Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Notice of Applications for Exemptions

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs Administration

Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Notice of 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 January 26, 1996.

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: 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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11585-N.............. Prillaman Chemical Corp., 49 CFR 176.67(i) & (j)...... To authorize tank cars to

Suffolk, VA. remain connected during

unloading of chlorine

without the physical

presence of an unloader.

(Mode 2.)

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11591-N.............. Clearwater Distributors, 49 CFR 177.834(a), To authorize the

Inc., Woodridge, NY. 177.834(h). transportation of multiple

portable tanks permanently

affixed to the vehicle

equipped with unloading rod

for use in unloading Class

8 material. (Mode 2.)

11592-N.............. Amtrol Inc., West Warwick, RI 49 CFR 173.306(g)........... To authorize an alternative

design equation in the

manufacture, mark and sale

of cylinders of deep-drawn

dome design for use in

transporting compressed air

or compressed nitrogen.

(Mode 1, 2, 3.)

11593-N.............. Johnson & Johnson, Skillman, 49 CFR 162.301, 172; Subpart To authorize the

NJ. C, 172; Subpart F, 172; transportation in commerce

Subpart G, 172.400, of highway fusees packed in

173.184(b), 178. first aid kits for retail

sales, classed as ORM-D to

be shipped without required

shipping papers, marking,

labelling or placarding.

(Mode 1.)

11595-N.............. B.F. Goodrich, Cleveland, OH. 49 CFR 174.67 (i), (j) & (k) To authorize rail cars to

remain connected during

unloading of carbon

disulfide, Class 3, without

the physical presence of an

unloader. (Mode 2.)

11597-N.............. Zeneca, Inc., Wilmington, DE. 49 CFR 173.28............... To authorize the

transportation in commerce

of reused composite UN6HA1

drums without leakproof

testing for use in

transporting Class 9

material. (Mode 2.)

11598-N.............. Metalcraft Inc., Baltimore, 49 CFR 173.34(d), 175.3..... To authorize the

MD. manufacture, mark and sale

of fire extinguishers

equipped with non-specified

pressure relief devices for

use in transporting

Division 2.2 material.

(Modes 1, 4, 5.)

11599-N.............. Haviland Products Co., Grand 49 CFR 173.158.............. To authorize the

Rapids, MI. transportation in commerce

of non-bulk nitric acid,

other than red fuming, less

than 70%, in 15 gallon and

55 gallon, reusable 1H1

plastic drums. (Mode 1.)

11601-N.............. Hampton & Branchville RR Co., 49 CFR 174.85(c) & (d)(2)... To authorize the

Inc., Hampton, SC. transportation of rail cars

containing certain

hazardous materials without

space cars in required

sequence. (Mode 2.)

11602-N.............. The American Aluminum 49 CFR 172.101, 172.301(c), To authorize the

Association, et al., 173.22a, 173.241, 173.242; transportation in commerce

Cleveland, OH. Appendix B to Part 107. of sift-proof bulk

packagings comparable to

those described in Section

173.240 and SP B54 for the

shipment of aluminum

processing by products,

including drosses and spent

potliner. (Modes 1, 2, 3.)

11604-N.............. G.R.P. Trasporti Ferroviari 49 CFR 178.245-1(b)......... To authorize the

S. A., Switzerland. transportation in commerce

of IMO Type 5 portable

tanks equipped with bottom

outlets similar to DOT

Specification 51, except

for location of openings

for use in transporting

Division 2.2 material.

(Modes 1, 2, 3.)

11606-N.............. Safety-Kleen Corp., Elgin, IL 49 CFR 173.28(b)(2)......... To authorize the

transportation in commerce

of reused non-DOT

specification steel drums

to ship waste combustible

liquid and

tetrachloroethylene

sludges. (Mode 2.)

11607-N.............. Degussa Corporation, 49 CFR 173.32C(j)........... To authorize transportation

Ridgefield Park, NJ. in commerce of disodium

tetrasulfide, Class 8,

(corrosive solid) in IMO

Type 1 tanks of 5000 liters

capacity which are loaded

to a filling density less

than 80% by volume. (Modes

1, 2, 3.)

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This notice of receipts of applications for new exemptions is

published in accordance with Part 107 of the Hazardous Materials

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

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 19, 1995.

J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,

Chief, Exemption Programs, Office of Hazardous Materials Exemptions and

Approvals.

[FR Doc. 95-31330 Filed 12-26-95; 8:45 am]

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