Air Plan Approval; Mississippi: Prevention of Significant Deterioration Updates, 37037-37038 [2017-16615]
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Table of Contents
I. Introduction
II. Proposal Eight
III. Notice and Comment
IV. Ordering Paragraphs
I. Introduction
On July 31, 2017, the Postal Service
filed a petition pursuant to 39 CFR
3050.11 requesting that the Commission
initiate a rulemaking proceeding to
consider changes to analytical
principles relating to periodic reports
and compliance determinations.1 The
Petition identifies the proposed
analytical method changes filed in this
docket as Proposal Eight.
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II. Proposal Eight
The Postal Service explains that, since
the passage of the Postal Accountability
and Enhancement Act (PAEA) in 2006,
it has been applying the ‘‘60 percent
rule’’ codified in 39 U.S.C.
3626(a)(6)(A), to USPS Marketing Mail
(formerly Standard Mail) overall.
Petition, Proposal Eight at 1. It now
proposes to return to its pre-PAEA
application of the 60 percent rule at the
subclass level, i.e. to USPS Marketing
Mail Regular and USPS Marketing Mail
Enhanced Carrier Route (ECR)
separately. Id.
Background. Commonly referred to as
the ‘‘60 percent rule’’, section 1(d) of
Public Law 106–384 was promulgated
in October 27, 2000, and codified in 39
U.S.C. 3626(a)(6)(A). It states that for
USPS Marketing Mail, the ‘‘average
(Nonprofit) revenue per piece . . . shall
be equal, as nearly as practicable, to 60
percent of the estimated average
revenue per piece to be received from
the most closely corresponding regularrate subclass of mail.’’ Id. at 2 (emphasis
omitted) (footnote omitted). After the
PAEA was passed in 2006, the term
‘‘subclasses’’ was no longer explicitly
defined in the Mail Classification
Schedule, and the Postal Service began
applying the ‘‘60 percent rule’’ at the
class level in Docket No. R2008–1. Id.
The Postal Service states that,
although application at the class level
was simpler, it also had the unintended
effect of giving relative price relief to
Nonprofit mail. Because Nonprofit mail
is less concentrated in USPS Marketing
Mail ECR, both USPS Regular and USPS
ECR generate a lower average revenue
per piece ratio than USPS Marketing
Mail overall. Id.
Proposal. The Postal Service proposes
to return to its pre-PAEA practice of
1 Petition of the United States Postal Service for
the Initiation of a Proceeding to Consider Proposed
Changes in Analytical Principles (Proposal Eight),
July 31, 2017 (Petition).
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applying the ‘‘60 percent rule’’ to USPS
Marketing Mail Regular and USPS
Marketing Mail ECR separately. Id. at 5.
It asserts that this would be consistent
with the language of the statute and in
accordance with the pre-PAEA subclass
definitions. Id.
Impacts. The Postal Service states that
application of the rule on the subclass
level would reverse the downward shift
in the two subclass-level Nonprofit-toCommercial average revenue per piece
rations that occurred when the Postal
Service switched to applying the rule at
the class level. Id. As applied to the
prices from Docket No. R2017–1, it
calculates that (on a revenue-neutral
basis), a +3.33 percent price change
would be required for Regular Nonprofit
Mail and a ¥0.47 percent change would
be needed for Regular Commercial. For
ECR Mail, the required changes would
amount to a 6.94 percent increase in
nonprofit prices and a 0.27 percent
decrease for Commercial. Id. If adopted,
the Postal Service would aim to phase
in the price changes to avoid rate shock.
Id.
III. Notice and Comment
The Commission establishes Docket
No. RM2017–12 for consideration of
matters raised by the Petition. More
information on the Petition may be
accessed via the Commission’s Web site
at https://www.prc.gov. Interested
persons may submit comments on the
Petition and Proposal Eight no later than
September 18, 2017. Pursuant to 39
U.S.C. 505, Richard A. Oliver is
designated as an officer of the
Commission (Public Representative) to
represent the interests of the general
public in this proceeding.
IV. Ordering Paragraphs
It is ordered:
1. The Commission establishes Docket
No. RM2017–12 for consideration of the
matters raised by the Petition of the
United States Postal Service for the
Initiation of a Proceeding to Consider
Proposed Changes in Analytical
Principles (Proposal Eight), filed July
31, 2017.
2. Comments by interested persons in
this proceeding are due no later than
September 18, 2017.
3. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, the
Commission appoints Richard A. Oliver
to serve as an officer of the Commission
(Public Representative) to represent the
interests of the general public in this
docket.
4. The Secretary shall arrange for
publication of this order in the Federal
Register.
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By the Commission.
Stacy L. Ruble,
Secretary.
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Air Plan Approval; Mississippi:
Prevention of Significant Deterioration
Updates
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a
portion of the State Implementation
Plan (SIP) revision submitted by
Mississippi, through the Mississippi
Department of Environmental Quality
(MDEQ), Office of Pollution Control, on
June 7, 2016. Specifically, this action
proposes to approve the portion of the
SIP revision making changes to
Mississippi’s Prevention of Significant
Deterioration (PSD) program by
modifying the incorporating by
reference (IBR) date for the Federal PSD
regulations promulgated by EPA. This
proposed SIP revision will modify the
existing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) PSD
permitting program and incorporates
provisions related to the 1997, 2006 and
2012 fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and
2015 ozone National Ambient Air
Quality Standards (NAAQS). This
action is being proposed pursuant to the
Clean Air Act and its implementing
regulations.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before September 7,
2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R04–
OAR–2017–0188 at https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Once submitted, comments cannot be
edited or removed from Regulations.gov.
EPA may publish any comment received
to its public docket. Do not submit
electronically any information you
consider to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Multimedia submissions (audio, video,
etc.) must be accompanied by a written
comment. The written comment is
considered the official comment and
should include discussion of all points
SUMMARY:
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you wish to make. EPA will generally
not consider comments or comment
contents located outside of the primary
submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or
other file sharing system). For
additional submission methods, the full
EPA public comment policy,
information about CBI or multimedia
submissions, and general guidance on
making effective comments, please visit
https://www2.epa.gov/dockets/
commenting-epa-dockets.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Andres Febres of the Air Regulatory
Management Section, Air Planning and
Implementation Branch, Air, Pesticides
and Toxics Management Division, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW.,
Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. Mr.
Febres can be reached via telephone at
(404) 562–8966 or via electronic mail at
febres-martinez.andres@epa.gov.
In the
Final Rules Section of this Federal
Register, EPA is approving Mississippi’s
June 7, 2016 SIP revision that modifies
the State’s PSD program by changing the
IBR date for the Federal PSD regulations
to February 17, 2016, 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 and incorporated herein by
reference. If no adverse comments are
received in response to this rule, no
further activity is contemplated. If EPA
receives adverse comments, the direct
final rule will be withdrawn and all
adverse comments received will be
addressed in a subsequent final rule
based on this proposed rule. EPA will
not institute a second comment period
on this document. Any parties
interested in commenting on this
document should do so at this time.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: July 25, 2017.
V. Anne Heard,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
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Administration
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Federal Railroad Administration
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[Docket Numbers FMCSA–2015–0419 and
FRA–2015–0111]
Evaluation of Safety Sensitive
Personnel for Moderate-to-Severe
Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Advance notice of proposed
rulemaking; withdrawal.
ACTION:
The Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration (FMCSA) and
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
(collectively, the Agencies) withdraw
the March 10, 2016, advance notice of
proposed rulemaking (ANPRM)
concerning the prevalence of moderateto-severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)
among individuals occupying safety
sensitive positions in highway and rail
transportation, and its potential
consequences for the safety of highway
and rail transportation. The Agencies
have determined not to issue a notice of
proposed rulemaking at this time.
DATES: As of August 8, 2017 the ANPRM
published on March 10, 2016, at 81 FR
12642 is withdrawn.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
FMCSA: Ms. Christine Hydock, Chief
of the Medical Programs Division,
FMCSA, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE.,
Washington, DC 20590–0001, by
telephone at 202–366–4001, or by email
at fmcsamedical@dot.gov.
FRA: Dr. Amanda Emo, Fatigue
Program Manager, Risk Reduction
Program Division, Office of Safety
Analysis, FRA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
SE., Washington, DC 20590–0001, by
telephone at 202–281–0695, or by email
at amanda.emo@dot.gov.
If you have questions about viewing
or submitting material to the docket,
contact Docket Services, telephone 202–
493–0402.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Background
Based on the potential severity of
OSA-related transportation incidents
and crashes/accidents, and the varied,
non-regulatory, OSA-related actions the
Department’s Operating
Administrations have taken to date, the
Agencies issued a joint ANPRM to
consider regulatory action to ensure
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consistency in addressing the risk of
OSA among transportation workers with
safety sensitive duties (81 FR 12642,
March 10, 2016). The Agencies sought
information from interested parties
regarding OSA to better inform their
decision on whether to take regulatory
action and, if so, how to craft the most
effective and efficient regulations to
address the potential safety risks
associated with untreated OSA.
The information requested in the
ANPRM seemed to be necessary to help
the Agencies quantify the potential
economic benefits and costs of adopting
standards to assess risks associated with
motor carrier and rail transportation
workers in safety sensitive positions
diagnosed with OSA. To gather relevant
data, the Agencies posed a series of
questions addressing the following
matters:
• Whether OSA is a problem among
individuals occupying safety sensitive
positions in highway and rail
transportation;
• Cost and benefits of regulatory
actions that address the safety risks
associated with motor carrier and rail
transportation workers in safety
sensitive positions who have OSA;
• Qualifications and restrictions for
medical personnel; and
• Treatment effectiveness.
The Agencies also sought information
at three listening sessions in May 2016,
and extended the comment period by
thirty days to review the results from
the American Transportation Research
Institute (ATRI) Commercial Driver
Survey on Sleep Apnea Issues (https://
atri-online.org/2016/04/14/atri-launches
-commercial-driver-survey-on-sleepapnea-issues/). The Agencies received
more than 700 comments from
individuals, medical professionals,
labor groups, and transportation
industry stakeholders. The Agencies
also received comments from the
National Transportation Safety Board
and three members of Congress, the
Honorable Anna Eshoo, the Honorable
Sam Farr, and the Honorable Michael
M. Honda.
The Agencies’ Decision
OSA remains an on-going concern for
the Agencies and the motor carrier and
railroad industries because it can cause
unintended sleep episodes and resulting
deficits in attention, concentration,
situational awareness, and memory,
thus reducing the capacity to safely
respond to hazards when performing
safety sensitive duties. The Agencies
received valuable information in
response to the ANPRM and a series of
public listening sessions in May 2016.
The Agencies believe that current safety
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R04-OAR-2017-0188; FRL-9965-69-Region 4]
Air Plan Approval; Mississippi: Prevention of Significant
Deterioration Updates
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to
approve a portion of the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision
submitted by Mississippi, through the Mississippi Department of
Environmental Quality (MDEQ), Office of Pollution Control, on June 7,
2016. Specifically, this action proposes to approve the portion of the
SIP revision making changes to Mississippi's Prevention of Significant
Deterioration (PSD) program by modifying the incorporating by reference
(IBR) date for the Federal PSD regulations promulgated by EPA. This
proposed SIP revision will modify the existing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) PSD
permitting program and incorporates provisions related to the 1997,
2006 and 2012 fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and 2015 ozone
National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). This action is being
proposed pursuant to the Clean Air Act and its implementing
regulations.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before September 7,
2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R04-
OAR-2017-0188 at https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot
be edited or removed from Regulations.gov. EPA may publish any comment
received to its public docket. Do not submit electronically any
information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI)
or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a
written comment. The written comment is considered the official comment
and should include discussion of all points
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you wish to make. EPA will generally not consider comments or comment
contents located outside of the primary submission (i.e., on the web,
cloud, or other file sharing system). For additional submission
methods, the full EPA public comment policy, information about CBI or
multimedia submissions, and general guidance on making effective
comments, please visit https://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andres Febres of the Air Regulatory
Management Section, Air Planning and Implementation Branch, Air,
Pesticides and Toxics Management Division, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., Atlanta, Georgia
30303-8960. Mr. Febres can be reached via telephone at (404) 562-8966
or via electronic mail at febres-martinez.andres@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Final Rules Section of this Federal
Register, EPA is approving Mississippi's June 7, 2016 SIP revision that
modifies the State's PSD program by changing the IBR date for the
Federal PSD regulations to February 17, 2016, 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 and incorporated herein by reference. If no adverse comments are
received in response to this rule, no further activity is contemplated.
If EPA receives adverse comments, the direct final rule will be
withdrawn and all adverse comments received will be addressed in a
subsequent final rule based on this proposed rule. EPA will not
institute a second comment period on this document. Any parties
interested in commenting on this document should do so at this time.
Dated: July 25, 2017.
V. Anne Heard,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
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