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Distribution, or Use. We have 

determined that it is not a ‘‘significant 

energy action’’ under that order because 

it is not a ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ 

under Executive Order 12866 and is not 

likely to have a significant adverse effect 

on the supply, distribution, or use of 

energy. The Administrator of the Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs 

has not designated it as a significant 

energy action. Therefore, it does not 

require a Statement of Energy Effects 

under Executive Order 13211. 

Technical Standards 

The National Technology Transfer 

and Advancement Act (NTTAA) (15 

U.S.C. 272 note) directs agencies to use 

voluntary consensus standards in their 

regulatory activities unless the agency 

provides Congress, through the Office of 

Management and Budget, with an 

explanation of why using these 

standards would be inconsistent with 

applicable law or otherwise impractical. 

Voluntary consensus standards are 

technical standards (e.g., specifications 

of materials, performance, design, or 

operation; test methods; sampling 

procedures; and related management 

systems practices) that are developed or 

adopted by voluntary consensus 

standards bodies. 

This proposed rule does not use 

technical standards. Therefore, we did 

not consider the use of voluntary 

consensus standards. 

Environment 

We have analyzed this proposed rule 

under Department of Homeland 

Security Management Directive 023–01 

and Commandant Instruction 

M16475.lD, which guide the Coast 

Guard in complying with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321–4370f), and 

have made a preliminary determination 

that this action is one of a category of 

actions that do not individually or 

cumulatively have a significant effect on 

the human environment. This proposed 

rule involves a safety zone extending 

100 yards from Pier 66, Elliot Bay, 

which will be activated and thus subject 

to enforcement, 30 minutes prior to and 

30 minutes following scheduled annual 

parade of ships events. We seek any 

comments or information that may lead 

to the discovery of a significant 

environmental impact from this 

proposed rule. A preliminary 

environmental analysis checklist 

supporting this determination is 

available in the docket where indicated 

under ADDRESSES. 

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 165 

Harbors, Marine safety, Navigation 

(water), Reporting and record keeping 

requirements, Security measures, 

Waterways. 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Coast Guard proposes to 

amend 33 CFR part 165, as follows: 

PART 165—REGULATED NAVIGATION 

AREAS AND LIMITED ACCESS AREAS 

1. The authority citation for part 165 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1231; 46 U.S.C. 

Chapters 701; 3306, 3703; 50 U.S.C. 191, 195; 

33 CFR 1.05–1, 6.04–1, 6.04–6, 160.5; Pub. L. 

107–295, 116 Stat. 2064; Department of 

Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1. 

2. Add § 165.1330 to read as follows: 

§ 165.1330 Safety Zone; Fleet Week 

Maritime Festival, Pier 66, Elliott Bay, 

Seattle, Washington. 

(a) Location. The following area is a 

safety zone: All waters extending 100 

yards from Pier 66, Elliot Bay, WA 

within a box encompassed by the 

points, 47° 36.719′ N & 122° 21.099′ W, 

47° 36.682′ N & 122° 21.149′ W, 47° 

36.514′ N & 122° 20.865′ W, and 47° 

36.552′ N & 122° 20.814′ W. 

(b) Regulations. In accordance with 

the general regulations in 33 CFR part 

165, subpart C, no vessel operator may 

enter, transit, moor, or anchor within 

this safety zone, except for vessels 

authorized by the Captain of the Port or 

Designated Representative, thirty 

minutes prior to the beginning, during 

and thirty minutes following the 

conclusion of the Parade of Ships. For 

the purpose of this rule, the Parade of 

Ships includes both the pass and review 

of the ships near Pier 66 and the aerial 

demonstrations immediately following 

the pass and review. The Captain of the 

Port may be assisted by other federal, 

state, or local agencies as needed. 

(c) Authorization. In order to transit 

through this safety zone, authorization 

must be granted by the Captain of the 

Port Puget Sound or Designated 

Representative. All vessel operators 

desiring entry into this safety zone shall 

gain authorization by contacting either 

the on-scene U.S. Coast Guard patrol 

craft on VHF Ch 13 or Ch 16, or Coast 

Guard Sector Puget Sound Joint Harbor 

Operations Center (JHOC) via telephone 

at (206) 217–6452. Requests shall 

indicate the reason why movement 

within the safety zone is necessary and 

the vessel’s arrival and/or departure 

facility name, pier and/or berth. Vessel 

operators granted permission to enter 

this safety zone will be escorted by the 

on-scene patrol until no longer within 

the safety zone. 

(d) Enforcement Period. This rule is 

effective annually during the parade of 

ships which typically occurs on a 

Wednesday during the last week of July 

or the first week in August from 8 a.m. 

until 8 p.m. unless cancelled sooner by 

the Captain of the Port. 

Dated: October 26, 2010. 

S. J. Ferguson, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the 

Port, Puget Sound. 

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BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

POSTAL SERVICE 

39 CFR Part 111 

Group E Post Office Box Service 

AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Postal Service is revising 

the Mailing Standards of the United 

States Postal Service, Domestic Mail 

Manual (DMM®) 508.4.6 to clarify 

eligibility, to simplify the standards, 

and to facilitate uniform administration 

for Group E (free) Post OfficeTM (PO) 

Box service. 

DATES: We must receive your comments 

on or before December 27, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Mail or deliver written 

comments to the Manager, Mailing 

Standards, U.S. Postal Service®, 475 

L’Enfant Plaza, SW., Room 4446, 

Washington DC 20260–4446. You may 

inspect and photocopy all written 

comments at USPS® Headquarters 

Library, 475 L’Enfant Plaza SW, 11th 

Floor N, Washington, DC between 9 a.m. 

and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Email comments concerning the 

proposed box eligibility, containing the 

name and address of the commenter, 

may be sent to: 

MailingStandards@usps.gov, with a 

subject line of ‘‘Group E PO Box 

comments.’’ Faxed comments are not 

accepted. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laurence Welling at 202–268–7792 or 

Yvonne Gifford at 202–268–8082. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Group E 

PO BoxTM service is provided free, with 

restrictions, to customers whose 

physical addresses do not receive any 

form of USPS carrier delivery service. 

For this proposed rule, the Postal 

Service removes the descriptive term, 

‘‘business location’’, in favor of the 

general term ‘‘physical address’’. The 

latter describes residential locations as 

well as business locations and no 

distinction between the two terms was 

intended. 


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USPS further deletes the reference to 

‘‘out-of-bounds delivery receptacles’’ in 

favor of language recognizing that Group 

E PO Box service is not available when 

a physical address receives any form of 

USPS carrier delivery. Confusion over 

the intent of the meaning of ‘‘out-ofbounds’’ obscured the larger context 

wherein Group E service should never 

supplement a physical location’s carrier 

delivery service. Clarifying the intent 

and eliminating this confusion may 

cause existing Group E customers to 

lose Group E eligibility for their 

physical addresses, while others whose 

physical locations the USPS chooses not 

to provide carrier service to may become 

eligible for Group E service. 

The Postal Service also revises DMM 

508.4.6.3 to acknowledge carrier 

delivery service, once established to a 

particular physical address, eliminates 

Group E eligibility. Improved language 

in this section illustrates situations 

where no eligibility for Group E arises 

either because carrier delivery is 

available or because action (or inaction) 

by third parties precludes USPS from 

extending carrier delivery. 

Although we are exempt from the 

notice and comment requirements of the 

Administrative Procedure Act [5 U.S.C. 

of 553 (b), (c)] regarding proposed 

rulemaking by 39 U.S.C. 410(a), we 

invite public comments on the 

following proposed revisions to Mailing 

Standards of the United States Postal 

Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM), 

incorporated by reference in the Code of 

Federal Regulations. See 39 CFR 111.1. 

List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Postal Service. 

Accordingly, 39 CFR part 111 is 

proposed to be amended as follows: 

PART 111—[AMENDED] 

1. The authority citation for 39 CFR 

part 111 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 13 U.S.C. 301– 

307; 18 U.S.C. 1692–1737; 39 U.S.C. 101, 

401, 403, 404, 414, 416, 3001–3011, 3201– 

3219, 3403–3406, 3621, 3622, 3626, 3632, 

3633, and 5001. 

2. Revise the following sections of 

Mailing Standards of the United States 

Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual 

(DMM) as follows: 

Mailing Standards of the United States 

Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual 

(DMM) 

* * * * * 

500 Additional Mailing Services 

* * * * * 

508 Recipient Services 

* * * * * 

4.0 Post Office Box Service 

* * * * * 

4.6 Fee Group Assignments 

* * * * * 

[Revise title, introductory text and items 

4.6.2a, b and c, and eliminate item d in 

its entirety as follows:] 

4.6.2 Free PO Box Service (Group E) 

Customers may qualify for Group E 

(free) PO Box service at a Post Office 

location if their physical address 

location meets all of the following 

criteria: 

a. The physical address is within the 

geographic delivery ZIP Code 

boundaries administered by a Post 

Office. 

b. The physical address constitutes a 

potential carrier delivery point of 

service. 

c. USPS does not provide carrier 

delivery to a mail receptacle at or near 

that physical address for reasons other 

than the conditions in 4.6.3b. 

[Revise title and introductory text of 

4.6.3 and add new items a through d as 

follows:] 

4.6.3 Additional Standards for Free PO 

Box Service 

Only one Group E (free) PO Box may 

be obtained for each potential carrier 

delivery point of service, under the 

following conditions: 

a. Group E PO Box customers are 

assigned the smallest available box that 

reasonably accommodates their daily 

mail volume. 

b. Eligibility for Group E PO Boxes 

does not extend to: 

1. Individual tenants, contractors, 

employees, or other individuals 

receiving or eligible to receive singlepoint delivery to a location such as a 

hotel, college, military installation, 

campground, or transient trailer park. 

2. Locations served, or eligible to be 

served, by centralized delivery or 

grouped receptacles such as cluster box 

units, apartment style receptacles, 

mailrooms, or clusters of roadside 

receptacles. 

3. Locations where town ordinances, 

private roads, gated communities, 

unimproved or poorly maintained 

roadways, unsafe conditions, or other 

conditions preclude extension of carrier 

delivery. 

4. Locations served by a delivery 

receptacle that a customer chooses to 

locate along a carrier’s line of travel, and 

to which the Postal Service makes 

delivery. 

c. A customer must pay the applicable 

fee for each PO Box requested in 

addition to the initial free Group E PO 

Box. 

d. The online application tools 

described in 4.3.1b cannot be used for 

free PO Box service. 

* * * * * 

We will publish an appropriate 

amendment to 39 CFR part 111 to reflect 

these changes if our proposal is 

adopted. 

Stanley F. Mires, 

Chief Counsel, Legislative. 

[FR Doc. 2010–29537 Filed 11–23–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–12–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

39 CFR Part 3050 

[Docket No. RM2011–3; Order No. 589] 

Periodic Reporting Rules 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is initiating 

the first strategic rulemaking since 

enactment of a postal reform law in 

2006. The broad focus is on product cost 

estimation. This document provides 

background information on the scope of 

a strategic rulemaking, identifies several 

potential areas for study, and seeks 

suggestions for additional topics. It also 

notes that a public forum, conducted as 

a technical conference, may be held in 

the future. 

DATES: Comments are due: February 18, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

electronically via the Commission’s 

Filing Online system. Commenters who 

cannot submit filings electronically 

should contact the person identified in 

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section for advice on alternatives. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel, 

at stephen.sharfman@prc.gov or 202– 

789–6820. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 39 U.S.C. 

3652(a) through (c) describe the reports 

that the Postal Service is to provide to 

the Commission to enable it to evaluate 

the Postal Service’s compliance with the 

various requirements and standards of 

the Postal Accountability and 

Enhancement Act (PAEA). Section 

3652(e) provides that the Commission 

shall prescribe the form and content of 

those reports. Section 3652(e)(2) 

authorizes the Commission to initiate 

proceedings to improve the quality, 

accuracy, or completeness of the data 


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