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disciplinary record (since the last

hearing) [step 1(b)] and outstanding

program achievement (from the last

hearing) [step 1(c)] will be determined

and added to or subtracted from the

total guideline range determined at the

last hearing. Otherwise, the actions

available to the Commission will be the

same as at an initial hearing.

Regulatory Assessment Requirements

The U.S. Parole Commission has

determined that this proposed rule

would not be a significant rule within

the meaning of Executive Order 12866.

The proposed rule would not have a

significant economic impact upon a

substantial number of small entities

within the meaning of the Regulatory

Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 605(b), and is

deemed by the Commission to be a rule

of agency practice that will not

substantially affect the rights or

obligations of non-agency parties

pursuant to section 804(3)(C) of the

Congressional Review Act.

List of Subjects in 28 CFR Part 2

Administrative practice and

procedure, Prisoners, Probation and

parole.

Authority: 18 U.S.C. 4203(a)(1) and

4204(a)(6).

Dated: May 2, 2000.

Michael J. Gaines,

Chairman, U.S. Parole Commission.

[FR Doc. 00–11521 Filed 5–8–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–31–P

POSTAL SERVICE

39 CFR Part 111

Loading Requirements for PVDS

Mailings

AGENCY: Postal Service.

ACTION: Withdrawal of proposed rule.

SUMMARY: On December 23, 1999, the

Postal Service published a Proposed

Rule (64 FR 72044) seeking comments

on a proposed revision to the Domestic

Mail Manual (DMM) to require that, if

Periodicals mail is on the same vehicle

as Standard Mail in a plant-verified

drop shipment (PVDS), then the

Periodicals mail must be loaded toward

the tail end of the trailer so that

Periodicals mail can be offloaded first

for each destination entry. On February

11, 2000, the Postal Service published a

notice that extended the comment

period for this proposed rule until

March 15, 2000 (65 FR 6950).

Based on the comments received, the

Postal Service is withdrawing the

proposed rule. The loading requirement

for Periodicals mail in a PVDS mailing

will continue to be an optional—or

preferred—method, but will not be

required. Customers may access the

current DMM requirements by going to

the Postal Explorer Web site (http://

pe.usps.gov). These specific mailing

standards can be found in DMM

E651.2.2, E652.4.2, P750.2.12, and

P750.2.13.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Comments Received

The Postal Service received a total of

16 comments in response to the

Proposed Rule.

Seven comments supported making

the loading of Periodicals toward the

tail end of the trailer a requirement. All

of these comments came from

Periodicals publishers. Their support for

the Proposed Rule is based on the

assumption that delivery service would

improve if Periodicals mail could be

identified, offloaded from vehicles, and

processed as soon as possible. One

commenter pointed out that this

Proposed Rule is consistent with the

Postal Service’s commitment to the

mailing industry to improve the

delivery service of Periodicals mail. The

same commenter raised questions about

how this Proposed Rule might affect

Periodicals costs.

One commenter gave cautious support

to the Proposed Rule for the reasons

cited above.

Eight comments opposed the

Proposed Rule. Most of these

commenters are in the printing and mail

transportation industries. These

comments focused on the cost and

logistics implications of a requirement

to load Periodicals mail toward the tail

end of the trailer for each stop. Many

commenters believed that having to

‘‘stagger’’ Periodicals and Standard Mail

within a vehicle for each scheduled stop

would increase their costs. There also

were concerns about OSHA and

Department of Transportation

requirements for vehicle loading and

unloading.

All of the commenters who opposed

the Proposed Rule mentioned that they

support the current standards in the

Domestic Mail Manual, which allows

mailers the option of loading Periodicals

mail toward the tail end of vehicles for

each stop.

Based on these reasons and after

extensive discussions with customers

and internal departments, the Postal

Service has decided to withdraw the

Proposed Rule. The Domestic Mail

Manual will continue to contain the

optional, or preferred, method of

loading Periodicals mail toward the tail

end of vehicles so that the Periodicals

mail can be offloaded first at each stop.

Stanley F. Mires,

Chief Counsel, Legislative.

[FR Doc. 00–11451 Filed 5–8–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7710–12–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[AR–8–1–7409; FRL—6603–9]

Approval and Promulgation of

Implementation Plans; Arkansas;

Regulation 19

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The EPA is proposing to

approve revisions to the Arkansas State

Implementation Plan (SIP or plan).

Specifically, EPA proposes to approve a

recodification of and revisions to

Arkansas’ SIP. These revisions were

adopted by the Arkansas Department of

Environmental Quality (ADEQ) on

January 22, 1999, and submitted to EPA

by the Governor of Arkansas on March

5, 1999. The EPA also proposes to

incorporate into the Arkansas SIP

portions of Arkansas regulation for its

operating permits program which relate

to the construction and modification of

major sources. This is necessary because

the submitted SIP revision incorporates

these provisions to ensure that major

sources which must receive an

operating permit meet the Federal

requirements relating to the

construction and modification of major

sources.

The EPA proposes to approve these

revisions based upon our finding that

the regulations meet the requirements of

the Clean Air Act (the Act) pertaining to

the approval of SIPs and the Federal

regulations which describe the

requirements that a SIP must meet.

Furthermore, EPA proposes to

approve revisions to Arkansas’ program

for the prevention of significant

deterioration (PSD) of air quality to

replace the increments for total

suspended particulates (TSP) with

increments for particulate matter less

than 10 microns (PM–10). In

conjunction with this action, EPA also

proposes to remove the TSP area

designation tables in title 40 of the Code

of Federal Regulations (40 CFR) part 81

for Arkansas. The EPA is taking no

action on a Chapter 8 of the submittal

of Regulation 19 which pertains to