50590 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 161 / Thursday, August 20, 2015 / Proposed Rules 

1Petition of the United States Postal Service for 

the Initiation of a Proceeding to Consider Proposed 

Changes in Analytical Principles (Proposal Eight), 

August 5, 2015 (Petition). 

2 Docket No. R2015–4, Order on Revised Price 

Adjustments for Standard Mail, Periodicals and 

Package Services Products and Related Mail 

Classification Changes, May 7, 2015, at 63 (Order 

No. 2472). 

3 Including all assumptions, for example the 

bundle breakage rate. 

4The Postal Service cites to the Excel files 

submitted with its petition in Docket No. RM2015– 

16, USPS–RM2015–16/1, August 5, 2015. Compare, 

e.g., File STD_FLATS_Order 2472.xlsx, tab CR 

Pallet Model with tab 5D Auto Model Rev. 

in analytical principles relating to 

periodic reports.1 Proposal Eight is 

attached to the Petition and proposes an 

analytical method change related to the 

avoided costs for 5-Digit pallets 

Standard Mail Carrier Route flats 

discounts. Petition at 1. 

This Petition was filed in response to 

Order No. 2472, which directed the 

Postal Service ‘‘to file a proposed 

methodology for determining the costs 

avoided for the 5-digit pallet presort 

Standard Mail Carrier Route flats 

workshare discount, as described in the 

body of [Order No. 2472], within 90 

days of the date of [Order No. 2472].’’ 2

II. Summary of Proposal 

The Postal Service explains that prior 

to the planned price adjustments in 

Docket No. R2015–4, the Carrier Route 

product only afforded customers entry 

discounts. Petition, Proposal Eight at 1. 

The Postal Service’s price adjustment in 

Docket No. R2015–4 introduced a 

preparation discount on 5-Digit Carrier 

Route pallets. Proposal Eight seeks to 

modify the Standard Mail Flats Cost 

Model to produce estimates of mail 

processing cost avoidances for Carrier 

Route pieces on 5-Digit Carrier Route 

pallets. Id. The Petition states that the 

general architecture of the model is 

retained, but it is expanded to explicitly 

model the unique characteristics and 

flows of Carrier Route flats. Id. 

The Petition further states that when 

a commercial mailer has at least 250 

pounds of Carrier Route mail 

destinating in a 5-Digit or 5-Digit 

Scheme (Labeling List L001) the 

customer can prepare a Carrier Route 

pallet. Preparation of a Carrier Route 

pallet enables the Postal Service to 

cross-dock the pallet directly to the 

delivery unit and bypass bundle 

sortation operations. Id. at 1–2. 

The structure and methodology used 

in estimating cost avoidances of 

Standard Mail Flats provide estimates of 

costs avoided for pieces prepared on 

Carrier Route pallets. Id. at 2. The Postal 

Service explains that this model 

provides engineering cost estimates of 

bundles and pieces based on the 

preparation profile of pieces within 

each rate element. Id. 

The Postal Service states that as in the 

model to estimate cost avoidances for 

Standard Mail Flats, the proposed 

Carrier Route pallet cost avoidance 

model’s mail preparation profile is 

taken from the Mail Characteristics 

Study in USPS–FY14–14 to account for 

Carrier Route pieces on Carrier Route 

pallets and Carrier Route pieces on all 

other containers. The Postal Service 

asserts that the Carrier Route data from 

the Mail Characteristics Study in USPS– 

FY14–14 is modified to exclude pieces 

prepared in FSS bundles. Id. The new 

preparation profile includes only pieces 

that qualify for Carrier Route rates under 

the new qualification standards. Id. 

The Postal Service’s methodology 

used to calculate bundle flow and piece 

flow are unchanged from the Standard 

Mail Flats Cost Model.3 Id. However, the 

Postal Service contends that the 

proposal amends the flow parameters 

within the model that are specific to 

Carrier Route.4

III. Initial Commission Action 

The Commission establishes Docket 

No. RM2015–17 for consideration of 

matters raised by the Petition. 

Additional information concerning the 

Petition may be accessed via the 

Commission’s Web site at http://

www.prc.gov. Interested persons may 

submit comments on the Petition and 

Proposal Eight no later than September 

8, 2015. Reply comments are due no 

later than September 22, 2015. Pursuant 

to 39 U.S.C. 505, the Commission 

designates Nina Yeh to serve as an 

officer of the Commission (Public 

Representative) representing the 

interests of the general public in this 

proceeding. 

IV. Ordering Paragraphs 

It is ordered: 

1. The Commission establishes Docket 

No. RM2015–17 for consideration of the 

matters raised by the Petition of the 

United States Postal Service Requesting 

Initiation of a Proceeding to Consider a 

Proposed Change in Analytical 

Principles (Proposal Eight), filed August 

5, 2015. 

2. Comments are due no later than 

September 8, 2015. Reply comments are 

due no later than September 22, 2015. 

3. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, the 

Commission appoints Nina Yeh to serve 

as an officer of the Commission (Public 

Representative) to represent the 

interests of the general public in this 

docket. 

4. The Secretary shall arrange for 

publication of this order in the Federal 

Register. 

By the Commission. 

Ruth Ann Abrams, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–20534 Filed 8–19–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R05–OAR–2014–0660; FRL–9932–17– 

Region 5] 

Air Plan Approval; Indiana; Alcoa 

BART 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a 

revision to the Alcoa Best Available 

Retrofit Technology (BART) averaging 

time for nitrogen oxides (NOX) in the 

Indiana State Implementation Plan 

(SIP). On July 23, 2014, the Indiana 

Department of Environmental 

Management (IDEM) submitted to EPA a 

revision to the daily NOX emissions 

limits, changing from a rolling 24-hour 

average to a 24-hour daily average. 

IDEM provided an analysis showing that 

no significant increase in emissions will 

occur as a result of this change. EPA is 

approving this SIP revision because it 

will not interfere with attainment or 

maintenance of the National Ambient 

Air Quality Standard (NAAQS). 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before September 21, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R05– 

OAR–2014–0660, by one of the 

following methods: 

1. www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

2. Email: blakley.pamela@epa.gov. 

3. Fax: (312) 692–2450. 

4. Mail: Pamela Blakley, Chief, 

Control Strategies Section, Air Programs 

Branch (AR–18J), U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson 

Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. 

5. Hand Delivery: Pamela Blakley, 

Chief, Control Strategies Section, Air 

Programs Branch (AR–18J), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 77 

West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 

Illinois 60604. Such deliveries are only 

accepted during the Regional Office 

normal hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 


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deliveries of boxed information. The 

Regional Office official hours of 

business are Monday through Friday, 

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding 

Federal holidays. 

Please see the direct final rule which 

is located in the Final Rules section of 

this Federal Register for detailed 

instructions on how to submit 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carolyn Persoon, Environmental 

Engineer, Control Strategies Section, Air 

Programs Branch (AR–18J), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 

Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 353–8290, 

persoon.carolyn@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

Final Rules section of this Federal 

Register, EPA is approving the state’s 

SIP submittal as a direct final rule 

without prior proposal because the 

Agency views this as a noncontroversial 

submittal 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. If EPA 

receives 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. 

Any parties interested in commenting 

on this action should do so at this time. 

Please note that if EPA receives adverse 

comment on an amendment, paragraph, 

or section of this rule and if that 

provision may be severed from the 

remainder of the rule, EPA may adopt 

as final those provisions of the rule that 

are not the subject of an adverse 

comment. For additional information, 

see the direct final rule which is located 

in the Rules section of this Federal 

Register. 

Dated: August 3, 2015. 

Susan Hedman, 

Regional Administrator, Region 5. 

[FR Doc. 2015–20529 Filed 8–19–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R04–OAR–2015–0337; FRL–9932–57– 

Region 4] 

Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans; Florida; 

Regional Haze Plan Amendment— 

Lakeland Electric C.D. McIntosh 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve 

the State of Florida’s March 10, 2015, 

State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

revision, submitted by the Florida 

Department of Environmental Protection 

(FDEP). This submittal fulfills Florida’s 

commitment to EPA to provide a 

regional haze SIP revision with a Best 

Available Retrofit Technology (BART) 

nitrogen oxides (NOX) emissions limit 

for Unit 1 at the Lakeland Electric–C.D. 

McIntosh Power Plant (McIntosh) 

reflecting best operating practices for 

good combustion. States are required to 

address the BART provisions of the 

Clean Air Act (CAA or Act) and EPA’s 

regional haze regulations as part of a 

program to prevent any future and 

remedy any existing anthropogenic 

impairment of visibility in mandatory 

Class I areas (national parks and 

wilderness areas) caused by emissions 

of air pollutants from numerous sources 

located over a wide geographic area 

(also referred to as the ‘‘regional haze 

program’’) and to assure reasonable 

progress toward the national goal of 

achieving natural visibility conditions 

in Class I areas. In this action, EPA 

proposes to approve the BART NOX

emissions limit for Unit 1 at McIntosh 

into the Florida SIP. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before September 21, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No EPA–R04– 

OAR–2015–0337, by one of the 

following methods: 

1. www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

2. Email: R4-ARMS@epa.gov. 

3. Fax: (404) 562–9019. 

4. Mail: ‘‘EPA–R04–OAR–2015– 

0337,’’ Air Regulatory Management 

Section, Air Planning and 

Implementation Branch, Air, Pesticides 

and Toxics Management Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., 

Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. 

5. Hand Delivery or Courier: Lynorae 

Benjamin, Chief, Air Regulatory 

Management Section, Air Planning and 

Implementation Branch, Air, Pesticides 

and Toxics Management Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., 

Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. Such 

deliveries are only accepted during the 

Regional Office’s normal hours of 

operation. The Regional Office’s official 

hours of business are Monday through 

Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding 

Federal holidays. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–R04–OAR–2015– 

0337. 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 (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit through 

www.regulations.gov or email, 

information that you consider to be CBI 

or otherwise protected. The 

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 email comment directly 

to 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, 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. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http://

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

Docket: All documents in the 

electronic docket are listed in the 

www.regulations.gov index. Although 

listed in the index, some information 

may not be 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 


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