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proposed rule as required by 5 U.S.C. 

553(b)(3). 

The abbreviated version shall also 

include pages 1 through 13 of the 

material titled ‘‘Mail Classification 

Schedule’’ appearing after the signature 

in Order No. 666 issued on February 7, 

2011. This material describes the textual 

changes proposed to existing 39 CFR 

part 3020, subpart A. 

As previously stated in paragraph III 

of this notice, all material, including the 

proposed four new appendices, appears 

on the Commission’s Web site. For 

interested persons without access to the 

Internet, a copy of all material is 

available for inspection at the Postal 

Regulatory Commission, 901 New York 

Avenue, NW., Suite 200, Washington, 

DC 20268–0001. Reasonable alternative 

access also may be arranged by 

contacting the Commission’s docket 

section at 202–789–6846. 

It is ordered: 

1. Docket No. RM2011–8 is 

established for the purpose of receiving 

comments on the Commission’s 

proposal. 

2. The Commission proposes to 

amend its rules of practice and 

procedure. The proposed amendments 

involve amending 39 CFR part 3020 

Subpart A—Mail Classification 

Schedule. 

3. Kenneth E. Richardson is 

designated as an officer of the 

Commission representing the interests 

of the general public in this docket. 

4. Interested persons may submit 

comments by September 6, 2011. 

5. The Secretary shall arrange for 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register as directed in the body of this 

notice. 

List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 3020 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Postal Service. 

By the Commission. 

Ruth Ann Abrams, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–21015 Filed 8–17–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R03–OAR–2011–0610; FRL–9452–9] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; 

Maryland; Adoption of Drum and Pail 

Coating Standards 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve 

a State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

revision submitted by the State of 

Maryland (Maryland). This SIP revision 

includes amendments to the Code of 

Maryland (COMAR) 26.11.19.13, 

Volatile Organic Compounds from 

Specific Processes, Drum and Pail 

Coating. Maryland’s SIP revision meets 

the requirement to adopt Reasonably 

Available Control Technology (RACT) 

for sources covered by EPA’s Control 

Techniques Guidelines (CTG) for 

Miscellaneous Metal and Plastic Parts 

Coatings and will help Maryland attain 

and maintain the National Ambient Air 

Quality Standard (NAAQS) for ozone. 

This action is being taken under the 

Clean Air Act (CAA). 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before September 19, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID Number EPA– 

R03–OAR–2011–0610 by one of the 

following methods: 

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

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

B. E-mail: 

fernandez.cristina@epa.gov. 

C. Mail: EPA–R03–OAR–2011–0610, 

Cristina Fernandez, Associate Director, 

Office of Air Program Planning, 

Mailcode 3AP30, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 

Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

19103. 

D. Hand Delivery: At the previouslylisted EPA Region III address. Such 

deliveries are only accepted during the 

Docket’s normal hours of operation, and 

special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–R03–OAR–2011– 

0610. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change, and may be 

made available online at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site is 

an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an e-mail comment directly 

to EPA without going through http:// 

www.regulations.gov, your e-mail 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public docket and 

made available on the Internet. If you 

submit an electronic comment, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. 

Docket: All documents in the 

electronic docket are listed in the 

http://www.regulations.gov index. 

Although listed in the index, some 

information is not publicly available, 

i.e., CBI or other information whose 

disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, is not placed on 

the Internet and will be publicly 

available only in hard copy form. 

Publicly available docket materials are 

available either electronically in http:// 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy 

during normal business hours at the Air 

Protection Division, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 

Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

19103. Copies of the State submittal are 

available at the Maryland Department of 

the Environment, 1800 Washington 

Boulevard, Suite 705, Baltimore, 

Maryland 21230. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Irene Shandruk, (215) 814–2166, or by 

e-mail at shandruk.irene@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 

22, 2011, the Maryland Department of 

the Environment (MDE) submitted to 

EPA a SIP revision concerning the 

adoption of the drum and pail coating 

standards found in the Miscellaneous 

Metal and Plastic Parts Coatings CTG. 

I. Background 

Section 172(c)(1) of the CAA provides 

that SIPs for nonattainment areas must 

include reasonably available control 

measures (RACM), including RACT for 

sources of emissions. Section 

182(b)(2)(A) provides that for certain 

nonattainment areas, states must revise 

their SIPs to include RACT for sources 

of VOC emissions covered by a CTG 

document issued after November 15, 

1990 and prior to the area’s date of 

attainment. 

CTGs are intended to provide state 

and local air pollution control 

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authorities information that should 

assist them in determining RACT for 

VOCs from various sources, including 

drum and pail coatings. In developing 

these CTGs, EPA, among other things, 

evaluated the sources of VOC emissions 

from this industry and the available 

control approaches for addressing these 

emissions, including the costs of such 

approaches. Based on available 

information and data, EPA provided 

recommendations for RACT for VOCs 

from drum and pail coatings. 

In June 1978, EPA published a CTG 

for controlling VOC emissions from 

surface coating of miscellaneous metal 

and plastic products (EPA–450/2–78– 

015), which includes drum and pail 

coatings. This CTG discusses the nature 

of VOC emissions from this industry, 

available control technologies for 

addressing such emissions, the costs of 

available control options, and other 

items. EPA promulgated national 

standards of performance for new 

stationary sources New Source 

Performance Standards for 

miscellaneous metal and plastic 

products industry and EPA also 

published a national emission standard 

for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) 

for this industry. 

In 2008, after conducting a review of 

currently existing state and local VOC 

emission reduction approaches for this 

industry, reviewing the 1978 CTG and 

the NESHAP for this industry, and 

taking into account the information that 

has become available since then, EPA 

developed a new CTG for miscellaneous 

metal and plastic parts, entitled Control 

Techniques Guidelines for 

Miscellaneous Metal and Plastic Parts 

Coatings (Publication No. EPA 453/R– 

08–003). 

The miscellaneous metal product and 

plastic parts surface coatings categories 

under section 183(e) of the CAA 

includes the coatings that are applied to 

the surfaces of a varied range of metal 

and plastic parts and products. Such 

parts or products are constructed either 

entirely or partially from metal or 

plastic. The VOC emissions from 

miscellaneous metal product and plastic 

parts surface coating processes result 

from the evaporation of the volatile 

components of the coatings and 

cleaning materials used in these 

operations. 

II. Summary of SIP Revision 

On June 22, 2011, MDE submitted to 

EPA a SIP revision (#11–04) concerning 

the adoption of the emission limits for 

drum and pail coatings, part of the EPA 

miscellaneous metal and plastic parts 

coatings CTG. EPA develops CTGs as 

guidance on control requirements for 

source categories. States can follow the 

CTGs or adopt more restrictive 

standards. Maryland has adopted EPA’s 

CTG standards for drum and pail 

coating processes. These regulations are 

in COMAR 26.11.19, Volatile Organic 

Compounds from Specific Processes. 

Specifically, this revision amends the 

existing regulation in Section 

26.11.19.13 to include emission limits 

for drum and pail coatings (Table 1). A 

detailed summary of EPA’s review of 

and rationale for proposing to approve 

this SIP revision may be found in the 

Technical Support Document (TSD) for 

this action which is available on line at 

http://www.regulations.gov, Docket 

number EPA–R03–OAR–2011–0610. 

TABLE 1—DRUM AND PAIL COATING STANDARDS

Coating types 

Pounds VOC/ 

gallon coating 

(minus water) 

Kilogram VOC/ 

liter coating 

(minus water) 

New, Exterior ................................................................................................................................................... 2.8 0.34 

New, Interior .................................................................................................................................................... 3.5 0.42 

Reconditioned, Exterior ................................................................................................................................... 3.5 0.42 

Reconditioned, Interior ..................................................................................................................................... 4.2 0.50 

III. Proposed Action 

EPA is proposing to approve 

Maryland’s SIP revision for adoption of 

the CTG standards for drum and pail 

coatings. EPA is soliciting public 

comments on the issues discussed in 

this document. These comments will be 

considered before taking final action. 

IV. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

Under the CAA, the Administrator is 

required to approve a SIP submission 

that complies with the provisions of the 

CAA and applicable Federal regulations. 

42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). 

Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, 

EPA’s role is to approve state choices, 

provided that they meet the criteria of 

the CAA. Accordingly, this action 

merely proposes to approve state law as 

meeting Federal requirements and does 

not impose additional requirements 

beyond those imposed by state law. For 

that reason, this proposed action: 

• Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory 

action’’ subject to review by the Office 

of Management and Budget under 

Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, 

October 4, 1993); 

• Does not impose an information 

collection burden under the provisions 

of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.); 

• Is certified as not having a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities 

under the Regulatory Flexibility Act 

(5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.); 

• Does not contain any unfunded 

mandate or significantly or uniquely 

affect small governments, as described 

in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4); 

• Does not have Federalism 

implications as specified in Executive 

Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 

1999); 

• Is not an economically significant 

regulatory action based on health or 

safety risks subject to Executive Order 

13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997); 

• Is not a significant regulatory action 

subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 

28355, May 22, 2001); 

• Is not subject to requirements of 

Section 12(d) of the National 

Technology Transfer and Advancement 

Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because 

application of those requirements would 

be inconsistent with the CAA; and 

• Does not provide EPA with the 

discretionary authority to address, as 

appropriate, disproportionate human 

health or environmental effects, using 

practicable and legally permissible 

methods, under Executive Order 12898 

(59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). 

In addition, this proposed rule 

concerning Maryland’s adoption of CTG 

standards for drum and pail coatings 

does not have tribal implications as 

specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 

FR 67249, November 9, 2000), because 

the SIP is not approved to apply in 

Indian country located in the state, and 

EPA notes that it will not impose 

substantial direct costs on tribal 

governments or preempt tribal law. 

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List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Ozone, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Volatile 

organic compounds. 

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

Dated: August 1, 2011. 

W.C. Early, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region III. 

[FR Doc. 2011–21098 Filed 8–17–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 300 

[EPA–HQ–SFUND–1983–0002; FRL–9452–2] 

National Oil and Hazardous 

Substances Pollution Contingency 

Plan; National Priorities List: Deletion 

of the Barceloneta Landfill Superfund 

Site 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Region II is issuing a 

Notice of Intent to Delete the 

Barceloneta Landfill Superfund Site 

(Site) located in Florida Afuera, Puerto 

Rico from the National Priorities List 

(NPL) and requests public comments on 

this proposed action. The NPL, 

promulgated pursuant to section 105 of 

the Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended, is 

an appendix of the National Oil and 

Hazardous Substances Pollution 

Contingency Plan (NCP). The EPA and 

the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 

through the Puerto Rico Environmental 

Quality Board, have determined that all 

appropriate response actions under 

CERCLA, other than operation, 

maintenance, and five-year reviews, 

have been completed. However, this 

deletion does not preclude future 

actions under Superfund. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

September 19, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID no. EPA–HQ– 

SFUND–1983–0002, by one of the 

following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov. Follow 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: Luis E. Santos, Remedial 

Project Manager, santos.luis@epa.gov. 

• Fax: 787–289–7104. 

• Mail: Luis E. Santos, Remedial 

Project Manager, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region II, Caribbean 

Protection Division, Centro Europa 

Building, Suite 417, Ponce de Leo ́n 

Ave., Stop 22, San Juan, Puerto Rico 

00907–4127. 

• Hand delivery: U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region II, Caribbean 

Protection Division, Centro Europa 

Building, Suite 417, Ponce de Leo ́n 

Ave., Stop 22, San Juan, Puerto Rico 

00907–4127. Such deliveries are only 

accepted during the Docket’s normal 

hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID no. EPA–HQ–SFUND–1983– 

0002. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site is 

an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an e-mail comment directly 

to EPA without going through http:// 

www.regulations.gov, your e-mail 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public docket and 

made available on the Internet. If you 

submit an electronic comment, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the http:// 

www.regulations.gov index. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statue. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

will be publicly available only in the 

hard copy. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either 

electronically in http:// 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at: 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region II, Superfund Records Center, 

290 Broadway, 18th Floor, New York, 

NY 10007–1866, Phone: 212–637– 

4308, Hours: Monday to Friday from 

9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Or 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region II, Caribbean Environmental 

Protection Division Centro Europa 

Building, Suite 417, 1492 Ponce de 

Leo ́n Ave., Stop 22, San Juan, Puerto 

Rico 00907–4127, Phone: (787) 977– 

5802, Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.— 

Monday through Friday (excluding 

holidays) Contact: Luis E. Santos 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Luis 

E. Santos, Remedial Project Manager, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region II, telephone at (787) 977–5824; 

fax at 787–289–7104; or e-mail at 

santos.luis@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

In the ‘‘Rules and Regulations’’ 

Section of today’s Federal Register, we 

are publishing a direct final Notice of 

Deletion of Barceloneta Landfill 

Superfund Site without prior Notice of 

Intent to Delete because we view this as 

a noncontroversial revision and 

anticipate no adverse comment. We 

have explained our reasons for this 

deletion in the preamble to the direct 

final Notice of Deletion, and those 

reasons are incorporated herein. If we 

receive no adverse comment(s) on this 

deletion action, we will not take further 

action on this Notice of Intent to Delete. 

If we receive adverse comment(s), we 

will withdraw the direct final Notice of 

Deletion, and it will not take effect. We 

will, as appropriate, address all public 

comments in a subsequent final Notice 

of Deletion based on this Notice of 

Intent to Delete. We will not institute a 

second comment period on this Notice 

of Intent to Delete. Any parties 

interested in commenting must do so at 

this time. 

For additional information, see the 

direct final Notice of Deletion which is 

located in the Rules section of this 

Federal Register. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 300 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Chemicals, Hazardous 

waste, Hazardous substances, 

Intergovernmental relations, Penalties, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Superfund, Water 

pollution control, Water supply. 

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(c)(2); 42 U.S.C. 

9601–9657; E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757, 3 CFR, 

1991 Comp., p. 351; E.O. 12580, 52 FR 2923; 

3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 193. 

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