Hazardous materials: Applications; exemptions, renewals, etc.,

[Federal Register: March 18, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 52)]

[Notices]

[Page 13299-13300]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Program Administration

Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Notice of Applications for Exemptions

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs Administration, DOT.

ACTION: List of applicants for exemptions.

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 April 17, 1998.

ADDRESS COMMENTS TO: Dockets Unit, Research and Special Programs Administration, Room 8421, DHM-30, 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: Copies of the application (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 March 12, 1998. J. Suzanne Hedgepeth, Director, Office of Hazardous Materials, Exemptions and Approvals.

New Exemptions

Regulation(s) Nature of exemption Application No.

Docket No.

Applicant

affected

thereof

12044-N

RSPA-98-3612

Reagent Chemical & 49 CFR 179.3...... To authorize the Research, Inc.,

transportation in

Houston, TX.

commerce of DOT 111A100W5 tank cars that exceed the authorized load capacity for use in transporting

hydrochloric acid, Class 8. (mode 2)

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12045-N

RSPA-98-3613

Jefferson Smurfit 49 CFR 174.67 (i) To authorize tank cars Corp., Fernandina & (j).

loaded with chlorine Beach, FL.

to stand with

unloading connections attached after unloading is

completed and remain attached to transfer connection without the physical presence of an unloader. (mode 2)

12046-N

RSPA-98-3614

Univ. of Colorado 49 CFR 171 to 178. to authorize the Health Sciences

transportation in

Center, Denver,

commerce of various CO.

hazardous materials in small quantities inside lab packs without required markings and

labelling as

essentially non- regulated. (mode 1)

Note: In Federal Register Vol. 63, No. 35, Monday, February 13, 1998, Page 9043, Application No. 12038-N, SPA-98-3461 for Duracool Limited, the summary should have appeared as Regulations Affected: 49 CFR 173.304(a), 173.304(d)(3)(ii), 172.301 (a) & (c): To authorize the transportation in commerce of a Division 2.1 liquefied refrigerant gas, in DOT Specification 2Q containers, at a charging pressure in excess of the authorized maximum.

[FR Doc. 98-7025Filed3-17-98; 8:45 am]

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