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D. Revising the heading of newly

designated paragraph (b).

E. Adding new paragraphs (a), (b)(1),

and (b)(2).

F. Revising newly redesignated

paragraph (b)(3).

G. Revising the authority citation for

the newly redesignated paragraph (b).

H. Revising the parenthetical at the

end of the section.

The additions and revisions read as

follows:

§ 21.7656 Other required reports.

(a) Reports from reservists. (1) A

reservist enrolled full time in a program

of education for a standard term,

quarter, or semester must report without

delay to VA:

(i) A change in his or her credit hours

or clock hours of attendance if that

change would result in less than fulltime enrollment;

(ii) Any change in his or her pursuit

that would result in less than full-time

enrollment; and

(iii) Any interruption or termination

of his or her attendance.

(2) A reservist not described in

paragraph (a)(1) of this section must

report without delay to VA:

(i) Any change in his or her credit

hours or clock hours of attendance;

(ii) Any change in his or her pursuit;

and

(iii) Any interruption or termination

of his or her attendance.

(Authority: 10 U.S.C. 16136(b); 38 U.S.C.

3684)

(b) Interruptions, terminations or

changes in hours of credit or

attendance. ***

(1) Except as provided in paragraph

(b)(2) of this section, an educational

institution must report without delay to

VA each time a reservist:

(i) Interrupts or terminates his or her

training for any reason; or

(ii) Changes his or her credit hours or

clock hours of attendance.

(2) An educational institution does

not need to report a change in a

reservist’s hours of credit or attendance

when:

(i) The reservist is enrolled full time

in a program of education for a standard

term, quarter, or semester before the

change; and

(ii) The reservist continues to be

enrolled full time after the change.

(3) If the change in status or change

in number of credit hours or clock hours

of attendance occurs on a day other than

one indicated by paragraph (b)(4) or

(b)(5) of this section, the educational

institution will initiate a report of the

change in time for VA to receive it

within 30 days of the date on which the

change occurs.

* * * * *

(Authority: 10 U.S.C. 16136(b); 38 U.S.C.

3684)

* * * * *

(The Office of Management and Budget has

approved information collection

requirements in this section under control

numbers 2900–0612 and 2900–0597.)

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BILLING CODE 8320–01–U

POSTAL SERVICE

39 CFR Part 111

New Pallet Height Limitation for

Anchorage and Fairbanks, AK

AGENCY: Postal Service.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: This final rule amends section

M041 of the Domestic Mail Manual

(DMM). Due to the limitations of aircraft

used to transport mail, the Postal

Service is lowering the maximum pallet

height from 77 inches to 72 inches for

Periodicals, Standard Mail (A), and

Standard Mail (B) entered at Anchorage

and Fairbanks, Alaska.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 2, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

RoseMarie Gay (202) 268–7810.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Since

most Periodicals, Standard Mail (A),

and Standard Mail (B) mail for delivery

in Alaska is transported by air due to

prevailing operating conditions, mail

must be prepared to facilitate air

transportation. Pallets that are between

72 and 77 inches high do not satisfy this

requirement, although heights within

this range are currently permitted under

Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)

standards.

The problem is that pallets between

72 and 77 inches high do not fit through

aircraft doors, forcing Alaskan air

carriers to re-stack the pallets. To

remedy this situation, the Postal Service

is lowering the maximum height from

77 inches to 72 inches for mail on

pallets (mail and pallet combined) that

is entered at Anchorage and Fairbanks,

Alaska. The change will allow mail on

pallets to be shipped as originally

prepared, which will eliminate the risk

of mail damage or delay caused by

additional handling to load and unload

aircraft.

Because the operational

circumstances dictating a lower pallet

height are not within the control of the

Postal Service, the Postal Service finds

no need to solicit comments or to delay

implementation of the new pallet height

specification.

List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111

Administrative practice and

procedure, Postal Service.

For the reasons discussed above, the

Postal Service hereby adopts the

following amendments to the Domestic

Mail Manual (DMM), which is

incorporated by reference in the Code of

Federal Regulations (see 39 CFR part

111).

PART 111—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for 39 CFR

part 111 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552 (a): 39 U.S.C 101,

401, 403, 404, 414, 3001–3011, 3201–3219,

3403–3406, 3621, 3626, 5001.

2. Amend the Domestic Mail Manual

(DMM) as follows:

M Mail Preparation and Sortation

M000 General Preparation Standards

* * * * *

M040 Pallets

* * * * *

M041 General Standards

* * * * *

3.0 STACKING PALLETS

[Amend 3.1f to read as follows:]

3.1 Stacking Up to Four Tiers

Pallets may be stacked two, three, or

four tiers high if:

* * * * *

f. The combined height of the stacked

pallets and their loads does not exceed

84 inches. Exception: Pallets prepared

for entry at Anchorage and Fairbanks,

Alaska, may not measure more than 72

inches in height, mail and pallet

combined.

* * * * *

5.0 PREPARATION

* * * * *

5.5 Maximum Load

* * * * *

[Add new last sentence to 5.5 to read

as follows:]

* * * Exception: A single pallet that

is prepared for entry at Anchorage or

Fairbanks, Alaska, has a maximum

height of 72 inches, mail and pallet

combined.

* * * * *

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An appropriate amendment to 39 CFR

111 will be published in the Federal

Register to reflect these changes.

Stanley F. Mires,

Chief Counsel, Legislative.

[FR Doc. 00–26407 Filed 10–13–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7710–12–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 52 and 81

[AR–8–1–7409; FRL–6885–1]

Approval and Promulgation of

Implementation Plans; Arkansas;

Regulation 19 and 26

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The EPA is approving the

recodification of and revisions to the

Arkansas State Implementation Plan

(SIP or plan). The Arkansas Department

of Environmental Quality (ADEQ)

adopted revisions to Regulation 19 on

January 22, 1999. The Governor of

Arkansas submitted these revisions to

EPA on March 5, 1999. The EPA also

incorporates into the Arkansas SIP

portions of Arkansas’ regulation for its

Operating Permits Program (Regulation

26) which relate to the construction and

modification of major sources. This is

necessary because the submitted SIP

revision incorporates these provisions to

ensure that major sources which must

receive an operating permit meet the

Federal requirements relating to the

construction and modification of major

sources as defined under title I of the

Clean Air Act (Act).

Furthermore, EPA approves revisions

to Arkansas’ program for the prevention

of significant deterioration (PSD) of air

quality to replace the increments for

total suspended particulates (TSP) with

increments for particulate matter less

than 10 micrometers (PM–10). In

conjunction with this action, EPA also

removes the TSP area designation tables

in title 40 of the CFR part 81 for

Arkansas. The EPA is taking no action

on Chapter 8 of Regulation 19 which

pertains to designated facilities. The

EPA will act on Chapter 8 in a separate

action.

This action also recodifies, with

minor revisions, several provisions of its

current SIP into Chapters 1, 2, 3, 5, 6,

7, and 10.

The EPA approves these revisions

based upon a finding that the

regulations meet the requirements of the

Act pertaining to the approval of SIPs

and the Federal regulations which

describe the requirements that a SIP

must meet.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This rule is effective on

November 15, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Copies of documents

relevant to this action, including the

Technical Support Document (TSD), are

available for public inspection during

normal business hours at the following

locations. Anyone wanting to examine

these documents should make an

appointment with the appropriate office

at lease two working days in advance.

EPA, Region 6, Air Permits Section

(6PD–R), 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas,

Texas 75202–2733.

ADEQ, Division of Air Pollution

Control, 8001 National Drive, P.O.

Box 8913, Little Rock, Arkansas

72219–8913.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Stanley M. Spruiell of the EPA Region

6 Air Permits Section at (214) 665–7212

at the address above or at

spruiell.stanley@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Throughout this document ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’

or ‘‘our’’ means EPA.

Table of Contents

I. What Action Are We Taking?

II. What Is the Background for This Action?

III. Are There Provisions of Regulation 19

That We Are Not Acting on in Today’s

Action?

IV. Prevention of Significant Determination

(PSD) of Air Quality.

V. Major Source Permitting Procedures.

VI. Sources Subject to Provisions of Sections

111 and 112 of the Act.

VII. Final Action.

VIII. Administrative Requirements.

I. What Action Are We Taking?

We are finalizing our approval of

Regulation 19 of ADEQ, except for

Chapter 8—Designated Facilities.

Regulation 19 revises and recodifies the

Arkansas SIP. The submitted regulation

includes provisions which address the

requirements of the Act and ensures the

attainment and maintenance of the

National Ambient Air Quality Standards

(NAAQS) that we promulgated under

section 109 of the Act. The ADEQ

adopted and submitted Regulation 19

under section 110 of the Act. The

regulation includes:

• Enforceable emission limitations

and other control measures and

techniques,

• A program for enforcement of such

measures,

• Provisions for the regulation of the

modification and construction of

stationary sources, and;

• Other measures required under

section 110 of the Act.

We are also finalizing the approval of

the SIP portions of Arkansas Regulation

26—Regulation of the Arkansas

Operating Permit Program, adopted July

23, 1993, and submitted to EPA on

October 29, 1993. This action approves

the provisions of Regulation 26 that are

incorporated by reference by Regulation

19, Chapter 11. The provisions of

Regulation 26 so incorporated are the

provisions of Regulation 26 that meet

the Federal requirements applicable to

new and modified major sources that

are permitted under Regulation 26.

We have reviewed the submittal and

determined that Regulation 19 and the

incorporated provisions of Regulation

26 meet the requirements of the Act.

Furthermore, we approve revisions to

Arkansas’ program for PSD to replace

the increments for TSP with increments

for PM–10. In conjunction with this

action, we are removing the TSP area

designation tables in 40 CFR part 81 for

Arkansas.

We are taking no action on Chapter 8

of Regulation 19 which pertains to

designated facilities. We will act on

Chapter 8 in a separate action.

We have also prepared a TSD which

contains a detailed analysis of our

evaluation and proposed approval of

Regulation 19. The TSD is included as

part of the public docket and is

available at the addresses listed above.

II. What Is the Background for This

Action?

On May 9, 2000, we published a

notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR)

proposing approval of Regulation 19

and the incorporated provisions of

Regulation 26. In the NPR, we

determined that Regulation 19 and the

incorporated portions of Regulation 26

meet the requirements of the Act. The

NPR provided opportunity for the

public to comment on the proposed

action. The public comment period for

our proposed action ended June 8, 2000.

We received no comments on the NPR.

As a result, we are finalizing our

proposed approval without changes. For

more details on these submittals, please

refer to the proposed rulemaking and

the TSD.

III. Are There Provisions of Regulation

19 That We Are Not Acting on in

Today’s Action?

We are taking no action on Chapter

8—Designated Facilities. Designated

facilities are regulated under section

111(d) of the Act. Under section 111(d),

emission standards are to be adopted by

the States and submitted to EPA for

approval. These standards limit the

emissions of designated pollutants from

existing facilities which, if new, would