52942 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 198 / Thursday, October 15, 2009 / Proposed Rules 

1Petition of the United States Postal Service 

Requesting Initiation of a Proceeding to Consider a 

Proposed Change in Analytic Principles (Proposal 

Twenty), October 6, 2009 (Petition). 

signing the comment, if submitted on 

behalf of an association, business, labor 

union, etc.). You may review a Privacy 

Act notice regarding our public dockets 

in the January 17, 2008, issue of the 

Federal Register (73 FR 3316). 

Background and Purpose 

On August 28, 2009, the Coast Guard 

published an NPRM entitled ‘‘Standards 

for Living Organisms in Ships’ Ballast 

Water Discharged in U.S. Waters’’ in the 

Federal Register (74 FR 44632). The 

comment period for the NPRM was to 

close on November 27, 2009. On the 

same day, the Coast Guard also 

published a Notice of Availability in the 

Federal Register informing the public 

that the DPEIS for the ‘‘Standards for 

Living Organisms in Ships’ Ballast 

Water Discharged in U.S. Waters’’ 

rulemaking had been added to the 

docket and was available for public 

comment (74 FR 44673). The August 28, 

2009 Notice of Availability for the 

DPEIS stated that the public comment 

period for the DPEIS would close on 

November 27, 2009. 

Council on Environmental Quality 

regulations at 40 CFR part 1506.10 state 

that ‘‘(a) The Environmental Protection 

Agency shall publish a notice in the 

Federal Register each week of the 

environmental impact statements filed 

during the preceding week. The 

minimum time periods set forth in this 

section shall be calculated from the date 

of publication of this notice. (b) No 

decision on the proposed action shall be 

made or recorded under Sec. 1505.2 by 

a Federal agency until the later of the 

following dates: (1) Ninety days after 

publication of the notice described 

above in paragraph (a) of this section for 

a draft environmental impact 

statement.’’ The Environmental 

Protection Agency did not publish their 

notice of availability for the DPEIS until 

September 4, 2009. Accordingly, the 

Coast Guard has decided to extend the 

comment periods for both the NPRM 

and the DPEIS in order to ensure that 

the public has adequate time to submit 

comments regarding these important 

proposals. The comment period for the 

NPRM and the DPEIS will now close on 

December 4, 2009. 

Additionally, you are reminded that 

you may comment on any aspect of the 

rulemaking, including on any comments 

placed in the docket. We may change 

the proposed rule or the DPEIS in 

response to the comments received. 

Dated: October 8, 2009. 

J.G. Lantz, 

Director of Commercial Regulations and 

Standards, U.S. Coast Guard. 

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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

39 CFR Part 3050 

[Docket No. RM2010–1; Order No. 311] 

Periodic Reporting Rules 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed rulemaking; 

availability of rulemaking petition. 

SUMMARY: This document announces a 

proposed rulemaking in response to a 

recent Postal Service petition involving 

periodic reporting rules. It concerns a 

new Postal Service special study 

updating the density factors that are 

used to distribute certain attributable 

transportation costs in two cost 

segments (Nos. 8 and 14). The public is 

invited to comment. 

DATES: Comments are due October 28, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

electronically via the Commission’s 

Filing Online system at 

http:www.prc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel, 

at 202–789–6824 or 

stephen.sharfman@prc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

October 6, 2009, the Postal Service filed 

a petition to initiate an informal 

rulemaking proceeding to consider 

changes in the analytical methods 

approved for use in periodic reporting.1

The Petition explains that the Postal 

Service has conducted a new special 

study for the purpose of updating 

density factors used to distribute vehicle 

service drive attributable costs in Cost 

Segment 8 and attributable 

transportation costs in Cost Segment 14. 

The data-collection method is similar to 

the previous special study described in 

Library Reference USPS–LR–K–33 in 

Docket No. R2001–1. See id., Proposal 

20 at 1. 

The attachment to the Postal Service’s 

Petition explains its proposal in more 

detail, including the background, 

objective, rationale, and estimated 

impact. For illustrative purposes, the 

Postal Service provides a table showing 

the impact of distributing FY 2008 

highway, rail, and vehicle service driver 

costs based on the new and existing 

density factors. See id., Proposal 20 at 

3. 

It is ordered: 

1. The Petition of the United States 

Postal Service Requesting Initiation of a 

Proceeding to Consider a Proposed 

Change in Analytic Principles (Proposal 

Twenty), filed October 6, 2009, is 

granted. 

2. The Commission establishes Docket 

No. RM2010–1 to consider the matters 

raised by the Postal Service’s Petition. 

3. Interested persons may submit 

comments on or before October 28, 

2009. 

4. The Commission will determine the 

need for reply comments after review of 

the initial comments. 

5. Cassie D’Souza is designated to 

serve as the Public Representative 

representing the interests of the general 

public in this proceeding. 

6. The Secretary shall arrange for 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. 

By the Commission. 

Shoshana M. Grove, 

Secretary. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R05–OAR–2009–0120; FRL–8968–2] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; Indiana; 

Carbon Monoxide Maintenance Plan 

Updates; Limited Maintenance Plan 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve 

a request submitted by the Indiana 

Department of Environmental 

Management (IDEM) on January 12, 

2009, for a State Implementation Plan 

(SIP) revision of the carbon monoxide 

(CO) ‘‘Limited Maintenance Plan’’ 

update for Lake and Marion Counties, 

Indiana. These Limited Maintenance 

Plans demonstrate continued attainment 

of the CO National Ambient Air Quality 

Standard for Lake and Marion counties 

for an additional ten years. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 16, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R05– 


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OAR–2009–0120, by one of the 

following methods: 

1. http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

2. E-mail: mooney.john@epa.gov. 

3. Fax: (312) 692–2551. 

4. Mail: John M. Mooney, Chief, 

Criteria Pollutant Section, Air Programs 

Branch (AR–18J), U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson 

Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. 

5. Hand Delivery: John M. Mooney, 

Chief, Criteria Pollutant Section, Air 

Programs Branch (AR–18J), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 77 

West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 

Illinois 60604. Such deliveries are only 

accepted during the Regional Office 

normal hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. The 

Regional Office official hours of 

business are Monday through Friday, 

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding 

Federal holidays. 

Please see the direct final rule which 

is located in the Rules section of this 

Federal Register for detailed 

instructions on how to submit 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Charles Hatten, Environmental 

Engineer, Criteria Pollutant Section, Air 

Programs Branch (AR–18J), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 

Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 886–6031, 

hatten.charles@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

Rules section of this Federal Register, 

EPA is approving the State’s SIP 

submittal as a direct final rule without 

prior proposal because EPA 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 rule, 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. Please note 

that if EPA receives adverse comment 

on an amendment, paragraph, or section 

of this rule and if that provision may be 

severed from the remainder of the rule, 

EPA may adopt as final those provisions 

of the rule that are not the subject of an 

adverse comment. For additional 

information, see the direct final rule 

which is located in the Rules section of 

this Federal Register. 

Dated: September 29, 2009. 

Walter W. Kovalick Jr., 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5. 

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