# Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Notice of Delays in Processing of Exemption Applications
**AGENCY:**
Research and Special Programs Administration, DOT.
**ACTION:**
List of application delayed more than 180 days.
**SUMMARY:**
In accordance with the requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5177(c), RSPA is publishing the following list of exemption 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 associated application.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Delmer Billings, Office of Hazardous Materials Exemptions and Approvals, Research and Special Programs Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 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 exemption applications
**Meaning of Application Number Suffixes**
N—New application
M—Modification request
PM—Party to application with modification request.
Issued in Washington, DC, on January 4, 2005.
R. Ryan Posten,
Exemptions Program Officer, Office of Hazardous Materials Safety, Exemptions & Approvals.
| Application No. | Applicant | Reason for delay | Estimated |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | | |
| 12381-N | Ideal Chemical & Supply Co. Memphis, TN | 2 | 01-31-2005 |
| 12412-N | Great Western Chemical Company Portland, OR | 3 | 01-31-2005 |
| 12950-N | Walnut Industries, Inc. Bensalem, PA | 4 | 01-31-2005 |
| 12797-N | Environmental Quality Co. Belleville, MI | 4 | 01-31-2005 |
| 13054-N | CHS Transportation Mason City, IA | 4 | 02-28-2005 |
| 13176-N | Union Pacific Railroad Company Omaha, NE | 4 | 01-31-2005 |
| 12949-N | Railway Progress Institute, Inc. Alexandria, VA | 4 | 01-31-2005 |
| 13281-N | The Dow Chemical Company Midland, MI | 4 | 01-31-2005 |
| 13265-N | Aeropres Corporation Shreveport, LA | 4 | 02-28-2005 |
| 13461-N | FIBA Technologies, Inc. Westboro, MA | 4 | 01-31-2005 |
| 13346-N | Stand-By-Systems, Inc. Dallas, TX | 1 | 02-28-2005 |
| 13347-N | ShipMate, Inc. Torrance, CA | 4 | 02-28-2005 |
| 13341-N | National Propane Gas Association Washington, DC | 1 | 02-28-2005 |
| 13302-N | FIBA Technologies, Inc. Westboro, MA | 4 | 02-28-2005 |
| 13314-N | Sunoco Inc. Philadelphia, PA | 4 | 01-31-2005 |
| 13309-N | OPW Engineered System Lebanon, OH | 4 | 01-31-2005 |
| 13295-N | Taylor-Wharton Harrisburg, PA | 1 | 02-28-2005 |
| 13266-N | Luxfer Gas Cylinders Riverside, CA | 1 | 02-28-2005 |
| 13636-N | Timberline Environmental Services Cold Springs, CA | 4 | 02-28-2005 |
| 13585-N | Texaco Ovonic Hydrogen Systems, L.L.C. Rochester Hills, MI | 4 | 01-31-2005 |
| 13582-N | Linde Gas LLC (Linde) Independence, OH | 4 | 01-31-2005 |
| 13563-N | Applied Companies Valencia, CA | 4 | 01-31-2005 |
| 13560-N | Texaco Ovonic Hydrogen Systems L.L.C. (TOHS) Rochester Hills, MI | 4 | 01-31-2005 |
| 13554-N | The Fertilizer Institute Washington, DC | 4 | 01-31-2005 |
| 13547-N | CP Industries McKeesport, PA | 4 | 01-31-2005 |
| 13484-N | Air Liquide America L.P. Houston, TX | 4 | 01-31-2005 |
| 13482-N | U.S. Vanadium Corporation (Subsidiary of Strategic Minerals Corporation) Niagara Falls, NY | 4 | 01-31-2005 |
| 13599-N | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. Allentown, PA | 4 | 02-28-2005 |
| 13597-N | Piexon USA Inc. North Canton, OH | 4 | 02-28-2005 |
| 13228-N | AirSep Creekside Corp. Buffalo, NY | 4 | 01-31-2005 |
| 13422-N | Puritan Bennett Plainfield, IN | 3 | 02-28-2005 |
| 13188-N | General Dynamics Lincoln, NE | 1 | 02-28-2005 |
| 13183-N | Becton Dickinson Sandy, UT | 4 | 02-28-2005 |
| 13077-N | MacIntyre Middlebury, VT | 4 | 01-31-2005 |
| | | | |
| 11769-M | Great Western Chemical Company Portland, OR | 2 | 01-31-2005 |
| 11769-M | Great Western Chemical Company Portland, OR | 2 | 01-31-2005 |
| 7277-M | Structural Composites Industries Pomona, CA | 3 | 02-28-2005 |
| 13027-M | Hernco Fabrication & Services Midland, TX | 4 | 01-31-2005 |
| 11579-M | Dyno Nobel, Inc. Salt Lake City, UT | 4 | 01-31-2005 |
| 11537-M | American Development Corporation Vanceboro, NC | 2 | 01-31-2005 |
| 11241-M | Rohm and Haas Co. Philadelphia, PA | 1 | 01-31-2005 |
| 11537-M | Hawkins, Inc. Minneapolis, MN | 2 | 01-31-2005 |
| 7280-M | Department of Defense Ft. Eustis, VA | 4 | 01-31-2005 |
| 10915-M | Luxfer Gas Cylinders (Composite Cylinder Division) Riverside, CA | 1 | 01-31-2005 |
| 10878-M | Tankcon FRP Inc. Boisbriand, Qc | 1, 3 | 01-31-2005 |
| 9421-M | Taylor-Wharton (Gas & Fluid Control Group) Harrisburg, PA | 4 | 01-31-2005 |
| 12022-M | Taylor-Wharton (Gas & Fluid Control Group) Harrisburg, PA | 4 | 01-31-2005 |
| 11537-M | Interstate Chemical Company, Inc. Hermitage, PA | 2 | 01-31-2005 |
| 10882-M | Espar Products, Inc. Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | 4 | 01-31-2005 |
| 8162-M | Structural Composites Industries Pomona, CA | 3 | 02-28-2005 |
| 8718-M | Structural Composites Industries Pomona, CA | 3 | 02-28-2005 |
| 10019-M | Structural Composites Industries Pomona, CA | 3 | 02-28-2005 |
| 12065-M | Petrolab Company Latham, NY | 4 | 01-31-2005 |
| 11537-M | JCI Jones Chemicals, Inc. Milford, VA | 2 | 01-31-2005 |
| 11769-M | Hydrite Chemical Company Brookfield, WI | 2 | 01-31-2005 |