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Radiation Processing,’’ American Society for

Testing and Materials, Annual Book of ASTM

Standards.

(6) Records. Records or invoices for

each treated lot must be made available

for inspection by an inspector during

normal business hours (8 a.m. to 4:30

p.m., Monday through Friday, except

holidays). An irradiation processor must

maintain records as specified in this

section for a period of time that exceeds

the shelf life of the irradiated food

product by 1 year, and must make these

records available for inspection by an

inspector. These records must include

the lot identification, scheduled

process, evidence of compliance with

the scheduled process, ionizing energy

source, source calibration, dosimetry,

dose distribution in the product, and the

date of irradiation.

(7) Request for approval and

inspection of facility. Persons requesting

approval of an irradiation treatment

facility and treatment protocol must

submit the request for approval in

writing to the Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service, Plant Protection and

Quarantine, Oxford Plant Protection

Center, 901 Hillsboro St., Oxford, NC

27565. Before the Administrator

determines whether an irradiation

facility is eligible for approval, an

inspector will make a personal

inspection of the facility to determine

whether it complies with the standards

of paragraph (c)(1) of this section.

(8) Denial and withdrawal of

approval. (i) The Administrator will

withdraw the approval of any

irradiation treatment facility when the

irradiation processor requests in writing

the withdrawal of approval.

(ii) The Administrator will deny or

withdraw approval of an irradiation

treatment facility when any provision of

this section is not met. Before

withdrawing or denying approval, the

Administrator will inform the

irradiation processor in writing of the

reasons for the proposed action and

provide the irradiation processor with

an opportunity to respond. The

Administrator will give the irradiation

processor an opportunity for a hearing

regarding any dispute of a material fact,

in accordance with rules of practice that

will be adopted for the proceeding.

However, the Administrator will

suspend approval pending final

determination in the proceeding, if he or

she determines that suspension is

necessary to prevent the spread of any

dangerous insect infestation. The

suspension will be effective upon oral

or written notification, whichever is

earlier, to the irradiation processor. In

the event of oral notification, written

confirmation will be given to the

irradiation processor within 10 days of

the oral notification. The suspension

will continue in effect pending

completion of the proceeding and any

judicial review of the proceeding.

(9) Department not responsible for

damage. This treatment is approved to

assure quarantine security against

Mediterranean fruit fly. From the

literature available, the fruits and

vegetables authorized for treatment

under this section are believed tolerant

to the treatment; however, the facility

operator and shipper are responsible for

determination of tolerance. The

Department of Agriculture and its

inspectors assume no responsibility for

any loss or damage resulting from any

treatment prescribed or supervised.

Additionally, the Nuclear Regulatory

Commission is responsible for ensuring

that irradiation facilities are constructed

and operated in a safe manner. Further,

the Food and Drug Administration is

responsible for ensuring that irradiated

foods are safe and wholesome for

human consumption.

* * * * *

Done in Washington, DC, this 4th day of

September 1997.

Craig A. Reed,

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant

Health Inspection Service.

[FR Doc. 97–23948 Filed 9–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P

POSTAL SERVICE

39 CFR Part 20

Implementation of Global Package Link

Service

AGENCY: Postal Service.

ACTION: Interim rules with request for

comments.

SUMMARY: Global Package Link is an

international mail service designed for

companies sending merchandise to

other countries. To implement an

agreement previously entered into with

the postal administration of France, that

country is now being added as a

destination country. This action is

consistent with the Postal Service’s

original plan to add destination

countries as customer needs dictate (59

FR 65961; December 22, 1994). Global

Package Link Service has previously

been made available to Brazil, Canada,

Chile, China, Germany, Japan, Mexico,

Singapore, and the United Kingdom. To

use Global Package Link (GPL) service,

a customer must mail at least 10,000

GPL packages a year and agree to link

its information systems with those of

the Postal Service, so that the Postal

Service can extract certain information

about the contents of the customer’s

packages for customs clearance and

other purposes. Initially, the Postal

Service will offer one Standard delivery

option in France. A second, Premium

Service, is under development and will

be available in the next year. Interim

regulations have been developed, and

are set forth below for comment and

suggested revision prior to adoption in

final form.

DATES: The interim regulations take

effect September 10, 1997. Comments

must be received on or before October

10, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be mailed or delivered to Global

Package Link Service, U.S. Postal

Service, 475 L’Enfant Plaza SW, Room

370 IBU, Washington, DC 20260–6500.

Copies of all written comments will be

available for public inspection and

photocopying at the above address

between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday

through Friday.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert Michelson at the above address.

Telephone: (202) 268–5731.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

One of the most important goals of the

Postal Service’s international mission is

the development of services that

enhance the ability of U.S. companies to

do business in other countries. This

responsibility was delineated in 39

U.S.C. 403(b)(2), which makes it the

obligation of the Postal Service ‘‘to

provide types of mail service to meet the

needs of different categories of mail and

mail users.’’ Global Package Link is

designed to more closely meet the needs

of customers who send merchandise

packages from the United States to

multiple international addresses by

simplifying the process companies use

to prepare their packages for mailing

and by reducing the costs those

companies incur in mailing

merchandise to other countries. Global

Package Link makes it easier and more

economical for businesses in the United

States to export their products to

international markets.

In late 1994, with implementation of

International Package Consignment

Service, later renamed Global Package

Link, to Japan (59 FR 65961; December

22, 1994), the Postal Service announced

that, when feasible, it would expand the

service to other destination countries

based on customer requests. The Postal

Service later expanded GPL by adding

Canada, the United Kingdom, Brazil,

Chile, China, Germany, Mexico, and
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Singapore as destination countries for

qualifying customers (61 FR 13765,

March 28, 1996; 62 FR 17072, April 9,

1997; 62 FR 25515, May 9, 1997; 62 FR

45160, August 26, 1997), and is hereby

further expanding GPL by adding

France as a destination country for

qualifying customers. This action

implements an agreement previously

entered into with the postal

administration of France on June 30,

1997, and is described below.

II. GPL to France

A. Qualifying Criteria

A customer who wants to use GPL to

France will be required to enter into a

service agreement with the Postal

Service agreeing to meet each of the

requirements for using GPL service.

First, the customer must mail at least

10,000 GPL packages a year. (Volumes

to all GPL countries may be counted

toward this minimum. See part IV

below.) Second, the customer must

designate the Postal Service as its carrier

of choice to each country for which it

uses GPL service. Third, the customer

must link its information systems with

the Postal Service’s so that the Postal

Service and the customer can exchange

data transmissions concerning the

customer’s packages, and the Postal

Service can extract, on an as-needed

basis, certain information about the

package by scanning the customerprovided barcode on each package.

In general, the information that must

be made available to the Postal Service

includes: The order number; the

package identification number; the

buyer’s name and address; the

recipient’s name and address; the total

weight of the package; the total value of

the package contents; the number of

items in the package; and, for each item

in the package, its SKU number, its

value, postage and handling charge, and

its country of origin. In practice, this

requirement means that the customer

will have to begin the necessary systems

work by the time it begins using GPL,

and then will have to assist the Postal

Service in completing and maintaining

the information systems linkages. The

Postal Service will use the extracted

information to prepare the necessary

customs forms and package labels and

to provide user-friendly tracking and

tracing.

Arrangements between the Postal

Service and the customer that are

technical in nature also may appear in

the GPL service agreement. For instance,

the service agreement may describe the

electronic data interface (EDI) or

proprietary file format that will be used

to transmit data between the customer

and the Postal Service, as well as the

frequency and schedule of

transmissions. Similarly, the service

agreement may describe the formats and

frequencies for any exception and

performance reports that the Postal

Service will provide to the customer.

B. Customs Forms

Normally, all necessary Customs

forms will be automatically generated

by the Postal Service computer

workstations. Packages mailed to France

through a GPL facility will not be

required to bear Customs forms when

they are tendered to the Postal Service.

The Postal Service will verify, accept,

and transport these packages to a

designated GPL processing facility.

After scanning the customer-printed

barcode on each package and correlating

it with the package-specific information

transmitted by the customer, the Postal

Service will print the necessary

Customs forms and then affix them to

the customer’s packages as part of the

processing operation at the GPL

Processing Facility.

C. Customs Clearance

The Postal Service has developed the

Customs Pre-Advisory System (CPAS)

as part of GPL processing. This

electronic system collects packagespecific data to satisfy Customs

requirements as packages are processed

using the USPS computer workstations

located at a GPL facility. The system

electronically advises the USPS delivery

agent and Customs of the contents of

each package mailed. Since this

advisory information arrives before the

mail, CPAS facilitates and simplifies

Customs clearance. To use CPAS,

recipients of merchandise must

designate the Postal Service and its

Customs broker as their agents for

Customs clearance.

D. Delivery Options

The Postal Service will initially offer

one delivery option in France. This

Standard Service will include home

delivery throughout France within two

to three days after clearing Customs.

Premium Service is under

development and will be available in

the next year. It will include track and

trace for individual packages and

delivery throughout France within one

to two days after clearing Customs.

E. Rates

The base rates for GPL service to

France are set forth below. The Postal

Service will charge the base rates, in one

pound increments, for the first 100,000

packages mailed by a customer in a 12-

month period. Once the customer has

mailed 100,000 packages to a country,

postage for the rest of the customer’s

packages to that country in the

remainder of that 12-month period will

be reduced by 3% from the base rates.

III. Minimum Volumes

Minimum volumes to all GPL

countries are set at a uniform level of

10,000 packages during a 12-month time

period. Volumes to all GPL destination

countries will be applied toward

fulfillment of this minimum.

IV. Conclusion

Accordingly, the Postal Service

hereby adopts the following interim

regulations for GPL service to France.

Although 39 U.S.C. 407 does not require

advance notice and opportunity for

submission of comments, and the Postal

Service is exempted by 39 U.S.C. 410(a)

from the advance notice requirements of

the Administrative Procedure Act

regarding proposed rulemaking (5

U.S.C. 553), the Postal Service invites

interested persons to submit written

data, views, or arguments concerning

this interim rule.

The Postal Service adopts the

following amendments to the

International Mail Manual, which is

incorporated by reference in the Code of

Federal Regulations. See 39 CFR 20.1.

List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 20

International postal service, Foreign

relations.

PART 20—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for 39 CFR

part 20 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 39 U.S.C. 401,

404, 407, 408.

2. Effective September 10, 1997,

subchapter 620 of the International Mail

Manual, Issue 18, is amended as

follows:

6 Special Programs

* * * * *

620 Global Package Link

* * * * *

621.3 Availability

Global Package Link service is

available only to Brazil, Canada, Chile,

China (People’s Republic of), France,

Germany, Japan, Mexico, Singapore, and

the United Kingdom.

* * * * *

623 General

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623.2 Customs Documentation

Customs documentation will be

produced by the Postal Service from

data transmitted by the mailer.

623.3 Size and Weight Limits

The weight limits for Global Package

Link service are 70 pounds for Chile,

China, and Germany; 66 pounds for

Brazil, Canada, France, Singapore, and

the United Kingdom; 64 pounds for

Mexico; and 44 pounds for Japan.

The maximum length of GPL packages

is 60 inches and the maximum length

and girth combined is 108 inches with

exceptions: Maximum size for Germany

is length 47 inches, height 23 inches,

width 23 inches; maximum size for

China for any one dimension is 59

inches; the sum of the length and the

greatest circumference measured in a

direction other than the length shall not

exceed 118 inches; Japan Standard

packages weighing less than 1 pound,

the maximum length is 24 inches with

a height and depth and length combined

maximum of 36 inches. All packages

must be large enough to accommodate

the necessary labels and customs forms

on the address side.

* * * * *

626 Services Available

* * * * *

626.11 Premium Service

Premium service is available to all

countries (Air Courier for Canada)

except France. Packages sent through

premium service are transported to the

destination country by air where they

receive special handling and expedited

delivery. The mailer can track premium

service packages through delivery.

Reports of delivery performance are

furnished to the mailer in the formats

and at the frequencies agreed upon by

the Postal Service and the mailer.

626.12 Standard Service

Standard service is available to Japan,

Canada (Ground Courier for Canada),

France, Mexico, Singapore, and the

United Kingdom. Packages sent through

standard service are transported to the

destination country by air (or a

combination of air/ground to Canada)

for delivery. The mailer can track

standard service packages through

dispatch from the Global Package Link

processing facility for Japan and France

and through delivery for Canada and the

United Kingdom. In Mexico, Standard

Service provides for customer pickup of

parcels at selected, secured, customer

service centers with tracking to pickup.

* * * * *

3. Effective September 10, 1997, the

Individual Country Listing for France in

the International Mail Manual, Issue 18,

is amended by adding the following

information, concerning Global Package

Link, to the end of the listing.

France

Global Package Link

Weight not over

(pounds)

Price per piece standard

service

<100,000

pieces

>100,000

pieces

1 ........................ $6.75 $6.55

2 ........................ 8.75 8.49

3 ........................ 10.75 10.43

4 ........................ 12.75 12.37

5 ........................ 14.75 14.31

6 ........................ 16.75 16.25

7 ........................ 18.75 18.19

8 ........................ 20.75 20.13

9 ........................ 22.75 22.07

10 ...................... 24.75 24.01

11 ...................... 26.75 25.95

12 ...................... 28.75 27.89

13 ...................... 30.75 29.83

14 ...................... 32.75 31.77

15 ...................... 34.75 33.71

16 ...................... 36.75 35.65

17 ...................... 38.75 37.59

18 ...................... 40.75 39.53

19 ...................... 42.75 41.47

20 ...................... 44.75 43.41

21 ...................... 46.75 45.35

22 ...................... 48.75 47.29

23 ...................... 50.75 49.23

24 ...................... 52.75 51.17

25 ...................... 54.75 53.11

26 ...................... 56.75 55.05

27 ...................... 58.75 56.99

28 ...................... 60.75 58.93

29 ...................... 62.75 60.87

30 ...................... 64.75 62.81

31 ...................... 66.75 64.75

32 ...................... 68.75 66.69

33 ...................... 70.75 68.63

34 ...................... 72.75 70.57

35 ...................... 74.75 72.51

36 ...................... 76.75 74.45

37 ...................... 78.75 76.39

38 ...................... 80.75 78.33

39 ...................... 82.75 80.27

40 ...................... 84.75 82.21

41 ...................... 86.75 84.15

42 ...................... 88.75 86.09

43 ...................... 90.75 88.03

44 ...................... 92.75 89.97

45 ...................... 94.75 91.91

46 ...................... 96.75 93.85

47 ...................... 98.75 95.79

48 ...................... 100.75 97.73

49 ...................... 102.75 99.67

50 ...................... 104.75 101.61

51 ...................... 106.75 103.55

52 ...................... 108.75 105.49

53 ...................... 110.75 107.43

54 ...................... 112.75 109.37

55 ...................... 114.75 111.31

Discounts

Postage is reduced by the following

discounts once the applicable volume

thresholds are reached during a 12-

month period:

Number of packages mailed Discount

Over 100,000 .............................. 3%

* * * * *

Stanley F. Mires,

Chief Counsel Legislative.

[FR Doc. 97–23836 Filed 9–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7710–12–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 180

[OPP–300513A; FRL–5742–4]

RIN 2070–AB78

Dimethomorph; Pesticide Tolerances

for Emergency Exemptions; Correction

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

SUMMARY: EPA issued a document (FR

Doc. 97–19672) establishing timelimited tolerances for combined

residues of the pesticide dimethomorph

in or on tomatoes, tomato puree, and

tomato paste. Section 180.493(b) was

incorrectly revised. This document

corrects § 180.493(b).

DATES: This correction is effective July

25, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Libby Pemberton, Registration

Division (7505W), Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460. Office location,

telephone number, and e-mail address:

Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis

Hwy., Arlington, VA, 703–308–9364, email: pemberton.libby@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA

issued a document (FR Doc. 97–19672),

July 25, 1997 (62 FR 39956) (FRL–5730–

3), incorrectly revising paragraph (b) of

§ 180.493. This document correctly

states the amendatory language.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 180

Environmental protection,

Administrative practice and procedure,

Agricultural commodities, Pesticides

and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements.

Dated: August 27, 1997.

James Jones,

Acting Director, Registration Division, Office

of Pesticide Programs.

In FR Doc. 97–19672 published on

July 25, 1997 (62 FR 39961), make the

following corrections: