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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions on this notice of 

enforcement, call or email Mr. Scott 

Whalen, U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety 

Unit Port Arthur, TX; telephone 409– 

719–5086, email 

scott.k.whalen@uscg.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast 

Guard will enforce Special Local 

Regulations for the annual Neches River 

Festival in 33 CFR 100.801 (Table 1, 

paragraph 118) on May 4, 2012, from 3 

p.m. to 6 p.m. and on May 5 and May 

6, 2012 from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. 

Under the provisions of 33 CFR 

100.801 (Table 1, paragraph 118), a 

vessel may not enter the regulated area, 

unless it receives permission from the 

Captain of the Port. Spectator vessels 

may safely transit outside the regulated 

area but may not anchor, block, loiter, 

or impede participants or official patrol 

vessels. The Coast Guard may be 

assisted by other federal, state or local 

law enforcement agencies in enforcing 

this regulation. 

This notice of enforcement is issued 

under the authority of 33 CFR 100.801 

(Table 1, paragraph 118). In addition to 

this notification in the Federal Register, 

the Coast Guard will provide the 

maritime community with notification 

of this enforcement period via Local 

Notice to Mariners, Marine Information 

Broadcasts, and Marine Safety 

Information Bulletins. 

If the Captain of the Port or his 

designated representative determines 

that the regulated area need not be 

enforced for the full duration stated in 

this notice of enforcement, he or she 

may use a Broadcast Notice to Mariners 

to grant general permission to enter the 

regulated area. 

Dated: February 21, 2012. 

G.J. Paitl, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the 

Port, Port Arthur. 

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BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

POSTAL SERVICE 

39 CFR Part 111 

Mobile Commerce and Personalization 

Promotion 

AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Postal Service will revise 

the Mailing Standards of the United 

States Postal Service, Domestic Mail 

Manual (DMM®) 709.3 to add a new 

temporary promotion in the summer of 

2012 for Presorted and automation FirstClass Mail® cards, letters and flats, and 

Standard Mail® letters and flats bearing 

two-dimensional mobile barcodes or 

equivalent print technology. 

DATES: Effective Date: July 1, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Krista Becker at 202–268–7345, Bill 

Chatfield at 202–268–7278, or 

mobilebarcode@usps.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

February 21, 2012, the Postal Service 

filed a notice (R2012–6) with the Postal 

Regulatory Commission to temporarily 

reduce the prices for certain types of 

First-Class Mail and Standard Mail 

letters items that contain, in or on the 

mailpiece, a transactional twodimensional barcode or similar print 

technology such as watermarks or tags 

(collectively ‘‘Mobile Barcode’’ or 

‘‘Mobile Barcodes’’) readable by 

consumer mobile devices. In recognition 

of the success of the mobile barcode 

promotion in the summer of 2011, the 

Postal Service offers a revised 

promotion from July 1, 2012, through 

August 31, 2012. 

In this final rule, the Postal Service 

provides a description of the conditions 

for eligibility for the price reduction for 

the mobile commerce and 

personalization promotion, and the 

revised mailing standards to implement 

the promotion. 

To be eligible, each Presorted and 

automation mailpiece in the mailing 

that is listed on the postage statement 

for that mailing must have a Mobile 

Barcode on the outside of each piece or 

on the contents within each piece. 

When scanned, the Mobile Barcode 

must lead the recipient of the mailpiece 

to either: a Web page that allows the 

recipient to purchase a product or 

service, or a personalized URL that 

leads to a Web page whose Web address 

and content are unique to the mailpiece 

recipient. In both cases, the Web site 

must remain mobile-optimized. Mobile 

Barcodes that direct consumers to Web 

pages that allow payment for prior or 

future purchases, or encourage 

enrollment in online bill payment or 

paperless statement services are not 

eligible for the discount. Mailpieces 

with Mobile Barcodes that convey 

postage information, destination, 

sender, or a machinable serial number 

for security also are not eligible for the 

discount. 

The promotion provides an upfront 

price reduction of 2 percent of the 

eligible postage for qualifying 

mailpieces containing Mobile Barcodes 

as described above. Qualifying mailings 

are Presorted and automation mailings 

of First-Class Mail cards, letters, and 

flats, and Standard Mail (including 

Nonprofit) letters and flats. 

Commingled, co-mailed and combined 

mailings are allowed, but a separate 

postage statement is required for 

mailpieces with Mobile Barcodes. 

Eligible mailings must be 

accompanied by electronic 

documentation. Mailings that are 

prepared by an entity other than the 

mail owner must indicate the identity of 

the owner in the electronic 

documentation. The electronic 

documentation must identify the mail 

owner and mail preparer in the ‘‘By/ 

For’’ fields for all mailings, either by 

Customer Registration ID (CRID), Mailer 

ID (MID) or other account type that is 

assigned by USPS®. Mailings of 

automation letters or flats must have 

Intelligent Mail® barcodes. Mailpieces 

with POSTNETTM barcodes will not be 

eligible for the price reduction. 

The price reduction will be taken off 

the postage amount due at the time of 

mailing, and there will be no refunds or 

postage credit provided under this 

promotion. The promotion discount 

does not apply to single-piece FirstClass Mail pieces including residual 

single-piece First-Class Mail pieces on a 

postage statement for Presorted and 

automation mailings. 

Postage Payment Methods 

Postage payment methods will be 

restricted to permit imprint, metered 

postage, or precancelled stamps. Pieces 

with metered postage must bear an exact 

amount of postage as stipulated by the 

class and shape of mail. Affixed postage 

values for metered mailings will be as 

follows: 

First-Class Mail postcards ............. $0.20 

First-Class Mail automation and 

(PRSTD) machinable letters ...... 0.25 

First-Class Mail nonmachinable 

letters .......................................... 0.45 

First-Class Mail automation and 

Presorted flats ............................. 0.35 

STD Mail Regular letters ............... 0.12 

STD Mail Regular flats .................. 0.13 

STD Nonprofit letters .................... 0.05 

STD Nonprofit flats ....................... 0.06 

Mailings with postage paid by 

metered or precancelled stamp postage 

will have the percentage discount 

deducted from the additional postage 

due, except for Value Added Refund 

mailings, which may include the 

amount of the discount with the amount 

to be refunded. 

The mobile barcode promotion 

discount cannot be combined with other 

incentives, with the exception of the 

full-service Intelligent Mail barcode 

discount. 

Promotion Dates and More Information 

To participate in the promotion, 

customers must register on the Business 


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Customer Gateway at 

www.gateway.usps.com and specify 

which permits and CRIDs will 

participate in the promotion. 

Registration opens May 1, 2012, and 

must be completed at least 24 hours 

prior to the first mailing date. The Postal 

Service will implement the promotion 

and temporary price reduction for 

mailings made on July 1, 2012, through 

August 31, 2012. Plant-verified drop 

shipment (PVDS) mailings accepted no 

later than August 31, 2012, may be 

entered at destinations through 

September 15, 2012. Program 

requirements, including updated FAQs, 

are available on the RIBBS Web site at 

https://ribbs.usps.gov/ 

index.cfm?page=mobilebarcode or by 

email to mobilebarcode@usps.gov. 

The Postal Service adopts the 

following changes to Mailing Standards 

of the United States Postal Service, 

Domestic Mail Manual (DMM), which is 

incorporated by reference in the Code of 

Federal Regulations. See 39 CFR 111.1. 

List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Postal Service. 

Accordingly, 39 CFR part 111 is 

amended as follows: 

PART 111—[AMENDED] 

■ 1. The authority citation for 39 CFR 

part 111 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 13 U.S.C. 301– 

307; 18 U.S.C. 1692–1737; 39 U.S.C. 101, 

401, 403, 404, 414, 416, 3001–3011, 3201– 

3219, 3403–3406, 3621, 3622, 3626, 3632, 

3633, and 5001. 

■ 2. Revise the following sections of the 

Mailing Standards of the United States 

Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual 

(DMM): 

Mailing Standards of the United States 

Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual 

(DMM): 

* * * * * 

700 Special Standards 

* * * * * 

709 Experimental and Temporary 

Classifications 

* * * * * 

[Revise the title of 3.0 as follows:] 

3.0 Mobile Commerce and 

Personalization Promotion 

3.1 Program Description and Scope 

[Revise 3.1 by incorporating the text 

of current items a and b into the body 

of 3.1 and revising the text as follows:] 

The mobile commerce and 

personalization promotion provides a 

two percent discount for pieces mailed 

at Presorted and automation prices in 

mailings of First-Class Mail cards, 

letters, and flats, and Standard Mail 

(including Nonprofit) letters and flats 

that include a transactional twodimensional mobile barcode when the 

mailpieces meet all the conditions in 

these standards. Images such as 

watermarks and tags that, when 

scanned, direct consumers to mobileoptimized sites under conditions in 3.0 

are also eligible. Automation pieces 

must bear Intelligent Mail barcodes; 

pieces with POSTNET barcodes are not 

eligible for this promotion. The 

promotion is valid for mailings entered 

from July 1, 2012 through August 31, 

2012. Plant-verified drop shipment 

(PVDS) mailings meeting all relevant 

standards may be accepted at origin as 

late as August 31, 2012 if they are 

entered no later than September 15, 

2012 at the destination. 

3.2 Eligibility Standards 

[Revise 3.2 as follows:] 

To be eligible for the two percent 

discount, customers must register on 

Business Customer Gateway at 

gateway.usps.com, and specify which 

permits and CRIDs will participate in 

the promotion. Registration opens May 

1, 2012, and must be completed at least 

24 hours prior to the first mailing date. 

Mailpieces must be mailed under the 

following conditions: 

a. A two-dimensional mobile barcode 

or similar image must be on each 

mailpiece, either on the outside or 

printed on the contents of the piece. 

Brief instructions or directional copy 

must be printed near the barcode to 

instruct the recipient to scan the 

barcode. One-dimensional barcodes do 

not qualify. 

b. The mobile barcode must be 

readable by a mobile device and must 

lead to a mobile-optimized Web site. 

The barcode must be relevant to the 

contents of the mailpiece. Scanning the 

barcode must lead the consumer to a 

Web page that allows the recipient a 

good or service on the mobile device, or 

to a personalized URL that leads to a 

Web page unique to an individual 

recipient. In either situation, the Web 

site must remain mobile-optimized. 

Barcodes with links that direct 

consumers to sites that allow payment 

for prior or future purchases or that 

encourage enrollment in online bill 

payment or paperless statement services 

are not eligible for the discount. 

Mailpieces with mobile barcodes that 

convey postage information, 

destination, sender, or a machinable 

serial number for security also are not 

eligible for the discount. 

c. The mailpieces with mobile 

barcodes must be one of the following: 

1. Presorted or automation First-Class 

Mail cards, letters, or flats. Automation 

pieces must bear Intelligent Mail 

barcodes. 

2. Standard Mail (including 

Nonprofit) letters or flats. 

d. Postage must be paid by permit 

imprint or by affixing metered postage 

or a precanceled stamp to each piece of 

mail; the postage statement and mailing 

documentation must be submitted 

electronically. Mailings that are 

prepared by an entity other than the 

mail owner must indicate the owner’s 

identity in the electronic documentation 

(‘‘eDoc’’). The eDoc must identify the 

mail owner and mail preparer in the 

By/For fields, either by Customer 

Registration ID (CRID), Mailer ID (MID) 

or other account type assigned by the 

USPS. All Presorted and automation 

pieces declared on a postage statement 

must contain a mobile barcode that 

qualifies for the discount. 

e. Mailers must provide the USPS 

acceptance unit with an unaddressed 

sample of the mailpiece that contains a 

mobile barcode. If mobile 

personalization is used, at least two 

samples must be submitted, 

demonstrating that the web addresses 

are unique to each addressee. Mailers 

must also retain, until October 31, 2012, 

a sample of each mailpiece claiming a 

discount. 

f. Other than a full-service Intelligent 

Mail discount (see 705.24), no other 

incentives apply for mailpieces claiming 

a discount under this promotion. 

g. Participants must agree to 

participate in a survey conducted 

during or after the promotional period. 

h. Federal government official 

mailings under OMAS are not eligible 

for this promotion. 

3.3 Discount 

[Revise the first sentence of 3.3 and 

add new second and third sentences as 

follows:] 

Mailers must claim the two percent 

postage discount on the postage 

statement at the time the statement is 

electronically submitted. Mailings with 

postage affixed will deduct the discount 

amount from the additional postage due, 

except that mail service providers 

authorized to submit Value Added 

Refund (VAR) mailings may include the 

refund for the incentive discount in the 

VAR amount. Pieces with metered 

postage must bear an exact amount of 

postage as stipulated by the class and 

shape of mail. Affixed postage values for 

metered mailings may be found in the 


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Federal Register notice available at 

pe.usps.com. * * * 

* * * * * 

We will publish an appropriate 

amendment to 39 CFR part 111 to reflect 

these changes. 

Stanley F. Mires, 

Attorney, Legal Policy and Legislative Advice. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6086 Filed 3–15–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–12–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R01–OAR–2010–0380; A–1–FRL– 

9648–5 ] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; 

Connecticut; Determination of 

Attainment of the One-Hour Ozone 

Standard for the Greater Connecticut 

Area 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The EPA is determining that 

the Greater Connecticut serious onehour ozone nonattainment area did not 

meet the applicable deadline of 

November 15, 2007, for attaining the 

one-hour National Ambient Air Quality 

Standard (NAAQS) for ozone. This 

determination is based upon complete, 

quality-assured, certified ambient air 

monitoring data that show the area had 

an expected ozone exceedance rate 

above the level of the now revoked onehour ozone NAAQS for the 2005–2007 

monitoring period. Separate from and 

independent of this determination, EPA 

is also determining that the Greater 

Connecticut serious one-hour ozone 

nonattainment area currently attains the 

now revoked one-hour NAAQS for 

ozone, based upon complete, qualityassured, certified ambient air 

monitoring data for 2008–2010. The area 

first attained the one-hour NAAQS 

during the 2006–2008 monitoring 

period, and continued in attainment 

during the 2007–2009, and 2008–2010 

monitoring periods. Quality assured and 

quality controlled, but not yet certified 

ozone data available for 2011 indicate 

that the area continues to attain the onehour NAAQS. These determinations are 

made under the Clean Air Act. 

DATES: Effective Date: This rule is 

effective on April 16, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket 

Identification No. EPA–R01–OAR– 

2011–0711. All documents in the docket 

are listed on the www.regulations.gov 

Web site. Although listed in the index, 

some information is not publicly 

available, i.e., CBI or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, is not placed on 

the Internet and will be publicly 

available only in hard copy form. 

Publicly available docket materials are 

available either electronically through 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Office of Ecosystem Protection, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, EPA 

New England Regional Office, Office of 

Ecosystem Protection, Air Quality 

Planning Unit, 5 Post Office Square— 

Suite 100, Boston, MA 02109–3912. 

EPA requests that if at all possible, you 

contact the contact listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to 

schedule your inspection. The Regional 

Office’s official hours of business are 

Monday through Friday, 8:30 to 4:30, 

excluding legal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Richard P. Burkhart, Air Quality 

Planning Unit, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, EPA New England 

Regional Office, 5 Post Office Square, 

Suite 100, Boston, MA 02109–3912, 

telephone number (617) 918–1664, fax 

number (617) 918–0664, email 

Burkhart.Richard@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document whenever 

‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean 

EPA. 

The following outline is provided to 

aid in locating information in this 

preamble. 

I. What actions is EPA taking? 

II. What is the effect of these actions? 

III. Final Action 

IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

I. What actions is EPA taking? 

EPA is taking two separate and 

independent actions for the Greater 

Connecticut one-hour ozone serious 

nonattainment area (hereafter, ‘‘the 

Greater Connecticut area’’). 

A. Determination of Failure To Attain 

by Applicable Attainment Date 

EPA is determining that the Greater 

Connecticut area did not attain the onehour ozone National Ambient Air 

Quality Standard (NAAQS) by the 

applicable attainment date, November 

15, 2007. This determination is based 

upon complete, quality-assured and 

certified air quality monitoring data for 

the 2005 through 2007 ozone seasons. 

B. Determination of Current Attainment 

In addition, EPA is determining that 

the Greater Connecticut area is currently 

attaining the one-hour ozone NAAQS 

based upon complete, quality-assured 

and certified ambient air monitoring 

data showing the area currently 

monitored attainment of the one-hour 

ozone NAAQS, and that it has done so 

continuously since the 2006–2008 

monitoring period. 

Other specific details related to these 

determinations and the rationale for 

EPA’s action are explained in the Notice 

of Proposed Rulemaking (NPR) 

published on November 23, 2011 (76 FR 

72377) and will not be restated here. No 

comments were received on the NPR. 

II. What is the effect of these actions? 

After revocation of the one-hour 

ozone standard, EPA must continue to 

provide a mechanism to give effect to 

the one-hour anti-backsliding 

requirements. See SCAQMD v. EPA, 47 

F.3d 882, at 903. In keeping with this 

responsibility, EPA has determined that 

Greater Connecticut failed to attain the 

one-hour ozone standard by its 

applicable attainment date. Consistent 

with 40 CFR 51.905(e)(2), and the South 

Coast decision, upon revocation of the 

one-hour ozone NAAQS for an area, 

EPA is no longer obligated to determine 

whether an area has attained the onehour NAAQS, except insofar as it relates 

to effectuating the anti-backsliding 

requirements that are specifically 

retained. EPA’s determination here is 

linked solely to required, one-hour antibacksliding, contingency measures. A 

final determination of failure to attain 

will not result in reclassification of the 

area under the revoked one-hour 

standard, nor is EPA identifying or 

determining any new one-hour 

reclassification for the area. EPA is no 

longer required to reclassify an area to 

a higher classification for the one-hour 

ozone NAAQS based upon a 

determination that the area failed to 

attain that NAAQS by its attainment 

date. See 40 CFR 51.905(e)(2)(i)(B). 

Moreover, EPA has previously approved 

the one-hour ozone attainment 

demonstration and Reasonable Further 

Progress (ROP) plans for this area, and 

in doing so noted that although there 

were no state implementation plan 

contingency measure reductions 

applicable to the Greater Connecticut 

area for failure to attain, there were 

federal measures the state had not 

accounted for in its attainment 

demonstration that provided more 

reductions than necessary to serve the 

purpose of contingency measures for 

this area. See 66 FR 634, January 3, 

2001. In addition, EPA has also 

determined that the Greater Connecticut 

area attained the one-hour ozone 

standard in 2008, and continues to 


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