[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR107.107]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
 CHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                             TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 107_HAZARDOUS MATERIALS PROGRAM PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart B_Exemptions
 
Sec. 107.107  Application for party status.

    (a) Any person eligible to apply for an exemption may apply to be 
made party to an application or an existing exemption, other than a 
manufacturing exemption.
    (b) Each application filed under this section must--
    (1) Be submitted in duplicate to: Associate Administrator for 
Hazardous Materials Safety (Attention: Exemptions, DHM-31), Research and 
Special Programs Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 
7th Street,

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SW, Washington, DC 20590-0001. Alternatively, the application with any 
attached supporting documentation submitted in an appropriate format may 
be sent by facsimile (fax) to: (202) 366-3753 or (202) 366-3308 or by 
electronic mail (e-mail) to: Exemptions@rspa.dot.gov;
    (2) Identify by number the exemption application or exemption to 
which the applicant seeks to become a party;
    (3) State the name, street and mailing addresses, e-mail address 
(optional), and telephone number of the applicant; if the applicant is 
not an individual, state the name, street and mailing addresses, e-mail 
address (optional), and telephone number of an individual designated as 
the applicant's agent for all purposes related to the application;
    (4) If the applicant is not a resident of the United States, provide 
a designation of agent for service in accordance with Sec. 105.40 of 
this subchapter; and
    (5) For a Class 1 material that is forbidden for transportation by 
aircraft except under an exemption (see Columns 9A and 9B in the table 
in 49 CFR 172.101), an applicant for party status to an exemption to 
transport such Class 1 material on passenger-carrying or cargo-only 
aircraft with a maximum certificated takeoff weight of less than 12,500 
pounds must certify that no person within the categories listed in 18 
U.S.C. 842(i) will participate in the transportation of the Class 1 
material.
    (c) The Associate Administrator grants or denies an application for 
party status in the manner specified in Sec. 107.113(e) and (f) of this 
subpart.
    (d) A party to an exemption is subject to all terms of that 
exemption, including the expiration date. If a party to an exemption 
wishes to renew party status, the exemption renewal procedures set forth 
in Sec. 107.109 apply.

[Amdt. 107-38, 61 FR 21095, May 9, 1996, as amended at 65 FR 50457, Aug. 
18, 2000; 67 FR 61010, 61011, Sept. 27, 2002; 69 FR 6198, Feb. 10, 2004]