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3331 4 Federa l Registe r/ sVol . 57 , No. ' 145. /

Tuesday , Jul y 28,il992 % /Propose d Rule s 4 0 CF R Part s 5 1 an d 5 2 ::-intereste d members of th e publi c wil l b e fo e FURTHE RINFORMATIO

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: Th e EP A i s currentl

y revisin g it s newsdurce^yiew{NSR J xiii^(40^S y?^^; f^^f^f ^ ••aa; ' !:I9l9)'541^33; ^ V^^&*>^;i' ' th e colkplio h o f dat a s-AVy'

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ran d frequent^ 5 ; Accordingly , A e Commissio n ,v*<^ ^ , •TiTVkTM - -£?"* A : ." r

v T V v^^TMy^" F p^r,„i„„y n ^ t ^ndiiM^..i^ .yi-3--*«'M:~>-z**- i believes'tha tonl y th e larges tClas s I.. * V : ae^aeanA^ctA^nam^i ^ conjunctio n wit

h this«visioiviheJ^r{ ^ i s considerin g way s t

o simplif y th e NS R -process . I

n orde rt o facilitate it s efforts' * ; j t o identif y potential method s fo r 7 7-' v 'simplifyin g th e NSRprocess,"flie;EPAv : ^"- - wi U conducta workshop tha ti s ope n to?.; th e publi c an d solici tcomments fro m £•' - an y intereste d parties . , >-s • . ; - v " : .•'.' • Th e purpos e o

f thi s worksho p i s t o . , , identif y and discus s potential ; s y? - approache s forsimplifying th e NSR ; ; - process . Approximately 25-3 0 selecte d s ; representative s fro

m industry,-. : • i.'-^j'j-

.. . environmenta

l organizations , EP

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- ; Regions , and State/loca l ai rpollutio n . £ J , contro l agencie s knowledgeabl e o n th e . s NS Rrule s wil l b e invite d to serv e a s •?%, -spokesperson s t

o presen tSuggestion s ^p

V an d ideas . Invitee s hav e bee n allocated: ' th e majorit

y of th e time t o identif

y an d ; » discus s the variou s NS

Rissue s and s
• potentia l aimpiifir.flHn n mpthnH a I ttim e

- permits , th e genera

l publi c wil l als o b e ' give n a h opportunit

y t o presen tthei rjv~: SBJLUN O COD E 6560-50- M : < •'•'- Reporting shoul d b e eliminated . Clas s I I INTERSTAT E COMMERC E ••©OMMissipN,.:;.^;,^^.^ - 4 9 CF R Part s 120 7 an d 124 9 I E x Part e No . MC-2W!t s 'f : j_ ^. moto rcarrier s woul d b e relieve d from ' •^."•V'-l al l periodicreporting . Becaus e th e • . . j , -••• ; J . S dassifkatio n revenu e thresholds-have,',', , ;>'V,i v^ no tbeenraise d sinc e 1979 , the'*''• ' ': . • f .'".'• ' . ' Commissio n propose s t

o increas e the*,/ " Y;,ir : leve l t

o a tleas t$2 5 millio n fo rClas s I V,. , ; ^ &?!•* \ v moto rcarriers , bu

tcomment s ar e als o : : .. -'is ; srequeste d o n alternativ e threshol d level s ', • of$5Q,$75and $100million . At$2 5 •,:•,';.-•;'•, , million , onl y a

n estimate d 30 0 o f

so'." : ','* > s'?- i V f motorcarriers woul d continu e t o report ! / • Revisio n t o Accountin g an d Reportin g RequirementstorMoto rCarrier s o f • ;v?V- , '*- > " . ^r:-^' S r ,;x: - ^ " ,j lV^S-^e.C«iMiss^-als6pi^o8'ito'ailpW\. v . AGENCY : Interetat

e Coi^erce . ' ^ { accountin g principle s (GAAP ) a s th e ^'. r : j basis'lo rpreparing th e report s instea d of

' . requiring th e us e o f

ourprescribe d ss.: , ,,^ ' Commission.-: '\j\~ - ~ -L': s .f:; s:\ '.••'- 1 ACTION : Notic e of

Propose d rulemaking.!; ;

ideas . 

### .X . SUMMARY : The Commissio n propose s to "• 'adop tne w accountin g an d reporting ^ • " • provision s tha twoul d sijpiificantr y ••••'-=-y ^reduce th e annua

l complianc e burden b y about350,000 hours . Th e Uniform-V. - ' Syste m of Account s {USOA ) woul d n o longe rb e required as . th e prescribe d USO A fouhd at4 9 CF Rpar t1207 . v Additional information i s containe d i n th e Commission' s decision . T o obtai n a : , cop y of tire full decision , -writ

e to , call , o rpick u p i n perso n from : Office o f the. . Secretary , room 2215 . Interstate Commerc e Commission , Washington; . j^sworjcshqpwhpUiftijecVtoNsi:^SSi,«E ^ **&• Tetephoire. t f.202)927-7428 . . provisionstftiieFea^dAdvis^ ^ Committe e Act , Publi c La w 92-463 , a s s amended . carriers Woul d ho tb e required t o file.! ' ,^. . - • ,.,,. . v.. . . ^ - • -, - . ]eitherannualo rquarterly reports , tow^. ;>wi|aW e thoug h TDD service s (202) , •- - % -^a-i. in. - - -i . v

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r•; - addition , comments ar e sough ton•-^r ; '£$•• 9 27- 5 721.J , -s ; ~ £ -:~-,;;, : •.

. - •-••••.: ' :. ; ^^i^^^! h q S ^ S01 ^-' W * & amendin g the ^ classificationlegulations ^ K ; previsio n wil l no thav e a .:*-< ' ; • . • • •.-,. ; At^tlZ.l^from^^^untdSp^^,. ^ ^ an d Augi.s ^ ^»2^^a.m,^ ^ fo rClas s Istatus-from ^ ^^n.a l numbe ro f sma U enhtiesan d , P^-W«««^mnen*smay **:%£?;:..-. j*^- iUion(197edoHaTs ) to akinhnum^f \ *»deosumwllnotsigndicantlyaffect

. submitte d t o yvm,l^iT y Elmore. ; Agency., ; .^ m i ^ ^ •.•contract; until Septembe r13 . It992 . fe..,^ amatively ; t

o $50 . $75 6r$lo b mmi^" ! % ' ^ . , • ADDRESSES : Thi s workshop will.b e hel d v O ^ alternative s to tAairuaJReporififa-'*?&* * ^ ^ ° additional y, ;^a tffie£miii£«rop^ areroq u ir«d/ - : Drive;<*trpelHill;North s ^fa3epbone '^00-6/^6^^ ^ ?%?*. Z porting " t o publicl y trade' d Qas' s I s;?^minfcrmation.l tI s anticipate d tha tth e • ;•••-•• • " A .summary, o f

thi s worksho p willifi.S'iu-gairfier s whic h woul d submi tthei rSEC-^*Pn>PP8 ed change ? woul d benefi tsmalle r include d i n docke tA-&h37 tot th e NSRf

; i( Kand ahareholderT^or tforms OT ; : i^emaldi^,induding ^ s^. i ;£^iDibi treporting t o quarterly report s only^ tD^'ftV^i? 0 * . dieCo^iissron'siispt^n g ' ccmnunent

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