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C. Unfunded Mandates

Under section 202 of the Unfunded

Mandates Reform Act of 1995

(‘‘Unfunded Mandates Act’’), signed

into law on March 22, 1995, EPA must

prepare a budgetary impact statement to

accompany any proposed or final rule

that includes a Federal mandate that

may result in estimated costs to State,

local, or tribal governments in the

aggregate; or to the private sector, of

$100 million or more. Under section

205, EPA must select the most costeffective and least burdensome

alternative that achieves the objectives

of the rule and is consistent with

statutory requirements. Section 203

requires EPA to establish a plan for

informing and advising any small

governments that may be significantly

or uniquely impacted by the rule.

EPA has determined that the

proposed corrections do not include a

Federal mandate that may result in

estimated costs of $100 million or more

to either State, local, or tribal

governments in the aggregate, or to the

private sector. This Federal action

would impose no new requirements.

Accordingly, no additional costs to

State, local, or tribal governments, or to

the private sector, would result from

this action.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

Environmental protection, Air

pollution control, Incorporation by

reference, Intergovernmental relations,

Particulate matter, Reporting and

recordkeeping requirements.

Dated: November 17, 1997.

Patricia D. Hull,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region VIII.

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AGENCY

40 CFR Part 63

[AD–FRL–5936–2]

RIN: 2060–AE–83

National Emission Standards for

Hazardous Air Pollutants for Pesticide

Active Ingredient Production

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; Extension of

public comment period.

SUMMARY: The EPA is announcing a 30-

day extension of the public comment

period for the proposed ‘‘National

Emission Standards for Hazardous Air

Pollutants for Pesticide Active

Ingredient Production.’’ As initially

published in the Federal Register on

November 10, 1997 (62 FR 60565),

written comments on the proposed rule

were to be submitted to the EPA on or

before January 9, 1998 (a 60-day public

comment period). The public comment

period is being extended for 30 days and

will now end on February 9, 1998.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before February 9, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

submitted (in duplicate, if possible) to

the Air and Radiation Docket and

Information Center (6102), Attention:

Docket No. A–95–20, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M Street S.W., Washington, DC 20460.

The EPA requests that a separate copy

also be sent to the contact person listed

under the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. Comments and data

may also be submitted electronically by

following the instructions provided in

the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.

No Confidential Business Information

(CBI) should be submitted through

electronic mail.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Lalit Banker; Organic Chemicals Group,

Emission Standards Division (MD–13),

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

27711, telephone number (919) 541–

5420.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Electronic

Filing. Electronic comments can be sent

directly to the EPA at: a-and-rdocket@epamail.epa.gov. Electronic

comments and data must be submitted

as an ASCII file avoiding the use of

special characters and any form of

encryption. Comments and data will

also be accepted on disks in

WordPerfect 5.1 or 6.1 file format or

ASCII file format. All comments and

data in electronic form must be

identified by the docket number A–95–

20. Electronic comments may be filed

online at many Federal Depository

Libraries.

Discussion. On November 10, 1997, at

62 FR 60565, the EPA published the

proposed National Emission Standards

for Hazardous Air Pollutants for

Pesticide Active Ingredient Production

and provided a 60-day public comment

period. Requests have been received to

extend the public comment period

beyond the 60 days originally provided.

These requests have been made by

businesses that will be affected by the

rule. Their request for this extension is

primarily based on the fact that

Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays

occur during the comment period which

would cause hardship on their ability to

provide timely and useful comments. In

consideration of these concerns, the

EPA is extending the comment period

by 30 days (until February 9, 1998), in

order to give all interested persons the

opportunity to comment fully.

Dated: December 9, 1997.

Richard D. Wilson,

Acting Assistant Administrator for Air and

Radiation.

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RIN 0648–AK51

Fisheries Off West Coast States and in

the Western Pacific; Northern Anchovy

Fishery; Control Date

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Advance notice of proposed

rulemaking; consideration of a control

date.

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery

Management Council (Council) is

developing an amendment to the

Northern Anchovy Fishery Management

Plan (FMP) that may place small coastal

pelagic species under Federal

management along with northern

anchovy. Proposed management options

include limiting effort by controlling the

number and/or capacity of vessels

harvesting coastal pelagic resources off

Washington, Oregon, and California.

This notice is intended to notify

fishermen that anyone entering the

coastal pelagics fishery after November

5, 1997, may not be eligible to continue

participating in the fishery under the

new amendment.

DATES: Comments must be submitted by

January 16, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments to the

Pacific Fishery Management Council,

2130 SW Fifth Avenue, Suite 224,

Portland, OR 97201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

James J. Morgan, (562) 980–4036, or Mr.

Svein Fougner, Acting Chief, Fisheries

Management Division, (562) 980–4034.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

current draft of the amendment to the

FMP would add the following species to

the management unit: Pacific mackerel
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(Scomber japonicus), jack mackerel

(Trachurus symmetricus), Pacific

sardine (Sardinops sagax), market squid

(Loligo opalescen), Pacific saury

(Cololabis saira), and Pacific bonito

(Sarda chiliensis). One of the

management options to be considered in

the amendment is controlling fishing

effort by limiting the number and/or

capacity of vessels harvesting coastal

pelagics to levels that are economically

efficient. If too many vessels enter a

fishery, the profit for each fisherman

dwindles, management and enforcement

becomes more difficult and costly, the

private investment needed by each

fisherman to maintain an adequate share

of the harvest rises, and the pressure to

raise harvest levels increases. To keep

harvesting capacity in line with the

resources available, various limited

access systems will be analyzed.

The first step in evaluating a system

by which the number of participants can

be limited is to identify the current

participants. Although the decision has

not been made on whether vessels,

vessel operators, or owners of vessels

will be considered ‘‘current

participants,’’ the Council, at its meeting

in Portland, OR, on November 5, 1997,

adopted the control date of November 5,

1997, for defining participants in the

fishery. Therefore, a fisherman would

have to have landed coastal pelagic

species on or before November 5, 1997,

to be considered a current participant in

this fishery. Fishermen are put on notice

that anyone entering the coastal pelagics

fishery after this date might not be

issued a permit to continue

participating in the fishery if a limited

access option is adopted for coastal

pelagic resources. This decision by the

Council rescinds the earlier control date

for this fishery of November 13, 1991,

which was published in the Federal

Register on January 16, 1992 (57 FR

1899).

The control date does not commit the

Council or NMFS to any particular

management regime or criteria for entry

into the coastal pelagics fishery.

Fishermen are not guaranteed future

participation in this fishery, regardless

of their entry date or intensity of

participation before or after the control

date. The Council may subsequently

choose a different control date or it may

choose a management regime that does

not make use of such a date. Other

qualifying criteria, such as

documentation of commercial landings

and sales, may be necessary for entry.

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

Dated: December 10, 1997.

Rolland A. Schmitten,

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

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