[Federal Register: February 3, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 23)]
[Notices]
[Page 5388-5389]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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 February 18, 2000.
ADDRESS COMMENTS TO: Records Center, 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 Records Center, Nassif Building, 400 7th Street SW,
Washington, DC or at http://dms.dot.gov.
This notice of receipt of applications for modification of
exemptions is published in accordance with Part 107 of the Federal
hazardous materials transportation law (49 U.S.C. 5117(b); 49 CFR
1.53(b)).
Issued in Washington, DC, on January 24, 2000.
J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,
Director, Office of Hazardous Material, Exemptions and Approvals.
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Modification
Application No. Docket No. Applicant of exemption
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9847-M ........................... FIBA Technologies, Inc., Westboro, MA 1. 9847
10704-M ........................... Puritan-Bennett Medical Gases 10704
(Mallinckrodt, Inc.) Overland Park, KS
2.
11296-M ........................... Heritage Transport, LLC, Indianapolis, 11296
IN 3.
11344-M ........................... DuPont SHE Excellence Center, 11344
Wilmington, DE 4.
11722-M ........................... CITERGAS, S.A., Civray, FR 5............ 11722
11769-M ........................... Hydrite Chemical Company, Brookfield, WI 11769
6.
11777-M ........................... Audoliv ASP, Inc., Ogden, UT 7.......... 11777
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1 To modify the exemption to eliminate the requirement for an initial qualifying test; to allow for Division 2.3
materials; correct language in paragraphs 7a. thru e. of the exemption.
2 To modify the exemption to allow for calibration and functional checks of medical analyzers or monitors; lower
minimum burst pressure to 340 psig.
3 To modify the exemption to authorize additional UN standard packaging at the Packing Group II performance
level for use as overpacks for waste aerosol cans.
4 To modify the exemption to allow for the transportation of an additional Class 8 material in tank cars.
5 To modify the exemption to permit new construction of the non-DOT specification spherical pressure vessels and
additions to the product list.
6 To modify the exemption to allow for the discharge for an additional Class 8 material in UN Intermediate Bulk
Containers (IBC) without removing the IBC from the motor vehicle.
7 To modify the exemption to authorize a design change to allow for side wall attachment studs on a non-DOT
specification pressure vessel.
Note: Correction to FR Vol. 64, No. 245, page 71847.
``Modification of Exemptions'' Footnote 8 for 12263-M (Orbital
Sciences Corporation RSPA-1999-5597) should have read ``To reissue
the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis and modify it
to include various version of the device and the scope of its
operations'' and Footnote 9 for 12376-M (BBI--Biotech Research
Laboratories, Inc. RSPA-1999-6573) should have read `To reissue the
exemption originally issued on an emergency basis to move freezers
containing specimen collections in novel drum and vaccine
therapies.'' version of the device and the scope of its
operations''.
[FR Doc. 00-02361 Filed 2-2-00; 8:45 am]
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