# Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Notice of Delays in Processing of Special Permit 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 special permit applications that have been in process for 180 days or more. The reasons(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:**
Ann Mazzullo, Office of Hazardous Materials Special Permits 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 special permit applications.
**Meaning of Application Number Suffixes**
N—New application.
M—Modification request.
X—Renewal.
PM—Party to applicant with modification request.
Issued in Washington, DC, on July 10, 2006.
R. Ryan Posten,
Chief, Special Permits Program, Office of Hazardous Materials Safety, Special Permits & Approvals.
| Application No. | Applicant | Reason for | Estimated date of completion |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13563-N | Applied Companies, Valencia, CA | 1 | 07-31-2006 |
| 14184-N | Global Refrigerants, Inc., Denver, CO | 4 | 07-31-2006 |
| 14229-N | Senex Explosives, Inc., Cuddy, PA | 4 | 07-31-2006 |
| 14239-N | Marlin Gas Transport, Inc., Odessa, FL | 1 | 07-31-2006 |
| 14257-N | Origin Energy American Samoa, Inc., Pago Pago, AS | 4 | 07-31-2006 |
| 14266-N | NCF Industries, Inc., Santa Maria, CA | 3 | 08-31-2006 |
| 14277-N | Ascus Technologies, Ltd., Cleveland, OH | 3, 4 | 08-31-2006 |
| 14285-N | INO Therapeutics LLC, Port Allen, LA | 4 | 08-31-2006 |
| 14289-N | City Machine & Welding, Inc., Amarillo, TX | 4 | 08-31-2006 |
| 14301-N | Triple S Gas Tanks (PTY) Ltd dba, Gascon, Elsieriver, South Africa | 4 | 08-31-2006 |
| 14298-N | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA | 4 | 08-31-2006 |
| 14283-N | U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Washington, DC | 1 | 07-31-2006 |
| 14237-N | Advanced Technology Materials, Inc., (ATMI), Danbury, CT | 1 | 08-31-2006 |
| 14232-N | Luxfer Gas Cylinders—Composite, Cyclinder Division, Riverside, CA | 4 | 07-31-2006 |
| Application No. | Applicant | Reason for | Estimated date of completion |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11903-M | Comptank Corporation, Bothwell, ON | 4 | 07-31-2006 |
| 13583-M | Structural Composites Industries, Pomona, CA | 3, 4 | 07-31-2006 |
| 11691-M | Sensient Flavors, Inc., Indianapolis, IN | 4 | 07-31-2006 |
| 12677-M | Austin Powder Illinois Company, Cleveland, OH | 1 | 08-31-2006 |