[Federal Register: August 19, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 160)]
[Notices]               
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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 September 3, 1998.

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 CONTACT: Copies of the applications are 
available for inspection in the Records Center, Nassif Building, 400 
7th Street SW, Washington, DC.

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   Application                                                                                     Modification 
      number                  Docket number                            Applicant                   of exemption 
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8602-M             ..................................  MVE, Inc. New Prague, MN (See Footnote 1)            8602
8650-M             ..................................  Ethyl Corporation, Richmond, VA (See                 8650
                                                        Footnote 2).                                            
11054-M            ..................................  Welker Engineering Company, Sugar Land,             11054
                                                        TX (See Footnote 3).                                    
11294-M            ..................................  University of Vermont Environmental                 11294
                                                        Safety Fac., Burlington, VT (See                        
                                                        Footnote 4).                                            
12062-M            RSPA-1998-4142....................  Vulcan Chemicals, Birmingham, AL (See               12062
                                                        Footnote 5).                                            
12113-M            RSPA-1998-3790....................  Bemis Company, Inc., Omaha, NE (See                 12113
                                                        Footnote 6).                                            
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(1) To modify the exemption to provide for alternative testing criteria to be consistent with cryogenic MC-338  
  cargo tanks.                                                                                                  
(2) To modify the exemption to provide for Class 3 as an additional class of material for transportation in a   
  non-DOT specification steel portable tank.                                                                    
(3) To modify the exemption to waive the requirement for inspection by an independent inspection agency by      
  authorizing use of a competent manufacturer's inspector.                                                      

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(4) To modify the exemption to allow for a shortened buffer zone for the transportation of certain lab pack     
  quantities of hazardous materials with other materials in lab packs, with partial relief from certain         
  segregation requirements.                                                                                     
(5) To reissue the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis to continue to use a non-DOT specification 
  tank to transport a 6.1 material.                                                                             
(6) To reissue the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis for the transportation in commerce of bags 
  (UN5M2) which were not marked to correct size specifications.                                                 

    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 August 13, 1998.
J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,
Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Exemptions and Approvals.
[FR Doc. 98-22263 Filed 8-18-98; 8:45 am]
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