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3FY 2008 Annual Compliance Determination, 

March 30, 2009, at 87. 

4FY 2009 Annual Compliance Determination, 

March 29, 2010, at 117; FY 2010 Annual 

Compliance Determination, March 29, 2011, at 138. 

5See Docket No. ACR2011, FY 2011 Annual 

Compliance Report, December 29, 2011, at 64. 

Competitive products contribution, $2.317 billion, 

divided by total institutional costs, $29.554 billion. 

competitive products represented 5.54 

percent of total institutional costs.3 The 

contribution from competitive products 

to the recovery of the Postal Service’s 

institutional costs was 6.78 percent in 

FY 2009 and 7.12 percent in FY 2010.4

In FY 2009 and FY 2010, institutional 

costs were reduced compared with 

previous years, due in part to the 

congressionally mandated reductions of 

the required annual contribution to the 

Retirement Health Benefits Fund. The 

Postal Service also has increasingly 

exercised its flexibility to transfer mail 

volume from market dominant products 

to competitive products. See 39 U.S.C. 

3642. 

On December 29, 2011, the Postal 

Service filed its 2011 Annual 

Compliance Report with the 

Commission. That report indicates that 

in FY 2011 competitive products 

collectively contributed 7.84 percent of 

the Postal Service’s institutional costs.5

II. Invitation To Comment 

The Commission invites comments to 

facilitate its examination of the 

appropriateness of the current 

contribution level. To inform its 

deliberations, the Commission requests 

comments from interested members of 

the public on whether and how changes 

in competitive market conditions, the 

allocation of costs to competitive 

products, the number and volume of 

competitive products, or any other 

changes should impact the minimum 

appropriate share of institutional costs 

of the Postal Service that should be 

provided by competitive products. As 

required by the statute, the Commission 

in making its determination must 

consider all relevant circumstances, 

including the prevailing competitive 

conditions in the market, and the degree 

to which any costs are uniquely or 

disproportionately associated with any 

competitive products. Comments also 

are welcome on any issues relevant to 

the reasonableness of the current 5.5 

percent contribution requirement and 

retaining, modifying, or eliminating it. 

Comments are due March 5, 2012. 

Reply comments may be submitted on 

or before April 2, 2012. 

Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, R. Kevin 

Harle is designated as the officer of the 

Commission to represent the interests of 

the general public (Public 

Representative). The Public 

Representative will direct the activities 

of Commission personnel assigned to 

him and, upon request, will provide 

their names for the record. Neither the 

Public Representative nor any of the 

assigned personnel will participate in or 

provide advice on any Commission 

decision in this proceeding. 

III. Ordering Paragraphs 

It is ordered: 

1. The Commission establishes Docket 

No. RM2012–3, in compliance with 39 

U.S.C. 3633(b). 

2. The Commission designates R. 

Kevin Harle as the Public 

Representative representing the interests 

of the general public in this proceeding. 

3. Comments are due March 5, 2012. 

4. Reply comments are due April 2, 

2012. 

5. The Secretary shall arrange for 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. 

By the Commission. 

Shoshana M. Grove, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–851 Filed 1–18–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 63 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2011–0797; FRL–9619–5] 

RIN 2060–AQ–92 

National Emission Standards for 

Hazardous Air Pollutants: Primary 

Aluminum Reduction Plants; 

Extension of Comment Period 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of 

public comment period. 

SUMMARY: The EPA is announcing that 

the period for providing public 

comments on the December 6, 2011, 

proposed rule titled, ‘‘National Emission 

Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: 

Primary Aluminum Reduction Plants’’ 

is being extended for 12 days. 

DATES: Comments. The public comment 

period for the proposed rule published 

December 6, 2011, (76 FR 76260) is 

being extended for 12 days to February 

1, 2012, in order to provide the public 

additional time to submit comments and 

supporting information. 

ADDRESSES: Comments. Written 

comments on the proposed rule may be 

submitted to EPA electronically, by 

mail, by facsimile or through hand 

delivery/courier. Please refer to the 

proposal for the addresses and detailed 

instructions. 

Docket. Publicly available documents 

relevant to this action are available for 

public inspection either electronically at 

http://www.regulations.gov or in hard 

copy at the EPA Docket Center, Room 

3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC. The Public Reading 

Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 

legal holidays. A reasonable fee may be 

charged for copying. 

World Wide Web. The EPA Web site 

for this rulemaking is at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/alum/ 

alumpg.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

David Putney, Metals and Inorganic 

Chemicals Group (D243–02), Sector 

Policies and Programs Division, Office 

of Air Quality Planning and Standards, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 

27711; Telephone number: (919) 541– 

2016; Fax number (919) 541–3207; 

Email address: putney.david@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comment Period 

Due to requests received from 

industry to extend the public comment 

period, the EPA is extending the public 

comment period for an additional 12 

days. Therefore, the public comment 

period will end on February 1, 2012, 

rather than January 20, 2012. 

How can I get copies of this document 

and other related information? 

The EPA has established the official 

public docket No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2011– 

0797. The EPA has also developed a 

Web site for the proposed rulemaking at 

the addresses given above. 

Dated: January 12, 2012. 

Gina McCarthy, 

Assistant Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2012–962 Filed 1–18–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 81 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2008–0476; FRL–9619–4] 

EPA Responses to State and Tribal 

2008 Ozone Designation 

Recommendations; Extension of 

Public Comment Period 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of 

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SUMMARY: The EPA is announcing the 

extension of the public comment period 

for the EPA’s responses to state and 

tribal ozone designation 

recommendations for the 2008 Ozone 

National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards. The EPA sent the responses 

directly to the states and tribes on or 

about December 9, 2011. On December 

20, 2011 (76 FR 78872, FRL–9608–6), 

the EPA published a notice in the 

Federal Register that the EPA had 

posted the responses on its Internet Web 

site and the EPA invited public 

comment. In the notice, the EPA stated 

that public comments must be received 

on or before January 19, 2012. The EPA 

has received several requests from 

stakeholders for additional time to 

prepare their comments. Some of the 

requesters noted that the original 30-day 

comment period fell across two federal 

holidays. Taking that into consideration, 

the EPA is extending the comment 

period until February 3, 2012. The EPA 

intends to make final designation 

determinations for the 2008 ozone 

standards in spring 2012. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 3, 2012. Please refer 

to SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for 

additional information on the comment 

period. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–OAR– 

HQ–2008–0476, by one of the following 

methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov. Follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: a-and-r-docket@epa.gov. 

Attention Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR– 

2008–0476. 

• Fax: (202) 566–9744. Attention 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2008– 

0476. 

• Mail: Air Docket, Attention Docket 

ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2008–0476, 

Environmental Protection Agency, Mail 

Code: 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, 

1301 Constitution Avenue NW., Room 

3334, Washington, DC. 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–OAR–2008– 

0476. The EPA’s policy is that all 

comments received will be included in 

the public docket without change and 

may be made available online at 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be confidential business 

information or other information whose 

disclosure is restricted by statute. Do 

not submit information that you 

consider to be confidential business 

information or otherwise protected 

through www.regulations.gov or email. 

The www.regulations.gov Web site is an 

‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means the EPA will not know your 

identity or contact information unless 

you provide it in the body of your 

comment. If you send an email 

comment directly to the EPA without 

going through www.regulations.gov, 

your email 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, the 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 the EPA is unable to read 

your comment and cannot contact you 

for clarification due to technical 

difficulties, the 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. For 

additional information about the EPA’s 

public docket, visit the EPA Docket 

Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

For additional instructions on 

submitting comments, go to the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the www.regulations.gov 

index. Although listed in the index, 

some information is not publicly 

available, i.e., confidential business 

information 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 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the EPA Docket Center, EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC. The Public 

Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. The telephone 

number for the Public Reading Room is 

(202) 566–1744, and the telephone 

number for the Air Docket is (202) 566– 

1742. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general questions concerning this 

action, please contact Carla Oldham, 

U.S. EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning 

and Standards, Air Quality Planning 

Division, C539–04, Research Triangle 

Park, NC 27711, telephone (919) 541– 

3347, email at oldham.carla@epa.gov. 

For questions regarding the EPA Region 

1, please contact Richard Burkhart, U.S. 

EPA, telephone (617) 918–1664, email at 

burkhart.richard@epa.gov. For 

questions regarding the EPA Region 2, 

please contact Bob Kelly, U.S. EPA, 

telephone (212) 637–3709, email at 

kelly.bob@epa.gov. For questions 

regarding the EPA Region 3, please 

contact Maria Pino, U.S. EPA, telephone 

(215) 814–2181, email at 

pino.maria@epa.gov. For questions 

regarding the EPA Region 4, please 

contact Jane Spann, U.S. EPA, telephone 

(404) 562–9029, email at 

spann.jane@epa.gov. For questions 

regarding the EPA Region 5, please 

contact Edward Doty, U.S. EPA, 

telephone (312) 886–6057, email at 

doty.edward@epa.gov. For questions 

regarding the EPA Region 6, please 

contact Guy Donaldson, U.S. EPA, 

telephone (214) 665–7242, email at 

donaldson.guy@epa.gov. For questions 

regarding the EPA Region 7, please 

contact Lachala Kemp, U.S. EPA, 

telephone (913) 551–7214, email at 

kemp.lachala@epa.gov. For questions 

regarding the EPA Region 8, please 

contact Scott Jackson, U.S. EPA, 

telephone (303) 312–6107, email at 

jackson.scott@epa.gov. For questions 

regarding the EPA Region 9, please 

contact John J. Kelly, U.S. EPA, 

telephone (415) 947–4151, email at 

kelly.johnj@epa.gov. For questions 

regarding EPA Region 10, please contact 

Claudia Vaupel, U.S. EPA, telephone 

(206) 553–6121, email at 

vaupel.claudia@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. What should I consider as I prepare 

my comments for the EPA? 

1. Submitting Confidential Business 

Information. Do not submit this 

information to the EPA through 

www.regulations.gov or email. Clearly 

mark the part or all of the information 

that you claim to be confidential 

business information. For confidential 

business information in a disk or CD 

ROM that you mail to the EPA, mark the 

outside of the disk or CD ROM as 

confidential business information and 

then identify electronically within the 

disk or CD ROM the specific 

information that is claimed as 

confidential business information. In 

addition to one complete version of the 

comment that includes information 

claimed as confidential business 

information, a copy of the comment that 

does not contain the information 


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claimed as confidential business 

information must be submitted for 

inclusion in the public docket. 

Information so marked will not be 

disclosed except in accordance with 

procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2. 

Send or deliver information identified 

as confidential business information 

only to the following address: Roberto 

Morales, U.S. EPA, Office of Air Quality 

Planning and Standards, Mail Code 

C404–02, Research Triangle Park, NC 

27711, telephone (919) 541–0880, email 

at morales.roberto@epa.gov, Attention 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2008– 

0476. 

2. Tips for Preparing Your Comments. 

When submitting comments, remember 

to: 

• Identify the rulemaking by docket 

number and other identifying 

information (subject heading, Federal 

Register date and page number). 

• Follow directions. 

• Explain why you agree or disagree; 

suggest alternatives and substitute 

language for your requested changes. 

B. Where can I get a copy of this 

document and other related 

information? 

The EPA has established a docket for 

the ozone designations rulemaking for 

the 2008 ozone standards at EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2008–0476. In addition, the EPA 

has established a Web site for the ozone 

designations rulemaking at 

www.epa.gov/ozonedesignations. The 

Web site includes the state and tribal 

designation recommendations, 

information supporting the EPA’s 

preliminary designation decisions, as 

well as the rulemaking actions and other 

related information that the public may 

find useful. 

Dated: January 12, 2012. 

Mary E. Henigin, 

Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning 

and Standards. 

[FR Doc. 2012–957 Filed 1–18–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

48 CFR Part 204 

[DFARS Case 2012–D002] 

RIN 0750–AH56 

Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement: Order of 

Application for Modifications 

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Department of 

Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: DoD is proposing to amend 

the Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement to establish an 

order for application of contract 

modifications to resolve any potential 

conflicts that may arise from multiple 

modifications with the same effective 

date. 

DATES: Comments on the proposed rule 

should be submitted in writing to the 

address shown below on or before 

March 19, 2012, to be considered in the 

formation of the final rule. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

identified by DFARS case 2012–D002, 

using any of the following methods: 

Æ Regulations.gov: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Submit comments 

via the Federal eRulemaking portal by 

inputting ‘‘DFARS Case 2012–D002’’ 

under the heading ‘‘Enter keyword or 

ID’’ and selecting ‘‘Search.’’ Select the 

link ‘‘Submit a Comment’’ that 

corresponds with ‘‘DFARS Case 2012– 

D002.’’ Follow the instructions provided 

at the ‘‘Submit a Comment’’ screen. 

Please include your name, company 

name (if any), and ‘‘DFARS Case 2012– 

D002’’ on your attached document. 

Æ Email: dfars@osd.mil. Include 

DFARS Case 2012–D002 in the subject 

line of the message. 

Æ Fax: (703) 602–0350. 

Æ Mail: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Attn: Mr. Julian 

Thrash, OUSD (AT&L) DPAP/DARS, 

Room 3B855, 3060 Defense Pentagon, 

Washington, DC 20301–3060. 

Comments received generally will be 

posted without change to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. To 

confirm receipt of your comment(s), 

please check www.regulations.gov, 

approximately two to three days after 

submission to verify posting (except 

allow 30 days for posting of comments 

submitted by mail). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Julian Thrash, (703) 602–0310. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 

subpart 204.70, Uniform Procurement 

Instrument Identification Numbers, 

prescribes numbering procedures for 

contract modifications and the Federal 

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 43.1, 

General, prescribes rules for 

determining the effective date. There are 

no rules to describe in what order to 

apply modifications to determine the 

actual content of a resulting modified 

contract. In order to determine the 

sequence of modifications to a contract 

or order, a method for determining the 

order of application for modifications is 

needed to resolve any conflict arising 

from multiple modifications with the 

same effective date. As such, this rule 

proposes to add DFARS text at 

204.7007, Order of Application for 

Modifications, to resolve any potential 

inconsistency. 

II. Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 

Executive Orders (E.O.s) 12866 and 

13563 direct agencies to assess all costs 

and benefits of available regulatory 

alternatives and, if regulation is 

necessary, to select regulatory 

approaches that maximize net benefits 

(including potential economic, 

environmental, public health and safety 

effects, distributive impacts, and 

equity). E.O. 13563 emphasizes the 

importance of quantifying both costs 

and benefits, of reducing costs, of 

harmonizing rules, and of promoting 

flexibility. This is not a significant 

regulatory action and, therefore, was not 

subject to review under section 6(b) of 

E.O. 12866, Regulatory Planning and 

Review, dated September 30, 1993. This 

rule is not a major rule under 5 U.S.C. 

804. 

III. Regulatory Flexibility Act 

DoD does not expect this proposed 

rule to have a significant economic 

impact on a substantial number of small 

entities within the meaning of the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601, 

et seq., because this rule only affects the 

internal operating processes of DoD by 

clarifying an order of application for 

contract modifications, and it does not 

have an economic impact on 

contractors. However, an initial 

regulatory flexibility analysis has been 

performed and is summarized as 

follows: 

The objective for this case is to 

provide a set of rules to the contracting 

officer to resolve any potential conflict 

from multiple modifications with the 

same effective date. The changes 


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