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4. In § 21.7042, the section heading

and paragraphs (d)(2), and (d)(3) are

revised, and paragraph (d)(4) is added,

to read as follows:

§ 21.7042 Eligibility for basic educational

assistance.

* * * * *

(d) * * *

(2) An individual must elect, in

writing, whether he or she wishes

service in the Selected Reserve to be

credited towards establishing eligibility

under 38 U.S.C. chapter 30 or under 10

U.S.C. chapter 1606 when:

(i) The individual:

(A) Is a veteran who has established

eligibility for basic educational

assistance through meeting the

provisions of paragraph (b) of this

section; and

(B) Also is a reservist who has

established eligibility for benefits under

10 U.S.C. chapter 1606 through meeting

the requirements of § 21.7540; or

(ii) The individual is a member of the

National Guard or Air National Guard

who has established eligibility for basic

educational assistance under 38 U.S.C.

chapter 30 through activation under a

provision of law other than 32 U.S.C.

316, 502, 503, 504, or 505.

(3) An election under this paragraph

(d) to have Selected Reserve service

credited towards eligibility for payment

of educational assistance under 38

U.S.C. chapter 30 or under 10 U.S.C.

chapter 1606 is irrevocable when the

veteran either negotiates the first check

or receives the first payment by

electronic funds transfer of the

educational assistance elected.

(4) If a veteran is eligible to receive

educational assistance under both 38

U.S.C. chapter 30 and 10 U.S.C. chapter

1606, he or she may receive educational

assistance alternately or consecutively

under each of these chapters to the

extent that the educational assistance is

based on service not irrevocably

credited to one or the other chapter as

provided in paragraphs (d)(1) through

(d)(3) of this section.

(Authority: 10 U.S.C. 16132; 38 U.S.C.

3033(c))

* * * * *

Subpart L—Educational Assistance for

Members of the Selected Reserve

5. The authority citation for part 21,

subpart L, is revised to read as follows:

Authority: 10 U.S.C. 1606; 38 U.S.C. 501,

unless otherwise noted.

6. In § 21.7540, paragraph (c) and the

authority citation for paragraph (d) are

revised, to read as follows:

§ 21.7540 Eligibility for educational

assistance.

* * * * *

(c) Limitations on establishing

eligibility. (1) An individual must elect

in writing whether he or she wishes

service in the Selected Reserve to be

credited towards establishing eligibility

under 38 U.S.C. chapter 30 or under 10

U.S.C. chapter 1606 when:

(i) The individual is a reservist who

is eligible for basic educational

assistance provided under 38 U.S.C.

3012 and has established eligibility to

that assistance partially through service

in the Selected Reserve; or

(ii) The individual is a member of the

National Guard or Air National Guard

who has established eligibility for basic

educational assistance provided under

38 U.S.C. 3012 through activation under

a provision of law other than 32 U.S.C.

316, 502, 503, 504, or 505 followed by

service in the Selected Reserve.

(2) An election under this paragraph

(c) to have Selected Reserve service

credited towards eligibility for payment

of educational assistance under 38

U.S.C. chapter 30 or under 10 U.S.C.

chapter 1606 is irrevocable when the

reservist either negotiates the first check

or receives the first payment by

electronic funds transfer of the

educational assistance elected.

(3) If a reservist is eligible to receive

educational assistance under both 38

U.S.C. chapter 30 and 10 U.S.C. chapter

1606, he or she may receive educational

assistance alternately or consecutively

under each of these chapters to the

extent that the educational assistance is

based on service not irrevocably

credited to one or the other chapter as

provided in paragraphs (c)(1) and (c)(2)

of this section.

(Authority: 10 U.S.C. 16132; 38 U.S.C.

3033(c))

* * * * *

(d) * * *

(Authority: 10 U.S.C. 16132(d), 16134)

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40 CFR Parts 52 and 81

[TN 86–1–9802b; TN 127–1–9803b; FRL–

5922–7]

Designation of Areas for Air Quality

Planning Purposes; Tennessee:

Redesignation of the Polk County and

New Johnsonville Sulfur Dioxide

Nonattainment Area to Attainment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve

requests for redesignation of the Polk

County area and that portion of Benton

and that portion of Humphreys

Counties, Tennessee, surrounding

TVA’s Johnsonville plant (New

Johnsonville area) from nonattainment

to attainment for the sulfur dioxide

(SO2) National Ambient Air Quality

Standards (NAAQS), pursuant to the

request submitted on January 6, 1988,

July 12, 1990, December 17, 1993, and

April 17, 1995, by the State of

Tennessee, through the Tennessee

Department of Environment and

Conservation (TDEC). EPA is also

proposing to approve the maintenance

plans.

In the final rules section of this

Federal Register, the EPA is approving

the State’s State Implementation Plan

(SIP) revision as a direct final rule

without prior proposal because the EPA

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 proposed rule. 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. The EPA

will not institute a second comment

period on this document. Any parties

interested in commenting on this

document should do so at this time.

DATES: To be considered, comments

must be received by December 26, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on this

action should be addressed to Mr. Scott

M. Martin regarding the Polk County

area and Mr. Steven M. Scofield

regarding the New Johnsonville area at

the EPA Regional Office listed below.

Copies of the documents relative to

this action are available for public

inspection during normal business

hours at the following locations. The
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interested persons wanting to examine

these documents should make an

appointment with the appropriate office

at least 24 hours before the visiting day.

Air and Radiation Docket and

Information Center (Air Docket 6102),

U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, 443, 401 M Street, SW,

Washington DC 20460

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region 4 Air Planning Branch, 61

Forsyth Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30303

Tennessee Department of Environment

and Conservation, Division of Air

Pollution Control, 9th Floor L & C

Annex, 401 Church Street, Nashville,

Tennessee 37243–1531

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For the Polk County area: Mr. Scott M.

Martin, Regulatory Planning Section,

Air Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides,

and Toxics Management Division,

Region 4 Environmental Protection

Agency, 61 Forsyth Street, Atlanta,

Georgia 30303. The telephone number is

404/562–9036.

For the New Johnsonville area: Mr.

Steven M. Scofield, Regulatory Planning

Section, Air Planning Branch, Air,

Pesticides, and Toxics Management

Division, Region 4 Environmental

Protection Agency, 61 Forsyth Street,

Atlanta, Georgia 30303. The telephone

number is 404/562–9034.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For

additional information see the direct

final rule which is published in the

rules section of this Federal Register.

Dated: October 10, 1997.

A. Stanley Meiburg,

Acting Regional Administrator.

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Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest:

Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) will hold public meetings

on December 11, 1997 and January 8,

1998 to make information available on

a project underway to revise the

Resource Conservation and Recovery

Act (RCRA) regulations governing

hazardous waste transportation.

ADDRESSES: The first public meeting

will be held on Thursday, December 11,

1997 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the

Hyatt Regency Crystal City at 2799

Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington,

Virginia 22202. The second meeting will

be held on Thursday January 8, 1998 at

the Sheraton Fisherman’s Wharf Hotel

at 2500 Mason Street, San Francisco,

California 94133. A meeting for state

regulators will take place at the above

locations on Wednesday December 10,

1997 and Wednesday, January 7, 1998.

States are also encouraged to attend the

public meetings.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

general information contact the RCRA

Hotline at 800–824–9346 or TDD 800–

553–7672 (hearing impaired). In the

Washington D.C. metropolitan areas,

call 703–412–9810 or TDD 703–412–

3323.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under

RCRA, EPA published regulations

governing hazardous waste

management. A portion of these

regulations cover the movement of

hazardous waste from its site of

generation to a facility that can

appropriately manage the waste.

Specifically, they are the regulations

found at 40 CFR part 262 for packaging,

labeling, marking, and manifesting of

hazardous wastes in preparation for

transport; the regulations found at 40

CFR part 263 which address

transportation (and which are jointly

issued by the Department of

Transportation); the regulations at 40

CFR part 264, Subpart E and 40 CFR

part 265, Subpart E governing the

receipt of waste at Treatment Storage

and Disposal Facilities; and 40 CFR part

271 regarding state program

implementation of the manifest system.

EPA is preparing a rulemaking to

modify the current hazardous waste

manifest system to reduce its burden.

EPA is considering several approaches

to reducing the burden of the Uniform

Hazardous Waste Manifest form and the

manifest system in general. These

include the use of automation to

electronically prepare, transmit, and

store manifests; the use of a streamlined

paper form; easier access to manifestrelated information; and allowing some

current manifest users alternatives to

the traditional tracking system.

The purpose of these public meetings

is to explain the draft rulemaking

strategies the Agency is considering and

to gather information on whether these

strategies ensure that the burden of the

manifest tracking system is minimized

while ensuring the safe movement of

hazardous waste.

The Agency believes that this project

will affect all small quantity generators

and large quantity generators of

hazardous waste. The regulated

community will benefit from public

meetings by having early input into the

regulatory development process. The

Agency will be able to use this early

input to finalize options it will

incorporate into a proposed rulemaking

on the manifest. Such early discussion

will result in more fully developed

options which take into account as

much as possible, the input received

from participants. EPA will answer

questions and will receive informal

input from the regulated community

and from states as to whether the

strategies developed by EPA will result

in burden reduction without

compromising environmental

protection.

EPA will also hold separate meetings

with state hazardous waste regulators to

discuss state implementation of the new

manifest system. State meetings will be

held on the day prior to the public

meetings.

EPA anticipates publishing the

proposed rulemaking in the Fall of 1998

at which time formal comments will be

taken from the public. The RCRA

Hotline will take names and addresses

of those who would like copies of the

materials developed at the meetings.

This document is also available in

electronic format on the Internet. Follow

these instructions to access the

information electronically:

WWW: http://www.epa.gov/osw

FTP: ftp.epa.gov

Login: anonymous

Password: your internet address

Files are located in /OSW/publicate/

htm

Dated: November 17, 1997.

Matthew Hale,

Acting Director, Office of Solid Waste.

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