# Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Notice of Delays in Processing of Exemption Applications
**AGENCY:**
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, 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 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:**
Delmer Billings, Office of Hazardous Materials Exemptions and Approvals, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 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 May 27, 2005.
R. Ryan Posten,
Exemptions Program Officer, Office of Hazardous Materials Safety Exemptions & Approvals.
| Application No. | Applicant | Reason for delay | Estimated date of completion |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | | |
| 13183-N | Becton Dickinson, Sandy, UT | 4 | 06-30-2005 |
| 13188-N | General Dynamics, Lincoln, NE | 4 | 06-30-2005 |
| 13281-N | The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI | 4 | 06-30-2005 |
| 13295-N | Taylor-Wharton, Harrisburg, PA | 4 | 06-30-2005 |
| 13309-N | OPW Engineered Systems, Lebanon, OH | 4 | 06-30-2005 |
| 13266-N | Luxfer Gas Cylinders, Riverside, CA | 4 | 06-30-2005 |
| 13422-N | Puritan Bennett, Plainfield, IN | 3 | 06-30-2005 |
| 13314-N | Sunoco Inc., Philadelphia, PA | 4 | 06-30-2005 |
| 13341-N | National Propane Gas Association, Washington, DC | 1 | 06-30-2005 |
| 14037-N | Air Products & Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA | 4 | 06-30-2005 |
| 14038-N | Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI | 1 | 06-30-2005 |
| 14010-N | Varsal, LLC, Warminster, PA | 4 | 06-30-2005 |
| 13999-N | Kompozit-Praha s.r.o., Dysina u Plzne, Czech Republic, CZ | 4 | 06-30-2005 |
| 14008-N | Air Products & Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA | 4 | 06-30-2005 |
| 13958-N | Department of Defense, Fort Eustis, VA | 1 | 06-30-2005 |
| 13957-N | T.L.C.C.I, Inc., Franklin, TN | 4 | 06-30-2005 |
| 13858-N | US Ecology Idaho, Inc. (USEI), Grand View, ID | 1 | 06-30-2005 |
| 13582-N | Linde Gas LLC (Linde), Independence, OH | 4 | 06-30-2005 |
| 13563-N | Applied Companies, Valencia, CA | 4 | 06-30-2005 |
| 13547-N | CP Industries, McKeesport, PA | 4 | 06-30-2005 |
| 13346-N | Stand-By-Systems, Inc., Dallas TX | 1 | 06-30-2005 |
| 13347-N | ShipMate, Inc., Torrance, CA | 4 | 06-30-2005 |
| 13302-N | FIBA Technologies, Inc., Westboro, MA | 4 | 06-30-2005 |
| 72277-M | Structural Composites Industries, Pomona, CA | 4 | 07-31-2005 |
| 11214-M | Rohm and Haas Co., Philadelphia, PA | 1 | 06-30-2005 |
| 7774-M | Pipe Recovery Systems, Inc., Houston, TX | 4 | 06-30-2005 |
| 13488-M | FABER INDUSTIRES SPA, (U.S. Agent: Kaplan Industries, Maple Shade, NJ) | 4 | 06-30-2005 |
| 12988-M | Air Products & Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA | 4 | 06-30-2005 |
| 12284-M | The American Traffic Safety Services Assn. (ATSSA), Fredericksburg, VA | 1 | 06-30-2005 |
| 10319-M | Amtrol, In., West Warwick, RI | 4 | 06-30-2005 |
| 6263-M | Amtrol, Inc., West Warwick, RI | 4 | 06-30-2005 |
| 11579-M | Dyno Nobel, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT | 4 | 06-30-2005 |
| 10915-M | Luxfer Gas Cylindes (Composite Cylinder Divisin), Riverside, CA | 1 | 06-30-2005 |
| 7280-M | Department of Defense, Ft. Eustis, VA | 4 | 06-30-2005 |
| 10878-M | Tankcon FRP Inc., Boisbriand, Qc | 1,3 | 06-30-2005 |
| 10019-M | Structural Composites Industries, Pomona, CA | 4 | 06-30-2005 |
| 8162 | Structural Composites Industries, Pomona, CA | 4 | 06-30-2005 |
| 8718-M | Structural Composites Industries, Pomona, CA | 4 | 06-30-2005 |
| 9649-X | U.S. Department of Defense, Fort Eustis, VA | 1 | 06-30-2005 |