Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 151 / Wednesday, August 6, 1997 / Proposed Rules 42221

Regulatory Flexibility Act

It is hereby certified that these

proposed regulations will not have a

significant economic impact on a

substantial number of small entities.

Accordingly, a regulatory flexibility

analysis is not required. This regulation

provides due process protections for

persons assessed a civil penalty for

misusing Department of the Treasury

names, symbols, titles, abbreviations,

initials, seals, or badges. Furthermore,

the imposition of any civil penalty on

small businesses flows directly from the

underlying statute.

Public Participation

The Department of the Treasury

requests comments from all interested

persons. Comments received on or

before the closing date will be carefully

considered. Comments received after

that date will be given the same

consideration if it is practical to do so,

but assurance of consideration cannot

be given except as to comments received

on or before the closing date.

The Department of the Treasury will

not recognize any material in comments

as confidential. Comments will be

available to the public. Any material

which the commenter considers to be

confidential or inappropriate for

disclosure to the public should not be

included in the comment. The name of

the person submitting a comment is not

exempt from disclosure.

Drafting Information

The principal author of this document

is Abigail Roth, Attorney-Advisor,

Office of the Assistant General Counsel

(Enforcement). However, other

personnel in the Departmental Offices

contributed to this document both as to

substance and style.

Dated: July 18, 1997.

Raymond W. Kelly,

Under Secretary for Enforcement.

[FR Doc. 97–20647 Filed 8–5–97; 8:45 am]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[WA61–7136, WA64–7139b; FRL–5869–9]

Approval and Promulgation of State

Implementation Plans: Washington

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) approves in part several

minor revisions to the state of

Washington Implementation Plan (SIP).

Pursuant to section 110 (a) of the Clean

Air Act (CAA), the Director of the

Washington Department of Ecology

(WDOE) submitted two requests to EPA

dated November 25, 1996 and April 7,

1997 to revise certain regulations of a

local air pollution control agency,

namely, the Puget Sound Air Pollution

Control Agency (PSAPCA). In the final

rules Section of this Federal Register,

the 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 amendment 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 proposed

rule, no further activity is contemplated

in relation to this rule. If the 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. The EPA

will not institute a second comment

period on this action.

DATES: Comments on this proposed rule

must be received in writing by

September 5, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to Montel Livingston,

Environmental Protection Specialist

(OAQ–107), Office of Air Quality, at the

EPA Regional Office listed below.

Copies of the documents relevant to this

proposed rule are available for public

inspection during normal business

hours at the following locations. The

interested persons wanting to examine

these documents should make an

appointment with the appropriate office

at least 24 hours before the visiting day.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region 10, Office of Air Quality, 1200

6th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101. The

State of Washington Department of

Ecology, P.O. Box 47600, Olympia,

Washington 98504.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa

Jacobsen, Office of Air Quality (OAQ–

107), EPA, 1200 6th Avenue, Seattle,

WA 98101, (206) 553–6917.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: See the

information provided in the Direct Final

action which is located in the rules

section of this Federal Register.

Dated: July 17, 1997.

Chuck Findley,

Acting Regional Administrator.

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AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 141 and 142

[FRL–5870–9]

RIN 2040 AA 94

Withdrawal of the Proposed National

Primary Drinking Water Regulation for

Radon-222

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of withdrawal of

proposed rule.

SUMMARY: This document announces the

Environmental Protection Agency’s

(EPA) withdrawal of drinking water

regulations proposed for radon-222 (56

FR 33050, July 18, 1991). EPA is

withdrawing the proposed Maximum

Contaminant Level Goal (MCLG),

Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL),

monitoring, reporting, and public

notification requirements for radon-222

as required by section 1412(b)(13)(A) of

Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), as

amended. No other provision of the July

18, 1991 proposal is affected by today’s

action.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sylvia Malm, (202) 260–0417. For

information on radon in drinking water

and other EPA activities under the Safe

Drinking Water Act, please contact the

Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 1–800–

426–4791. For information on radon in

indoor air, please contact the National

Safety Council’s National Radon Hotline

at 1–800–SOS–RADON.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July

18, 1991 (56 FR 33050), EPA proposed

a maximum contaminant level goal

(MCLG), a maximum contaminant level

(MCL), monitoring, reporting, and

public notification requirements for

radon and a number of other

radionuclides in public water supplies

(systems serving over 25 individuals or

with greater than 15 connections). EPA

proposed to regulate radon at 300 pCi/

L.

On August 6, 1996, Congress passed

amendments to the SDWA. Section

1412(b)(13)(A) of the SDWA, as

amended, directs EPA to withdraw the

proposed national primary drinking

water regulation for radon. With this

Federal Register document, EPA

withdraws the proposed MCLG, MCL,

monitoring, reporting, and public

notification requirements for radon-222.

No other provision of the July 18, 1991

proposal is affected by this action.

Congress has directed EPA to propose

an MCLG and National Primary

Drinking Water Regulation (NPDWR) for