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 (30 days after

publication).

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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11409-N Pure Solve, Inc., Irving, 49 CFR 173.28(b)(2)....... To authorize the transportation of

TX. combustible liquids, n.o.s. Class 3, in

DOT-1A2 drums that are exempted from

retesting criteria. (Mode 1).

11411-N National Propane Gas 49 CFR 173.315(j)......... To authorize the transportation in

Association, Arlington, commerce of more than 5 percent of

VA. propane to be transported in non-DOT

specification consumer tanks. (Mode 1.)

11413-N Dow Chemical, NA, Midland, 49 CFR 173.314 Note 23.... To authorize the transportation in

MI. commerce of methyl chloride, Division

2.1, in DOT 105A500W tank cars built

after August 31, 1981 equipped with

modified excess flow check valves. (Mode

2.)

11414-N FIBA Compressed Gas 49 CFR 173.304(a)(2)...... To authorize the transportation in

Equipment, Westboro, MA. commerce of perfluoromethylvinyl ether,

Division 2.1, in DOT-3AAX 1800 tubes or

higher in manifolded condition. (Modes

1, 3.)

11415-N Aldrich Chemical Co., 49 CFR 172.101(c)(13), To authorize the transportation of small

Inc., Milwaukee, WI. 173.224(b). quantities of 2,2-Azodi

(isobutyronitrile) (AIBN) without

temperature control when described as,

and otherwise in conformance with the

requirements applicable to, a ``Self-

reactive solid type C'' in specially

designed packaging, (Modes 1, 2, 4, 5.)

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11416-N U.S. Enrichment Corp., 49 CFR 172.302(c), 173.420 To authorize the transportation in

Bethesda, MD. commerce of 1S and 2S sample containers

manufactured without ASME code stamp for

use in transporting uranium

hexafluoride, Class 7. (Modes 1, 4, 5.)

11417-N Essex Cryogenics of 49 CFR 178.57-8C.......... To authorize the manufacture, mark and

Missouri, Inc., St. sale of non-DOT specification cylinders

Louis, MO. built to DOT-4L Specification except for

the total heat transfer requirement as

part of a unit structurally mounted to

an ambulance previously reserved for

high pressure gaseous oxygen containers.

(Mode 1.)

11421-N EOG Environmental, Inc., 49 CFR 177.848(d)......... To authorize the transportation in

Milwaukee, WI. commerce of labpacks containing

spontaneously combustible materials,

Division 4.2, with lab packs containing

acids and corrosive liquids, Class 8.

(Mode 1.)

11422-N EOG Environmental, Inc., 49 CFR 177.848, 177.848(d) To authorize the transportation in

Milwaukee, WI. commerce of labpacks containing PIH,

Zone A, Division 6.1 with other hazard

classes in the same transport vehicle.

(Mode 1.)

11423-N EOG Environmental, Inc., 49 CFR 177.848(d)......... To authorize the transportation in

Milwaukee, WI. commerce of Poisonous Gases, Zone A,

with material of other hazard classes in

the same transport vehicle. (Mode 1.)

11424-N Midwest Corporate Air, 49 CFR 107, Subpart B, To authorize the transportation of

Inc., Bellefontaine, OH. 172.101, 172.204(c)(3), Division 1.1,1.2,1.3 and 1.4 explosives

173.27, 175.30(a)(1). which are forbidden or exceed quantities

authorized. (Mode 4.)

11425-N Hoechst Celanese, 49 CFR 177.834(i)(3)...... To authorize diemthyl terephthalate,

Charlotte, NC. Class 9, filled cargo tanks to be loaded

or unloaded without the physical

presence of an unloader. (Mode 1.)

11426-N Laidlaw Environmental 49 CFR 177.848(d)......... To authorize the transport, loading and

Services Inc., LaPorte, storage of Division 4.2 hazardous wastes

TX. in non-bulk and bulk packages on the

same transport vehicle with Class 8

liquid hazardous materials. (Mode 1.)

11427-N Georgia Gulf Corp., 49 CFR 179.201-1, 179.201- To authorize the transportation of safety

Plaquemine, LA. 7. vent rupture discs rated higher than 60

psig burst pressure on DOT 111A60W1 tank

cars in sodium hydroxide solution

service. (Mode 2.)

11428-N Albemarle Corp., Baton 49 CFR 172.101, Footnote To authorize the transportation in

Rouge, LA. B14. commerce of methyl bromide, Division 3,

Poison, Gas, PIH Zone C in uninsulated

DOT Specification 51 ISO tanks. (Mode

2.)

11430 Sachs Automotive of .......................... To authorize the manufacture, mark and

America, Troy, MI. sale of shock absorbers containing

either compressed nitrogen gas or

compressed air, regardless of internal

pressure to be transported without

shipping papers and labels. (Modes 1, 2,

3, 4, 5.)

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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 March 10, 1995.

J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,

Chief, Exemption Programs, Office of Hazardous Materials Exemptions and

Approvals.

[FR Doc. 95-6479 Filed 3-15-95; 8:45 am]

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