Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Notice of Application for Special Permits, 70696-70697 [E8-27595]

Download as PDF 70696 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 226 / Friday, November 21, 2008 / Notices Announcement of Railroad Safety Advisory Committee (RSAC) Meeting. ACTION: FRA announces the thirtyseventh meeting of the RSAC, a Federal advisory committee that develops railroad safety regulations through a consensus process. The RSAC meeting topics will include opening remarks from the FRA Administrator, and status reports will be provided by the Passenger Safety, Locomotive Safety Standards, Railroad Bridge Safety, Medical Standards, Railroad Operating Rules, and Track Safety Standards Working Groups. FRA may offer several tasks pertaining to the mandates contained in the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008. Subjects to be addressed by these tasks include hours of service recordkeeping and reporting, implementing regulations for Positive Train Control systems, hours of service limitations and fatigue management for employees of intercity and commuter passenger railroads, certification of conductors, and potentially other topics. This agenda is subject to change. DATES: The meeting of the RSAC is scheduled to commence at 9:30 a.m. and will adjourn by 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 10, 2008. ADDRESSES: The RSAC meeting will be held at the Marriott Hotel at Metro Center, 775 12th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005. The meeting is open to the public on a first-come, firstserved basis, and is accessible to individuals with disabilities. Sign and oral interpretation can be made available if requested 10 calendar days before the meeting. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Woolverton, RSAC Administrative Officer/Coordinator, FRA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Mailstop 25, Washington, DC 20590, (202) 493–6212; or Grady Cothen, Deputy Associate SUMMARY: Administrator for Safety, FRA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Mailstop 25, Washington, DC 20590, (202) 493–6302. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 463), FRA is giving notice of a meeting of the RSAC. The RSAC was established to provide advice and recommendations to FRA on railroad safety matters. The RSAC is composed of 54 voting representatives from 31 member organizations, representing various rail industry perspectives. In addition, there are non-voting advisory representatives from the agencies with railroad safety regulatory responsibility in Canada and Mexico, the National Transportation Safety Board, and the Federal Transit Administration. The diversity of the Committee ensures the requisite range of views and expertise necessary to discharge its responsibilities. See the RSAC Web site for details on pending tasks at: https://rsac.fra.dot.gov/. Please refer to the notice published in the Federal Register on March 11, 1996 (61 FR 9740), for additional information about the RSAC. Issued in Washington, DC on November 14, 2008. Grady C. Cothen, Jr., Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program Development. [FR Doc. E8–27672 Filed 11–20–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–06–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Notice of Application for Special Permits Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), DOT. AGENCY: List of Applications for Special Permits. ACTION: SUMMARY: In accordance with the procedures governing the application for, and the processing of, special permits from the Department of Transportation’s Hazardous Material Regulations (49 CFR Part 107, Subpart B), notice is hereby given that the Office of Hazardous Materials Safety has received the application described herein. Each mode of transportation for which a particular special permit 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—Passengercarrying aircraft. DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 22, 2008. Address Comments to: Record Center, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 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 selfaddressed stamped postcard showing the special permit number. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the applications are available for inspection in the Records Center, East Building, PHH–30, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, Southeast, Washington DC or at https://dms.dot.gov. This notice of receipt of applications for special permit 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 November 10 2008. Delmer F. Billings, Director, Office of Hazardous Materials, Special Permits and Approvals. NEW SPECIAL PERMITS Docket No. 14782–N ................ ............................... Southern States, 49 CFR 173.304a ................................ LLC, Atlanta, GA. 14784–N ................ dwashington3 on PRODPC61 with NOTICES Application No. ............................... Weldship Corporation, Bethlehem, PA. VerDate Aug<31>2005 14:24 Nov 20, 2008 Jkt 217001 Applicant PO 00000 Frm 00085 Regulation(s) affected 49 CFR 180.209(a) and (b) ................. Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\21NON1.SGM Nature of special permits thereof To authorize the transportation in commerce of large pieces of electrical equipment containing a chamber which holds sulfur hexafluoride in alternative packaging. (modes 1, 2, 3). To authorize the requalification of certain DOT-Specification Cylinders containing Division 2.1 and 2.2 gases every ten years. (modes 1, 2, 3). 21NON1 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 226 / Friday, November 21, 2008 / Notices 70697 NEW SPECIAL PERMITS—Continued Application No. Docket No. Applicant Regulation(s) affected Nature of special permits thereof 14786–N ................ ............................... Fruit of the Earth, Inc., Fort Worth, TX. 49 CFR 173.306(a)(3)(v) ..................... 14787–N ................ ............................... Flexcon Industries, Randolph, MA. 49 CFR 173.306(g) ............................. 14789–N ................ ............................... Blasting Solutions, Inc., Syracuse, UT. 49 CFR 177.835(g) ............................. To authorize the transportation in commerce of certain non-refillable aluminum cylindrical containers that are leak tested by an automated inline pressure check in lieu of the required hot water bath. (modes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5). To authorize the transportation in commerce of certain fiber reinforced plastic composite cylinders containing compressed air under the exception in 49 CFR 173.306(g). (modes 1, 2, 3). To authorize the transportation in commerce of certain detonator assemblies on the same motor vehicle with any other Class I explosives when they are in separate and isolated cargo-carrying compartments powered by the same tractor, (mode 1). [FR Doc. E8–27595 Filed 11–20–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–60–M through a 24-hour fax-on-demand service, tel.: (202) 622–0077. Background DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of Foreign Assets Control Additional Designations, Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury. ACTION: Notice. dwashington3 on PRODPC61 with NOTICES AGENCY: SUMMARY: The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (‘‘OFAC’’) is publishing the names of seventeen additional entities and twenty-six additional individuals whose property and interests in property have been blocked pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (‘‘Kingpin Act’’) (21 U.S.C. 1901–1908, 8 U.S.C. 1182). DATES: The designation by the Secretary of the Treasury of the seventeen entities and twenty-six individuals identified in this notice pursuant to section 805(b) of the Kingpin Act is effective on November 13, 2008. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Compliance Outreach & Implementation, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20220, tel.: 202/622–2490. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Electronic and Facsimile Availability This document and additional information concerning OFAC are available on OFAC’s Web site (https:// www.treas.gov/ofac) or via facsimile VerDate Aug<31>2005 14:24 Nov 20, 2008 Jkt 217001 The Kingpin Act became law on December 3, 1999. The Act provides a statutory framework for the President to impose sanctions against significant foreign narcotics traffickers and their organizations on a worldwide basis, with the objective of denying their businesses and agents access to the U.S. financial system and to the benefits of trade and transactions involving U.S. companies and individuals. The Kingpin Act blocks all property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction which are owned or controlled by significant foreign narcotics traffickers as identified by the President. In addition, the Secretary of the Treasury consults with the Attorney General, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Homeland Security when designating and blocking the property or interests in property, subject to U.S. jurisdiction, of persons who are found to be: (1) Materially assisting in, or providing financial or technological support for or to, or providing goods or services in support of, the international narcotics trafficking activities of a person designated pursuant to the Kingpin Act; (2) owned, controlled, or directed by, or acting for or on behalf of, a person designated pursuant to the Kingpin Act; or (3) playing a significant PO 00000 Frm 00086 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 role in international narcotics trafficking. On November 13, 2008, OFAC designated an additional seventeen entities and twenty-six individuals whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to section 805(b) of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act. The list of additional designees follows: 1. DEHONG THAILONG HOTEL CO., LTD. (a.k.a. TAI LONG HOTEL; a.k.a. DEHONG TAILONG INDUSTRY COMPANY LIMITED; a.k.a. THAILONG HOTEL; a.k.a. THAI LONG HOTEL; a.k.a. TAI LUNG HOTEL); Mang Shih Economic Development Zone, De Hong District, Yunnan Province, China; No. 58, Mangshi Avenue, Luxi City, Yunnan, China; (ENTITY) [SDNTK]. 2. HONG PANG ELECTRONIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. (a.k.a. GOLD MOUNT INDUSTRIAL COMPANY LIMITED; a.k.a. HONG PANG ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES LIMITED); 216, Corner of 49th St. and Maha Bandoola Rd., Pazundaung, Yangon, Burma; Hong Pang Wire Showroom, Room D, 80–81 35th Street, Mandalay, Burma; (ENTITY) [SDNTK]. 3. HONG PANG GEMS & JEWELLERY COMPANY LIMITED, 11, Ngui Shwe Wah Road, Between 64th and 65th Street, Chan Maya Thar Si Township, Mandalay, Burma; (ENTITY) [SDNTK]. 4. HONG PANG GEMS & JEWELLERY (HK) CO. LIMITED (a.k.a. HONG KONG HONG PANG GEMS & JEWELLERY CO., LTD.); Room 3605 36/F Wu Chung House, 213 Queen’s Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong; 11, Huang Ching (Gold) Road, Between 64/65 Street, Myo Thit, Mandalay, Burma; 12th Floor C, E:\FR\FM\21NON1.SGM 21NON1

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[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 226 (Friday, November 21, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70696-70697]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-27595]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Notice of Application for
Special Permits

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA),
DOT.

ACTION: List of Applications for Special Permits.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the procedures governing the application
for, and the processing of, special permits from the Department of
Transportation's Hazardous Material Regulations (49 CFR Part 107,
Subpart B), notice is hereby given that the Office of Hazardous
Materials Safety has received the application described herein. Each
mode of transportation for which a particular special permit 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 December 22, 2008.
Address Comments to: Record Center, Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety 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 special permit number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the applications are
available for inspection in the Records Center, East Building, PHH-30,
1200 New Jersey Avenue, Southeast, Washington DC or at https://
dms.dot.gov.
This notice of receipt of applications for special permit 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 November 10 2008.
Delmer F. Billings,
Director, Office of Hazardous Materials, Special Permits and Approvals.

New Special Permits
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Regulation(s) Nature of special
Application No. Docket No. Applicant affected permits thereof
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14782-N....................... ................ Southern States, 49 CFR 173.304a...... To authorize the
LLC, Atlanta, transportation in
GA. commerce of large
pieces of electrical
equipment containing
a chamber which
holds sulfur
hexafluoride in
alternative
packaging. (modes 1,
2, 3).
14784-N....................... ................ Weldship 49 CFR 180.209(a) and To authorize the
Corporation, (b). requalification of
Bethlehem, PA. certain DOT-
Specification
Cylinders containing
Division 2.1 and 2.2
gases every ten
years. (modes 1, 2,
3).

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14786-N....................... ................ Fruit of the 49 CFR To authorize the
Earth, Inc., 173.306(a)(3)(v). transportation in
Fort Worth, TX. commerce of certain
non-refillable
aluminum cylindrical
containers that are
leak tested by an
automated in-line
pressure check in
lieu of the required
hot water bath.
(modes 1, 2, 3, 4,
5).
14787-N....................... ................ Flexcon 49 CFR 173.306(g).... To authorize the
Industries, transportation in
Randolph, MA. commerce of certain
fiber reinforced
plastic composite
cylinders containing
compressed air under
the exception in 49
CFR 173.306(g).
(modes 1, 2, 3).
14789-N....................... ................ Blasting 49 CFR 177.835(g).... To authorize the
Solutions, transportation in
Inc., Syracuse, commerce of certain
UT. detonator assemblies
on the same motor
vehicle with any
other Class I
explosives when they
are in separate and
isolated cargo-
carrying
compartments powered
by the same tractor,
(mode 1).
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[FR Doc. E8-27595 Filed 11-20-08; 8:45 am]
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