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Accountable Mail. In the City Carrier
Cost System (CCCS), ‘‘accountable’’
mailpieces are defined as pieces that
require customer contact. Currently, all
Express Mail pieces delivered on letter
routes are treated as accountable pieces.
This stems from what was standard
procedure in delivering Express Mail,
which was to attempt to contact the
customer regardless of the ‘‘Signature
Waiver’’ option. This is no longer
standard procedure, according to the
Postal Service. Now, it explains,
‘‘Signature Waiver’’ Express Mail is
scanned and then either placed in the
mail receptacle or left ‘‘in a secure
location.’’ Id. at 23. The CCCS
‘‘Signature Waiver’’ data element now
identifies whether ‘‘Signature Waiver’’
Express Mail was placed in the
receptacle, left in a secure place, or
resulted in customer contact. Proposal
Seven would recognize these
distinctions, thereby reducing the
proportion of Express Mail that is
‘‘accountable’’ mail. Id. Although
Proposal Seven would remove some
Express Mail from the accountable mail
cost pool, the cost of scanning the
Express Mail removed would be
included with the cost of that mail. Id.
at 24.
The Postal Service estimates that
Proposal Seven would reduce the cost of
Express Mail by three-tenths of a
percent, and increase the cost of other
products by up to two-tenths of a
percent. Id.
The Petition, Attachments, and
Library References estimating the
impact of Proposals Four through Eight
are available for review on the
Commission’s Web site, https://
www.prc.gov. In several instances, the
Postal Service’s documentation of its
impact estimates fails to demonstrate
how those estimates were derived. The
Postal Service will be directed to
provide all spreadsheets and computer
programs that are needed to derive the
estimates that it has provided in
connection with the Petition.
Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Natalie
Ward is designated as Public
Representative to represent the interests
of the general public in this proceeding.
Comments are due no later than
September 9, 2011.
It is ordered:
1. The Petition of the United States
Postal Service Requesting Initiation of a
Proceeding to Consider Proposed
Changes in Analytical Principles
(Proposals Four–Eight), filed August 8,
2011, is granted.
2. The Commission establishes Docket
No. RM2011–12 to consider the matters
raised by the Postal Service’s Petition.
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3. The Postal Service is directed to
provide all spreadsheets and computer
programs that are needed to derive the
estimates that it has provided in
connection with its Petition no later
than August 22, 2011.
4. Interested persons may submit
comments on Proposals Four through
Eight no later than September 9, 2011.
5. The Commission will determine the
need for reply comments after review of
the initial comments.
6. Natalie Ward is appointed to serve
as the Public Representative to represent
the interests of the general public in this
proceeding.
7. The Secretary shall arrange for
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register.
By the Commission.
Shoshana M. Grove,
Secretary.
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AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R03–OAR–2011–0509; FRL–9453–8]
Approval and Promulgation of Air
Quality Implementation Plans;
Pennsylvania; Adoption of Control
Techniques Guidelines for Large
Appliance and Metal Furniture
Coatings
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
EPA proposes to approve the
State Implementation Plan (SIP)
revision submitted by the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This
SIP revision includes amendments to
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
regulation 25 Pa. Code Chapter 129
(relating to standards for sources) and
meets the requirement to adopt
Reasonably Available Control
Technology (RACT) for sources covered
by EPA’s Control Techniques
Guidelines (CTG) standards for large
appliance and metal furniture coatings.
In the Final Rules section of this
Federal Register, EPA is approving the
State’s SIP submittal as a direct final
rule without prior proposal because the
Agency views this as a noncontroversial
submittal and anticipates no adverse
comments. A detailed rationale for the
approval is set forth in the direct final
rule. If no adverse comments are
received in response to this action, no
further activity is contemplated. If EPA
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receives adverse comments, the direct
final rule will be withdrawn and all
public comments received will be
addressed in a subsequent final rule
based on this proposed rule. EPA will
not institute a second comment period.
Any parties interested in commenting
on this action should do so at this time.
DATES: Comments must be received in
writing by September 23, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID Number EPA–
R03–OAR–2011–0509, by one of the
following methods:
A. https://www.regulations.gov. Follow
the on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
B. E-mail:
fernandez.cristina@epa.gov.
C. Mail: EPA–R03–OAR–2011–0509,
Cristina Fernandez, Associate Director,
Office of Air Program Planning,
Mailcode 3AP30, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Region III, 1650
Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
19103.
D. Hand Delivery: At the previously
listed EPA Region III address. Such
deliveries are only accepted during the
Docket’s normal hours of operation, and
special arrangements should be made
for deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
Docket ID No. EPA–R03–OAR–2011–
0509. 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
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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
electronic docket are listed in the
https://www.regulations.gov index.
Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available,
i.e., CBI or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute.
Certain other material, such as
copyrighted material, is not placed on
the Internet and will be publicly
available only in hard copy form.
Publicly available docket materials are
available either electronically in https://
www.regulations.gov or in hard copy
during normal business hours at the Air
Protection Division, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Region III, 1650
Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
19103. Copies of the State submittal are
available at the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental
Protection, Bureau of Air Quality
Control, P.O. Box 8468, 400 Market
Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gregory Becoat, (215) 814–2036, or by
e-mail at becoat.gregory@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For
further information, please see the
information provided in the direct final
action, with the same title, ‘‘Approval
and Promulgation of Air Quality
Implementation Plans; Pennsylvania;
Adoption of Control Techniques
Guidelines for Large Appliance and
Metal Furniture Coatings,’’ that is
located in the ‘‘Rules and Regulations’’
section of this Federal Register
publication.
Dated: August 3, 2011.
W.C. Early,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region III.
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[Docket No. FRA–2011–0028, Notice No. 1]
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Positive Train Control Systems
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
AGENCY:
FRA proposes amendments to
the regulations implementing a
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provision of the Rail Safety
Improvement Act of 2008 that requires
certain passenger and freight railroads
to install positive train control (PTC)
systems. This notice proposes the
removal of various regulatory
requirements that require railroads to
either conduct further analyses or meet
certain risk-based criteria in order to
avoid PTC system implementation on
track segments that do not transport
poison- or toxic-by-inhalation (PIH)
hazardous materials traffic and are not
used for intercity or commuter rail
passenger transportation as of December
31, 2015.
DATES: (1) Written comments must be
received by October 24, 2011.
Comments received after that date will
be considered to the extent possible
without incurring additional expenses
or delays.
(2) FRA anticipates being able to
resolve this rulemaking without a
public, oral hearing. However, if FRA
receives a specific request for a public,
oral hearing prior to September 23,
2011, one will be scheduled, and FRA
will publish a supplemental notice in
the Federal Register to inform
interested parties of the date, time, and
location of any such hearing.
ADDRESSES:
Comments: Comments related to
Docket No. FRA–2011–0028, may be
submitted by any of the following
methods:
• Web Site: Comments should be filed
at the Federal eRulemaking Portal,
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
• Fax: 202–493–2251.
• Mail: Docket Management Facility,
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue, SE., W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590.
• Hand Delivery: Room W12–140 on
the Ground level of the West Building,
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.,
Washington, DC between 9 a.m. and
5 p.m. Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and docket
number or Regulatory Identification
Number (RIN) for this rulemaking. Note
that all comments received will be
posted without change to https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information. Please see the
Privacy Act heading in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document for Privacy Act
information related to any submitted
comments or materials.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
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comments received, go to https://
www.regulations.gov at any time or to
Room W12–140 on the Ground level of
the West Building, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC between
9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through
Friday, except Federal Holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas McFarlin, Office of Safety
Assurance and Compliance, Staff
Director, Signal & Train Control
Division, Federal Railroad
Administration, Mail Stop 25, West
Building 3rd Floor West, Room W35–
332, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.,
Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: 202–
493–6203); or Jason Schlosberg, Trial
Attorney, Office of Chief Counsel, RCC–
10, Mail Stop 10, West Building 3rd
Floor, Room W31–207, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590
(telephone: 202–493–6032).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FRA is
issuing this proposed rule to amend the
regulatory requirements contained in 49
CFR part 236, subpart I, related to a
railroad’s ability to remove track
segments from the necessity of
implementing PTC as mandated by
Section 104 of the Railroad Safety
Improvement Act of 2008, Public Law
110–432, 122 Stat. 4854 (Oct. 16, 2008)
(codified at 49 U.S.C. 20157)
(hereinafter ‘‘RSIA’’) based on the track
segments not carrying PIH traffic as of
December 31, 2015.
Table of Contents for Supplementary
Information
I. Executive Summary
II. Background
A. Regulatory History
B. Litigation, Executive Order 13563, and
Congressional Hearings
III. Section-by-Section Analysis
IV. Regulatory Impact and Notices
A. Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 and
DOT Regulatory Policies and Procedures
B. Regulatory Flexibility Act and Executive
Order 13272
C. Paperwork Reduction Act
D. Federalism Implications
E. Environmental Impact
F. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995
G. Energy Impact
H. Privacy Act
I. Executive Summary
For years, FRA has supported the
nationwide proliferation and
implementation of positive train control
(PTC) systems, forecasting substantial
benefits of advanced train control
technology in supporting a variety of
business and safety purposes. However,
FRA repetitively noted that an
immediate regulatory mandate for PTC
system implementation could not be
justified based upon normal cost-benefit
principals relying on direct safety
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R03-OAR-2011-0509; FRL-9453-8]
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans;
Pennsylvania; Adoption of Control Techniques Guidelines for Large
Appliance and Metal Furniture Coatings
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA proposes to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP)
revision submitted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This SIP
revision includes amendments to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
regulation 25 Pa. Code Chapter 129 (relating to standards for sources)
and meets the requirement to adopt Reasonably Available Control
Technology (RACT) for sources covered by EPA's Control Techniques
Guidelines (CTG) standards for large appliance and metal furniture
coatings. In the Final Rules section of this Federal Register, EPA is
approving the State's SIP submittal as a direct final rule without
prior proposal because the Agency views this as a noncontroversial
submittal and anticipates no adverse comments. A detailed rationale for
the approval is set forth in the direct final rule. If no adverse
comments are received in response to this action, no further activity
is contemplated. If EPA receives adverse comments, the direct final
rule will be withdrawn and all public comments received will be
addressed in a subsequent final rule based on this proposed rule. EPA
will not institute a second comment period. Any parties interested in
commenting on this action should do so at this time.
DATES: Comments must be received in writing by September 23, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID Number EPA-
R03-OAR-2011-0509, by one of the following methods:
A. https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
B. E-mail: fernandez.cristina@epa.gov.
C. Mail: EPA-R03-OAR-2011-0509, Cristina Fernandez, Associate
Director, Office of Air Program Planning, Mailcode 3AP30, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch Street,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103.
D. Hand Delivery: At the previously listed EPA Region III address.
Such deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of
operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of
boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-R03-OAR-
2011-0509. 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
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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 electronic docket are listed in the
https://www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available, i.e., CBI or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such
as copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet and will be
publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket
materials are available either electronically in https://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy during normal business hours at the
Air Protection Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region
III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. Copies of the
State submittal are available at the Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Protection, Bureau of Air Quality Control, P.O. Box 8468,
400 Market Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gregory Becoat, (215) 814-2036, or by
e-mail at becoat.gregory@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For further information, please see the
information provided in the direct final action, with the same title,
``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans;
Pennsylvania; Adoption of Control Techniques Guidelines for Large
Appliance and Metal Furniture Coatings,'' that is located in the
``Rules and Regulations'' section of this Federal Register publication.
Dated: August 3, 2011.
W.C. Early,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region III.
[FR Doc. 2011-21363 Filed 8-23-11; 8:45 am]
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