems.

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Parties to

Application No. Applicant exemption

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4850-P Directional Wireline Services, Inc., 4850

Lake Charles, LA.

7041-P Albemarle Corporation, Baton Rouge, LA 7041

7774-P Directional Wireline Services, Inc., 7774

Lake Charles, LA.

7887-P MRED Industries, Inc., Petersburg, NY. 7887

8214-P TRW Vehicle Safety Systems, Queen 8214

Creek, AZ.

8845-P Directional Wireline Services, Inc., 8845

Lake Charles, LA.

8915-P Albemarle Corporation, Baton Rouge, LA 8915

9262-P Directional Wireline Services, Inc., 9262

Lake Charles, LA.

9275-P Cosmair Inc., North Brunswick, NJ..... 9275

9346-P Arrow Terminals, Industry, PA......... 9346

9408-P Albemarle Corporation, Baton Rouge, LA 9408

9507-P IWECO, Inc., Houston, TX.............. 9507

9549-P Directional Wireline Services, Inc., 9549

Lake Charles, LA.

9672-P Albemarle Corporation, Baton Rouge, LA 9672

9723-P Inland Water Pollution Control, 9723

Detroit, MI.

9723-P City Environmental, Inc., Detroit, MI. 9723

9723-P Universal Waste and Transit, Inc., 9723

Tampa, FL.

9723-P Smith Systems Transportation, Inc., 9723

Scottsbluff, NE.

9769-P Burlington Environmental, Inc., 9769

Seattle, WA.

9779-P Western Unichem, Houston, TX.......... 9779

10365-P United States Enrichment Corporation 10365

(USEC), Bethesda, MD.

10429-P Petrolite Corporation, St. Louis, MO.. 10429

10589-P Union Tank Car Company, East Chicago, 10589

IN.

10898-P Fluid System Components, Inc., Green 10898

Bay, WI.

11031-P Weyerhaeuser Company, Tacoma, WA...... 11031

11031-P Stone Forest Industries, Inc., Grants 11031

Pass, OR.

11031-P Oregon Trucking Associations, Inc., 11031

Roseburg, OR.

11031-P Boise Cascade Corporation, Boise, ID.. 11031

11031-P Timber Products Trucking, Inc., 11031

Central Point, OR.

11031-P Akzo Nobel Coatings, Inc., Salem, OR.. 11031

11031-P Empire Rubber & Supply Co., Portland, 11031

OR.

11031-P Medite Corporation, Medford, OR....... 11031

11031-P Williamette Industries, Inc., 11031

Portland, OR.

11031-P Oregon Trucking Associations, Inc., 11031

Portland, OR.

11119-P DBF, Inc., Riverview, MI.............. 11119

11218-P Praxair, Inc., Danbury, CT............ 11218

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This notice of receipt of applications for modification of

exemptions and for party to an exemption is published in accordance

with part 107 of the Hazardous Materials Transportations Act (49 U.S.C.

1806; 49 CFR 1.53(e)).

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 13, 1994.

J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,

Chief, Exemption Programs, Office of Hazardous Materials Exemptions and

Approvals.

[FR Doc. 94-9490 Filed 4-19-94; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Applications for Exemptions

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs Administration, DOT.

ACTION: List of applicants for 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. Each

mode of transportation for which a particular exemption 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 May 20, 1994.

ADDRESS COMMENTS TO: Dockets Unit, 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 application

number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:Copies of the applications are

available for inspection in the Dockets Unit, room 8426, Nassif

Building, 400 7th Street, SW. Washington, DC.

New Exemptions

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Application No. Applicant Regulation(s) affected Nature of exemption thereof

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11237-N Dapco Industries, Inc., 49 CFR 173.34(e)......... To authorize the ultrasonic testing

Ridgefield, CT. method of 3A and 3AA cylinders used for

transporting various hazardous

materials classed as Division 2.1, 2.3,

6.1 and Class 3 and 8. (Mode 1, 2, 3.)

11238-N Thiokol Corporation, 49 CFR 172.101, 172.102, To authorize the transportation of

Brigham City, UT. Code 109, 173.60(a), rocket motors, in propulsive stage

173.61, 173.62. containing one or more hazardous

materials, classed as Division 1.3, in

specially designed packaging. (Mode 1.)

11239-N CO.ME.F Carpenteria, 49 CFR 178.245-1(b)...... To authorize the transportation of

s.r.I., Tradate, Italy. certain liquefied flammable and non-

flammable refrigerant gases, Division

2.1 and 2.2, in non-DOT specification

steel portable tanks equipped with

openings in the shell which are not

grouped together. (Mode 1, 2, 3.)

11240-N Mead Fine Paper, 49 CFR 173.31(A1)(c)..... To authorize a one-time shipment of a

Chillicothe, OH. DOT-Specification 111A100W1 rail car,

which was filled after it was out-of-

test, containing corrosive liquid,

n.o.s., Class 8. (Mode 2.)

11241-N Rohn and Haas Company, 49 CFR 179.13............ To authorize the transportation of Class

Philadelphia, PA. 3 material in quantities greater than

those authorized by the CFR, not to

exceed 270,000 pounds gross weight in

DOT Specification 105J tank cars. (Mode

2.)

11242-N Northrop Corporation, 49 CFR 172.200, 172.300, To authorize the interfacility

Hawthorne, CA. 173.400, 173.60, 173.62. transportation of Class 1 explosives

packaged in strong wooden boxes and

shipped as non-regulated in private

owned enclosed vehicles. (Mode 1.)

11243-N Thiokol Corporation, 49 CFR 173.28(b)(4)...... To authorize UN1A2/Y 300/S drums of 220

Brigham City, UT. liter capacity embossed with a minimum

wall thickness of less than 0.96 mm,

equipped with polyethylene liner, to be

reused without reconditioning, for the

shipment of ammonium perchlorate,

Division 5.1. (Mode 1.)

11244-N Aerospace Design & 49 CFR 178.57-2(b) and To authorize the transportation of 4

Development, Inc., 178.57-5(a). liter cylinders constructed of titanium

Niwot, CO. alloy similar to DOT-4L Specification

equipped with 951 psi operating

pressure to provide air supply for self

contained breathing apparatus. (Mode

1.)

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This notice of receipt of applications for new exemptions is

published in accordance with part 107 of the Hazardous Materials

Transportations Act (49 U.S.C. 1806; 49 CFR 1.53(e)).

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 14, 1994.

J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,

Chief, Exemption Programs, Office of Hazardous Materials Exemptions and

Approvals.

[FR Doc. 94-9489 Filed 4-19-94; 8:45 am]

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