Safety Advisory: Unauthorized Marking of Compressed Gas Cylinders, 64590-64591 [2012-25870]
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CONFORMING PRODUCTS LIST OF CALIBRATING UNITS FOR BREATH ALCOHOL TESTERS—Continued
Type of device
Manufacturers/Name of units
Dry gas
• 260 ppm/67 L .................................................................................................................................................
• 103.5 ppm/105 L ............................................................................................................................................
• 208 ppm/105 L ...............................................................................................................................................
• 223 ppm/105 L ...............................................................................................................................................
• 260 ppm/105 L ...............................................................................................................................................
• 273 ppm/105 L ...............................................................................................................................................
• 52 ppm/108 L .................................................................................................................................................
• 209 ppm/108 L ...............................................................................................................................................
• 103.5 ppm/110 L ............................................................................................................................................
• 208 ppm/110 L ...............................................................................................................................................
• 223 ppm/110 L ...............................................................................................................................................
• 260 ppm/110 L ...............................................................................................................................................
7. Lion Laboratories, Cardiff, Wales, UK
(a subsidiary of CMI, Inc.)
• AlcoCal Breath Alcohol Standard ..................................................................................................................
8. Liquid Technology Corp., Orlando, FL
• Ethanol-in-Nitrogen Standards 104.3 to 219 ppm/105 L ..............................................................................
9. National Draeger, Inc., Durango, CO
• Mark II–A Simulator* (formerly Smith & Wesson) .........................................................................................
• Alcotest CU 34 ...............................................................................................................................................
10. RepCo Marketing, Inc., Raleigh, NC
• AS–1 ..............................................................................................................................................................
• Model 3402C .................................................................................................................................................
• Model 3402C–2K ...........................................................................................................................................
• 3402C-Tandem ..............................................................................................................................................
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* (This instrument met the Model Specifications in 49 FR 48864 (December 14, 1984), i.e. tested at 0.050, 0.100, and 0.150). Instruments not
marked with an asterisk meet the Model Specifications in 72 FR 32742 (June 25, 2007), tested at 0.020, 0.040, 0.080, and 0.160 BrAC.
Authority: 23 U.S.C. 403; 49 CFR 1.50; 49
CFR part 501.
Issued on: October 17, 2012.
Jeff Michael,
Associate Administrator, Research and
Program Development, National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012–25915 Filed 10–19–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA–2012–0170, Notice No.
12–7]
Safety Advisory: Unauthorized Marking
of Compressed Gas Cylinders
Pipeline and hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA), DOT.
ACTION: Safety Advisory Notice.
AGENCY:
PHMSA is issuing this safety
advisory to notify the public of the
unauthorized marking of high pressure
compressed gas cylinders by George
Welding & Supply Co., Inc. located at
205 Tombs Lane, Montoursville, PA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mitchell Brown, Hazardous Materials
Investigator, Eastern Region, Office of
Hazardous Materials Safety, Pipeline
and Hazardous Materials Safety
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Administration, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 820 Bear Tavern Road,
Suite 306, West Trenton, NJ 08034.
Telephone: (609) 989–2256, Fax: (609)
989–2277 or, via email:
mitchell.brown@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Investigators from PHMSA’s Office of
Hazardous Materials Safety (OHMS)
recently conducted a compliance
inspection of George Welding & Supply
Co., Inc. As a result of that inspection,
PHMSA has determined that George
Welding & Supply Co., Inc. marked an
unknown number of high pressure
compressed gas cylinders with
unauthorized Requalifier Identification
Numbers (RIN). In addition, the
evidence suggests that George Welding
& Supply Co., Inc. marked and certified
an unknown number of high pressure
compressed gas cylinders as being
properly requalified in accordance with
the Hazardous Materials Regulations
(HMR) when it had not conducted the
testing prescribed by the HMR. PHMSA
has no record that George Welding &
Supply Co., Inc. was ever approved to
requalify DOT-specification cylinders or
mark such cylinders as being
requalified.
The evidence suggests that George
Welding & Supply Co., Inc. used RINs
that were issued by PHMSA to other
companies authorizing cylinder
requalification. The companies whose
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RINs were used without authorization
are: C171—Proshield Fire Protection,
Waterloo, IA; C004—Swartz Fire &
Safety Equipment Co., Inc., Bellefonte,
PA; C411—Advanced Fire Protection
Services, Inc., Ft. Walton Beach, FL;
C951—Peifer’s Fire Protection, Inc.,
Pillow, PA; D477—NASCO, Colorado
Springs, CO; D575—Sea Sports, Inc.,
Hyannis, MA; D576—Chenango
Welding Supply, LLC; A101—Airgas
North Central, Waterloo, IA; and D322—
Allstate Fire Equipment Co. Each of the
previously indicated companies with an
authorized RIN has been granted
authority to requalify cylinders under
the terms of the RIN supplied to them.
Thus, if cylinders were serviced by the
aforementioned companies, they are not
subject to this notice. Only cylinders
serviced by George Welding & Supply
Co., Inc. baring these markings are
affected.
A cylinder requalification consisting
of a visual inspection and a hydrostatic
test, conducted as prescribed in the
HMR, is used to verify the structural
integrity of a cylinder. If the
requalification is not performed in
accordance with the HMR, a cylinder
with compromised structural integrity
may be inadvertently returned to service
when it should be condemned.
Extensive property damage, serious
personal injury, or death could result
from rupture of a cylinder.
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If cylinders have been taken to or
received from George Welding & Supply
Co., Inc., between calendar years 2001
through 2012, these cylinders may not
have been properly tested as prescribed
by the HMR. These cylinders should be
considered unsafe and unauthorized for
the filling of hazardous material, unless
and until the cylinder is first tested
properly by an individual or company
authorized to requalify DOT
specification cylinders. Cylinders
described in this safety advisory that are
filled with an atmospheric gas should be
vented or otherwise safely discharged.
Cylinders that are filled with a material
other than an atmospheric gas should
not be vented but instead should be
safely discharged. Prior to refilling, the
cylinders must be taken to a DOTauthorized cylinder requalifier to ensure
their suitability for continued service. A
list of authorized requalifiers may be
obtained at this Web site: https://
www.phmsa.dot.gov/hazmat/regs/sp-a/
approvals/cylinders.
Issued in Washington, DC, on October 16,
2012.
Magdy El-Sibaie,
Associate Administrator for Hazardous
Materials Safety.
[FR Doc. 2012–25870 Filed 10–19–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
Notice and Request for Comments
AGENCY:
Surface Transportation Board,
DOT.
30-day notice of intent to seek
extension of approval: Waybill
Compliance Survey.
ACTION:
The Surface Transportation
Board (Board), as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and
as required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
(PRA), is submitting a request to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for renewed approval for the
Waybill Compliance Survey. The Board
previously published a notice about this
collection in the Federal Register on
May 9, 2012, at 77 FR 27279. That
notice allowed for a 60-day public
review and comment period. No
comments were received. The Waybill
Compliance Survey is described in
detail below. Comments may now be
submitted to OMB concerning (1) the
accuracy of the Board’s burden
estimates; (2) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; (3) ways to
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minimize the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, when
appropriate; and (4) whether this
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Board, including
whether the collection has practical
utility.
Description of Collection
Title: Waybill Compliance Survey.
OMB Control Number: 2140–0010.
STB Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Reinstatement
without change of a previously
approved collection.
Respondents: Regulated railroads that
did not submit carload waybill sample
information to the STB in the previous
year.
Number of Respondents: 120.
Estimated Time per Response: .5
hours.
Frequency: Annually.
Total Burden Hours (annually
including all respondents): 60.
Total ‘‘Non-hour Burden’’ Cost: No
‘‘non-hour cost’’ burdens associated
with this collection have been
identified.
Needs and Uses: The ICC Termination
Act of 1995, Public Law 104–88, 109
Stat. 803 (1995), which took effect on
January 1, 1996, abolished the Interstate
Commerce Commission and transferred
to the STB the responsibility for the
economic regulation of common carrier
rail transportation, including the
collection and administration of the
Carload Waybill Sample. Under 49 CFR
part 1244, a railroad terminating 4500 or
more carloads, or terminating at least
5% of the total revenue carloads that
terminate in a particular state, in any of
the three preceding years, is required to
file carload waybill sample information
(Waybill Sample) for all line-haul
revenue waybills terminating on its
lines. The information in the Waybill
Sample is used to monitor the rail
industry in general, and the nature and
quantities of goods being shipped by rail
in particular. The Board needs to collect
information in the Waybill Compliance
Survey—information on carloads of
traffic terminated each year by U.S.
railroads—in order to determine which
railroads are required to file the Waybill
Sample. In addition, information
collected in the Waybill Compliance
Survey, on a voluntary basis, about the
total operating revenue of each railroad
helps to determine whether respondents
are subject to other statutory or
regulatory requirements. Accurate
determinations regarding the size of a
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railroad helps the Board minimize the
reporting burden for smaller railroads.
The Board has authority to collect this
information under 49 U.S.C. 11144 and
11145 and under 49 CFR 1244.2.
Comments on this information
collection may be submitted by
November 21, 2012.
DATES:
Written comments should
be directed to the Office of Management
and Budget, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Patrick
Fuchs, Surface Transportation Board
Desk Officer, by fax at (202) 395–5167;
by mail at OMB, Room 10235, 725 17th
Street NW., Washington, DC 20500; or
by email at
OIRA_SUBMISSION@OMB.EOP.GOV
should be identified as ‘‘Statutory
Authority to Preserve Rail Service.’’
When submitting comments, please
refer to ‘‘Paperwork Reduction Act
Comments, Surface Transportation
Board, Waybill Compliance Survey,
OMB control number 2140–0010.’’
For Further Information or to Obtain
a Copy of the STB Form, Contact: Paul
Aguiar at (202) 245–0323 or
aguiarp@stb.dot.gov. Assistance for the
hearing impaired is available through
the Federal Information Relay Service
(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339.
ADDRESSES:
Under the
PRA, a Federal agency conducting or
sponsoring a collection of information
must display a currently valid OMB
control number. A collection of
information, which is defined in 44
U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c),
includes agency requirements that
persons submit reports, keep records, or
provide information to the agency, third
parties, or the public. Section 3507(b) of
the PRA requires, concurrent with an
agency’s submitting a collection to OMB
for approval, a 30-day notice and
comment period through publication in
the Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information,
including each proposed extension of an
existing collection of information.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: October 16, 2012.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2012–25818 Filed 10–19–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA-2012-0170, Notice No. 12-7]
Safety Advisory: Unauthorized Marking of Compressed Gas Cylinders
AGENCY: Pipeline and hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA),
DOT.
ACTION: Safety Advisory Notice.
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SUMMARY: PHMSA is issuing this safety advisory to notify the public of
the unauthorized marking of high pressure compressed gas cylinders by
George Welding & Supply Co., Inc. located at 205 Tombs Lane,
Montoursville, PA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mitchell Brown, Hazardous Materials
Investigator, Eastern Region, Office of Hazardous Materials Safety,
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, U.S. Department
of Transportation, 820 Bear Tavern Road, Suite 306, West Trenton, NJ
08034. Telephone: (609) 989-2256, Fax: (609) 989-2277 or, via email:
mitchell.brown@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Investigators from PHMSA's Office of
Hazardous Materials Safety (OHMS) recently conducted a compliance
inspection of George Welding & Supply Co., Inc. As a result of that
inspection, PHMSA has determined that George Welding & Supply Co., Inc.
marked an unknown number of high pressure compressed gas cylinders with
unauthorized Requalifier Identification Numbers (RIN). In addition, the
evidence suggests that George Welding & Supply Co., Inc. marked and
certified an unknown number of high pressure compressed gas cylinders
as being properly requalified in accordance with the Hazardous
Materials Regulations (HMR) when it had not conducted the testing
prescribed by the HMR. PHMSA has no record that George Welding & Supply
Co., Inc. was ever approved to requalify DOT-specification cylinders or
mark such cylinders as being requalified.
The evidence suggests that George Welding & Supply Co., Inc. used
RINs that were issued by PHMSA to other companies authorizing cylinder
requalification. The companies whose RINs were used without
authorization are: C171--Proshield Fire Protection, Waterloo, IA;
C004--Swartz Fire & Safety Equipment Co., Inc., Bellefonte, PA; C411--
Advanced Fire Protection Services, Inc., Ft. Walton Beach, FL; C951--
Peifer's Fire Protection, Inc., Pillow, PA; D477--NASCO, Colorado
Springs, CO; D575--Sea Sports, Inc., Hyannis, MA; D576--Chenango
Welding Supply, LLC; A101--Airgas North Central, Waterloo, IA; and
D322--Allstate Fire Equipment Co. Each of the previously indicated
companies with an authorized RIN has been granted authority to
requalify cylinders under the terms of the RIN supplied to them. Thus,
if cylinders were serviced by the aforementioned companies, they are
not subject to this notice. Only cylinders serviced by George Welding &
Supply Co., Inc. baring these markings are affected.
A cylinder requalification consisting of a visual inspection and a
hydrostatic test, conducted as prescribed in the HMR, is used to verify
the structural integrity of a cylinder. If the requalification is not
performed in accordance with the HMR, a cylinder with compromised
structural integrity may be inadvertently returned to service when it
should be condemned. Extensive property damage, serious personal
injury, or death could result from rupture of a cylinder.
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If cylinders have been taken to or received from George Welding &
Supply Co., Inc., between calendar years 2001 through 2012, these
cylinders may not have been properly tested as prescribed by the HMR.
These cylinders should be considered unsafe and unauthorized for the
filling of hazardous material, unless and until the cylinder is first
tested properly by an individual or company authorized to requalify DOT
specification cylinders. Cylinders described in this safety advisory
that are filled with an atmospheric gas should be vented or otherwise
safely discharged. Cylinders that are filled with a material other than
an atmospheric gas should not be vented but instead should be safely
discharged. Prior to refilling, the cylinders must be taken to a DOT-
authorized cylinder requalifier to ensure their suitability for
continued service. A list of authorized requalifiers may be obtained at
this Web site: https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/hazmat/regs/sp-a/approvals/cylinders.
Issued in Washington, DC, on October 16, 2012.
Magdy El-Sibaie,
Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety.
[FR Doc. 2012-25870 Filed 10-19-12; 8:45 am]
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