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on the economic impact of the Agency’s

proposed Ergonomics Program Standard

on State and local governments, the

United States Postal Service (USPS),

and the railroads. OSHA is also

extending the date for Notices of

Intention to Appear at the informal

public hearing. The supplemental

analysis of the impacts of the proposed

rule on these three groups is in the

public docket of this rulemaking, Docket

S–777, Exhibit 28–15. The hearing will

be held on the date planned, July 7,

2000, but the location of the hearing has

been changed.

The broader context for OSHA’s

actions can be found in the Notice of

Proposed Rulemaking, published in the

Federal Register of November 23, 1999

(64 FR 65768). The procedures followed

at the July 7 continuation of the public

hearing will be the same as those used

in the previous nine weeks of public

hearings on the proposed ergonomics

standard (see OSHA’s home page at

www.osha.gov or 65 FR 11948; March 7,

2000).

DATES: Notice of Intention To Appear at

the Informal Public Hearing: The

deadline for the submission of notices of

intention to appear at the informal

public hearing has been extended;

notices must be postmarked no later

than June 21, 2000, and public

comments on the issues raised by the

economic analysis of the standard’s

impacts on the three groups must be

postmarked no later than June 22, 2000.

If you submit a notice of intention to

appear by facsimile or electronically

through OSHA’s Internet site, you must

transmit the notice by June 21, 2000.

Pre-Hearing Comments: Written

comments addressing the economic

impacts of the rule in these industries

must be postmarked no later than June

22, 2000. If you submit comments by

facsimile or electronically through

OSHA’s Internet site, you must transmit

those comments by June 22, 2000.

Hearing Testimony and Documentary

Evidence: If you will be requesting more

than 10 minutes for your oral

presentation at the hearing, you must

submit the full testimony, postmarked

no later than June 27, 2000, or if you

will be submitting documentary

evidence at the hearing, you must

submit all of that evidence, postmarked

no later than June 27, 2000.

Informal Public Hearing: The public

hearing will be held in Atlanta, Georgia,

beginning at 9:00 a.m., on July 7, 2000

and is expected to conclude that day.

Post-hearing Comments: Written posthearing comments must be postmarked

no later than August 10, 2000. If you

submit comments by facsimile or

electronically through OSHA’s Internet

site, you must transmit those comments

no later than August 10, 2000. The

publication of this document and the

related public hearing do not affect the

90-day period established earlier for

post-hearing submissions related to the

proposed Ergonomics Program Standard

(65 FR 11948, March 7, 2000). That

period also ends on August 10, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Written Comments: Mail:

Submit four copies of written comments

to: OSHA Docket Office, Docket No. S–

777, U.S. Department of Labor, Room

N–2625, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, D.C. 20210; telephone

(202) 693–2350.

Facsimile: If your written comments

are 10 pages or less, you may fax them

to the Docket Office. The OSHA Docket

Office fax number is (202) 693–1648.

Electronic: You may also submit

comments electronically through

OSHA’s Homepage at www.osha.gov.

Please note that you may not attach

materials such as studies or journal

articles to your electronic comments. If

you wish to include such materials, you

must submit them separately in

duplicate to the OSHA Docket Office at

the address listed above. When

submitting such materials to the OSHA

Docket Office, you must clearly identify

your electronic comments by name,

date, and subject, so that we can attach

them to your electronic comments.

Notice of Intention to Appear: Mail:

Notices of intention to appear at the

informal public hearing may be

submitted by mail in quadruplicate to:

Ms. Veneta Chatmon, OSHA Office of

Public Affairs, Docket No. S–777, U.S.

Department of Labor, 2000 Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Room N–3647,

Washington, D.C. 20210; Telephone:

(202) 693–2119.

Facsimile: You may fax your notice of

intention to appear to Ms. Chatmon at

(202) 693–1634.

Electronic: You may also submit your

notice of intention to appear

electronically through OSHA’s

Homepage at www.osha.gov.

Hearing Testimony and Documentary

Evidence: You must submit in

quadruplicate your hearing testimony

and any documentary evidence you

intend to present at the informal public

hearing to Ms. Veneta Chatmon, OSHA

Office of Public Affairs, Docket No. S–

777, U.S. Department of Labor, Room

N–3647, 200 Constitution Ave, NW,

Washington, D.C. 20210. Telephone:

(202) 693–2119, You may also submit

your hearing testimony and

documentary evidence on disk (31⁄2

inch) in WP 5.1, 6.0, 6.1, 8.0 or ASCII,

provided you also send the original

hardcopy at the same time.

Informal Public Hearing: The one-day

public hearing to be held in Atlanta,

Georgia will be located in Conference

Rooms B&C of the Sam Nunn Atlanta

Federal Center, 61 Forsyth St., S.W.,

Atlanta, Georgia 30303.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

OSHA’s Ergonomics Team at (202) 693–

2116, or visit the OSHA Homepage at

www.osha.gov.

Authority: This document was prepared

under the direction of Charles N. Jeffress,

Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational

Safety and Health, U.S. Department of Labor,

200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20210. It is issued under sections 4, 6,

and 8 of the Occupational Safety and Health

Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657),

Secretary of Labor’s Order No. 6–96 (62 FR

111), and 29 CFR part 1911.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 8th day of

June, 2000.

Charles N. Jeffress,

Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational

Safety and Heath.

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BILLING CODE 4510–26–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[UT–001–0029b; FRL–6712–1]

Approval and Promulgation of Air

Quality Implementation Plan for Utah:

Transportation Control Measures

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve

revisions to the Utah State

Implementation Plan (SIP) that

incorporate a new transportation control

measure (TCM) in Utah County.

Approval of this TCM as part of the

Utah SIP would mean that this measure

will receive priority for funding, and

that it may proceed in the event of a

transportation conformity lapse. We are

proposing to approve this SIP revision

under sections 110(k) and 176 of the

Clean Air Act. Additional information is

available at the address indicated below.

In the Final Rules Section of this

Federal Register, EPA is approving the

State’s SIP revision 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 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 in

relation to this rule. If EPA receives

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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 on this action.

Any parties interested in commenting

on this action should do so at this time.

DATES: Comments must be received in

writing by July 14, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to:

Richard R. Long, Director, Air &

Radiation Program (8P–AR), United

States Environmental Protection

Agency, Region 8, 999 18th Street, Suite

500, Denver, Colorado 80202–2466.

Copies of the documents relevant to

this action are available for public

inspection between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.,

Monday through Friday at the following

office: United States Environmental

Protection Agency, Region 8, Air &

Radiation Program, 999 18th Street,

Suite 500, Denver, Colorado 80202–

2466.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff

Houk, Air & Radiation Program (8P–

AR), United States Environmental

Protection Agency, Region 8, 999 18th

Street, Suite 500, Denver, Colorado

80202–2466 ph. (303) 312–6446.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: See the

information provided in the Direct Final

action which is located in the Rules

Section of this Federal Register.

Dated: June 1, 2000.

Jack McGraw,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region VIII.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[NV–022–0022; FRL–6715–9]

Approval and Promulgation of

Implementation Plans; Nevada—Las

Vegas Valley Nonattainment Area; PM–

10

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to

disapprove the moderate and serious

nonattainment area state

implementation plans (SIPs) submitted

by the State of Nevada for attaining the

particulate matter (PM–10) national

ambient air quality standards (NAAQS)

in the Las Vegas Valley. EPA is

proposing to disapprove the reasonably

available control measure/best available

control measure (RACM/BACM) and

rate of progress provisions in both the

moderate and serious area SIPs, and the

attainment demonstration provision in

the serious area SIP. EPA is also

proposing to deny the State’s request for

an extension to December 31, 2006 to

attain the PM–10 NAAQS in the area. If

EPA takes a final disapproval action, it

will trigger the 18-month clock for

mandatory application of sanctions and

the 2-year time clock for a federal

implementation plan (FIP) under the

Clean Air Act (CAA).

DATES: Written comments on this

proposal must be received by August 14,

2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

addressed to the EPA contact below.

Copies of the State’s submittal and other

information are contained in the docket

for this rulemaking. The docket is

available for inspection during normal

business hours at the following location:

U. S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Region 9, Air Division, 75 Hawthorne

Street, San Francisco, CA 94105–3901.

The docket can also be viewed at our

web site: www.epa.gov/region9/.

Copies of the SIP materials are also

available for inspection at the addresses

listed below: Nevada Division of

Environmental Protection, 333 West

Nye Lane, Carson City, Nevada, 89710;

and, Clark County Department of

Comprehensive Planning, 500 South

Grand Central Parkway, 3012, Las

Vegas, Nevada, 89155–1741.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Larry Biland, U. S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Region 9, Air

Division (AIR–2), 75 Hawthorne Street,

San Francisco, CA 94105–3901. (415)

744–1227, e-mail address:

biland.larry@epa.gov

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

A. Clean Air Act Requirements

1. Designation and Classification

On the date of enactment of the 1990

CAA Amendments, PM–10 areas,

including the Las Vegas Valley Planning

Area, meeting the qualifications of

section 107(d)(4)(B) of the amended Act,

were designated nonattainment by

operation of law. See 56 FR 11101

(March 15, 1991). The boundaries of the

Las Vegas Valley nonattainment area

(Hydrologic Unit #212) are codified at

40 CFR 81.329.

Once an area is designated

nonattainment, section 188 of the CAA

outlines the process for classification of

the area and establishes the area’s

attainment deadline. In accordance with

section 188(a), at the time of

designation, all PM–10 nonattainment

areas, including the Las Vegas Valley,

were initially classified as moderate by

operation of law. Section 188(b)(1) of

the Act further provides that moderate

areas can subsequently be reclassified as

serious before the applicable moderate

area attainment date if at any time EPA

determines that the area cannot

‘‘practicably’’ attain the PM–10 NAAQS

by this attainment date.

Nevada submitted a moderate area

PM–10 plan for Las Vegas Valley on

December 6, 1991. Based on this

submittal, EPA determined on January

8, 1993, that the Las Vegas Valley could

not practicably attain both the annual

and 24-hour standards by the applicable

attainment deadline for moderate areas

(December 31, 1994, per section

188(c)(1) of the Act), and reclassified the

Las Vegas Valley as serious (58 FR

3334). In accordance with section

189(b)(2) of the Act, SIP revisions for

the Las Vegas Valley addressing the

requirements for serious PM–10

nonattainment areas in section 189(b)

and (c) of the Act were required to be

submitted by August 8, 1994 and

February 8, 1997.

2. Moderate Area Planning

Requirements

The air quality planning requirements

for PM–10 nonattainment areas are set

out in subparts 1 and 4 of Title I of the

Clean Air Act. Those states containing

initial moderate PM–10 nonattainment

areas were required to submit, among

other things, the following provisions by

November 15, 1991:

(a) Provisions to assure that

reasonably available control measures

(RACM) (including such reductions in

emissions from existing sources in the

area as may be obtained through the

adoption, at a minimum, of reasonably

available control technology (RACT))

shall be implemented no later than

December 10, 1993 (CAA sections

172(c)(1) and 189(a)(1)(C));

(b) Provisions to assure

implementation of RACT on major

stationary sources of PM–10 precursors

except where EPA has determined that

such sources do not contribute

significantly to exceedances of the PM–

10 standards (CAA section 189(e));

(c) Either a demonstration (including

a complete emissions inventory and air

quality modeling) that the plan will

provide for attainment as expeditiously

as practicable but no later than

December 31, 1994 or a demonstration

that attainment by that date is

impracticable (CAA sections 188(c)(1)

and 189(a)(1)(B));