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 May 17, 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 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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11662-N FIBA Technologies, Inc., 49 CFR 173.304(a)(2).... To authorize the transportation in

Westboro, MA. commerce of hexafluorethane, Division

2.2, in DOT-3T 2400 cylinders. (modes

1, 2, 3)

11663-N Pfizer Inc., Groton, CT.. 49 CFR 173.304(a)(2), To authorize rail cars to remain

174.67(i)&(j). connected during unloading process

without the physical presence of an

unloader. (mode 2)

11664-N Breed Technologies, Inc., 49 CFR 173.166(e)....... To authorize the transportation in

Lakeland, FL. commerce of airbag modules, Class 9, in

fiberboard intermediate bulk

containers. (modes 1, 2, 3, 5)

11665-N Pan Air, Houston, TX..... 49 CFR 171.11, 172.101, To authorize the transportation in

172.204(c)(3), 173.27, commerce of Diviaion 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and

175.30(a)(1), 1.4 explosives which are forbidden for

175.320(b), Part 107, shipment by air or are in quantities

Appendix B. greater than those prescribed for

shipment by air. (mode 4)

11666-N UCar International Inc., 49 CFR 173.240(b)....... To authorize the transportation of

Danbury, CT. graphite products classified as

Miscellaneous Hazardous Class 9

material in bulk packaging strapped to

wooden pallets on an open flat truck

bed. (mode 1)

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11667-N Weldship Corp., 49 CFR 173.34(e)........ To authorize an alternative retesting

Bethlehem, PA. method of DOT-3AAX, 3T, 107A, 3A and

3AA compressed gas cylinders. (mode 1)

11668-N AlliedSignal, Inc., 49 CFR 173.420(2)(d).... To authorize the one time shipment of

Morristown, NJ. space defective Model 48 OM cylinder

containing uranium hexafluoride, Class

7. (mode 1)

11669-N Ciba-Geigy Corp., 49 CFR 177.834(i)(2).... To authorize the unloading of Division

Tarrytown, NJ. 2.2 and Division 2.3 material from

cargo tanks into storage tanks without

the physical presence of an unloader.

(mode 1)

1670-N Oilphase Sampling 49 CFR 178.36(3A)....... To authorize the transportation in

Services Limited, Dye, commerce of pressurised oil well

Aberdeen, Scotland. formation samples from the well site to

the analysis laboratory in specially

designed non-DOT specification

packaging. (modes 1, 2, 3, 4)

1671-N Matheson Gas Products, 49 CFR 172.101, Col. To authorize the transportation in

Secaucus, NJ. (9B). commerce of arsine and phosphine,

Division 2.3 in DOT specification

cylinders by cargo only aircraft. (mode

4)

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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 11, 1996.

J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,

Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Exemptions and Approvals.

[FR Doc. 96-9411 Filed 4-16-96; 8:45 am]

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