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 July 18, 1996.

ADDRESSES: 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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Regulation(s)

Application No. Applicant affected Nature of exemption thereof

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11699-N............. GEO Specialty 49 CFR 174.67....... To authorize the installation of a 1''

Chemicals, Bastrop, plugcock valve on the air inlet line located

LA. on the dome of rail cars that are not

equipped with dome vents or safety relief

valves that are used for transporting

aluminum sulfate, solution, Division 2.3.

(mode 2)

11700-N............. Cryodyne 49 CFR 173.301(i)(j) To authorize the transportation in commerce

Technologies, Inc., of non-flammable, non-toxic compressed

Madison, CT. gases, Division 2.2, in foreign made

cylinders from the port area to a compressed

gas company where the materials are

repackaged into DOT authorized compressed

gas cylinders for shipment to domestic users

of the material. (mode 1)

11701-N............. Dept. of Defense, 49 CFR 173.34(e)(13) To provide for a 3-year hydrostatic pressure

Falls Church, VA. (i) & (iii). test and to extend the life of non-DOT

specification cylinders used in the missile

program to 30 years. (modes 1, 2, 4)

11702-N............. Eka Nobel Inc., 49 CFR 172.101SP To authorize the use of a continuous vent and

Columbus, MS. B81, 178.345-10. pressure relief device on DOT 412 stainless

steel cargo tanks for use in transporting

Division 5.1. material. (mode 2)

11703-N............. Walter Kidde, Mebone, 49 CFR 171.2(c), To authorize the manufacture, marking and

NC. 173.301(h), 178.65. sale of non-DOT specification cylinders

comparable to DOT Specification 39 for

shipment of certain gases. (mode 1)

11708-N............. Elf Atochem North 49 CFR 172.101, SP To authorize the transportation in commerce

America, Inc., T18&T26. of methane sulfonic acid, Class 8, in IM101

Philadelphia, PA. tanks. (mode 1)

11711-N............. N.C. Department of 49 CFR 171, 172, To authorize the transportation in commerce

Agriculture, 173, 177. of pesticide wastes as essentially non-

Raleigh, NC. regulated for residence involved in a

pesticide collection program. (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 June 13, 1996.

J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,

Director, Office of Hazardous Materials, Exemptions and Approvals.

[FR Doc. 96-15414 Filed 6-17-96; 8:45 am]

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