Periodic Reporting Rules, 55504-55505 [E9-25994]

Download as PDF 55504 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 207 / Wednesday, October 28, 2009 / Proposed Rules docket associated with the rulemaking. Specifically, the documents cited in the rulemaking are as follows: 1. Letter from the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services, recommending that 5-MeODMT and its salts be placed into schedule I of the CSA with a scientific and medical evaluation titled ‘‘Basis for the Recommendation to Control 5-Methoxy-Dimethyltryptamine (5-MeODMT) in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act,’’ December 18, 2008. 2. DEA’s final scheduling document titled ‘‘5-Methoxy-N,NDimethyltryptamine Scheduling Review Document: Eight Factor Analysis,’’ July 17, 2009. After the comment period closed on September 21, 2009, DEA discovered that the supporting documents referenced in the proposed rule were not posted to the electronic docket, thus not available for public viewing. Such documentation has since been posted to the electronic docket and is available for review. DEA wishes to ensure all interested members of the public have an opportunity to review these materials and comment. Accordingly, DEA is reopening the public comment period and will accept comments for an additional 30 days. Comments already submitted in response to the August 21, 2009, notice will be considered and need not be resubmitted. Dated: October 21, 2009. Joseph T. Rannazzisi, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Diversion Control. [FR Doc. E9–25939 Filed 10–27–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–09–P POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 39 CFR Part 3050 [Docket No. RM2010–3; Order No. 321] Periodic Reporting Rules Postal Regulatory Commission. Proposed rulemaking; availability of rulemaking petition. AGENCY: mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with PROPOSALS ACTION: SUMMARY: This document announces a proposed rulemaking in response to a recent Postal Service petition involving periodic reporting rules. The petition, which is the twenty-first in a recent series, addresses the Postal Service’s request to prepare annual compliance reports using only the pro forma adjustment financial results. DATES: Comments are due November 2, 2009. VerDate Nov<24>2008 16:11 Oct 27, 2009 Jkt 220001 Submit comments electronically via the Commission’s Filing Online system at https:// www.prc.gov. Commenters who cannot submit their views electronically should contact the person identified in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT by telephone for advice on alternatives to electronic filing. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel, 202–789–6820 or stephen.sharfman@prc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Prior to September 30, 2009, section 103 of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA) required the Postal Service to pay $5.4 billion each year into the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefit Fund. Public Law 109–435, 120 Stat. 3251 (2006). On September 30, 2009, Congress adopted the 2010 Continuing Appropriations Resolution, which, among other things, reduced the payment due on September 30, 2009 from $5.4 billion to $1.4 billion. Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2010, Public Law 111–068. It made the revision retroactive by directing that it take effect as if it had been part of the enactment of section 803(a)(1)(B) of the PAEA in 2006. The President did not sign the 2010 Continuing Appropriations Resolution until the following day, October 1, 2009. According to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), books of account are closed on the last day of the fiscal year. Therefore, under GAAP, the relief contained in the continuing resolution cannot be reflected in the Postal Service’s financial accounts for FY 2009. In an effort to both comply with GAAP, and with the intent of Congress to relieve the Postal Service from $4 billion in health care funding obligations covering the 2009 fiscal year, the Postal Service anticipates filing audited financial statements for both FY 2009 and FY 2010 that present results according to GAAP, but add a column showing a pro forma adjustment of those results which would show the $4 billion reduction in health care obligation taking effect in FY 2009, rather than FY 2010. The Postal Service provided suggested language in its filing which can be accessed via the Commission’s Web site: https:// www.prc.gov/Docs/65/65273/ Pet.Prop.21.PSRHBF.Accntng.pdf. On October 20, 2009, the Postal Service filed a Petition with the Commission asking it to amend its periodic reporting rules to allow the Postal Service to prepare the annual compliance reports that it provides to ADDRESSES: PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 the Commission each year using only the pro forma results.1 It argues that the pro forma results would better serve the regulatory goals of the Commission because they would more accurately reflect its actual financial condition, and would make its financial reporting to the Commission consistent with the treatment that it anticipates the Office of Personnel Management and the Office of Management and Budget will apply to the Postal Service’s finances in preparing the Federal budget. Id. at 5. The Postal Service asks the Commission to process its proposed change in analytic principles expeditiously. It notes that it is required to submit all of its FY 2009 financial results to the Government Financial Reporting System by November 16, 2009. It states that it will require significant lead time to prepare those materials. It expresses the hope that meeting this timeline will be made feasible by what it believes to be the narrowness of the issue that its proposal presents. Id. at 6. Because of the need for expedition described above, the Commission will require that public comments be submitted by November 2, 2009. The Commission anticipates that it may set an effective date for any proposed change to its periodic reporting rules resulting from this proceeding that is less than the 30-day period normally required for substantive rules considered under 5 U.S.C. 553.2 It is ordered: 1. The Commission establishes Docket No. RM2010–3 to consider the matters raised by the Petition of the United States Postal Service Requesting Authorization to Utilize Pro Forma Accounting Data in Periodic Reporting (Proposal Twenty-One). 2. Interested persons may submit initial comments on or before November 2, 2009. 3. The Commission will determine the need for reply comments after review of the initial comments. 4. R. Kevin Harle is designated to serve as the Public Representative representing the interests of the general public in this proceeding. 5. The Secretary shall arrange for publication of this notice in the Federal Register. Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3652. 1 Petition of the United States Postal Service Requesting Authorization to Utilize Pro Forma Accounting Data in Periodic Reporting (Proposal Twenty-One), October 20, 2009 (Petition). 2 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3) allows substantive rules considered under 5 U.S.C. 553 to take effect in less than 30 days from the date that the rule is approved for ‘‘good cause found and published with the rule.’’ E:\FR\FM\28OCP1.SGM 28OCP1 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 207 / Wednesday, October 28, 2009 / Proposed Rules By the Commission. Shoshana M. Grove, Secretary. [FR Doc. E9–25994 Filed 10–27–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 40 CFR Parts 9 and 63 [EPA–HQ–OAR–2003–0146; FRL–8972–3] RIN 2060–AO55 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants From Petroleum Refineries mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with PROPOSALS AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Proposed partial withdrawal of final rule. SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to withdraw the residual risk and technology review portions of the final rule amending the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants From Petroleum Refineries, which was signed by then Administrator Stephen Johnson, on January 16, 2009. DATES: Written comments must be received on or before November 27, 2009, unless a public hearing is requested by November 9, 2009. If a hearing is requested on the proposed partial withdrawal, written comments must be received by December 14, 2009. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– OAR–2003–0146, by one of the following methods: • E-mail: Comments may be sent by electronic mail (e-mail) to a-and-rDocket@epa.gov, Attention Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2003–0146. • Fax: Fax your comments to: (202) 566–9744, Attention Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2003–0146. • Mail: Send your comments to: Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, Attention Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2003–0146. Please include a total of two copies. We request that a separate copy also be sent to the contact person identified below (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). • Hand Delivery: In person or by courier, deliver comments to: EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20004. Such deliveries are only accepted during the Docket’s normal hours of operation, and special VerDate Nov<24>2008 16:11 Oct 27, 2009 Jkt 220001 arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. Please include a total of two copies. Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2003– 0146. EPA’s policy is that all comments received will be included in the public docket without change and may be made available online at https:// www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be confidential business information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through https:// www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The https://www.regulations.gov Web site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without going through https:// www.regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the https:// www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically in https:// www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the EPA Docket Center, Public Reading Room, EPA West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST), Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and the telephone number for the Air and Radiation Docket is (202) 566–1742. PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 55505 We request that you also send a separate copy of each comment to the contact persons listed below (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). CBI: Do not submit information containing CBI to EPA through https:// www.regulations.gov or e-mail. Send or deliver information identified as CBI only to the following address: Roberto Morales, OAQPS Document Control Officer (C404–02), Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, Attention Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2003–0146. Clearly mark the part of all of the information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or CD–ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD–ROM the specific information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket. Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2. Public Hearing: If anyone contacts EPA requesting to speak at a public hearing by November 9, 2009, a public hearing will be held on November 12, 2009. Persons interested in presenting oral testimony or inquiring as to whether a public hearing is to be held should contact Mr. Bob Lucas, listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section, at least 2 days in advance of the hearing. If a public hearing is held, it will be held at 10 a.m. at the EPA’s Environmental Research Center Auditorium, Research Triangle Park, NC, or an alternate site nearby. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Robert B. Lucas, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Sector Policies and Programs Division, Coatings and Chemicals Group (E143–01), Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, telephone number: (919) 541–0884; fax number: (919) 541–0246; e-mail address: lucas.bob@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 112 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) establishes a two-stage regulatory process to address emissions of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) from stationary sources. In the first stage, after EPA has identified categories of sources emitting one or more of the HAP listed in section 112(b) of the CAA, section 112(d) calls for us to promulgate national emission standards for E:\FR\FM\28OCP1.SGM 28OCP1

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[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 207 (Wednesday, October 28, 2009)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 55504-55505]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-25994]


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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION

39 CFR Part 3050

[Docket No. RM2010-3; Order No. 321]


Periodic Reporting Rules

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rulemaking; availability of rulemaking petition.

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SUMMARY: This document announces a proposed rulemaking in response to a 
recent Postal Service petition involving periodic reporting rules. The 
petition, which is the twenty-first in a recent series, addresses the 
Postal Service's request to prepare annual compliance reports using 
only the pro forma adjustment financial results.

DATES: Comments are due November 2, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments electronically via the Commission's Filing 
Online system at https://www.prc.gov. Commenters who cannot submit their 
views electronically should contact the person identified in FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT by telephone for advice on alternatives to 
electronic filing.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel, 
202-789-6820 or stephen.sharfman@prc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Prior to September 30, 2009, section 103 of 
the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA) required the 
Postal Service to pay $5.4 billion each year into the Postal Service 
Retiree Health Benefit Fund. Public Law 109-435, 120 Stat. 3251 (2006). 
On September 30, 2009, Congress adopted the 2010 Continuing 
Appropriations Resolution, which, among other things, reduced the 
payment due on September 30, 2009 from $5.4 billion to $1.4 billion. 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2010, Public Law 111-068. It 
made the revision retroactive by directing that it take effect as if it 
had been part of the enactment of section 803(a)(1)(B) of the PAEA in 
2006.
    The President did not sign the 2010 Continuing Appropriations 
Resolution until the following day, October 1, 2009. According to 
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), books of account are 
closed on the last day of the fiscal year. Therefore, under GAAP, the 
relief contained in the continuing resolution cannot be reflected in 
the Postal Service's financial accounts for FY 2009.
    In an effort to both comply with GAAP, and with the intent of 
Congress to relieve the Postal Service from $4 billion in health care 
funding obligations covering the 2009 fiscal year, the Postal Service 
anticipates filing audited financial statements for both FY 2009 and FY 
2010 that present results according to GAAP, but add a column showing a 
pro forma adjustment of those results which would show the $4 billion 
reduction in health care obligation taking effect in FY 2009, rather 
than FY 2010. The Postal Service provided suggested language in its 
filing which can be accessed via the Commission's Web site: https://www.prc.gov/Docs/65/65273/Pet.Prop.21.PSRHBF.Accntng.pdf.
    On October 20, 2009, the Postal Service filed a Petition with the 
Commission asking it to amend its periodic reporting rules to allow the 
Postal Service to prepare the annual compliance reports that it 
provides to the Commission each year using only the pro forma 
results.\1\ It argues that the pro forma results would better serve the 
regulatory goals of the Commission because they would more accurately 
reflect its actual financial condition, and would make its financial 
reporting to the Commission consistent with the treatment that it 
anticipates the Office of Personnel Management and the Office of 
Management and Budget will apply to the Postal Service's finances in 
preparing the Federal budget. Id. at 5.
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    \1\ Petition of the United States Postal Service Requesting 
Authorization to Utilize Pro Forma Accounting Data in Periodic 
Reporting (Proposal Twenty-One), October 20, 2009 (Petition).
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    The Postal Service asks the Commission to process its proposed 
change in analytic principles expeditiously. It notes that it is 
required to submit all of its FY 2009 financial results to the 
Government Financial Reporting System by November 16, 2009. It states 
that it will require significant lead time to prepare those materials. 
It expresses the hope that meeting this timeline will be made feasible 
by what it believes to be the narrowness of the issue that its proposal 
presents. Id. at 6.
    Because of the need for expedition described above, the Commission 
will require that public comments be submitted by November 2, 2009. The 
Commission anticipates that it may set an effective date for any 
proposed change to its periodic reporting rules resulting from this 
proceeding that is less than the 30-day period normally required for 
substantive rules considered under 5 U.S.C. 553.\2\
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    \2\ 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3) allows substantive rules considered under 
5 U.S.C. 553 to take effect in less than 30 days from the date that 
the rule is approved for ``good cause found and published with the 
rule.''
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    It is ordered:
    1. The Commission establishes Docket No. RM2010-3 to consider the 
matters raised by the Petition of the United States Postal Service 
Requesting Authorization to Utilize Pro Forma Accounting Data in 
Periodic Reporting (Proposal Twenty-One).
    2. Interested persons may submit initial comments on or before 
November 2, 2009.
    3. The Commission will determine the need for reply comments after 
review of the initial comments.
    4. R. Kevin Harle is designated to serve as the Public 
Representative representing the interests of the general public in this 
proceeding.
    5. The Secretary shall arrange for publication of this notice in 
the Federal Register.

    Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3652.


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    By the Commission.
Shoshana M. Grove,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-25994 Filed 10-27-09; 8:45 am]
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