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

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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 12, 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.

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 4, 1997.

J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,

Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Exemptions and Approvals.

New Exemptions

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Application Regulation(s)

No. Docket No. Applicant affected Nature of exemption thereof

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11783-N....... 11783-N Peoples Natural 49 CFR 173.242.. To authorize the one-time

Gas, Rosemount, transportation of natural gas

MN. odorant in portable tanks

comparable to DOT

Specification 51. (mode 1)

11849-N....... RSPA-97-2307 Boeing North 49 CFR 173.302, To authorize the transportation

American, Inc., 306, 173.304, in commerce of a P91-ARGOS

Downey, CA. 173.314, satellite, containing eight

173.315, experiments containing several

173.421, 173.62. hazardous materials, which

will be attached to a

transport dolly with an

aluminum cover enclosure.

(mode 1)

11850-N....... RSPA-97-2308 Air 49 CFR 173.34(e) To provide for an alternative

Transportation testing method for DOT-

Association & Specification 4DA and 4DS

Members, cylinders used as components

Washington, DC. of aircraft systems. (modes 4,

5)

11852-N....... RSPA-97-2309 McKenzie Tank 49 CFR To authorize the transportation

Lines, Inc., 173.315(A) Note in commerce of methylamine,

Tallahassee, FL. 24. anhydrous, Division 2.1, in

MC330 and 331 cargo tanks and

the manufacture, mark and sale

of new 331 cargo tanks that do

not meet the container

specification requirements.

(mode 1)

11859-N....... RSPA-97-2310 Carleton 49 CFR 178.65... To authorize the manufacture,

Technologies mark and sale of non-DOT

Inc., Orchard specification cylinders as

Park, NY. part of a gas bottle system

consisting of two cylindrical/

spherical halves fabricated

from stainless steel for use

in transporting Division 1.4S

material. (modes 1, 2, 3)

11860-N....... RSPA-97-2311 GATX, Chicago, 49 CFR To authorize the transportation

IL. 173.31(b)(3). in commerce of DOT111A60ALW-2

aluminum tank cars without

head shields to be used in

transporting hydrogen

peroxide, Division 5.1. (mode

2)

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[FR Doc. 97-9167 Filed 4-9-97; 8:45 am]

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