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class, dutiable items and merchandise 

are prohibited. 

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[In the table, revise the heading for 

‘‘First-Class Mail International’’ to read 

as ‘‘First-Class Mail International and 

First-Class Package International 

Service’’] 

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Individual Country Listings 

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First-Class Mail International (240) 

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[For each country that offers FirstClass Mail International service, revise 

the introductory text to read as follows, 

however, retain the country’s current 

Price Group designation.]: 

For the prices and maximum weights 

for letters, large envelopes (flats) and 

postcards, see Notice 123, Price List. 

Size Limits 

[For each country that offers FirstClass Mail International service, revise 

the text to read as follows:] 

Letters: See 241.212 

Postcards: See 241.221 

Large Envelopes (Flats): See 241.232 

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Matter for the Blind (270) 

[For each country that offers Matter 

for the Blind, revise the first paragraph 

to read as follows:] 

Free when sent as First-Class Mail 

International or First-Class Package 

International Service, or in Priority Mail 

International Flat Rate Envelopes or the 

Small Flat Rate Priced Boxes. Weight 

limit: 4 pounds. 

Extra Services 

Certificate of Mailing (313) 

[For each country that offers 

certificate of mailing service, revise the 

fees to read as follows:] 

Fee 

Individual Pieces 

Individual article (PS Form 3817) ....... $1.20 

Firm mailing books (PS Form 3877), 

per article listed (minimum 3) ......... 0.44 

Duplicate copy of PS Form 3817 or 

PS Form 3877 (per page) ............... 1.20 

Bulk Quantities 

First 1,000 pieces (or fraction thereof) 7.05 

Each additional 1,000 pieces (or fraction thereof) ..................................... 0.85 

Duplicate copy of PS Form 3606 ....... 1.20 

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International Business Reply Service 

(382) 

[For each country that offers 

International Business Reply service, 

revise the fees to read as follows:] 

Fee: Envelopes up to 2 ounces $1.75; 

Cards $1.25 

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International Reply Coupons (381) 

[For each country revise the text to 

read as follows:] 

Discontinued January 27, 2013 

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Registered Mail (330) 

[For each country that offers 

international Registered Mail service, 

revise the fee to read as follows:] 

Fee: $12.95 

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Restricted Delivery (350) 

[For each country revise the text to 

read as follows:] 

Discontinued January 27, 2013 

Return Receipt (340) 

[For each country that offers 

international return receipt service, 

revise the fee to read as follows:] 

Fee: $3.50 

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We will publish an appropriate 

amendment to 39 CFR part 20 to reflect 

these changes. 

Stanley F. Mires, 

Attorney, Legal Policy & Legislative Advice. 

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BILLING CODE 7710–12–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R03–OAR–2010–0154; FRL–9760–1] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; 

Maryland; The 2002 Base Year 

Emissions Inventory for the 

Washington County, MD 

Nonattainment Area for the 1997 Fine 

Particulate Matter National Ambient Air 

Quality Standard 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is approving the fine 

particulate matter (PM2.5) 2002 base year 

emissions inventory portion of the 

Maryland State Implementation Plan 

(SIP) revision submitted by the State of 

Maryland, through the Maryland 

Department of the Environment (MDE), 

on June 6, 2008. The emissions 

inventory is part of the June 6, 2008 SIP 

revision that was submitted to meet 

nonattainment requirements related to 

the Washington County, Maryland 

nonattainment area for the 1997 PM2.5

National Ambient Air Quality Standard 

(NAAQS) SIP. EPA is approving the 

2002 base year PM2.5 emissions 

inventory in accordance with the 

requirements of the Clean Air Act 

(CAA). 

DATES: This final rule is effective on 

January 7, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket ID 

Number EPA–R03–OAR–2010–0154. All 

documents in the docket are listed in 

the www.regulations.gov Web site. 

Although listed in the electronic docket, 

some information is not publicly 

available, i.e., confidential business 

information (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 through 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy for 

public inspection 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 Maryland Department of 

the Environment, 1800 Washington 

Boulevard, Suite 705, Baltimore, 

Maryland 21230. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Asrah Khadr, (215) 814–2071, or by 

email at khadr.asrah@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

On September 26, 2012 (77 FR 59156), 

EPA published a notice of proposed 

rulemaking (NPR) for the State of 

Maryland. The NPR proposed approval 

of the 2002 base year emissions 

inventory portion of the Maryland SIP 

revision. The formal SIP revision was 

submitted by the State of Maryland on 

June 6, 2008 (Revision #08–05). 

II. Summary of SIP Revision 

The 2002 base year emissions 

inventory submitted by MDE on June 6, 

2008 includes emissions estimates that 

cover the general source categories of 

point sources, non-road mobile sources, 

area sources, on-road mobile sources, 

and biogenic sources. The pollutants 

that comprise the inventory are nitrogen 

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compounds (VOCs), PM2.5, coarse 

particles (PM10), ammonia (NH3), and 

sulfur dioxide (SO2). EPA has reviewed 

the results, procedures and 

methodologies for the base year 

emissions inventory submitted by MDE. 

The year 2002 was selected by MDE as 

the base year for the emissions 

inventory per 40 CFR 51.1008(b). A 

discussion of the emissions inventory 

development as well as the emissions 

inventory can be found in the June 6, 

2008 SIP submittal and in the NPR. 

Specific requirements of the base year 

inventory and the rationale for EPA’s 

action are explained in the NPR and 

will not be restated here. No public 

comments were received on the NPR. 

III. Final Action 

EPA is approving the 2002 base year 

PM2.5 emissions inventory as a revision 

to the Maryland SIP. 

IV. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

A. General Requirements 

Under the CAA, the Administrator is 

required to approve a SIP submission 

that complies with the provisions of the 

CAA and applicable Federal regulations. 

42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). 

Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, 

EPA’s role is to approve state choices, 

provided that they meet the criteria of 

the CAA. Accordingly, this action 

merely approves state law as meeting 

Federal requirements and does not 

impose additional requirements beyond 

those imposed by state law. For that 

reason, this action: 

• Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory 

action’’ subject to review by the Office 

of Management and Budget under 

Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, 

October 4, 1993); 

• Does not impose an information 

collection burden under the provisions 

of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.); 

• Is certified as not having a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities 

under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 

U.S.C. 601 et seq.); 

• Does not contain any unfunded 

mandate or significantly or uniquely 

affect small governments, as described 

in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4); 

• Does not have Federalism 

implications as specified in Executive 

Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 

1999); 

• Is not an economically significant 

regulatory action based on health or 

safety risks subject to Executive Order 

13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997); 

• Is not a significant regulatory action 

subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 

28355, May 22, 2001); 

• Is not subject to requirements of 

Section 12(d) of the National 

Technology Transfer and Advancement 

Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because 

application of those requirements would 

be inconsistent with the CAA; and 

• Does not provide EPA with the 

discretionary authority to address, as 

appropriate, disproportionate human 

health or environmental effects, using 

practicable and legally permissible 

methods, under Executive Order 12898 

(59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). 

In addition, this rule does not have 

tribal implications as specified by 

Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, 

November 9, 2000), because the SIP is 

not approved to apply in Indian country 

located in the state, and EPA notes that 

it will not impose substantial direct 

costs on tribal governments or preempt 

tribal law. 804(2). 

B. Submission to Congress and the 

Comptroller General 

The Congressional Review Act, 5 

U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small 

Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides 

that before a rule may take effect, the 

agency promulgating the rule must 

submit a rule report, which includes a 

copy of the rule, to each House of the 

Congress and to the Comptroller General 

of the United States. EPA will submit a 

report containing this action and other 

required information to the U.S. Senate, 

the U.S. House of Representatives, and 

the Comptroller General of the United 

States prior to publication of the rule in 

the Federal Register. A major rule 

cannot take effect until 60 days after it 

is published in the Federal Register. 

This action is not a ‘‘major rule’’ as 

defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2). 

C. Petitions for Judicial Review 

Under section 307(b)(1) of the CAA, 

petitions for judicial review of this 

action must be filed in the United States 

Court of Appeals for the appropriate 

circuit by February 5, 2013. Filing a 

petition for reconsideration by the 

Administrator of this final rule does not 

affect the finality of this action for the 

purposes of judicial review nor does it 

extend the time within which a petition 

for judicial review may be filed, and 

shall not postpone the effectiveness of 

such rule or action. This action 

pertaining to the PM2.5 2002 base year 

emissions inventory portion of the 

Maryland SIP may not be challenged 

later in proceedings to enforce its 

requirements. (See section 307(b)(2).) 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Carbon monoxide, 

Incorporation by reference, Nitrogen 

dioxide, Particulate matter, Reporting 

and recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur 

oxides, Volatile organic compounds. 

Dated: November 21, 2012. 

W.C. Early, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region III. 

40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows: 

PART 52—APPROVAL AND 

PROMULGATION OF 

IMPLEMENTATION PLANS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 52 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 

Subpart V—Maryland 

■ 2. In § 52.1070, the table in paragraph 

(e) is amended by adding at the end of 

the table an entry for 2002 Base Year 

Emissions Inventory for the 1997 fine 

particulate matter (PM2.5) standard to 

read as follows: 

§ 52.1070 Identification of plan. 

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Name of non-regulatory SIP 

revision Applicable geographic area State submittal date EPA approval date Additional explanation 

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2002 Base Year Emissions Inventory for the 1997 fine particulate matter (PM2.5) standard.Washington County, Maryland 

1997 PM2.5 nonattainment area.

6/6/08 12/7/12 [Insert page number where the document 

begins].

§ 52.1075(m) 

■ 3. In § 52.1075, paragraph (m) is 

added to read as follows: 

§ 52.1075 Base year emissions inventory. 

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(m) EPA approves as a revision to the 

Maryland State Implementation Plan the 

2002 base year emissions inventory for 

the Washington County, Maryland 1997 

fine particulate matter (PM2.5) 

nonattainment area submitted by the 

Maryland Department of Environment 

on June 6, 2008. The 2002 base year 

emissions inventory includes emissions 

estimates that cover the general source 

categories of point sources, non-road 

mobile sources, area sources, on-road 

mobile sources, and biogenic sources. 

The pollutants that comprise the 

inventory are nitrogen oxides (NOX), 

volatile organic compounds (VOCs), 

PM2.5, coarse particles (PM10), ammonia 

(NH3), and sulfur dioxide (SO2). 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R09–OAR–2012–0120; FRL–9710–3] 

Revisions to the California State 

Implementation Plan, for Imperial 

County, Placer County and Ventura 

County Air Pollution Control Districts 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is taking direct final 

action to approve revisions to the 

Imperial County Air Pollution Control 

District (ICAPCD), Placer County Air 

Pollution Control District (PCAPCD) and 

Ventura County Air Pollution Control 

District (PCAPCD) portions of the 

California State Implementation Plan 

(SIP). Under authority of the Clean Air 

Act as amended in 1990 (CAA or the 

Act), we are approving local rules that 

address emission statements for ICAPCD 

and PCAPCD and definitions for 

VCAPCD. 

DATES: This rule is effective on February 

5, 2013 without further notice, unless 

EPA receives adverse comments by 

January 7, 2013. If we receive such 

comments, we will publish a timely 

withdrawal in the Federal Register to 

notify the public that this direct final 

rule will not take effect. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments, 

identified by docket number EPA–R09– 

OAR–2012–0120, by one of the 

following methods: 

1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 

instructions. 

2. Email: steckel.andrew@epa.gov. 

3. Mail or Deliver: Andrew Steckel 

(Air-4), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, 

San Francisco, CA 94105–3901. 

Instructions: All comments will be 

included in the public docket without 

change and may be made available 

online at www.regulations.gov, 

including any personal information 

provided, unless the comment includes 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Information that 

you consider CBI or otherwise protected 

should be clearly identified as such and 

should not be submitted through 

www.regulations.gov or email. 

www.regulations.gov is an ‘‘anonymous 

access’’ system, and EPA will not know 

your identity or contact information 

unless you provide it in the body of 

your comment. If you send email 

directly to EPA, your email address will 

be automatically captured and included 

as part of the public comment. 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. 

Docket: Generally, documents in the 

docket for this action are available 

electronically at www.regulations.gov 

and in hard copy at EPA Region IX, 75 

Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, 

California. While all documents in the 

docket are listed at 

www.regulations.gov, some information 

may be publicly available only at the 

hard copy location (e.g., copyrighted 

material, large maps), and some may not 

be publicly available in either location 

(e.g., CBI). To inspect the hard copy 

materials, please schedule an 

appointment during normal business 

hours with the contact listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cynthia Allen, EPA Region IX, (415) 

947–4120, allen.cynthia@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document, ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us’’ 

and ‘‘our’’ refer to EPA. 

Table of Contents 

I. The State’s Submittal 

A. What rules did the State submit? 

B. Are there other versions of these rules? 

C. What is the purpose of the submitted 

rules revisions? 

II. EPA’s Evaluation and Action 

A. How is EPA evaluating the rules? 

B. Do the rules meet the evaluation 

criteria? 

C. Public Comment and Final Action 

III. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

I. The State’s Submittal 

A. What rules did the State submit? 

Table 1 lists the rules we are 

approving with the dates that they were 

adopted by the local air agencies and 

submitted by the California Air 

Resources Board (CARB). 

TABLE 1—SUBMITTED RULES

Local agency Rule No. Rule title Adopted/ 

amended Submitted 

ICAPCD ........... 116 Emissions Statement and Certification .......................................................... 02/23/10 07/20/10 


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