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estimate how much specific FMVSS add
to the weight and the retail price of a
vehicle. This process is also known as
‘‘reverse engineering.’’ By July 2004,
NHTSA had evaluated virtually all the
cost- and weight-adding technologies
introduced by 2001 in passenger cars or
in light trucks in response to the
FMVSS. The agency estimated the cost
and weight added by all the FMVSS,
and by each individual FMVSS, to
model year 2001 passenger cars and
light trucks, and also in all earlier model
years, back to 1968. NHTSA estimates
that the FMVSS added an average of
$839 (in 2002 dollars) and 125 pounds
to the average passenger car in model
year 2001. Approximately four percent
of the cost and four percent of the
weight of an average new passenger car
could be attributed to the FMVSS. An
average of $711 (in 2002 dollars) and 86
pounds was added to the average light
truck in model year 2001.
Approximately three percent of the cost
and two percent of the weight of an
average new truck could be attributed to
the FMVSS.
NHTSA has evaluated both the lifesaving benefits and the consumer cost
for a substantial ‘‘core’’ group of safety
technologies for passenger cars and light
trucks. In 2002, these technologies
added an estimated $11,353,000,000 (in
2002 dollars) to the cost of new cars and
light trucks of that model year. They
saved an estimated 20,851 lives in the
cars and light trucks on the road during
that calendar year. That amounts to
$544,482 per life saved in 2002.
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Transportation Docket Management,
Room PL–401, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,
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Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
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Washington, DC 20590 (alternatively,
fax to (202) 366–2559 or e-mail to
ckahane@nhtsa.dot.gov). He can check
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if appropriate, additional analyses that
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Your comments must be written and
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Docket, please include the Docket
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2005–20132) in your comments.
Your primary comments must not be
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Please note that even after the
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Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30111, 30168;
delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.50 and
501.8.
Joseph S. Carra,
Associate Administrator for the National
Center for Statistics and Analysis.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Research and Special Programs
Administration
[Docket No. RSPA–04–18975; Notice No.
04–009]
Safety Advisory: Unauthorized Marking
of Compressed Gas Cylinders
Research and Special Programs
Administration (RSPA), DOT.
ACTION: Safety advisory notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This is to notify the public
that RSPA has determined that a
number of DOT specification
compressed gas cylinders seized by the
State of Maine, Department of
Environmental Protection (MDEP), may
have been marked as requalified in
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requalified in May 2000, May 2001, July
2001 and January 2002; and (4) A012,
which expired on November 7, 1998
and was not renewed, was marked on a
cylinder represented as having been
requalified in September 1999.
The RIN and date of retest are marked
on the shoulders of cylinders in the
following pattern:
M is the month of retest (e.g., 12), and
Y is the year of the retest (e.g., 04).
A RIN is read in a clockwise manner.
For example, the above RIN pattern is
for RIN A803.
This safety advisory covers all highpressure DOT specification cylinders
obtained from the Smiths or serviced by
the Smiths at any time in the past.
These cylinders may pose a safety risk
to the public and should be considered
unsafe for use in hazardous materials
service until requalified by an
authorized retest facility. Furthermore,
cylinders described in this safety
advisory must not be filled with a
hazardous material unless the cylinders
are first properly retested by an
authorized retest facility. A list of
authorized requalification facilities
sorted by state or by RIN number may
be obtained at RSPA’s Web site:
https://hazmat.dot.gov/files/approvals/
hydro/hydro_retesters.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anthony Lima, Senior Hazardous
Materials Enforcement Specialist,
Eastern Region, Office of Hazardous
Materials Enforcement, Research and
Special Programs Administration, U.S.
Department of Transportation, 820 Bear
Tavern Road, Suite 306, West Trenton,
NJ 08628. Telephone: (609) 989–2252.
Issued in Washington, DC on January 21,
2005.
Robert A. McGuire,
Associate Administrator for Hazardous
Materials Safety.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Ex Parte No. 656]
Motor Carrier Bureaus—Periodic
Review Proceeding
Surface Transportation Board.
Changes to prior notice issued
in this proceeding and extension of
filing dates.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Surface Transportation
Board is correcting its notice served on
December 13, 2004, and published in
the Federal Register on December 17,
2004, to inform the public that Board
authorization has not expired for the
bureau agreements of two motor carrier
rate bureaus—the Nationwide Bulk
Trucking Association, Inc., and the
Machinery Haulers Association, Inc.
The Board is also amending its
procedural schedule set forth in that
notice to extend the deadlines for filing
comments, by approximately 2 weeks,
as shown below.
DATES: Opening comments may be filed
by the motor carrier bureaus and any
interested member of the public by
March 2, 2005. Reply comments may be
filed by April 1, 2005. Rebuttal
comments may be filed by April 21,
2005.
ADDRESSES: Any filing submitted in this
proceeding must refer to STB Ex Parte
No. 656 and must be submitted either
via the Board’s e-filing format or in the
traditional paper format. Any person
using e-filing should comply with the
instructions found on the Board’s
https://www.stb.dot.gov Web site, at the
‘‘E-FILING’’ link. Any person submitting
a filing in the traditional paper format
should send an original and 10 paper
copies of the filing (and also an IBMcompatible floppy disk with any textual
submission in any version of either
Microsoft Word or WordPerfect) to:
Surface Transportation Board, 1925 K
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–
0001. Because all comments will be
posted to the Board’s Web site, persons
filing them with the Board need not
serve them on other participants but
must furnish a hard copy on request to
any participant.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joseph H. Dettmar (202) 565–1609.
(Federal Information Relay Service for
the hearing impaired: 1–800–877–8339.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 49
U.S.C. 13703, the Board may authorize
motor carriers (including motor carriers
of passengers and household goods) to
enter into ‘‘bureau’’ agreements for the
collective establishment of rates, fares,
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accordance with the HMR when the
cylinders were not subjected to testing.
During property seizure proceedings,
MDEP took possession of numerous
cylinders owned by Harry J. Smith, Jr.,
and his daughter, Dawn Smith, of
Meddybemps, Maine, in accordance
with a state mandated environmental
clean-up of the Smiths’ property. RSPA
has gathered evidence that suggests the
high-pressure DOT specification
industrial gas cylinders owned by the
Smiths may have been marked, certified
and returned to service when the
cylinders had not been properly
requalified in accordance with the
Hazardous Materials Regulations
(HMR).
A hydrostatic retest and visual
inspection are used to verify the
structural integrity of compressed gas
cylinders. If a hydrostatic retest and
visual inspection are not performed
within the time period required by the
HMR, cylinders with compromised
structural integrity may be returned to
service when they should be
condemned. Extensive property damage,
serious personal injury, or death could
result from rupture of a cylinder.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Through
its investigation, RSPA believes that an
undetermined number of DOT
specifications cylinders owned by the
Smiths may have been marked as having
been requalified in accordance with the
HMR, without being properly requalifed
by an authorized retest facility. The
HMR require that a cylinder
requalification facility hold a current
Retester Identification Number (RIN)
issued by RSPA. The Smiths have never
applied for or received a RIN, therefore
they are not an authorized cylinder
requalification facility.
Cylinders in the Smiths’ possession
were marked as having been requalified
years after the corresponding RIN
numbers had expired. RINs that expire
and are not renewed by the authorized
holder are never reissued to any other
party. So far, RSPA discovered at least
four examples of expired RIN markings
during the course of its investigation.
These RINs are as follows: (1) RIN B773,
which expired on August 28, 1995 and
was not renewed by the RIN holder, was
marked on a cylinder represented as
having been requalified in June 1999
and on a cylinder represented as having
been requalified in July 1999; (2) RIN
B775, which expired on December 4,
1991 and was not renewed, was marked
on a cylinder represented as having
been requalified in August 1999; (3) RIN
B872, which expired on July 31, 1995
and was not renewed, was marked on
cylinders represented as having been
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Research and Special Programs Administration
[Docket No. RSPA-04-18975; Notice No. 04-009]
Safety Advisory: Unauthorized Marking of Compressed Gas Cylinders
AGENCY: Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA), DOT.
ACTION: Safety advisory notice.
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SUMMARY: This is to notify the public that RSPA has determined that a
number of DOT specification compressed gas cylinders seized by the
State of Maine, Department of Environmental Protection (MDEP), may have
been marked as requalified in
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accordance with the HMR when the cylinders were not subjected to
testing. During property seizure proceedings, MDEP took possession of
numerous cylinders owned by Harry J. Smith, Jr., and his daughter, Dawn
Smith, of Meddybemps, Maine, in accordance with a state mandated
environmental clean-up of the Smiths' property. RSPA has gathered
evidence that suggests the high-pressure DOT specification industrial
gas cylinders owned by the Smiths may have been marked, certified and
returned to service when the cylinders had not been properly
requalified in accordance with the Hazardous Materials Regulations
(HMR).
A hydrostatic retest and visual inspection are used to verify the
structural integrity of compressed gas cylinders. If a hydrostatic
retest and visual inspection are not performed within the time period
required by the HMR, cylinders with compromised structural integrity
may be returned to service when they should be condemned. Extensive
property damage, serious personal injury, or death could result from
rupture of a cylinder.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Through its investigation, RSPA believes
that an undetermined number of DOT specifications cylinders owned by
the Smiths may have been marked as having been requalified in
accordance with the HMR, without being properly requalifed by an
authorized retest facility. The HMR require that a cylinder
requalification facility hold a current Retester Identification Number
(RIN) issued by RSPA. The Smiths have never applied for or received a
RIN, therefore they are not an authorized cylinder requalification
facility.
Cylinders in the Smiths' possession were marked as having been
requalified years after the corresponding RIN numbers had expired. RINs
that expire and are not renewed by the authorized holder are never
reissued to any other party. So far, RSPA discovered at least four
examples of expired RIN markings during the course of its
investigation. These RINs are as follows: (1) RIN B773, which expired
on August 28, 1995 and was not renewed by the RIN holder, was marked on
a cylinder represented as having been requalified in June 1999 and on a
cylinder represented as having been requalified in July 1999; (2) RIN
B775, which expired on December 4, 1991 and was not renewed, was marked
on a cylinder represented as having been requalified in August 1999;
(3) RIN B872, which expired on July 31, 1995 and was not renewed, was
marked on cylinders represented as having been requalified in May 2000,
May 2001, July 2001 and January 2002; and (4) A012, which expired on
November 7, 1998 and was not renewed, was marked on a cylinder
represented as having been requalified in September 1999.
The RIN and date of retest are marked on the shoulders of cylinders
in the following pattern:
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M is the month of retest (e.g., 12), and Y is the year of the
retest (e.g., 04).
A RIN is read in a clockwise manner. For example, the above RIN
pattern is for RIN A803.
This safety advisory covers all high-pressure DOT specification
cylinders obtained from the Smiths or serviced by the Smiths at any
time in the past. These cylinders may pose a safety risk to the public
and should be considered unsafe for use in hazardous materials service
until requalified by an authorized retest facility. Furthermore,
cylinders described in this safety advisory must not be filled with a
hazardous material unless the cylinders are first properly retested by
an authorized retest facility. A list of authorized requalification
facilities sorted by state or by RIN number may be obtained at RSPA's
Web site: https://hazmat.dot.gov/files/approvals/hydro/hydro_
retesters.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anthony Lima, Senior Hazardous
Materials Enforcement Specialist, Eastern Region, Office of Hazardous
Materials Enforcement, Research and Special Programs Administration,
U.S. Department of Transportation, 820 Bear Tavern Road, Suite 306,
West Trenton, NJ 08628. Telephone: (609) 989-2252.
Issued in Washington, DC on January 21, 2005.
Robert A. McGuire,
Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety.
[FR Doc. 05-1507 Filed 1-26-05; 8:45 am]
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