61914 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 224 / Thursday, November 20, 1997 / Rules and Regulations

(r) System Identifier and Name:

N01000–5, Naval Clemency and Parole

Board Files.

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Dated: November 14, 1997.

L. M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 97–30418 Filed 11–19–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 5000–04–F

POSTAL SERVICE

39 CFR Part 4

Board of Governors Bylaws

AGENCY: Postal Service.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Board of Governors of the

United States Postal Service has

approved an amendment to its bylaws.

The amendment adjusts provisions

concerning the office of the Chief Postal

Inspector in light of statutory

amendments enacted by Public Law

100–504.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 20, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Thomas J. Koerber, (202) 268–4800.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board

of Governors of the Postal Service has

amended its bylaw provisions

concerning the office of Chief Postal

Inspector. Under former provisions of

the Inspector General Act, the Chief

Postal Inspector served as the Inspector

General for the Postal Service. The law

specifically required the concurrence of

the Governors for a transfer or removal

of the Chief Inspector. Public Law 100–

504 created an independent Inspector

General for the Postal Service, and

revised the language governing the Chief

Postal Inspector. As now codified in 39

U.S.C. 204, the law currently requires

notice to the Governors and Congress

but does not expressly require the

Governors’ concurrence. At its meeting

on November 3, 1997, the Board revised

sections 4.5 and 4.6 of its bylaws

conforming them to the language of the

statute. Section 4.6, dealing separately

with the Chief Postal Inspector, is

removed, and provisions concerning the

appointment and removal of the Chief

Inspector in line with 39 U.S.C. 204 are

transferred to section 4.5.

List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 4

Administrative practice and

procedure, Organization and functions

(Government agencies), Postal Service.

Accordingly, 39 CFR Part 4 is

amended as follows:

PART 4—OFFICERS (ARTICLE IV)

1. The authority citation for Part 4 is

revised to read as follows:

Authority: 39 U.S.C. 202–205, 401(2), (10),

402, 1003, 3013.

2–3. Section 4.5 is revised to read as

follows:

§ 4.5 Assistant Postmasters General,

General Counsel, Judicial Officer, Chief

Postal Inspector.

There are within the Postal Service a

General Counsel, a Judicial Officer, a

Chief Postal Inspector, and such number

of officers, described in 39 U.S.C. 204 as

Assistant Postmasters General, whether

so denominated or not, as the Board

authorizes by resolution. These officers

are appointed by, and serve at the

pleasure of, the Postmaster General. The

Chief Postal Inspector shall report to,

and be under the general supervision of,

the Postmaster General. The Postmaster

General shall promptly notify the

Governors and both Houses of Congress

in writing if he or she removes the Chief

Postal Inspector or transfers the Chief

Postal Inspector to another position or

location within the Postal Service, and

shall include in any such notification

the reasons for such removal or transfer.

§ 4.6 [Removed]

4. Section 4.6 is removed.

§ 4.7 [Redesignated as § 4.6]

5. Section 4.7 is redesignated as § 4.6.

Stanley F. Mires,

Chief Counsel, Legislative.

[FR Doc. 97–30412 Filed 11–19–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7710–12–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[FRL–5925–4]

Final Determination To Extend

Deadline for Promulgation of Action on

Section 126 Petitions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The EPA is extending by a

second one-month period the deadline

for taking final action on petitions that

eight States have submitted to require

EPA to make findings that sources

upwind of those States contribute

significantly to nonattainment problems

in those States. Under the Clean Air Act

(CAA or Act), EPA is authorized to grant

this time extension if EPA determines

that the extension is necessary, among

other things, to meet the purposes of the

Act’s rulemaking requirements. By this

notice, EPA is making that

determination. The eight States that

have submitted the petitions are

Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts,

New Hampshire, New York,

Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and

Vermont.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This action is effective

as of November 14, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Howard J. Hoffman, Office of General

Counsel, MC–2344, 401 M St. SW,

Washington, D.C. 20460, (202) 260–

5892.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

Today’s action follows closely EPA’s

final action taken by notice dated

October 22, 1997 (62 FR 54769).

Familiarity with that document is

assumed, and background information

in that document will not be repeated

here.

In the October 22, 1997 document,

EPA extended by one month, pursuant

to its authority under CAA section

307(d)(10), the time frame for taking

final action on petitions submitted by

eight states under CAA section 126.

These eight states are Connecticut,

Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire,

New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,

and Vermont. By these petitions, the

eight states have asked EPA to make

findings that major stationary sources in

upwind states emit in violation of the

prohibition of CAA section 110(a)(2)(D),

by contributing significantly to

nonattainment problems in the

petitioning States.

EPA received the petitions on August

14–15, 1997. Under section 126(b), for

each petition, EPA must make the

requested finding, or deny the petition,

within 60 days of receipt of the petition.

As indicated in the October 22, 1997

document, EPA has the authority to

extend the deadline for up to six

months, under CAA section 307(d)(10).

By the October 22, 1997 document, EPA

extended the deadline for one month, to

November 14, 1997, and further

indicated that EPA was reserving its

option to extend the period by all or

part of the remaining five months of the

six-month extension period.

EPA is today extending the deadline

for an additional one month, to

December 14, 1997. EPA’s reasons are

identical to those articulated in the

October 22, 1997 document. In the

October 22, 1997 document, EPA

explained the basis for the first onemonth extension as follows: