Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Notice of Applications for Modification of Special Permit, 7636-7637 [E9-3242]

Download as PDF 7636 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 31 / Wednesday, February 18, 2009 / Notices future Oregon, Washington and Hawaii’’. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Privacy Act Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT’s complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78). Dated: February 10, 2009. By order of the Maritime Administrator. Leonard Sutter, Secretary, Maritime Administration. [FR Doc. E9–3474 Filed 2–17–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–81–P Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Notice of Delays in Processing of Special Permits Applications AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), DOT. ACTION: List of Applications Delayed more than 180 days. SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5117(c), PHMSA is publishing the following list of special permit applications that have been in process for 180 days or more. The reason(s) for delay and the expected completion date for action on each application is provided in association with each identified application. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Delmer F. Billings, Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Special Permits and Approvals, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, East Application No. Building, PHH–30, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, Southeast, Washington, DC 20590–0001, (202) 366–4535. Key to Reason for Delay 1. Awaiting additional information from applicant. 2. Extensive public comment under review. 3. Application is technically complex and is of significant impact or precedent-setting and requires extensive analysis. 4. Staff review delayed by other priority issues or volume of special permit Applications. Meaning of Application Number Suffixes N—New application M—Modification request PM—Party to application with modification request Issued in Washington, DC, on February 11, 2009. Delmer F. Billings, Director, Office of Hazardous Materials, Special Permits and Approvals. Reason for delay Applicant Estimated date of completion Modification to Special Permits 14167–M ........... 8723–M ............. 12412–M ........... Trinityrail Dallas, TX ................................................................................................................. Alaska Pacific Powder Company Anchorage, AK .................................................................... Brenntag Southwest Sand Springs, OK ................................................................................... 4 1 3, 4 03–31–2009 02–28–2009 02–28–2009 2, 3 1, 3 02–28–2009 03–31–2009 New Special Permit Applications 14689–N ........... 14733–N ........... Trinity Industries, Inc. Dallas, TX ............................................................................................. GTM Technologies, Inc. San Francisco, CA ............................................................................ [FR Doc. E9–3374 Filed 2–17–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–60–M DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Notice of Applications for Modification of Special Permit AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA). mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES ACTION: List of Applications for Modification of Special Permit. SUMMARY: In accordance with the procedures governing the application for, and the processing of, special permits from the Department of VerDate Nov<24>2008 17:45 Feb 17, 2009 Jkt 217001 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. 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. Request of modifications of special permits (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’’ demote a modification request. There applications have been separated from the new PO 00000 Frm 00053 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 application for special permits to facilitate processing. DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 5, 2009. 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 modification of special permit is E:\FR\FM\18FEN1.SGM 18FEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 31 / Wednesday, February 18, 2009 / Notices published in accordance with Part 107 of the Federal hazardous materials transportation law (49 U.S.C. 5117(b); 49 CFR 1.53(b)). Application No. Docket No. 7637 Issued in Washington, DC, on February 10, 2009. Delmer F. Billings, Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Special Permits and Approvals. Applicant Regulation(s) affected Nature of special permit thereof MODIFICATION SPECIAL PERMITS 11624–M ...... Pacific Commercial Services, LLC Honolulu, HI. 49 CFR 173.173(b)(2) ............................... 12571–M ...... AirProducts and Chemicals, Inc. Allentown, PA. 49 CFR 173.304(a)(2); 180.209 ................ 13961–M ...... 3AL Testing Corporation Denver, CO. Digital Wave Corporation Centennial, CO. BNSF Railway Company Topeka, KS. 49 CFR 172.203(a); 172.301(c); 180.205(f), (g); 180.209(a). Clean Earth Systems, Inc. Tampa, FL. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) Richland, WA. 49 CFR 173.12(b), 173.12(b)(2)(i) ............ 14149–M ...... 14436–M ...... 14510–M ...... 14773–M ...... [FR Doc. E9–3242 Filed 2–17–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–60–M DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Board [STB Docket No. AB–43 (Sub-No. 182X)] Illinois Central Railroad Company— Abandonment Exemption—in Grenada County, MS mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES Illinois Central Railroad Company (IC) 1 has filed a notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1152 Subpart F—Exempt Abandonments to abandon a 1.20-mile line of railroad between milepost 311.90 and milepost 313.10, in Grenada, Grenada County, MS.2 The line traverses United States Postal Service Zip Code 38901. IC has certified that: (1) No local traffic has moved over the line for at 1 IC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Canadian National Railway Company. 2 IC originally filed its verified notice of exemption on January 8, 2009. However, the notice did not contain all of the information required under 49 CFR 1152.50. At the request of Board staff, on January 29, 2009, IC filed a supplement to its notice. Accordingly, January 29, 2009, will be considered the official filing date. VerDate Nov<24>2008 17:45 Feb 17, 2009 Jkt 217001 49 CFR 180.205, 180.209 ......................... 49 CFR 174.14(a) and (b) ......................... 49 CFR 173.416 ........................................ least 2 years; (2) there is no overhead traffic to be rerouted over other lines; (3) no formal complaint filed by a user of rail service on the line (or by a state or local government entity acting on behalf of such user) regarding cessation of service over the line either is pending with the Surface Transportation Board (Board) or with any U.S. District Court or has been decided in favor of complainant within the 2-year period; and (4) the requirements at 49 CFR 1105.7 (environmental report), 49 CFR 1105.8 (historic report), 49 CFR 1105.11 (transmittal letter), 49 CFR 1105.12 (newspaper publication), and 49 CFR 1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental agencies) have been met. As a condition to this exemption, any employee adversely affected by the abandonment shall be protected under Oregon Short Line R. Co.— Abandonment—Goshen, 360 I.C.C. 91 (1979). To address whether this condition adequately protects affected employees, a petition for partial revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) must be filed. Provided no formal expression of intent to file an offer of financial assistance (OFA) has been received, this PO 00000 Frm 00054 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 To modify the special permit to authorize the transportation in commerce of household hazardous wastes identified as paint or paint related material, Class 3, in quantities greater than those presently authorized. To modify the special permit to authorize the addition of Silane a Division 2.1 hazardous material and to add fill density for Silane. To modify the special permit to reduce the number of calibration cylinders required for UE testing. To modify the special permit to reduce the number of calibration cylinders required for UE testing. To modify the special permit to authorization additional unsignaled (dark) carrier lines. To modify the special permit to add cargo vessel as an additional mode of transportation. To reissue the special permit originally issued on an emergency basis to authorize transportation in commerce of fissile material in a non DOT specification packaging. exemption will be effective on March 20, 2009, unless stayed pending reconsideration.3 Petitions to stay that do not involve environmental issues,4 formal expressions of intent to file an OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),5 and trail use/rail banking requests under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be filed by March 2, 2009.6 Petitions to reopen or requests 3 Pursuant to 49 CFR 1152.50(d)(2), the railroad must file a verified notice with the Board at least 50 days before the abandonment or discontinuance is to be consummated. A Board staff member has informed IC that, because the official filing date of the notice is now January 29, 2009, consummation may not take place prior to March 20, 2009. 4 The Board will grant a stay if an informed decision on environmental issues (whether raised by a party or by the Board’s Section of Environmental Analysis (SEA) in its independent investigation) cannot be made before the exemption’s effective date. See Exemption of Outof-Service Rail Lines, 5 I.C.C.2d 377 (1989). Any request for a stay should be filed as soon as possible so that the Board may take appropriate action before the exemption’s effective date. 5 Effective July 18, 2008, the filing fee for an OFA increased to $1,500. See Regulations Governing Fees for Services Performed in Connection With Licensing and Related Services—2008 Update, STB Ex Parte No. 542 (Sub-No. 15) (STB served June 18, 2008). 6 IC notes, however, that it does not believe that the right-of-way would be of interest to the State of Mississippi or any other entity for public use E:\FR\FM\18FEN1.SGM Continued 18FEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 18, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7636-7637]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-3242]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration


Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Notice of Applications for 
Modification of Special Permit

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

ACTION: List of Applications for Modification of Special Permit.

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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. 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. Request of modifications of special permits 
(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'' demote a modification request. There applications have 
been separated from the new application for special permits to 
facilitate processing.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 5, 2009.
    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 modification of special 
permit is

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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 February 10, 2009.
Delmer F. Billings,
Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Special Permits and Approvals.

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                                                                                            Nature of special
  Application No.          Docket No.            Applicant       Regulation(s) affected       permit thereof
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                                          MODIFICATION SPECIAL PERMITS
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11624-M............  .....................  Pacific Commercial  49 CFR 173.173(b)(2)...  To modify the special
                                             Services, LLC                                permit to authorize
                                             Honolulu, HI.                                the transportation in
                                                                                          commerce of household
                                                                                          hazardous wastes
                                                                                          identified as paint or
                                                                                          paint related
                                                                                          material, Class 3, in
                                                                                          quantities greater
                                                                                          than those presently
                                                                                          authorized.
12571-M............  .....................  AirProducts and     49 CFR 173.304(a)(2);    To modify the special
                                             Chemicals, Inc.     180.209.                 permit to authorize
                                             Allentown, PA.                               the addition of Silane
                                                                                          a Division 2.1
                                                                                          hazardous material and
                                                                                          to add fill density
                                                                                          for Silane.
13961-M............  .....................  3AL Testing         49 CFR 172.203(a);       To modify the special
                                             Corporation         172.301(c);              permit to reduce the
                                             Denver, CO.         180.205(f), (g);         number of calibration
                                                                 180.209(a).              cylinders required for
                                                                                          UE testing.
14149-M............  .....................  Digital Wave        49 CFR 180.205, 180.209  To modify the special
                                             Corporation                                  permit to reduce the
                                             Centennial, CO.                              number of calibration
                                                                                          cylinders required for
                                                                                          UE testing.
14436-M............  .....................  BNSF Railway        49 CFR 174.14(a) and     To modify the special
                                             Company Topeka,     (b).                     permit to
                                             KS.                                          authorization
                                                                                          additional unsignaled
                                                                                          (dark) carrier lines.
14510-M............  .....................  Clean Earth         49 CFR 173.12(b),        To modify the special
                                             Systems, Inc.       173.12(b)(2)(i).         permit to add cargo
                                             Tampa, FL.                                   vessel as an
                                                                                          additional mode of
                                                                                          transportation.
14773-M............  .....................  Pacific Northwest   49 CFR 173.416.........  To reissue the special
                                             National                                     permit originally
                                             Laboratory (PNNL)                            issued on an emergency
                                             Richland, WA.                                basis to authorize
                                                                                          transportation in
                                                                                          commerce of fissile
                                                                                          material in a non DOT
                                                                                          specification
                                                                                          packaging.
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