# 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 Application 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 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:**
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 application with modification request.
Issued in Washington, DC, on November 13, 2006.
Delmer F. Billings,
Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Safety Special Permits & Approvals.
| Application No. | Applicant | Reason for delay | Estimated |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | | |
| 14229-N | Senex Explosives, Inc., Cuddy, PA | 4 | 11-30-2006 |
| 14237-N | Advanced Technology Materials, Inc., (ATMI), Danbury, CT | 1 | 11-31-2006 |
| 14257-N | Origin Energy American Samoa, Inc., Pago Pago, AS | 4 | 11-30-2006 |
| 14266-N | NCF Industries, Inc., Santa Maria, CA | 3 | 11-30-2006 |
| 14316-N | VOTG North America, Inc., West Chester, PA | 4 | 12-31-2006 |
| 14314-N | North American Automotive Hazmat Action Committee | 4 | 11-30-2006 |
| 14330-N | Chemical & Metal Industries, Inc., Hudson, CO | 4 | 12-31-2006 |
| 14337-N | NKCF Co., Ltd., Jisa-Dong, Kangseo-Gu Busan | 4 | 11-30-2006 |
| 14343-N | Valero St. Charles, Norco, LA | 4 | 12-31-2006 |
| 14318-N | Lockheed Martin Technical Operations, Vandenberg AFB, CA | 4 | 12-31-2006 |
| 14277-N | Ascus Technologies, Ltd., Cleveland, OH | 3,4 | 12-31-2006 |
| | | | |
| 12677-M | Austin Powder Illinois Company, Cleveland, OH | 4 | 11-30-2006 |
| 12405-M | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | 4 | 11-30-2006 |
| 3121-M | Department of Defense, Ft. Eustis, VA | 4 | 10-31-2006 |
| 12277-M | Indian Sugar and General Engineering Corporation, Haryana | 4 | 12-31-2006 |
| 5749-M | E.I. DuPont de Nemours, Wilmington, DE | 4 | 12-31-2006 |
| 10481-M | M-1 Engineeering Limited, Bradford, West Yorkshire | 4 | 12-31-2006 |