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 March 27, 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 application

number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the applications (See Docket

Number) are available for inspection at the New Docket Management

Facility, PL-401, at the U.S. Department of Transportation, Nassif

Building, 400 7th Street, SW. Washington, DC 20590.

New Exemptions

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Regulation(s) Nature of exemption

Application No. Docket No. Applicant affected thereof

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11832-N.............. RSPS-97-2130 Air Liquide 49 CFR 172.203, To authorize the

Corp., Houston, 173.318, 173.320. manufacture, mark and

TX. sale of a non-DOT

specification

portable tank for use

in the transportation

of helium,

refrigerated liquid,

Division 2.2. (mode

1).

11834-N.............. RSPA-97-2131 Ashland Chemical 49 CFR 173.173, To authorize the

Co., Dublin, OH. 173.202. transportation of

Division 3 and 5.1

material in UN 1A2/

Y1.4/100 openhead

steel drums as part

of a mechanical

application system.

(modes 1, 2).

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Note: Correction, Trinity Industries, Inc. application notice published on Wednesday February 5, 1997 FR Vol.

62, No. 24, Page 5506, should have appeared as Trinity Industries, Inc., Dallas, TX, modes 1, 2, and 3.

(1) To modify the exemption to provide for an additional container equipped with side discharge for use in

transporting certain blasting agents.

(2) To modify the exemption to provide for an additional motor vehicle, equipped with specific diesel-operated

heating equipment, for use in the transportation of certain Class 3 liquids or gases.

(3) To modify the exemption to provide for Division 2.2 and 5.1 as additional classes of hazardous material to

be unloaded with the physical presence of an unloader.

(4) To modify the exemption to increase the service life to 24 years, increase the retest schedule to 7 years

and eliminate the marking requirement on non-DOT specification welded stainless steel cylinders.

This notice of receipt 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 February 19, 1997.

J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,

Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Exemptions and Approvals.

[FR Doc. 97-4581 Filed 2-24-97; 8:45 am]

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