Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 96 / Wednesday, May 17, 2000 / Proposed Rules 31297

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 165

Harbors, Marine safety, Navigation

(water), Reporting and recordkeeping

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; 50 U.S.C. 191;

33 CFR 1.05–1(g), 6.04–1, 6.04–6, 160.5; 49

CFR 1.46.

2. Add temporary § 165.T01–009 to

read as follows:

§ 165.T01–009 Safety Zones: OPSAIL 2000

Fireworks Displays, and Search and Rescue

Demonstrations, Port of New York/New

Jersey.

(a) Safety Zones Locations and

Enforcement Periods.

(1) East River Fireworks Safety Zone:

All waters of the East River east of a line

drawn from the Fireboat Station Pier,

Battery Park City, in approximate

position 40°42′15.5′′N 074°01′07′′ W

(NAD 1983) to Governors Island Light

(2) (LLNR 35010), in approximate

position 40°41′34.5′′N 074°01′11′′ W

(NAD 1983); north of a line drawn from

Governors Island, in approximate

position 40°41′25.3′′N 074°00′42.5′′W

(NAD 1983) to the southwest corner of

Pier 9A, Brooklyn; south of a line drawn

through the southern point of Roosevelt

Island from East 47th street, Manhattan

to 46 Road, Brooklyn, and all waters of

Newtown Creek west of the Pulaski

Bascule Bridge.

(2) Hudson River Fireworks Safety

Zone. All waters of the Hudson River

north of a line drawn from the

southwest corner of Pier 94, Manhattan,

to 40°46′31.3′′N, 074°00′37.9′′W (NAD

1983) onshore in Weehawken, NJ, and

south of a line drawn from the northeast

corner of Pier D, Weehawken, NJ, to the

northwest corner of the northern pier of

the West 30th Street Heliport in

Manhattan.

(3) Liberty Island Fireworks Safety

Zone. All waters of Upper New York

Bay, east of Liberty Island, bound by the

following points: 40°41′33.2′′N

074°02′24.4′′W; 40°41′11.3′′N

074°02′44.4′′W; 40°41′02.1′′N

074°02′25.1′′W; 40°41′09.1′′N

074°02′10.2′′W; 40°41′25.6′′N

074°02′09.6′′W (NAD 1983); thence to

the point of beginning.

(4) Anchorage Channel Fireworks

Safety Zone. All waters of Anchorage

Channel, Upper New York Bay, bound

by the following points: 40°38′12.4′′N

074°03′05.6′′W; 40°38′01.5′′N

074°03′00.7′′W; 40°37′21.0′′N

074°02′50.0′′W; 40°37′15.6′′N

074°03′16.6′′W; 40°38′08.3′′N

074°03′37.4′′W (NAD 1983); thence to

the point of beginning.

(5) Search and Rescue

Demonstrations Safety Zone: All waters

of Hudson River bound by the following

points: from the southeast corner of Pier

90, Manhattan, where it intersects the

seawall, west to approximate position

40°46′10′′ N, 074°00′13′′ W (NAD 1983),

south to approximate position 40°45′54′′

N, 074°00′25′′ W (NAD 1983), then east

to the northeast corner of Pier 83 where

it intersects the seawall.

(6) Enforcement period. Paragraphs

(a)(1) through (a)(4) are effective from

6:30 p.m. (e.s.t.) until 11:30 p.m. (e.s.t.)

on Tuesday, July 4, 2000. If the event is

cancelled due to inclement weather,

then paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(4) are

effective from 6:30 p.m. (e.s.t.) to 11:30

p.m. (e.s.t.) on Wednesday, July 5, 2000.

(7) Enforcement period. Paragraph

(a)(5) is effective daily from 12 p.m.

(e.s.t.) until 6 p.m. (e.s.t.) from

Thursday, July 6, through Saturday, July

8, 2000.

(b) Effective period. This section is

effective from 6:30 p.m. (e.s.t.) on July

4, 2000, until 6 p.m. (e.s.t.) on July 8,

2000.

(c) Regulations. (1) The general

regulations contained in 33 CFR 165.23

apply.

(2) No vessels will be allowed to

transit the safety zone without the

permission of the Captain of the Port,

New York.

(3) All persons and vessels shall

comply with the instructions of the

Coast Guard Captain of the Port or the

designated on-scene-patrol personnel.

These personnel comprise

commissioned, warrant, and petty

officers of the Coast Guard. Upon being

hailed by a U. S. Coast Guard vessel by

siren, radio, flashing light, or other

means, the operator of a vessel shall

proceed as directed.

(4) Vessels may remain in the safety

zone described in paragraph (a)(1) for

the purpose of viewing the event in

accordance with the following preestablished viewing area: Vessels equal

to or greater than 20 meters (65.6 feet)

in length, carrying persons for the

purpose of viewing the fireworks, may

take position in an area at least 200

yards off the bulkhead on the west bank

and just off the pierhead faces on the

east bank of the East River between the

Williamsburg Bridge and a line drawn

through the East River Main Channel

Lighted Buoy 18 (LLNR 27335), to a

point on the Brooklyn shore at North

9th Street. All vessels must be

positioned in this viewing area within

the safety zone by 6:30 p.m. (e.s.t.) on

July 4, 2000.

Dated: May 11, 2000.

R.E. Bennis,

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

Port, New York.

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BILLING CODE 4910–15–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 226–0186b; FRL–6606–4]

Approval and Promulgation of State

Implementation Plans; California State

Implementation Plan Revision,

Antelope Valley Air Pollution Control

District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: EPA is approving revisions to

the California State Implementation

Plan (SIP) for the Antelope Valley Air

Pollution Control District (AVAPCD).

There are six revisions: three rule

recissions with accompanying negative

declarations for source categories that

emit volatile organic compounds (VOC);

two negative declarations for source

categories that emit oxides of nitrogen

(NOX), and one rule recission for a

source category that emits oxides of

sulfur (SOX). The intended effect of this

action is to bring the AVAPCD SIP up

to date in accordance with the

requirements of the Clean Air Act, as

amended in 1990 (CAA or the Act). EPA

is finalizing the approval of these

recissions from the California SIP under

provisions of the CAA regarding EPA

action on SIP submittals, SIPs for

national primary and secondary ambient

air quality standards and plan

requirements for nonattainment areas.

EPA is approving these revisions in

accordance with the requirements of the

Clean Air Act, as amended in 1990

(CAA or the Act). In the Final Rules

section of this Federal Register, the EPA

is approving the state’s SIP submittal as

a direct final rule without prior proposal

because the Agency views this as a

noncontroversial revision and

anticipates no adverse comments. A

detailed rationale for this approval is set

forth in the direct final rule. If no

adverse comments are received, no

further activity is contemplated. If EPA

receives adverse comments, the direct

final rule will be withdrawn and all

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public comments received will be

addressed in a subsequent final rule

based on this proposed rule. The EPA

will not institute a second comment

period. Any parties interested in

commenting should do so at this time.

DATES: Written comments must be

received by June 16, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

addressed to: Andrew Steckel, Chief,

Rulemaking Office (AIR–4), Air

Division, U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, Region IX, 75 Hawthorne

Street, San Francisco, CA 94105–3901.

Copies of the rule revisions and EPA’s

technical support document of each rule

are available for public inspection at

EPA’s Region IX office during normal

business hours. Copies of the submitted

rule revisions are also available for

inspection at the following locations:

California Air Resources Board,

Stationary Source Division, Rule

Evaluation Section, 2020 ‘‘L’’ Street,

Sacramento, CA 95812.

Antelope Valley Air Pollution Control

District, 43301 Division Street, Suite

206, Lancaster, CA 93539–4409

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie

A. Rose, Rulemaking Office, AIR–4, Air

Division, U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street,

San Francisco, CA 94105–3901,

Telephone: (415) 744–1184).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The rules

being approved for recission and the

negative declarations being approved for

the Antelope Valley Air Pollution

Control District (AVAPCD) portion of

the California SIP are listed in the

following Table:

SUBMITTED RECISSIONS AND NEGATIVE DECLARATIONS

Rule No. and title Adoption

date

Submittal

date Type of revision

1105, Fluid Catalytic Cracking Units—Oxides of Sulfur .................................... 04–21–98 05–13–99 Recission.

1109, Emissions of Oxides of Nitrogen from Boilers and Process Heaters in

Petroleum Refineries.

04–21–98 05–13–99 Negative Declaration.

1112, Emissions of Oxides of Nitrogen from Cement Kilns .............................. 03–16–99 07–23–99 Negative Declaration.

1115, Motor Vehicle Assembly Line Coating Operations .................................. 11–18–97 01–12–99 Recission/Negative Declaration.

1117, Emissions of Oxides of Nitrogen from Glass Melting Furnaces .............. 03–16–99 07–23–99 Recission/Negative Declaration.

1123, Refinery Process Turnarounds ................................................................ 11–08–97 02–16–99 Recission/Negative Declaration.

The rule recissions and negative

declarations listed above were

submitted to EPA by the California Air

Resources Board (CARB) on the dates

indicated. For further information,

please see the information provided in

the direct final action that is located in

the rules section of this Federal

Register.

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.

Dated: May 3, 2000.

Felicia Marcus,

Regional Administrator, Region IX.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 17

RIN 1018–AE87

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife

and Plants; Reopening of Comment

Period on Proposed Threatened Status

for the Plant Gaura neomexicana ssp.

coloradensis

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of

reopening of comment period.

SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife

Service (Service), pursuant to the

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as

amended (Act), reopen the comment

period on the proposal to list the plant

Gaura neomexicana ssp. coloradensis

(Colorado butterfly plant) as a

threatened species. The comment period

is extended to accommodate the public

notice requirement of the Act and to

consider any new scientific information.

In addition, reopening of the comment

period will allow further opportunity

for all interested parties to submit

comments on the proposal, which was

published on March 24, 1998 (63 FR

14060). We are seeking comments or

suggestions from the public, other

concerned governmental agencies, the

scientific community, industry, or any

other interested parties concerning the

proposed rule. Comments already

submitted on the proposed rule need

not be resubmitted as they will be fully

considered in the final determination.

DATES: The reopened comment period

closes June 16, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed rule

are available on the World Wide Web at

<mountain-prairie.fws.gov/endspp/

plants/>. You may also request copies

from, and submit comments and

materials concerning this proposed rule

to, the Field Supervisor, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, 4000 Airport Parkway,

Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001. Comments

and materials received will be available

for public inspection, by appointment,

during normal business hours at the

above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mike Long, Field Supervisor, Wyoming

Field Office (see ADDRESSES section),

telephone 307/772–2374; facsimile 307/

772–2358.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On March 24, 1998, we published a

rule proposing threatened status for

Gaura neomexicana ssp. coloradensis in

the Federal Register (63 FR 14060). The

original comment period closed on May

26, 1998. Section 4(b)(5)(D) of the Act

(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) requires us to

‘‘publish a summary of the proposed

regulation in a newspaper of general

circulation in each area of the United

States in which the species is believed

to occur.’’ Due to an oversight, we failed

to complete this requirement. To correct

the oversight, we are reopening the

comment period for this proposal to list

G.n. ssp. coloradensis and publishing

the required notices. The comment

period now closes on June 16, 2000.

Written comments should be submitted

to the Service (see ADDRESSES section).

Gaura neomexicana ssp. coloradensis

is a short-lived, perennial herb endemic

to moist soils in mesic or wet meadows

of floodplain areas in southeastern

Wyoming, northcentral Colorado, and

extreme western Nebraska. This early to

mid-seral stage species occurs primarily

in habitats created and maintained by

streams active within their floodplains,

with vegetation that is relatively open

and not overly dense or overgrown. The

disturbance of riparian areas that

contain native grasses by agricultural

conversion, water diversions,

channelization, and urban development

threaten G.n. ssp. coloradensis by