# 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. 5117(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 identified application.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Delmar 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 February 1, 2005.
R. Ryan Posten,
Exemptions Program Officer, Office of Hazardous Materials Safety, Exemptions & Approvals.
| Application No. | Applicant | Reason | Estimated |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | | |
| 12381-N | Ideal Chemical & Supply Co., Memphis, TN | 2 | 03-31-2005 |
| 12412-N | Great Western Chemical Company, Portland, OR | 3 | 03-31-2005 |
| 12950-N | Walnut Industries, Inc., Bensalem, PA | 4 | 03-31-2005 |
| 12797-N | Environmental Quality Co., Belleville, MI | 4 | 04-30-2005 |
| 13054-N | CHS Transportation, Mason City, IA | 4 | 02-28-2005 |
| 13176-N | Union Pacific Railroad Company, Omaha, NE | 4 | 03-31-2005 |
| 13422-N | Puritan Bennett, Plainfield, IN | 3 | 02-28-2005 |
| 13228-N | AirSep Creekside Corp., Buffalo, NY | 4 | 03-31-2005 |
| 13266-N | Luxfer Gas Cylinders, Riverside, CA | 1 | 02-28-2005 |
| 13482-N | U.S. Vanadium Corporation (Subsidiary of Straegic Minerals Corporation), Niagara Falls, NY | 4 | 03-31-2005 |
| 13461-N | FIBA Technologies, Inc., Westboro, MA | 4 | 03-31-2005 |
| 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 | FIB Technologies, Inc., Westboro, MA | 4 | 02-28-2005 |
| 13314-N | Sunoco Inc., Philadelphia, PA | 4 | 03-31-2005 |
| 13309-N | OPW Engineered Systems, Lebanon, OH | 4 | 03-31-2005 |
| 13295-N | Taylor-Wharton, Harrisburg, PA | 1 | 02-28-2005 |
| 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 |
| 13636-N | Timberline Environmental Services, Cold Springs, CA | 4 | 02-28-2005 |
| 13585-N | Texas Ovonic Hydrogen Systems, L.L.C., Rochester Hills, MI | 4 | 02-28-2005 |
| 13582-N | Linde Gas LLC (Linde), Independence, OH | 4 | 03-31-2005 |
| 13563-N | Applied Companies, Valencia, CA | 4 | 03-31-2005 |
| 13560-N | Texas Ovonic Hydrogen Systems L.L.C. (TOHS), Rochester Hills, MI | 4 | 02-28-2005 |
| 13547-N | CP Industries, McKeesport, PA | 4 | 03-31-2005 |
| 13484-N | Air Liquids America L.P., Houston, TX | 4 | 03-31-2005 |
| 13859-N | Degussa Corporation, Parsippany, NJ | 4 | 02-28-2005 |
| 13860-N | United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC), Paducah, KY | 4 | 02-28-2005 |
| 13776-N | MHF Logistical Solutions, Cranberry Twp., PA | 4 | 02-28-2005 |
| 13265-N | Aeropres Corporation, Shreveport, LA | 4 | 02-28-2005 |
| 13281-N | The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI | 4 | 03-31-2005 |
| 13188-N | General Dynamics, Lincoln, NE | 3 | 04-30-2005 |
| 13183-N | Becton Dickinson, Sandy, UT | 4 | 02-28-2005 |
| 13077-N | MacIntyre, Middlebury, VT | 4 | 03-31-2005 |
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| 1769-M | Great Western Chemical Company, Portland, OR | 2 | 03-31-2005 |
| 11769-M | Great Western Chemical Company, Portland, OR | 2 | 03-31-2005 |
| 7277-M | Structural Composites Industries, Pomona, CA | 3 | 02-28-2005 |
| 13027-M | Hernco Fabrication & Services, Midland, TX | 4 | 03-31-2005 |
| 11579-M | Dyno Nobel, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT | 4 | 03-31-2005 |
| 11537-M | American Development Corporation, Vanceboro, NC | 2 | 03-31-2005 |
| 11241-M | Rohm and Haas Co., Philadelphia, PA | 1 | 03-31-2005 |
| 11537-M | Hawkins, Inc., Minneapolis, MN | 2 | 03-31-2005 |
| 7280-M | Department of Defense, Ft. Eustis, VA | 4 | 03-031-2005 |
| 10915-M | Luxfer Gas Cylinders (Composite Cylinder Division), Riverside, CA | 1 | 03-31-2005 |
| 10878-M | Tankcon FRP Inc., Boisbriand, Qc | 1, 3 | 03-31-2005 |
| 9421-M | Taylor-Wharton (Gas & Fluid Control Group), Harrisburg, PA | 4 | 03-31-2005 |
| 12022-M | Taylor-Wharton (Gas & Fluid Control Group), Harrisburg, PA3 | 4 | 03-31-2005 |
| 11537-M | Interstate Chemical Company, Inc., Hermitage, PA | 2 | 03-31-2005 |
| 10882-M | Espar Products, Inc., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | 4 | 03-31-2005 |
| 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 | 02-28-2005 |
| 11537-M | JCI Jones Chemicals, Inc., Milford, VA | 2 | 03-31-2005 |
| 11769-M | Hydrite Chemical Company, Brookfield, WI | 2 | 03-31-2005 |