Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 125 / Thursday, June 29, 1995 / Rules and Regulations 34039
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Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 125 / Thursday, June 29, 1995 / Rules and Regulations 34039 List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 151 action will help to ensure that Coast industry. This action merely serves to Administrative practice and Guard requirements are current and that remove needless entries from the Coast procedure, Oil pollution, Penalties, the hazardous materials tables and lists Guard's lists and tables. Further, the Reporting and recordkeeping are free of entries that unnecessarily public was provided an opportunity to requirements, Water pollution control. complicate the Coast Guard's comment on this action in the ANPRM For the reasons set out in the regulations. published on August 31, 1994. In the preamble, the Coast Guard amends 33 EFFECTIVE DATE: This rule is effective on ANPRM, the Coast Guard proposed CFR part 151 as follows: August 28, 1995. commodities for deletion, and asked ADDRESSES: Unless otherwise indicated, whether anyone had information on PART 151ÐVESSELS CARRYING OIL, documents referred to in this preamble these commodities, or any other NOXIOUS LIQUID SUBSTANCES, are available for inspection or copying commodities that might be appropriate GARBAGE AND MUNICIPAL OR at the office of the Executive Secretary, for deletion as well. Four comments COMMERCIAL WASTE, AND BALLAST Marine Safety Council (G±LRA/3406) were received and are addressed in this WATER (CGD 95±900), U.S. Coast Guard rulemaking. Accordingly, the Coast Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, NW., Guard finds that good cause exists 1. The authority citation for part 151, under 5 U.S.C. 553(b) to publish this subpart A, continues to read as follows: room 3406, Washington, DC 20593± 0001 between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m., rule without additional opportunity for Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(j)(1)(C) and Monday through Friday, except Federal comment. 1903(b); E.O. 11735, 3 CFR, 1971±1975 holidays. The telephone number is (202) Comp., p. 793; 49 CFR 1.46. Background and Purpose 267±1477. The Coast Guard has identified § 151.47 [Amended] FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: obsolete cargo entries in its various 2. In § 151.47, remove all boldfaced Mr. Curtis G. Payne, Hazardous tables and lists, as well as obsolete cargo type wherever it may appear and add, Materials Branch, (202) 267±1577. classifications for entries never entered in its place, Roman type. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: in those tables and lists. Upon review of 3. In § 151.47, add the following new Drafting Information the comments received in response to entries in chemically proper the ANPRM, and further review of its alphabetized order: The principal persons involved in own records, the Coast Guard is deleting * * * * * drafting this document are Mr. Curtis G. these obsolete entries and classifications 2-Ethyl-2-(hydroxymethyl)propane-1,3- Payne, Project Manager, and Ms. Helen as appropriate. By deleting obsolete diol, C8-C10 ester G. Boutrous, Project Counsel, Office of entries in its tables and lists, and Glycerol monooleate Chief Counsel. cancelling the classification of obsolete Lecithin (soyabean) Regulatory History commodities, the Coast Guard will Polybutenyl succinimide reduce an internal administrative Zinc alkenyl carboxamide On August 31, 1994, the Coast Guard burden on its regulatory record keeping published an advanced notice of * * * * * and ensure that its requirements reflect proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) entitled current needs. In the ANPRM, the Coast § 151.49 [Amended] Obsolete Bulk Hazardous Materials in Guard provided a list of commodities 4. In § 151.49(a), remove the entry the Federal Register (59 FR 45150). The thought to be obsolete. That list has ``Dipentene'', and add the entry Coast Guard received four letters been further reviewed by the Coast ``Heptane (all isomers)'' to follow the commenting on the proposal. A public Guard and four letters commenting on entry ``Ethylcyclohexane''. hearing was not requested and one was the list were received, as discussed not held. Dated: June 15, 1995. below. J. C. Card, Related Rulemakings Discussion of Comments and Changes Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Chief, Office Elsewhere in this edition of the Coast Guard Review of Marine Safety, Security and Environmental Federal Register, the Coast Guard is Protection. publishing amendments to its noxious Further review by the Coast Guard [FR Doc. 95±15750 Filed 6±28±95; 8:45 am] liquid substances list in 33 CFR 151.47 revealed that two of the entries included BILLING CODE 4910±14±M (CGD 95±901) and its bulk hazardous in the list of obsolete commodities in materials lists and tables in 46 CFR the ANPRM were identified incorrectly. parts 30, 150, 151, and 153 (CGD 95± They are: 46 CFR Parts 30, 150, 151, and 153 900). a. ``Nitrilotriacetic acid, sodium salt [CGD 94±902] solution'' which should have read Regulatory Information ``Nitrilotriacetic acid, trisodium salt RIN 2115±AF06 This rule removes obsolete solution''; and commodities from Coast Guard b. ``Sodium sulfide solution'' which Obsolete Bulk Hazardous Materials regulations that are no longer viable as should have read ``Sodium sulfide AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT. bulk liquid cargoes, and cancels the solution (15% or less)''. ACTION: Final rule. classifications of obsolete commodities These commodities are removed by not included in those regulations. This this final rule. SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is amending action will help to ensure that Coast its regulations on carriage of bulk Guard requirements are current and that Comments Received hazardous materials by deleting the hazardous materials tables and lists a. Two comments noted that the commodities from its regulations that are free of entries that unnecessarily commodity ethylidene norbornene is are no longer viable as bulk liquid complicate the Coast Guard's produced in large quantity. Neither cargoes, and cancelling the regulations. Because these commodities comment was able to verify whether this classifications of obsolete commodities are no longer carried in bulk, this action commodity is moved in bulk on water. not included in those regulations. This will have no impact on the regulated Having obtained information that the 34040 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 125 / Thursday, June 29, 1995 / Rules and Regulations cargo cannot be considered obsolete, the commodity status groups are identified LIST OF COMMODITIES PROPOSED FOR Coast Guard is not removing ethylidene following the commodity list. DELETIONÐContinued norbornene from its lists and tables. b. One comment concurred with the LIST OF COMMODITIES PROPOSED FOR Commod- proposed deletion of the commodity 2- DELETION Commodity list ity status mercaptobenzothiazole from Coast group Commod- Guard lists and tables. However, upon Dodecyldimethylamine, 1,3,4 further Coast Guard review, it was Commodity list ity status group Tetradecyldimethylamine mix- determined that the commodity should ture. remain. The cargo 2- Acetyl tributyl citrate ..................... 2 Ethyl chlorothioformate ................ 7 mercaptobenzothiazole is almost never Alkenylsuccinic acid ..................... 2 Ethylene dichloride, 1, 1, 2- 1 moved in bulk by itself. Instead, it is Alkyl succinate formaldehyde hy- 2 Trichloroethane mixture. often included as a component of droxyamino condensate (3.2% Fatty acid amides (LOA) .............. 2 mixtures that are moved in bulk. The or less) (LOA). Ferric hydroxyethylethylene 1,5 inclusion of this cargo in Coast Guard Aminoethyl piperazine H.H. ......... 6 diamine triacetic acid, trisodium Ammonium phosphate solution ... 5 salt solution (other name: So- regulations as having been classified for Amyl tallate .................................. 2 dium salt of Ferric carriage in bulk, will eliminate the need Aqueous waste solution (from the 6 hydroxyethylethylenediamine to reevaluate its safety considerations manufacture of a trade name triacetic acid solution). when included in new mixtures being pesticide). Glycols, Resins, & Solvents mix- 2 shipped. Therefore, the Coast Guard is ARCOHIB C±112 ......................... 6 ture. not deleting the commodity 2- BASAGRAN (bentazon-sodium 6 Heartcut distillate raffinate ........... 6 mercaptobenzothiazole from the Coast salt solution). Heavy aromatic concentrate ........ 6 Guard tables and lists as suggested in Benzyl chloride ............................. 4 High molecular weight Lithium 6 Bicyclic terpenel polyamine amide 2 the ANPRM. amineÐamide mixture (other salt (LOA). name: Polyamine amide mix- c. One of the comments concurred n-Butylamine (under the entry Bu- 1,3,4 ture). with the proposed deletion of the tylamine (all isomers)). Hydrochloric acid, spent .............. 1,3 commodity ethyl chlorothioformate. Butyl by-products (containing 6 Isopentaldehyde ........................... 3 The comment noted that this butyl formate, ethyl butyrate, Jet fuel: JP±1 ............................... 2 commodity is moved in Intermodal (IM) ethyl propionate and methyl bu- Jet fuel: JP±3 ............................... 2 portable tanks and it is not expected to tyrate). Meleic anhydride copolymer 2 be transported in bulk by tank vessel. (crude) Butyraldehyde .................. 1,3,4 (LOA). C±6 Aldehydes (mixed) (distilled 6 d. One comment concurred with the Manganese sulfate solution ......... 6 croton oil). Metallo organic compound con- 6 proposed deletion of all commodities on Calcium alkylphenate (LOA) ........ 2 the list, noting that none of the listed taining Barium, Calcium and Calcium amino nonyl phenolate 2 Sulfur. commodities are carried by that (LOA). Methylamine