Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Notice of 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; Notice of 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

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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 ``M''

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 February 20, 1997.

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 CONTACT:

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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Renewal of

Application No. Applicant exemption

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7517-M Trinity Industries, Inc., Dallas, TX (See Footnote 1). 7517

7879-M Halliburton Energy services, Duncan, OK (See Footnote 7879

2).

11260-M Texas Instruments Inc., Attleboro, MA (See Footnote 3) 11260

11267-M TOPAZ International Program, Albuquerque, NM (See 11267

Footnote 4).

11504-M Livonia Avon & Lakeville Railroad Corp., Cohocton, NY 11504

(See Footnote 5).

11580-M The Columbiana Boiler Co., Columbiana, OH (See 11580

Footnote 6).

11666-M The Carbide/Graphite Group, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (See 11666

Footnote 7).

11804-M Advertising Unlimited, Inc., Red Wing, MN (See 11804

Footnote 8).

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(1) To modify the exemption to allow for new construction of fusion welded multi-unit task car tanks for use in

transporting Division 2.2 material.

(2) To modify the exemption to provide for technical changes to the 3'' non-DOT specification seamless cylinders

used for transport of bromine trifluoride.

(3) To modify the exemption to provide for passenger aircraft as an additional mode of transportation for

transporting certain low pressure airbag switches containing limited quantities of argon, compressed.

(4) To authorize the emergency modification to provide for an additional specially designed metal container used

to transport a Topaz II space power unit containing Division 4.1 and 4.1 solid substances.

(5) To reissue the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis to authorize the transportation of certain

Class 8 and Division 2.2 material separated from an occupied locomotive with batteries disconnected and in

tow.

(6) To modify the exemption to provide for various technical and administrative changes and to authorize the

transportation by water as an additional mode.

(7) To modify the exemption to allow stacking of green graphite electrodes and shapes two or more levels high in

bulk packaging strapped to wooden pallets on an open flat truck bed.

(8) To reissue an exemption issued on an emergency basis to authorize shipment of certain specially designed

safety kits containing two highway fusees, which may include a tire inflator aerosol and a fire extinguisher,

offered as a consumer commodity.

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Parties to

Application No. Applicant exemption

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4453-P American East Emplosives, Inc., Wilmington, DE........ 4453

5967-P Primex Aerospace, Redmond, WA......................... 5967

8009-P Hydra-Press Inc., Bull Shoals, AR..................... 8009

8431-P Findly Chemical Disposal, Inc., Fontana, CA........... 8431

8451-P Primex Physics, San Leandro, CA....................... 8451

8451-P Primex Aerospace, Redmond, WA......................... 8451

8554-P American East Explosives, Inc., Wilmington, DE........ 8554

8579-P American East xplosives, Inc., Wilmington, DE......... 8579

8697-P Kenai Air Alaska, Inc., Kenai, AK..................... 8697

8723-P American East Explosives, Inc., Wilmington, DE........ 8723

9480-P Matheson Gas Products, East Rutherford, NJ............ 9480

9617-P American East Explosives, Inc., Wilmington, DE........ 9617

9623-P American East Explosives, Inc., Wilington, DE......... 9623

9689-P Arco Chemical Company, Newtown Square, PA............. 9689

10704-P Scott Specialty Gases, Inc., Plumsteadville, PA....... 10704

10751-P American East Explosives, Inc., Willmington, DE....... 10751

10880-P American East Explosives, Inc., Wilmington, DE........ 10880

10933-P A & A Waste Oil Company, Inc., Linthicum Heights, MD.. 10933

10949-P Superior Special Services, Inc., Port Washington, WI.. 10949

10981-P Austin Powder Company, Cleveland, OH.................. 10981

11153-P Chemical Analytics, Inc., Romulus, MI................. 11153

11153-P Ensco, Inc. dba Division Transport, El Dorado, AR..... 11153

11153-P Superior Special Services, Inc., Port Washington, WI.. 11153

11156-P American East Explosives, Inc., Wilmington, DE........ 11156

11221-P Kenai Air Alaska, Inc., Kenai, AK..................... 11221

11230-P American East Explosives, Inc., Wilmington, DE........ 11230

11252-P Advanced Monobloc, Markham, Ontario, CN............... 11252

11296-P Philip Environmental, Renton, WA...................... 11296

11373-P E+E (US), Inc., Middletown, PA........................ 11373

11588-P Mid America Environmental Waste Protection Svc, Inc., 11588

Boonville, IN.

11602-P K & M Metals Corp., Tacoma, WA........................ 11602

11624-P Superior Special Services, Inc., Port Washington, WI.. 11624

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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 January 30, 1997.

J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,

Director, Office of Hazardous Materials, Exemptions and Approvals.

[FR Doc. 97-2784 Filed 2-4-97; 8:45 am]

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