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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, http:// 

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. 

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. 

[FR Doc. 2011–21581 Filed 8–23–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

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. 

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. http://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 http:// 

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 http:// 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The 

http://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 http:// 

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 

http://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 http:// 

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] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

49 CFR Part 236 

[Docket No. FRA–2011–0028, Notice No. 1] 

RIN 2130–AC27 

Positive Train Control Systems 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: FRA proposes amendments to 

the regulations implementing a 

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, 

http://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 http:// 

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 

comments received, go to http:// 

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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