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BILLING CODE 9110–04–P
POSTAL SERVICE
39 CFR Part 492
Collection of Delinquent Non-Tax
Debts by Administrative Wage
Garnishment
Postal Service.
Final rule.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The United States Postal
Service (Postal Service) is adding a
provision to its regulations to
implement the administrative wage
garnishment (AWG) provisions of the
Debt Collection Improvement Act of
1996 (DCIA), allowing the United States
Treasury Bureau of the Fiscal Service
(BFS) to collect debts owed to the Postal
Service, that the Postal Service refers to
BFS for collection, by AWG.
DATES: Effective August 7, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ruth Stevenson at (202)–268–6724.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: After
providing debtors with the requisite
opportunity for notice and review, the
Postal Service currently may refer nontax delinquent debts to BFS, formerly
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known as the Financial Management
Service (FMS), for centralized collection
and/or offset. Among other potential
collection tools, BFS may utilize AWG
to collect delinquent debts referred to it
by federal agencies. AWG allows a
federal entity to enforce collection of a
debt by garnishing wages the debtor
receives from a non-federal employer
after affording the debtor with notice
and certain administrative proceedings,
including the right to a hearing.
Provisions of the DCIA, codified at 31
U.S.C. 3720D, authorize federal agencies
to collect non-tax debt owed to the
United States by AWG. The United
States Department of the Treasury
(Treasury) has also issued an
implementing regulation at 31 CFR
285.11. However, before BFS may
utilize AWG to collect debts that the
Postal Service refers to it, the Postal
Service must first implement
regulations authorizing the collection of
non-tax delinquent debt by AWG. The
Postal Service is accordingly adding
new part 492, containing § 492.1, to title
39 of the Code of Federal Regulations in
order to authorize collection of Postal
debts by AWG.
This new regulation provides that the
Treasury regulation, 31 CFR 285.11,
shall apply to AWG proceedings
conducted by, or on behalf of, the Postal
Service. Section 285.11 includes
procedural protections, including notice
requirements and hearing procedures, to
allow individuals to contest the
existence or amount of the debt and/or
to assert that collection by garnishment
would present an undue hardship prior
to collection by AWG. BFS will pursue
AWG on behalf of the Postal Service as
part of its normal debt collection
process. This includes issuing notices to
debtors and garnishment orders to
employers, as well as conducting
required administrative hearings on
behalf of the Postal Service, in
accordance with the procedures
contained in 31 CFR 285.11.
AWG, which involves the
garnishment of wages a debtor receives
from a non-federal employer, is a
separate procedure from administrative
salary offsets taken from current federal
employees’ salaries (including Postal
employees’ salaries) in order to satisfy a
debt owed to the United States. See 5
U.S.C. 5514; 39 CFR part 961. It is also
a distinct procedure from the
garnishment of current Postal Service
employee and Postal Service Rate
employee salaries, as detailed in 39 CFR
part 491. Accordingly, the procedures
contained in these provisions are not
affected by this rule. In addition, the
provisions pertaining to administrative
offset contained in 39 CFR part 966 are
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not affected by this rule. As noted, the
Postal Service must afford individuals
with notice and an opportunity for
review prior to referring a debt to the
Treasury for collection and/or
administrative offset, in accordance
with ELM 470–480 and/or 39 CFR part
966, if applicable. Treasury may then
determine to pursue collection of the
debt by AWG, after providing the debtor
with any additional process or
procedures required by 31 CFR 285.11.
The Postal Service published the
proposed version of this rule on April
24, 2014 (79 FR 22786–87). The Postal
Service received no comments. This
final version of the rule is unchanged
with the exception of a corrected
designation of the BFS in new
§ 492.1(b).
List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 492
Administrative practice and
procedure, Claims, Wages.
For the reasons stated in the
preamble, the Postal Service adds 39
CFR part 492 as set forth below:
PART 492—ADMINISTRATIVE WAGE
GARNISHMENT FROM NON-POSTAL
SOURCES
Sec.
492.1 Collection of delinquent non-tax
debts by administrative wage
garnishment.
Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3720D; 39 U.S.C. 204,
401, 2601; 31 CFR 285.11.
§ 492.1 Collection of delinquent non-tax
debts by administrative wage garnishment.
(a) This section provides procedures
for the Postal Service to collect money
from a debtor’s disposable pay by means
of administrative wage garnishment, in
accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3720D and
31 CFR 285.11, to satisfy delinquent
nontax debt owed to the United States.
(b) The Postal Service authorizes the
U. S. Department of the Treasury Bureau
of the Fiscal Service or its successor
entity to collect debts by administrative
wage garnishment, and conduct
administrative wage garnishment
hearings, on behalf of the Postal Service
in accordance with the requirements of
31 U.S.C. 3720D and the procedures
contained in 31 CFR 285.11.
(c) The Postal Service adopts the
provisions of 31 CFR 285.11 in their
entirety. The provisions of 31 CFR
285.11 should therefore be read as
though modified to effectuate the
application of that regulation to
administrative wage garnishment
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proceedings conducted by, or on behalf
of, the U.S. Postal Service.
Stanley F. Mires,
Attorney, Federal Requirements.
[FR Doc. 2014–18627 Filed 8–6–14; 8:45 am]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R03–OAR–2014–0499; FRL–9914–54–
Region–3]
Approval and Promulgation of Air
Quality Implementation Plans; Virginia;
Revisions to the Definition of Volatile
Organic Compounds
Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Direct final rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is taking direct final
action to approve revisions to the
Commonwealth of Virginia’s State
Implementation Plan (SIP). The
revisions add five compounds to the list
of substances not considered to be
volatile organic compounds (VOC). EPA
is approving these revisions in
accordance with the requirements of the
Clean Air Act (CAA).
DATES: This rule is effective on October
6, 2014 without further notice, unless
EPA receives adverse written comment
by September 8, 2014. If EPA receives
such comments, it will publish a timely
withdrawal of the direct final rule in the
Federal Register and inform the public
that the rule will not take effect.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID Number EPA–
R03–OAR–2014–0499 by one of the
following methods:
A. www.regulations.gov. Follow the
on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
B. Email: fernandez.cristina@epa.gov.
C. Mail: EPA–R03–OAR–2014–0499,
Cristina Fernandez, Associate Director,
Office of Air Program Planning, Air
Protection Division, Mailcode 3AP30,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Region III, 1650 Arch Street,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103.
D. Hand Delivery: At the previouslylisted 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–2014–
0499. EPA’s policy is that all comments
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personal information provided, unless
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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
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you provide it in the body of your
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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
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Docket: All documents in the
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information whose disclosure is
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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 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 Virginia Department of
Environmental Quality, 629 East Main
Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Schmitt, (215) 814–5787, or by
email at schmitt.ellen@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Tropospheric ozone, commonly
known as smog, is formed when VOCs
and nitrogen oxides react in the
atmosphere in the presence of sunlight.
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Because of the harmful health effects of
ozone, EPA and state governments limit
the amount of VOCs that can be released
into the atmosphere. VOCs have
different levels of reactivity, that is,
some VOCs react slowly or form less
ozone, and therefore, changes in their
emissions have limited effects on local
or regional ozone pollution episodes. It
has been EPA’s policy that VOCs with
a negligible level of reactivity should be
excluded from the regulatory definition
of VOC contained at 40 CFR 51.100(s) so
as to focus control efforts on compounds
that do significantly increase ozone
concentrations. This is accomplished by
adding the substance to a list of
compounds not considered to be VOCs,
and thus, excluded from the definition
of VOC. EPA believes that exempting
such compounds creates an incentive
for industry to use negligibly reactive
compounds in place of more highly
reactive compounds that are regulated
as VOCs.
On June 22, 2012 (77 FR 37610) and
February 12, 2013 (78 FR 9823), EPA
revised the definition of VOC contained
in 40 CFR 51.100 to exclude five
substances from the definition of VOC
and corrected the citation for one
substance. The compounds excluded
from the definition of VOC are listed as
follows: Trans-1,3,3,3tetrafluoropropene (also known as HFO1234ze), HCF2OCF2H (also known as
HFE-134), HCF2OCF2OCF2H (also
known as HFE-236cal2),
HCF2OCF2CF2OCF2H (also known as
HFE-338pcc13), and
HCF2OCF2OCF2CF2OCF2H (also
known as HGalden 1040x, H-Galden ZT
130, H-Galden ZT 150, or H-Galden ZT
180). In the February 12, 2013
rulemaking action, EPA also corrected
the citation for 1,1,1,2,2,3,4,5,5,5decafluoro-3-methoxy-4trifluoromethylpentane (also known as
HFE-7300).
II. Summary of SIP Revision
On April 11, 2014, the
Commonwealth of Virginia submitted a
formal revision to its SIP. The SIP
revision consists of adding the
compound, ‘‘trans-1,3,3,3tetrafluoropropene’’ also know as ‘‘HFO1234ze,’’ to the list of substances that
are not considered VOCs as well as
minor administrative changes to the
definition of ‘‘Total suspended
particulate,’’ both contained in 9VAC5–
10–20.
On May 22, 2014, the Commonwealth
of Virginia submitted a formal revision
to its SIP which consists of adding four
additional compounds to the list of
substances that are not considered VOCs
found at 9VAC5–10–20; these
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[Rules and Regulations]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-18627]
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POSTAL SERVICE
39 CFR Part 492
Collection of Delinquent Non-Tax Debts by Administrative Wage
Garnishment
AGENCY: Postal Service.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The United States Postal Service (Postal Service) is adding a
provision to its regulations to implement the administrative wage
garnishment (AWG) provisions of the Debt Collection Improvement Act of
1996 (DCIA), allowing the United States Treasury Bureau of the Fiscal
Service (BFS) to collect debts owed to the Postal Service, that the
Postal Service refers to BFS for collection, by AWG.
DATES: Effective August 7, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ruth Stevenson at (202)-268-6724.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: After providing debtors with the requisite
opportunity for notice and review, the Postal Service currently may
refer non-tax delinquent debts to BFS, formerly known as the Financial
Management Service (FMS), for centralized collection and/or offset.
Among other potential collection tools, BFS may utilize AWG to collect
delinquent debts referred to it by federal agencies. AWG allows a
federal entity to enforce collection of a debt by garnishing wages the
debtor receives from a non-federal employer after affording the debtor
with notice and certain administrative proceedings, including the right
to a hearing.
Provisions of the DCIA, codified at 31 U.S.C. 3720D, authorize
federal agencies to collect non-tax debt owed to the United States by
AWG. The United States Department of the Treasury (Treasury) has also
issued an implementing regulation at 31 CFR 285.11. However, before BFS
may utilize AWG to collect debts that the Postal Service refers to it,
the Postal Service must first implement regulations authorizing the
collection of non-tax delinquent debt by AWG. The Postal Service is
accordingly adding new part 492, containing Sec. 492.1, to title 39 of
the Code of Federal Regulations in order to authorize collection of
Postal debts by AWG.
This new regulation provides that the Treasury regulation, 31 CFR
285.11, shall apply to AWG proceedings conducted by, or on behalf of,
the Postal Service. Section 285.11 includes procedural protections,
including notice requirements and hearing procedures, to allow
individuals to contest the existence or amount of the debt and/or to
assert that collection by garnishment would present an undue hardship
prior to collection by AWG. BFS will pursue AWG on behalf of the Postal
Service as part of its normal debt collection process. This includes
issuing notices to debtors and garnishment orders to employers, as well
as conducting required administrative hearings on behalf of the Postal
Service, in accordance with the procedures contained in 31 CFR 285.11.
AWG, which involves the garnishment of wages a debtor receives from
a non-federal employer, is a separate procedure from administrative
salary offsets taken from current federal employees' salaries
(including Postal employees' salaries) in order to satisfy a debt owed
to the United States. See 5 U.S.C. 5514; 39 CFR part 961. It is also a
distinct procedure from the garnishment of current Postal Service
employee and Postal Service Rate employee salaries, as detailed in 39
CFR part 491. Accordingly, the procedures contained in these provisions
are not affected by this rule. In addition, the provisions pertaining
to administrative offset contained in 39 CFR part 966 are not affected
by this rule. As noted, the Postal Service must afford individuals with
notice and an opportunity for review prior to referring a debt to the
Treasury for collection and/or administrative offset, in accordance
with ELM 470-480 and/or 39 CFR part 966, if applicable. Treasury may
then determine to pursue collection of the debt by AWG, after providing
the debtor with any additional process or procedures required by 31 CFR
285.11.
The Postal Service published the proposed version of this rule on
April 24, 2014 (79 FR 22786-87). The Postal Service received no
comments. This final version of the rule is unchanged with the
exception of a corrected designation of the BFS in new Sec. 492.1(b).
List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 492
Administrative practice and procedure, Claims, Wages.
For the reasons stated in the preamble, the Postal Service adds 39
CFR part 492 as set forth below:
PART 492--ADMINISTRATIVE WAGE GARNISHMENT FROM NON-POSTAL SOURCES
Sec.
492.1 Collection of delinquent non-tax debts by administrative wage
garnishment.
Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3720D; 39 U.S.C. 204, 401, 2601; 31 CFR
285.11.
Sec. 492.1 Collection of delinquent non-tax debts by administrative
wage garnishment.
(a) This section provides procedures for the Postal Service to
collect money from a debtor's disposable pay by means of administrative
wage garnishment, in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3720D and 31 CFR 285.11,
to satisfy delinquent nontax debt owed to the United States.
(b) The Postal Service authorizes the U. S. Department of the
Treasury Bureau of the Fiscal Service or its successor entity to
collect debts by administrative wage garnishment, and conduct
administrative wage garnishment hearings, on behalf of the Postal
Service in accordance with the requirements of 31 U.S.C. 3720D and the
procedures contained in 31 CFR 285.11.
(c) The Postal Service adopts the provisions of 31 CFR 285.11 in
their entirety. The provisions of 31 CFR 285.11 should therefore be
read as though modified to effectuate the application of that
regulation to administrative wage garnishment
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proceedings conducted by, or on behalf of, the U.S. Postal Service.
Stanley F. Mires,
Attorney, Federal Requirements.
[FR Doc. 2014-18627 Filed 8-6-14; 8:45 am]
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