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criminal and other law enforcement

information. This exemption is further

necessary to protect the privacy and

physical safety of witnesses and

informants.

(7) From subsection (e)(5) because in

the collection of information for law

enforcement purposes it is impossible to

determine in advance what information

is accurate, relevant, timely, and

complete. With the passage of time,

seemingly irrelevant or untimely

information may acquire new

significance as further investigation

brings new details to light and the

accuracy of such information can only

be determined in a court of law. The

restrictions of subsection (e)(5) would

restrict the ability of trained

investigators and intelligence analysts to

exercise their judgment in reporting on

investigations and impede the

development of intelligence necessary

for effective law enforcement.

(8) From subsection (e)(8) because

compliance would provide an

impediment to law enforcement by

interfering with the ability to issue

warrants or subpoenas and by revealing

investigative techniques, procedures, or

evidence.

(9) From subsections (f) and (g)

because this record system is exempt

from the individual access provisions of

subsection (d).

(10) Consistent with the legislative

purpose of the Privacy Act of 1974, the

Department of the Navy will grant

access to nonexempt material in the

records being maintained. Disclosure

will be governed by the Department of

the Navy’s Privacy Regulation, but will

be limited to the extent that the identity

of confidential sources will not be

compromised; subjects of an

investigation of an actual or potential

criminal violation will not be alerted to

the investigation; the physical safety of

witnesses, informants and law

enforcement personnel will not be

endangered, the privacy of third parties

will not be violated; and that the

disclosure would not otherwise impede

effective law enforcement. Whenever

possible, information of the above

nature will be deleted from the

requested documents and the balance

made available. The controlling

principle behind this limited access is

to allow disclosures except those

indicated above. The decisions to

release information from these systems

will be made on a case-by-case basis.

* * * * *

Dated: March 29, 2000.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 00–10053 Filed 5–17–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 5001–10–F

POSTAL SERVICE

39 CFR Part 111

Line-of-Travel Sequencing for Basic

Carrier Route Periodicals

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Postal Service is

soliciting comments on a proposed

change to the Domestic Mail Manual

that would require mailers to prepare

basic rate carrier route Periodicals mail

in line-of-travel sequence.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before June 19, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments must be sent to

the Manager, Mail Preparation and

Standards, 475 L’Enfant Plaza SW,

Room 6800, Washington, DC 20260–

2405. Fax: 202–268–4336. Comments

will be available for public viewing

from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Postal

Service Library, 475 L’Enfant Plaza,

11th Floor, Washington, DC. Copies of

comments also may be requested via fax

or email.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Anne Emmerth, 202–268–2363,

aemmerth@email.usps.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1996,

the Postal Service began requiring lineof-travel sequencing for all basic

Enhanced Carrier Route Standard Mail

(A). LOT sequencing generally

approximates carriers’ actual sequence

of delivery. A cost study shows that this

preparation has resulted in significant

savings due to a reduction in time spent

by carriers casing mail. Analysis

indicates that implementing a line-oftravel requirement for packages of basic

rate carrier route Periodicals could

produce significant savings.

The Postal Service and

representatives from the Periodicals

industry are concerned about recent

upward trends in mail processing costs

for Periodicals and have been studying

ways to lower costs. Out of these

discussions came several ideas for

further examination. One of these ideas

is to require Periodicals mail qualifying

for basic carrier route rates to be

prepared in line-of-travel (LOT)

sequence. A Postal Service cost study

indicates that requiring LOT sequencing

for basic rate carrier route Periodicals

will result in reduced costs.

Accordingly, the Postal Service is

proposing to require that Periodicals

mailers prepare basic rate carrier route

mail in line-of-travel sequence. Mailers

would be required to sort their mail

using the current USPS line-of-travel

product within 90 days before the date

of mailing. As an alternative, mailers

may opt to prepare mail in actual walk

sequence to qualify for basic carrier

route rates.

The line-of-travel product contains a

list of each ZIP+4 code that a route

serves. The ZIP+4 codes are numbered

in sequence according to their first

occurrence on the route as served by the

carrier. Each ZIP+4 is appended with

either an ‘‘A’’ (for ascending) or a ‘‘D’’

(for descending) to specify the order in

which the addresses in that ZIP+4 must

be arranged. For Periodicals, all basic

rate carrier route pieces would be

sequenced in ascending ZIP+4 code

line-of-travel order. As an alternative,

mailers could prepare basic rate carrier

route mail in actual walk sequence.

The proposed effective date of this

change is September 9, 2000.

Although exempt from the notice and

comment requirements of the

Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C.

553(b), (c)) regarding proposed

rulemaking by 39 U.S.C. 410(a), the

Postal Service invites comments on the

following proposed revisions to the

Domestic Mail Manual, incorporated by

reference in the Code of Federal

Regulations. See 39 CFR part 111.

List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111

Administrative practice and

procedure, Postal Service.

PART 111—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for 39 CFR

Part 111 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 39 U.S.C. 101,

401, 403, 404, 414, 3001–3011, 3201–3219,

3403–3406, 3621, 3626, 5001.

2. Revise the following sections of the

Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) as set

forth below:

E Eligibility

* * * * *

E200 Periodicals

* * * * *

E230 Nonautomation Rates

* * * * *

2.0 CARRIER ROUTE RATES

* * * * *

[Amend 2.2 by revising the heading

and item a, renumbering item b as item

c, and adding new item b to read as

follows:]

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2.2 Sequencing

Preparation to qualify eligible pieces

for carrier route rates is optional and is

subject to M200. Carrier route sort need

not be done for all carrier routes in a 5-

digit area. Specific rate eligibility is

subject to these standards:

a. The carrier route rates apply to

copies in carrier route packages of six or

more letter-size pieces each that are

sorted to carrier routes, 5-digit carrier

routes, or 3-digit carrier routes trays;

and six or more flat-size pieces or

irregular parcel-size pieces each that are

sorted to carrier route, 5-digit, or 5-digit

scheme carrier routes sacks.

(Preparation of 5-digit scheme carrier

routes sacks is optional, but, if

performed, must be done for all 5-digit

scheme destinations.) The applicable

sequencing requirements in M050 and

in 2.2b or 2.2c also must be met.

b. Basic carrier route rate mail must

be prepared either in carrier walk

sequence or in line-of-travel (LOT)

sequence according to LOT schemes

prescribed by the USPS (M050).

c. The high density and saturation

rates apply to pieces that are eligible for

carrier route rates under 2.2a, are

prepared in carrier walk sequence, and

meet the applicable density standards in

6.0 for the rate claimed.

* * * * *

M Mail Preparation and Sortation

M000 General Preparation Standards

* * * * *

M050 Delivery Sequence

* * * * *

3.0 DELIVERY SEQUENCE

INFORMATION

* * * * *

3.4 Line-of-Travel Sequence

[Revise the first sentence to read as

follows:]

Unless the mail is prepared in carrier

walk sequence, LOT sequence is

required for mailings at Enhanced

Carrier Route basic Standard Mail (A)

rates and carrier route basic Periodicals

rates.* * *

4.0 DOCUMENTATION

4.1 General

[Revise the fourth sentence to read as

follows:]

* * * For Periodicals, the postage

statement must be annotated in the

‘‘Sequencing Date’’ block on each of the

lines where basic, high density, and

saturation per piece rate postage is

reported. * * *

* * * * *

M200 Periodicals (Nonautomation)

1.0 BASIC STANDARDS

* * * * *

1.3 Carrier Route and Walk Sequence

[Revise the second sentence of 1.3 to

read as follows:]

* * * Periodicals for which a carrier

route discount is claimed must be

prepared as a carrier route mailing

under this section and either the walk

sequencing standard or the line-of-travel

sequencing standard in M050; pieces

prepared with a simplified address must

also meet the standards in A040.

* * * * *

An appropriate amendment to 39 CFR

part 111 to reflect these changes will be

published if the proposal is adopted.

Stanley F. Mires,

Chief Counsel, Legislative.

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BILLING CODE 7710–12–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[PA 112–4084; FRL–6702–7]

Approval and Promulgation of Air

Quality Implementation Plans;

Pennsylvania; Withdrawal of Proposed

Rule

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Withdrawal of notice of

proposed rulemaking.

SUMMARY: On February 2, 1999 (64 FR

5015), EPA proposed to approve the

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s

regulations for Nitrogen Oxides (NOX)

Allowance Requirements (commonly

referred to as the NOX Budget Rule) as

a revision to the State Implementation

Plan (SIP). Prior to our taking any final

rulemaking, the Commonwealth

informed us that it was revising the rule.

On December 27, 1999, the

Commonwealth submitted a new SIP

revision request to EPA which consists

of the revised version of its NOX Budget

Rule. Because the Commonwealth of

Pennsylvania has now submitted the

revised version of its NOX Budget Rule

as a SIP revision, we are withdrawing

our February 2, 1999 proposed rule on

the old version. EPA will initiate a new

and separate rulemaking on the

Commonwealth’s December 27, 1999

SIP revision submittal.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cristina Fernandez, (215) 814–2178, or

by e-mail at fernandez.cristina@epa.gov.

Dated: March 19, 2000.

Bradley M. Campbell,

Regional Administrator, Region III.

[FR Doc. 00–12519 Filed 5–17–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–U

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 622

[Docket No. 000211038–0038–01; I.D.

101499D]

RIN 0648–AM93

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of

Mexico, and South Atlantic; SnapperGrouper Fishery off the Southern

Atlantic States; Greater Amberjack Trip

Limit; Resubmission of Disapproved

Measure in Amendment 9

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Proposed rule; request for

comments.

SUMMARY: NMFS proposes a rule that

would implement a previously

disapproved 1,000–lb (454–kg)

commercial trip limit for greater

amberjack as originally contained in

Amendment 9 to the Fishery

Management Plan for the SnapperGrouper Fishery of the South Atlantic

Region (FMP). The intended effect of the

trip limit is to prevent overfishing and

conserve and manage greater amberjack.

DATES: Comments on this proposed rule

must be received at the appropriate

address or fax number, (see ADDRESSES),

no later than 5:00 p.m., eastern standard

time, on June 19, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Copies of documents

supporting the proposed commercial

trip limit for greater amberjack may be

obtained upon request from the South

Atlantic Fishery Management Council,

One Southpark Circle, Suite 306,

Charleston, SC 29407-4699; telephone:

843-571-4366; fax: 843-769-4520.

Copies of the economic analyses of

the proposed commercial trip limit for

greater amberjack may be obtained upon

request from the Southeast Regional

Office, NMFS, 9721 Executive Center

Drive N., St. Petersburg, FL 33702;

telephone: 727–570–5305; fax: 727–

570–5583.

Written comments on this proposed

rule may be submitted to the Southeast

Regional Office, NMFS, 9721 Executive

Center Drive N., St. Petersburg, FL

33702. Comments also may be sent via