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Hazardous Materials: Applications for Modification to Special Permits

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline And Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Hazardous Materials: Notice of Applications for Modification to Special Permits

AGENCY:

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), DOT.

ACTION:

List of applications for modification of special permits.

SUMMARY:

In accordance with the procedures governing the application for, and the processing of, special permits from the Department of Transportation's Hazardous Material Regulations, notice is hereby given that the Office of Hazardous Materials Safety has received the application described herein.

DATES:

Comments must be received on or before February 2, 2026.

ADDRESSES:

Record Center, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, DC 20590.

Comments should refer to the application number and be submitted in triplicate. If confirmation of receipt of comments is desired, include a self-addressed stamped postcard showing the special permit number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Donald Burger, Chief, Office of Hazardous Materials Safety General Approvals and Permits Branch, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, East Building, PHH-13, 1200 New Jersey Avenue Southeast, Washington, DC 20590-0001, (202) 366-4535.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Each mode of transportation for which a particular special permit is requested is indicated by a number in the "Nature of Application" portion of the table below as follows: (1) Motor vehicle, (2) Rail freight, (3) Cargo vessel, (4) Cargo aircraft only, (5) Passenger-carrying aircraft.

Copies of the applications are available for inspection in the Records Center, East Building, PHH-13, 1200 New Jersey Avenue Southeast, Washington, DC or at http://regulations.gov.

This notice of receipt of applications for special permit is published in accordance with part 107 of the Federal hazardous materials transportation law (49 U.S.C. 5117(b); 49 CFR 1.53(b)).

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 9, 2026.
Donald P. Burger,
Chief, General Approvals and Permits Branch.
Special Permits Data
Application No. Applicant Regulation(s) affected Nature of the special permits thereof
14867-M GTM Manufacturing, LLC 173.302(a)(1), 173.304(a) To modify the special permit to extend the service life of cylinders beyond 15 years. (modes 1, 2, 3, 4).
21213-M Space Exploration Technologies Corp 172.300, 172.400, 173.302(a), 172.402(f), 173.1, 177.840 To modify the special permit to authorize a single tank propulsion system, lithium-ion battery packs, and additional transportation locations. (mode 1).
21656-M Rawhide Leasing Company LLC 180.205(g) To modify the special permit to authorize alternative requalification testing and to no longer require the grantee to be the owner of the cylinders. (modes 1, 3).
22059-M The Boeing Company 173.219(c)(5) To modify the special permit to add Boeing as an approved carrier for the special permit. (mode 1).
[FR Doc. 2026-00856 Filed 1-15-26; 8:45 am]
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