46044 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 172 / Tuesday, September 8, 2009 / Proposed Rules 

1See Docket No. RM2008–5, PRC Order No. 151, 

Order Establishing Tax Rules and Accounting 

Practices for Competitive Products, December 18, 

2009 (Order No. 151). 

2Notice of United States Postal Service Regarding 

Proposed Methodology for the Allocation of Assets 

and Liabilities to Competitive Products, July 23, 

2009 (Notice). 

(5) All persons and vessels within a 

security zone described in this section 

must comply with the instructions of 

the Captain of the Port, Port Arthur, 

designated on-scene U.S. Coast Guard 

patrol personnel or other designated 

representatives. On-scene U.S. Coast 

Guard patrol personnel include 

commissioned, warrant, and petty 

officers of the U.S. Coast Guard. 

Designated representatives include 

federal, state, local and municipal law 

enforcement agencies. 

(c) Informational broadcasts. The 

Captain of the Port, Port Arthur will 

inform the public when moving security 

zones have been established around 

vessels via Broadcast Notice to 

Mariners. 

Dated: June 15, 2009. 

J.J. Plunkett, 

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

Port, Port Arthur. 

[FR Doc. E9–21580 Filed 9–4–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–15–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

39 CFR Part 3060 

[Docket No. RM2009–9; Order No. 287] 

Competitive Postal Products 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: This document announces a 

proposed rulemaking in response to a 

recent Postal Service filing of a 

proposed methodology for the allocation 

of assets and liabilities in theoretical 

competitive enterprise. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

October 23, 2009. Submit reply 

comments on or before November 23, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

electronically via the Commission’s 

electronic Filing Online system at 

http://www.prc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel, 

at 202–789–6820 or 

stephen.sharfman@prc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Regulatory 

History, 73 FR 79256 (December 24, 

2008). 

In PRC Order No. 151, which 

established financial accounting 

practices and tax rules for competitive 

products, the Commission directed the 

Postal Service to develop the assets and 

liabilities of the theoretical competitive 

products enterprise by identifying all 

asset and liability accounts within its 

Chart of Accounts used solely for the 

provision of (a) competitive products or 

(b) market dominant products, and for 

those not identified with either, to 

submit for Commission approval a 

proposed methodology detailing how 

each asset and liability account 

identified in the Chart of Accounts shall 

be allocated to the theoretical 

competitive products enterprise.1 See 

39 CFR 3060.12 and 3060.13; see also 

Order No. 151 at 17–18. 

In satisfaction of that requirement, on 

July 23, 2009, the Postal Service filed a 

proposed methodology for the allocation 

of assets and liabilities to the theoretical 

competitive enterprise.2 The Postal 

Service avers that, with ‘‘few 

exceptions,’’ the proposed methodology 

tracks that used by the Commission in 

PRC–LR–1 in Docket No. RM2008–5. Id. 

at 1–2. The differences concern the 

following entries: 

1. Asset: Supplies, Advances, and 

Prepayments—the Postal Service 

allocation is based on total revenues; the 

Commission did not propose an 

allocation; 

2. Liability: Payables and Accrued 

Expenses—the Postal Service allocation 

is based on total revenues; the 

Commission did not propose an 

allocation; 

3. Liability: Customer Deposit 

Accounts—the Postal Service allocation 

is based on total revenues; the 

Commission allocation is limited to a 

specific account, Expedited Mail 

Advance Deposit; 

4. Liability: Outstanding Postal Money 

Orders—the Postal Service allocation is 

based on actual Outstanding 

International Money Orders; the 

Commission did not propose an 

allocation; and 

5. Liability: Deferred Gains on Sales of 

Property—the Postal Service did not 

propose an allocation; the Commission 

allocation is based on Building 

Depreciation Expenses. 

The Notice, which is available on the 

Commission’s Web site, http:// 

www.prc.gov, includes a spreadsheet 

showing the Commission’s and the 

Postal Service’s proposed allocation 

procedures. The Notice also provides 

rationales for the Postal Service’s 

proposals. 

Interested persons are invited to 

comment on the Postal Service’s 

proposed methodology and may 

propose alternative methodologies. 

Comments are due no later than 45 days 

after publication of this order in the 

Federal Register. Reply comments are 

due no later than 75 days after 

publication of this order in the Federal 

Register. 

The Commission designates Patricia 

A. Gallagher to represent the interests of 

the general public in this proceeding. 

It is ordered: 

1. The Commission establishes Docket 

No. RM2009–9 to consider the matters 

related to the allocation of assets and 

liabilities to the theoretical competitive 

products enterprise. 

2. Interested persons may submit 

initial comments within 45 days of 

publication of this order in the Federal 

Register. 

3. Interested persons may submit 

reply comments within 75 days of 

publication of this Order in the Federal 

Register. 

4. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Patricia 

A. Gallagher is designated to serve as 

the Public Representative representing 

the interests of the general public in this 

proceeding. 

5. The Secretary shall arrange for 

publication of this Notice in the Federal 

Register. 

Authority: 39 U.S.C. 503, 2011, 3633, 

3634. 

Issued: August 24, 2009. 

By the Commission. 

Judith M. Grady, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–21476 Filed 9–4–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R09–OAR–2009–0573; FRL–8953–6] 

Disapproval of State Implementation 

Plan Revisions, South Coast Air 

Quality Management District 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to 

disapprove a revision to the South Coast 

Air Quality Management District 

(SCAQMD) portion of the California 

State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

concerning volatile organic compound 

(VOC) emissions from polymeric foam 

manufacturing operations. We are 

proposing action on a local rule that 

regulates these emission sources under 

the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990 

(CAA or the Act). We are taking 

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