Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Notice of Applications for Modification of Exemption

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs Administration

Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Notice of Applications for

Modification of Exemption

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs Administration, DOT.

ACTION: List of applications for modification of 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. 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 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. These applications have

been separated from the new applications for exemptions to facilitate

processing.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 25, 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: 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

Application Applicant of

No. exemption

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11244-M.... Aerospace Design & Development, Inc. Niwot, CO

(See Footnote 1)............................... 11244

11344-M.... Dupont SHE Excellence Center, Wilmington, DE

(See Footnote 2)............................... 11344

11725-M.... Swales Aerospace, Beltsville, MD (See Footnote

3)............................................. 11725

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\1\ To modify the exemption to provide for additional designed non-DOT

specification cylinder for use in transporting air, refrigerated

liquid.

\2\ To modify the exemption to provide for Methyl acrylate, inhibited,

Class 3, as an additional class of material.

\3\ To modify the exemption to provide for higher capacity heat pipes by

increasing the size of end caps and fill tubes and weight of anhydrous

ammonia, Division 2.3.

This notice of receipt of applications for modification of

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 4, 1997.

J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,

Director, Office of Hazardous Materials, Exemptions and Approvals.

[FR Doc. 97-9166 Filed 4-9-97; 8:45 am]

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