56074 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 209 / Wednesday, October 29, 1997 / Rules and Regulations

payment of the user fee is January 9,

1998. It is expected that the annual user

fees for brokers for subsequent years

will be due on or about the third of

January of each year.

Dated: October 23, 1997.

Anne. K. Lombardi,

Acting Director, Trade Compliance.

[FR Doc. 97–28564 Filed 10–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4820–02–P

POSTAL SERVICE

39 CFR Part 20

Acceptance Procedures for Global

Package Link (GPL)

AGENCY: Postal Service.

ACTION: Interim rule with request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The Postal Service is

amending the rule on Global Package

Link (GPL) service. New charges are

being announced effective November

28, 1997. The new charges provide a

discount for mailer-provided

transportation of packages to a GPL

processing facility and add, for mailers

located more than 500 miles from a GPL

processing facility, a surcharge for

Postal-provided transportation. In

addition, the current option for mailer

processing is eliminated.

DATES: These regulations take effect as

of November 28, 1997. Comments must

be received on or before November 28,

1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be mailed or delivered to International

Business Unit, Manager, Mail Order,

U.S. Postal Service, 475 L’Enfant Plaza

SW, 370–IBU, Washington, DC 20260–

6500. Copies of all written comments

will be available for public inspection

and photocopying between 9 a.m. and 4

p.m., Monday through Friday, at the

above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert E. Michelson, (202) 268–5731.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

General Description

Global Package Link (GPL) is a service

that provides fast, economical

international delivery of packages

containing merchandise. GPL is

designed to make it easier and less

costly for mail-order companies to

export goods. The Postal Service

provides GPL on a destination countryspecific basis pursuant to the terms and

conditions stipulated in subsection 620

of the International Mail Manual and

the Individual Country Listings.

II. GPL Acceptance

Description

Current Procedures

Currently, if the plant from which the

customer’s GPL packages originate is

within 500 miles of a GPL processing

facility, the Postal Service will accept

the packages at the mailer’s plant and

transport them by truck to the GPL

facility at no additional charge. If the

mailer’s plant is located more than 500

miles from a GPL facility, the customer

has two options. The customer may

choose either to:

a. present the packages to the Postal

Service for verification at the customer’s

plant, and then transport the packages

to the GPL facility, or

b. process the packages using Postalprovided workstations, after which the

Postal Service accepts the packages and

transports them to a designated air-mail

facility.

Proposed Procedures

The new provisions will differ from

the current one in the following aspects:

1. If the mailer transports the

packages to a GPL facility, the mailer

will receive a $.20 per pound discount,

regardless of the distance from the

mailer’s plant to a GPL facility.

2. If the mailer’s plant is more than

500 miles from a GPL facility, and the

customer does not drop ship, the Postal

Service will provide transportation at an

additional rate of $.40 per pound. If the

mailer’s plant is within 500 miles from

a GPL facility, the Postal Service will

continue to provide transportation

without any additional charge.

3. The current option for mailers

whose plants are more than 500 miles

from a GPL processing facility, in which

the customer processes the packages

using a Postal-provided computer

system, is eliminated.

Accordingly, the Postal Service

adopts the following amendments of the

International Mail Manual on an interim

basis. Although 39 U.S. C. 409 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

Foreign Relation, International Post

Service.

PART 20—AMENDED

1. The authority 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 October 29, 1997

subchapter 620 of International Mail

Manual Issue 19 is amended to read as

follows:

Global Package Link (620)

623.4 Postage

* * * * *

623.44 Base Rates

[Renumber current ‘‘Rate Reductions’’

as 623.441 and add new section 623.442

as follows:]

623.442 Transportation Drop-Shipment

Discount

A discount of 20 cents per pound

applies to mail that is tranported by the

mailer to a designated GPL facility. To

compute the discount, multiply 20 cents

by the number of pounds per country

and per service level.

623.443 USPS Transportation Charge

If a mailer’s plant is located more than

500 miles from a GPL facility, and the

USPS tranports the mail, the mail is

subject to an additional transportation

charge of 40 cents per pound. To

calculate the transportation charge,

multiply 40 cents by the number of

pounds per country per service level.

* * * * *

625.1 Acceptance

[Replace sections 625.1 and 625.2 and

add new 625.3 as follows:]

625.1 Acceptance Location

A GPL mailing must be verified by

USPS employees assigned to a detached

mail unit (DMU) in the mailer’s plant or

at the origin post office serving the

mailer’s plant, according to a schedule

agreed to by the Postal Service and the

mailer. After verification, the mailing

may be transported to a GPL facility by

either the mailer or the Postal Service.

625.2 Transportation to GPL facility by

the Mailer

The mailer will transport the packages

as a drop-shipment to a GPL processing

facility according to a schedule agreed

to by the Postal Service and the

customer. The mailer is eligible for a

discount for drop shipment (see

623.442).
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625.3 Transportation to GPL Facility

by the USPS

For mailers who do not transport the

mail as a drop-shipment, the Postal

Service will transport the packages by

truck to the GPL processing facility

according to a schedule agreed to by the

Postal Service and the customer. For

mailers whose plants are located within

500 miles from a GPL facility, there will

be no charge for the transportation. If

the plant from which the GPL mailing

originates is located more than 500

miles of a GPL processing facility the

mailing is subject to a transportation

charge (see 623.443).

Stanley F. Mires,

Chief Counsel, Legislative.

[FR Doc. 97–28524 Filed 10–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7710–12–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 156

[OPP–250124; FRL–5753–2]

Flammability Labeling Requirements

for Total Release Fogger Pesticides;

Notification to the Secretary of

Agriculture

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notification to the Secretary of

Agriculture.

SUMMARY: Notice is given that the

Administrator of EPA has forwarded to

the Secretary of Agriculture a final

regulation under section 25(a) of the

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). The rule

requires specific precautionary labeling

relating to the flammability of total

release fogger pesticides. This action is

required by FIFRA section 25(a)(2).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Jim Downing, Labeling Team,

Field and External Affairs Division

(7506C), Office of Pesticide Programs,

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,

703–308–9071, e-mail:

downing.jim@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

25(a)(2) of FIFRA provides that the

Administrator shall provide the

Secretary of Agriculture with a copy of

any final regulation at least 30 days

before signing it for publication in the

Federal Register. If the Secretary

comments in writing regarding the final

regulation within 15 days after receiving

it, the Administrator shall issue for

publication in the Federal Register,

with the final regulation, the comments

of the Secretary, if requested by the

Secretary, and the response of the

Administrator concerning the

Secretary’s comments. If the Secretary

does not comment in writing within 15

days after receiving the final regulation,

the Administrator may sign the

regulation for publication in the Federal

Register anytime thereafter. As required

by FIFRA section 25(a)(3), a copy of the

final regulation has been forwarded to

the Committee on Agriculture of the

House of Representatives and the

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition,

and Forestry of the Senate.

List of Subjects in Part 156

Environmental protection, Labeling,

Occupational safety and health,

Pesticides and pests, Reporting and

recordkeeping requirements.

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.

Dated: October 20, 1997.

Anne E. Lindsay,

Acting Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 97–28654 Filed 10–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 180

[OPP–300565; FRL–5750–2]

RIN 2070–AB78

4-(2,2-difluoro-1,3-benzodioxol-4-yl)-

1H-pyrrole-3-carbonitrile; Pesticide

Tolerance

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: This regulation establishes a

tolerance for 4-(2,2-difluoro-1,3-

benzodioxol-4-yl)-1H-pyrrole-3-

carbonitrile in or on potatoes . The CibaGeigy Corporation submitted a petition

to EPA under the Federal Food, Drug

and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amended

by the Food Quality Protection Act of

1996 (Pub. L. 104–170) requesting this

tolerance.

DATES: This regulation is effective

October 29, 1997. Objections and

requests for hearings must be received

by EPA on or before December 29, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written objections and

hearing requests, identified by the

docket control number, [OPP–300565],

must be submitted to: Hearing Clerk

(1900), Environmental Protection

Agency, Rm. M3708, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460. Fees

accompanying objections and hearing

requests shall be labeled ‘‘Tolerance

Petition Fees’’ and forwarded to: EPA

Headquarters Accounting Operations

Branch, OPP (Tolerance Fees), P.O. Box

360277M, Pittsburgh, PA 15251. A copy

of any objections and hearing requests

filed with the Hearing Clerk identified

by the docket control number, [OPP–

300565], must also be submitted to:

Public Information and Records

Integrity Branch, Information Resources

and Services Division (7502C), Office of

Pesticide Programs, Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460. In person, bring

a copy of objections and hearing

requests to Rm. 1132, CM #2, 1921

Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA.

A copy of objections and hearing

requests filed with the Hearing Clerk

may also be submitted electronically by

sending electronic mail (e-mail) to: oppdocket@epamail.epa.gov. Copies of

objections and hearing requests must be

submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the

use of special characters and any form

of encryption. Copies of objections and

hearing requests will also be accepted

on disks in WordPerfect 5.1 file format

or ASCII file format. All copies of

objections and hearing requests in

electronic form must be identified by

the docket control number [OPP–

300565]. No Confidential Business

Information (CBI) should be submitted

through e-mail. Electronic copies of

objections and hearing requests on this

rule may be filed online at many Federal

Depository Libraries.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Mary L. Waller, Registration

Division 7505C, Office of Pesticide

Programs, 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) 308-9354, e-mail:

waller.mary@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the

Federal Register of February 5, 1997 (62

FR 5403) (FRL–5584–1), EPA, issued a

notice pursuant to section 408 of the

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

(FFDCA), 21 U.S.C. 346a(e) announcing

the filing of a pesticide petition

(PP6F4694) for tolerance by the CibaGeigy Corporation, 410 Swing Road,

Greensboro, NC 27401. This notice

included a summary of the petition

prepared by the Ciba-Geigy Corporation,

the registrant. There were no comments

received in response to the notice of

filing.