[Federal Register: April 16, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 73)] [Notices] [Page 18965] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr16ap98-114] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 May 1, 1998. 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Modification Application No. Docket No. Applicant of exemption ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4844-M...................... ................................... Kidde-Graviner Ltd., Colnbrook, 4844 Slough, Berks, UK (See Footnote 1). 9419-M...................... ................................... FIBA Technologies, Inc., 9419 Westboro, MA (See Footnote 2). 10458-M..................... ................................... Marsulex Inc., Sudbury, ON (See 10458 Footnote 3). 11483-M..................... ................................... Autoliv, Autoflator AB, 11483 Vargarda, SW (See Footnote 4). 11667-M..................... ................................... Weldship Corporation, 11667 Bethlehem, PA (See Footnote 5). 11790-M..................... ................................... United States Enrichment 11790 Corporation, Bethesda, MD (See Footnote 6). 11872-M..................... RSPA-1997-2584..................... Polymet Alloys, Inc., Saginaw, 11872 AL (See Footnote 7). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (\1\) To modify the exemption to provide for rail, air and cargo vessel as additional modes of transportation for use in transporting non-DOT specification foreign made steel cylinders. (\2\) To modify the exemption to provide for minimum wall thickness to be reduced to 0.299 inch for DOT Specification 3AAX or 3T cylinders and increase the quantity of cylinders retested to 1,000 annually. (\3\) To modify the exemption to provide for Sulfur dioxide, Division 2.2 as an additional class of material for transportation in DOT Specification 111A100W2 tank cars. (\4\) To modify the exemption to provide for an additional designed non-DOT specification, refillable, high pressure cylinders charged with Division 2.2 material for transportation as part of modules for automobile airbag systems. (\5\) To authorize the modification of personnel qualifications for retesting of DOT-3AAX and 3T cylinders. (\6\) To modify the exemption to provide for alternative material to be used in tubing of non-specification cylinders similar to DOT 5A and 5B specification cylinder without required markings for use in transporting uranium hexafluoride, Class 7. (\7\) To modify exemption to provide for tarp covered vehicles for transportation of water reactive, solid, Division 4.3 in flexible intermediate bulk containers. 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 10, 1998. J. Suzanne Hedgepeth, Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Exemptions and Approvals. [FR Doc. 98-10070 Filed 4-15-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-60-M