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followed by ‘‘MACH’’ if pallet contains 

machinable letters; followed by ‘‘MAN’’ 

if pallet contains nonmachinable letters. 

For Marketing parcels (Product Samples 

only), use ‘‘STD MKTG.’’ 

* * * * * 

[Revise the introductory paragraph of 

item 10.3h as follows:] 

h. Mixed NDC, optional, permitted for 

sacks and trays only. Pallet may contain 

carrier route, automation, and/or 

Presorted mail. Mailers must place trays 

containing pieces paid at the singlepiece price on the mixed NDC pallet 

(unless required to be presented 

separately by special postage payment 

authorization). Labeling: * * * 

* * * * * 

[Add new item 26.0 as follows:] 

26.0 Alaska Bypass Service 

26.1 Prices 

Alaska Bypass Service prices are 

calculated based on the zone to which 

the shipment is addressed and the 

weight of the shipment. See Notice 

123—Price List for prices. 

26.2 Price Eligibility 

Requirements for Alaska Bypass 

Service are as provided in Handbook PO 

508. 

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707 Periodicals 

1.0 Prices and Fees 

* * * * * 

1.4 Fees 

[Revise the text of 1.4 as follows:] 

Periodicals fees are per application for 

original entry, news agent registry, and 

reentry. See Notice 123—Price List. 

* * * * * 

3.0 Physical Characteristics and 

Content Eligibility 

* * * * * 

3.2 Addressing 

* * * * * 

3.2.3 Return Address 

[Revise the text of 3.2.3 as follows:] 

The return address must appear on 

any mailing wrapper (see 3.3.7). 

* * * * * 

3.3.7 Mailing Wrapper 

[Revise the first sentence of 3.3.7 as 

follows:] 

A mailing wrapper is an envelope, 

sleeve, partial wrapper, polywrap, or 

carton used to enclose the mailpiece. 

* * * 

* * * * * 

3.6 Printed Features 

3.6.1 Publication Title and Address 

Notice 

[Revise the second and third 

sentences of 3.6.1 as follows:] 

* * * The title or the name and 

address of the publisher must be 

displayed prominently on any mailing 

wrapper (see 3.3.7). The publication 

title, followed immediately by the USPS 

publication number (or ISSN if one has 

been assigned), and the mailing address 

to which undeliverable copies or 

change-of-address notices are to be sent 

may be shown directly on the outside of 

the host publication if it can be read 

when the mailing wrapper is in place or 

in the upper left corner of the address 

side of a mailing wrapper (see 3.3.7). 

* * * 

3.6.2 Periodicals Imprint 

[Revise the first sentence of 3.6.2 as 

follows:] 

Mailing wrappers (see 3.3.7) that 

completely enclose the host publication 

must bear the Periodicals imprint 

‘‘Periodicals Postage Paid at * * *’’ or 

the word ‘‘Periodicals’’ in the upper 

right corner of the address area. * * * 

* * * * * 

6.0 Qualification Categories 

* * * * * 

6.4 Requester Publications 

6.4.1 Basic Standards 

A publication, whether circulated free 

or to subscribers, may be authorized 

Periodicals prices if it meets the basic 

standards in 4.0 and: 

[Revise item 6.4.1b as follows:] 

b. Contains more than 75% 

advertising in no more than 25% of the 

issues published during any 12-month 

period. 

* * * * * 

[Revise the title and text of 30.0 as 

follows:] 

30.0 Additional Mailing Offices 

30.1 Basic Standards 

30.1.1 Facility 

The additional mailing office must be 

a Post Office. 

30.1.2 Definition 

Except for publications authorized an 

alternative payment method, the 

verification Post Office is also the office 

where Periodicals postage is paid. 

30.1.3 Postage 

Postage must be prepaid or available 

for all copies presented for verification 

at an additional mailing office before the 

mail can be released. 

30.2 Additional Standards 

Approved Periodicals publishers may 

present mail at any additional mailing 

office that is linked to PostalOne!. 

Publishers who wish to present 

Periodicals for verification at additional 

mailing offices without access to 

PostalOne! must file a PS Form 3510A 

application indicating that mailings will 

be presented at these offices. 

Publications pending approval must 

submit PS Form 3510A applications 

with their original entry application for 

all mailing offices where mail will be 

submitted during the pending period. 

* * * * * 

We will publish an appropriate 

amendment to 39 CFR part 111 to reflect 

these changes if our proposal is 

adopted. 

* * * * * 

Stanley F. Mires, 

Attorney, Legal Policy & Legislative Advice. 

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AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R03–OAR–2012–0610; FRL–9741–7] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; 

Maryland; Reasonably Available 

Control Technology Requirements for 

Volatile Organic Compounds 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve 

State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

revisions submitted by the State of 

Maryland. These revisions pertain to the 

adoption of various test methods, 

calculations methods, work practice 

standards and exemptions which make 

Maryland Department of the 

Environment (MDE) regulations more 

consistent with the EPA’s Control 

Techniques Guidelines (CTGs) for seven 

source categories. These categories are: 

Paper, film, and foil coatings; industrial 

cleaning solvents; miscellaneous metal 

and plastic parts coatings; large 

appliance coatings; offset lithographic 

printing and letterpress printing; flat 

wood paneling coatings and flexible 

package printing. This action is being 

taken under the Clean Air Act (CAA). 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before November 23, 

2012. 

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ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID Number EPA– 

R03–OAR–2012–0610 by one of the 

following methods: 

A. www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

B. Email: mastro.donna@epa.gov. 

C. Mail: EPA–R03–OAR–2012–0610, 

Donna Mastro, Acting Associate 

Director, Office of Air Program 

Planning, Mailcode 3AP30, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. 

D. Hand Delivery: At the previouslylisted EPA Region III address. Such 

deliveries are only accepted during the 

Docket’s normal hours of operation, and 

special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–R03–OAR–2012– 

0610. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change, and may be 

made available online at 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through www.regulations.gov 

or email. The www.regulations.gov Web 

site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, 

which means EPA will not know your 

identity or contact information unless 

you provide it in the body of your 

comment. If you send an email 

comment directly to EPA without going 

through www.regulations.gov, your 

email address will be automatically 

captured and included as part of the 

comment that is placed in the public 

docket and made available on the 

Internet. If you submit an electronic 

comment, EPA recommends that you 

include your name and other contact 

information in the body of your 

comment and with any disk or CD–ROM 

you submit. If EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

EPA may not be able to consider your 

comment. Electronic files should avoid 

the use of special characters, any form 

of encryption, and be free of any defects 

or viruses. 

Docket: All documents in the 

electronic docket are listed in the 

www.regulations.gov index. 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 in www.regulations.gov or 

in hard copy during normal business 

hours at the Air Protection Division, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. 

Copies of the State submittal are 

available at the Maryland Department of 

the Environment, 1800 Washington 

Boulevard, Suite 705, Baltimore, 

Maryland 21230. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jacqueline Lewis, (215) 814–2037, or by 

email at lewis.jacqueline@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document, whenever 

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

EPA. 

I. Background 

The Clean Air Act (CAA) section 

172(c)(1) provides that SIPs for 

nonattainment areas must include 

‘‘reasonably available control measures’’ 

(RACM), including ‘‘reasonably 

available control technology ’’ (RACT), 

for sources of emissions. Section 

182(b)(2)(A) of the CAA provides that 

for certain nonattainment areas, states 

must revise their SIPs to include RACT 

for sources of volatile organic 

compounds (VOC) emissions covered by 

a CTG document issued after November 

15, 1990 and prior to the area’s date of 

attainment. 

EPA develops CTGs as guidance on 

control requirements for specific source 

categories. The CTGs are intended to 

provide state and local air pollution 

control authorities information that 

should assist them in determining 

RACT for VOC. The State of Maryland 

through MDE submitted revisions to its 

SIP to address the following RACT 

source categories: (1) Paper, film, and 

foil coatings; (2) industrial cleaning 

solvents; (3) miscellaneous metal and 

plastic parts coatings; (4) large 

appliance coatings; (5) offset 

lithographic printing and letterpress 

printing; (6) flat wood paneling 

coatings; and (7) flexible package 

printing. 

In 1977, 1978, 1993 and 1994, EPA 

developed CTGs for all the source 

categories listed above, and in 2006, 

2007 and 2008, EPA developed new 

CTGs for these source categories after 

conducting a review of existing state 

and local VOC emission reduction 

approaches for these industries, 

reviewing the original CTGs, and taking 

into account the information that has 

become available since original 

development. EPA’s new CTGs are 

entitled Control Techniques Guidelines 

for Paper, Film, and Foil Coatings (EPA 

453/R–07–003, September 2007), 

Control Techniques Guidelines: 

Industrial Cleaning Solvents (EPA 453/ 

R–06–001, September 2006), Control 

Techniques Guidelines for 

Miscellaneous Metal and Plastic Parts 

Coatings (EPA–453/R–08–003, 

September 2008), Control Techniques 

Guidelines for Large Appliance Coatings 

(EPA 453/R–07–004, September 2007), 

Control Techniques Guidelines for 

Offset Lithographic Printing and 

Letterpress Printing (EPA–453/R–06– 

002, September 2006), Control 

Techniques Guidelines for Flat Wood 

Paneling Coatings (EPA 453/R–06–004, 

September 2006), and Control 

Techniques Guidelines for Flexible 

Package Printing (EPA 453/R–06–003, 

September 2006). These new CTGs 

include new general requirements along 

with testing, work practice, and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

II. Summary of SIP Revision 

On April 5, 2012, EPA received a SIP 

revision from MDE which addressed 

sources of VOC emissions covered by 

EPA’s CTGs for the seven source 

categories identified above and which 

includes amendments to COMAR 

26.11.01.04 and COMAR 26.11.19.02. 

A. Amendments to Regulation .04 

Testing and Monitoring Under COMAR 

26.11.01 General Administrative 

Provisions 

The new amendments to COMAR 

26.11.01.04C provide updated 

provisions for the test methods that are 

referenced under COMAR 26.11.19.02D. 

These amendments incorporate by 

reference federal methods under Section 

C (Emissions Test Methods) and 

include: (1) 40 CFR Part 60, Appendix 

A, as amended; (2) MDE’s Technical 

Memorandum 91–01, ‘‘Test Methods 

and Equipment Specifications for 

Stationary Sources,’’ January 1991, as 

amended through Supplement 3 

(October 1, 1997); and (3) for course 

particulate matter (PM10) stack tests (a) 

Test Methods 201 A and 202 in 40 CFR 

Part 51, Appendix M, as amended; (b) 

Test Method 5 (40 CFR Part 60, 

Appendix A, as amended) and Test 

Method 202 in 40 CFR Part 51, 

Appendix M, as amended; (c) Test 

Method 5 (40 CFR Part 60, Appendix A, 

as amended) using front half and back 

half procedure; (d) EPA Conditional 

Test Method 39 as a substitute for Test 

Method 202 in 40 CFR Part 51, 

Appendix M, as amended; or (e) 

Alternative test methods for PM10 if they 

are approved by MDE and the EPA. 

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B. Amendments to Regulation .02 

Applicability, Determining Compliance, 

Reporting and General Requirements 

Under COMAR 26.11.19 Volatile 

Organic Compounds from Specific 

Processes 

The amendments to COMAR 

26.11.19.02(D), (E), and (I) apply to 

sources covered by the CTG categories 

and other regulations covered under 

COMAR 26.11.19 involving testing, 

cleaning solutions, solvents, or 

degreasing materials. These 

amendments make the requirements 

more consistent with EPA’s CTG 

guidance for alternative test methods, 

calculation methods, and work practice 

standards. 

COMAR 26.11.19.02(D) (Test 

Methods) establishes methods, 

procedures and requirements for the 

alternative testing of control devices. 

The revision amends COMAR 

26.11.19.02(D)(2) by requiring sources 

that use air pollution control equipment 

to comply with the requirements of 

COMAR 26.11.19 make the 

determination in accordance with 

COMAR 26.11.01.04(C). The revision 

also adds COMAR 26.11.19.02(D)(3) 

requiring MDE and EPA approval if a 

source chooses to determine compliance 

using alternative test methods. 

COMAR 26.11.19.02(E) 

(Computations) establishes methods, 

procedures and requirements for 

calculations needed to determine 

compliance with regulations covered 

under COMAR 26.11.19. The addition of 

COMAR 26.11.19.02(E)(3) establishes 

the method required to determine 

composite vapor pressure of solvent 

cleaning material. The addition of 

COMAR 26.11.19.02(E)(4) establishes 

the method to determine mass VOC to 

mass solids applied for coatings, 

adhesives, or inks. The addition of 

COMAR 26.11.19.02(E)(5) establishes 

the method to determine the weight of 

VOC in units of weight VOC per weight 

coating applied for coatings, adhesives, 

or inks. 

The amendment to COMAR 

26.11.19.02(G) (Control of Major 

Stationary Sources of Volatile Organic 

Compounds) exempts additional VOC 

RACT regulations that had not been 

adopted since 1991. The regulation now 

exempts major stationary sources that 

are subject to COMAR 26.11.10, 

COMAR 26.11.11, COMAR 26.11.13, 

COMAR 26.11.14, and COMAR 

26.11.19.03-.33. 

COMAR 26.11.19.02(I) (Good 

Operating Practices, Equipment 

Cleanup, and VOC Storage) adds 

additional work practice requirements 

for the handling of cleaning material. 

This revision adds three additional good 

operating practice requirements to the 

previous five requirements under 

COMAR 26.11.19.02(I)(2)(b). They 

include minimizing spills of VOCcontaining cleaning materials, 

minimizing VOC emissions from 

cleaning of storage, mixing, and 

conveying equipment and also requiring 

closed containers or pipelines be used 

to transport VOC-containing cleaning 

materials from one location to another. 

A detailed summary of EPA’s review 

and rationale for proposing to approve 

this SIP revision may be found in the 

Technical Support Document (TSD) for 

this action which is available on line at 

http://www.regulations.gov, Docket 

number EPA–R03–OAR–2012–0610. 

III. Proposed Action 

EPA is proposing to approve 

Maryland’s SIP revision submitted April 

5, 2012, amending Regulation .04 

Testing and Monitoring under COMAR 

26.11.01 General Administrative 

Provisions and Regulation .02 

Applicability, Determining Compliance, 

Reporting and General Requirements 

under COMAR 26.11.19 Volatile 

Organic Compounds from Specific 

Processes for adoption of various test 

methods, calculations methods, work 

practice standards, and exemptions in 

accordance with CTGs for VOC RACT. 

EPA is soliciting public comments on 

the issues discussed in this document. 

These comments will be considered 

before taking final action. 

IV. Statutory and Executive Order 

Under the CAA, the Administrator is 

required to approve a SIP submission 

that complies with the provisions of the 

CAA and applicable Federal regulations. 

42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). 

Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, 

EPA’s role is to approve state choices, 

provided that they meet the criteria of 

the CAA. Accordingly, this action 

merely proposes to approve state law as 

meeting Federal requirements and does 

not impose additional requirements 

beyond those imposed by state law. For 

that reason, this proposed action: 

• Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory 

action’’ subject to review by the Office 

of Management and Budget under 

Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, 

October 4, 1993); 

• Does not impose an information 

collection burden under the provisions 

of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.); 

• Is certified as not having a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities 

under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 

U.S.C. 601 et seq.); 

• Does not contain any unfunded 

mandate or significantly or uniquely 

affect small governments, as described 

in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4); 

• Does not have Federalism 

implications as specified in Executive 

Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 

1999); 

• Is not an economically significant 

regulatory action based on health or 

safety risks subject to Executive Order 

13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997); 

• Is not a significant regulatory action 

subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 

28355, May 22, 2001); 

• Is not subject to requirements of 

Section 12(d) of the National 

Technology Transfer and Advancement 

Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because 

application of those requirements would 

be inconsistent with the CAA; and 

• Does not provide EPA with the 

discretionary authority to address, as 

appropriate, disproportionate human 

health or environmental effects, using 

practicable and legally permissible 

methods, under Executive Order 12898 

(59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). 

In addition, this proposed rule 

concerning Maryland’s adoption of 

various test methods, calculations 

methods, work practice standards and 

exemptions in accordance with CTGs 

for VOC RACT does not have tribal 

implications as specified by Executive 

Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 

2000), because the SIP is not approved 

to apply in Indian country located in the 

state, and EPA notes that it will not 

impose substantial direct costs on tribal 

governments or preempt tribal law. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Intergovernmental relations, 

Ozone, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Volatile organic 

compounds. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 

Dated: October 02, 2012. 

W.C. Early, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region III. 

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