Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 240 / Monday, December 15, 1997 / Proposed Rules 65635

Agency, Region 8, 999 18th Street, suite

500, Denver, Colorado 80202–2466.

Copies of the documents relevant to

this action are available for public

inspection between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00

p.m., Monday through Friday at the

following office: United States

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region 8, Air Program, 999 18th Street,

suite 500, Denver, Colorado 80202–

2466.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim

Russ, Air Program (8P2–A), United

States Environmental Protection

Agency, Region 8, 999 18th Street, Suite

500, Denver, Colorado 80202–2466, ph.

(303) 312–6479.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: See the

information provided in the Direct Final

action which is located in the Rules

Section of this Federal Register.

Dated: October 3, 1997.

William P. Yellowtail,

Regional Administrator, Region VIII.

[FR Doc. 97–32645 Filed 12–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 62

[ND–001–0003b; FRL–5933–9]

Approval and Promulgation of State

Plans for Designated Facilities and

Pollutants; North Dakota; Control of

Landfill Gas Emissions From Existing

Municipal Solid Waste Landfills

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The EPA is proposing to

approve the North Dakota plan for

implementing the Municipal Solid

Waste (MSW) Landfill Emission

Guidelines at 40 CFR part 60, subpart

Cc, which was required pursuant to

section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act

(Act). The State’s plan, which was

submitted to EPA on September 11,

1997, establishes performance standards

for existing MSW landfills and provides

for the implementation and enforcement

of those standards.

In the final rules section of this

Federal Register, the EPA is approving

the State’s submittal in a direct final

rule without prior proposal because the

Agency views this as a noncontroversial

action 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

and the direct final rule will become

effective. 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withdrawn and all public comments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. 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: Comments on this proposed rule

must be received in writing by January

14, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on this

action should be addressed to Vicki

Stamper, 8P2-A, at the EPA Region VIII

Office listed. Copies of the documents

relevant to this proposed rule are

available for public inspection during

normal business hours at the following

locations: Air Program, Environmental

Protection Agency, Region VIII, 999

18th Street, suite 500, Denver, Colorado

80202–2466; and the North Dakota

Department of Health, Division of

Environmental Engineering, 1200

Missouri Avenue, room 304, Box 5520,

Bismarck, North Dakota 58506–5520.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Vicki Stamper, EPA Region VIII, (303)

312–6445.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: See the

information provided in the direct final

action which is located in the rules

section of this Federal Register.

Dated: October 24, 1997.

William P. Yellowtail,

Regional Administrator, Region VIII.

[FR Doc. 97–32639 Filed 12–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs

Administration

49 CFR Part 195

[Docket No. RSPA–97–2362; Notice 1]

RIN 2137—AD06

Pipeline Safety: Incorporation by

Reference of Industry Standard on

Leak Detection

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs

Administration (RSPA).

ACTION: Correction to RIN number.

SUMMARY: This document corrects the

RIN number of the Notice of Proposed

Rulemaking [Docket RSPA–97–2362;

Notice 1], published in the Federal

Register on October 29, 1997 (62 FR

56141). In the document heading on

page 56141, the RIN number ‘‘RIN

2137–AD05’’ is changed to read ‘‘RIN

2137–AD06.’’ The notice proposes to

adopt as a referenced document an

industry publication for pipeline leak

detection, API 1130, ‘‘Computational

Pipeline Monitoring.’’

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Lloyd Ulrich, (202) 366–4556.

Issued in Washington, DC on December 9,

1997.

Richard B. Felder,

Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.

[FR Doc. 97–32624 Filed 12–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 679

[Docket No. 971201282–7282–01; I.D.

102897B]

RIN 0648-AK38

Halibut Fisheries in U.S. Convention

Waters Off Alaska; Fisheries of the

Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska;

Management Measures to Reduce

Seabird Bycatch in the Hook-and-Line

Halibut and Groundfish Fisheries

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Proposed rule; request for

comments.

SUMMARY: NMFS proposes regulations

that would require operators of vessels

fishing for Pacific halibut in U.S.

Convention waters off Alaska to conduct

fishing operations in a specified manner

and to employ specified measures

intended to reduce seabird bycatch and

incidental seabird mortality. This rule

would also amend the regulations

requiring seabird bycatch avoidance

measures in the hook-and-line

groundfish fisheries of the Bering Sea

and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) and the

Gulf of Alaska (GOA) to clarify one of

the measures. The proposed halibut

fisheries measures are intended to

mitigate interactions with the shorttailed albatross (Diomedea albatrus), an

endangered species protected under the

Endangered Species Act (ESA), and

with other seabird species in fisheries in

and off Alaska.

DATES: Comments must be received by

January 14, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to

Chief, Sustainable Fisheries Division,

Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668,