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specialized training certificates, or the

like; and

(ii) Coast Guard issued Merchant

Marine licenses for operation of vessels

with unlimited tonnage certification for

cargo vessel operation with a summary

of underway experience.

(9) Written proof of staff competency

to perform tasks, evidenced by detailed

summaries of each individual’s

experience (measured in months or

years), during the past 5 years of

evaluating maritime cargo securing

systems. Experience summaries must be

documented on company letterhead and

endorsed by a company executive who

has had direct observation of the

individual and quality of his or her

work product;

(10) Written standards used by the

organization for internal quality control

to ensure consistency in CSM review

and approval procedures by qualified

professionals;

(11) A description of the

organization’s training program for

assuring continued competency of

professional employees identified in the

application involved in CSM review and

approval; and

(12) A list of five or more business

references, including names, addresses,

and telephone numbers of principal

managers, who can provide evidence of

the organization’s competence within

the past 2 years.

(b) The written request from the

organization must also include a

statement to the Coast Guard that Coast

Guard officials may inspect the

organization’s facilities and records of

CSM review and approval on behalf of

the U.S. at any time.

(c) Commandant (G–MOC) may

request additional information other

than that required by this section in

order to complete its evaluation of an

organization. If this should occur,

Commandant (G–MOC) will provide a

written request for the information

directly to the organization applying for

authorization of CSM Approval

Authority.

§ 97.430 How will the Coast Guard decide

whether to approve an organization’s

request to be authorized?

(a) First, the Commandant (G–MOC)

will evaluate the organization’s request

for authorization and supporting written

materials, looking for evidence of the

following:

(1) The organization’s clear

assignment of management duties;

(2) Ethical standards for managers and

CSM reviewers;

(3) Procedures for personnel training,

qualification, certification, and requalification that are consistent with

recognized industry standards;

(4) Acceptable standards available for

the organization’s internal auditing and

management review;

(5) Recordkeeping standards for CSM

review and approval;

(6) Methods used to review and

certify CSMs;

(7) Methods for handling appeals; and

(8) Overall procedures consistent with

IMO Resolution A.739(18), ‘‘Guidelines

for the Authorization of Organizations

Acting on Behalf of the

Administration.’’

(b) After a favorable evaluation of the

organization’s written request, the Coast

Guard will arrange to visit the

organization’s corporate and port offices

for an on-site evaluation of operations.

(c) When a request is approved, the

recognized organization and the Coast

Guard will enter into a written

agreement. This agreement will define

the scope, terms, conditions, and

requirements of the authorization.

Conditions of this agreement are found

in § 97.450 of this part.

§ 97.440 What happens if the Coast Guard

disapproves an organization’s request to be

authorized?

(a) The Coast Guard will write to the

organization explaining why it did not

meet the criteria for authorization.

(b) The organization may then correct

the deficiencies and reapply.

§ 97.450 How will I know what the Coast

Guard requires of my organization if my

organization receives authorization?

Your organization will enter into a

written agreement with the Coast Guard.

This written agreement will specify—

(a) How long the authorization is

valid;

(b) Which duties and responsibilities

the organization may perform and what

approval letters it may issue on behalf

of the U.S.;

(c) Reports and information the

organization must send to the

Commandant (G–MOC);

(d) Actions the organization must take

to renew the agreement when it expires;

and

(e) Actions the organization must take

if the Coast Guard should revoke its

authorization under this subpart.

§ 97.460 How does the Coast Guard

terminate an organization’s authorization?

At least every 12 months, the Coast

Guard evaluates organizations

authorized under this subpart. If an

organization fails to maintain acceptable

standards, the Coast Guard may

terminate that organization’s

authorization and remove the

organization from the Commandant’s

list of authorized organizations.

§ 97.470 What is the status of a certificate

if the issuing organization has its authority

terminated?

Any CSM approval certificate issued

by a U.S. CSM Approval Authority

whose authorization is later terminated

remains valid as long as amendments

have not been completed which require

it to be re-approved, as required by

§ 97.330. In such a situation, the owner

of the vessel should contact the

Commandant (G–MOC) directly to

request information on which

authorized organizations are available to

act on behalf of the U.S. to complete a

new review and approval of the vessel’s

amended CSM.

§ 97.480 What further obligations exist for

an organization if the Coast Guard

terminates its authorization?

The written agreement by which an

organization receives authorization from

the Coast Guard places it under certain

obligations if the Coast Guard revokes

that authorization. The organization

agrees to send written notice of its

termination to act on behalf of the U.S.

to all vessel owners that have received

CSM approvals for their vessel manuals.

In that notice, the organization must

include—

(a) A written statement explaining

why the organization’s authorization

was terminated by the Coast Guard;

(b) An explanation of the status of

issued approvals; and

(c) A current list of organizations

authorized by the Coast Guard to

conduct CSM reviews and approvals.

Dated: November 21, 2000.

Joseph J. Angelo,

Director of Standards, Acting Assistant

Commandant for Marine Safety and

Environmental Protection.

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BILLING CODE 4910–15–U

POSTAL SERVICE

39 CFR Part 111

Shipping Label Requirements

AGENCY: Postal Service.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Postal Service, in its

efforts to make package shipping easier

for mailers, is developing standard

guidelines for creating package shipping

labels. The following changes are

proposed to the markings (and

endorsements) and Delivery

Confirmation requirements in support of

this effort:

• Addition of a service indicator at

the top of the label to identify the class

of mail.

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• Modifications to the Delivery

Confirmation format to support the new

label design and identify the service

option requested.

These changes will be consolidated

into the Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)

and subsequently into a publication,

which will identify requirements and

specifications to assist mailers in

designing their shipping labels.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before January 2, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Mail or deliver written

comments to John Gullo, Expedited

Package Services, United States Postal

Service, 475 L’Enfant Plaza SW., Room

4000NB, Washington, DC 20260–7165.

Copies of all written comments

(available for $0.15 per copy per page)

will be available for inspection and

photocopying between 9:00 a.m. and

4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, at

the following address: Library, United

States Postal Service, 475 L’Enfant Plaza

SW., Room 11800, Washington, DC

20260–1540.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John

Gullo, 202–268–7322.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To meet

customer ease-of-use needs, the Postal

Service is developing a publication to

help mailers design shipping labels for

expedited and package products.

Currently, a mailer or their vendor may

design their own shipping labels

providing they include all format

elements specified in the DMM. Because

of the expense involved in modifying

mailing systems to conform to DMM

requirements, mailers have requested

that this information be made available

in a single publication that is similar to

other Postal Service publications used

for designing letter, flat, and reply mail.

By placing these standard requirements

and guidelines into a single publication,

it will be easier for mailers to create

shipping labels that conform to DMM

requirements. This, in turn, will

improve the Postal Service’s ability to

process and deliver mailed items.

The DMM currently provides

specifications for postage, identifying

class of mail, addressing standards, and

requirements for adding special services

on shipping labels. The Postal Service is

recommending the addition of service

indicators to identify the class of mail,

and modifications to the Delivery

Confirmation and other customer

printed special services barcode

formats. These changes apply only to

Priority Mail and Standard Mail (B).

The service indicators contain two

elements, a service icon and a service

banner. These new elements will satisfy

the marking requirements for

identifying the class of mail. The service

icon appears in a 1-inch square in the

upper left corner of the shipping label.

Each of the supported services has a

unique service icon to aid in handling

the package. The letter ‘‘P’’ will be used

to identify Priority Mail. All Standard

Mail (B) subclasses (Parcel Post, Parcel

Select, Bound Printed Matter, Special

Standard Mail, and Library Rate) will be

identified by a solid black box.

The service icon parameters are as

follows:

• 1-inch (1′′) square.

• Minimum 1-point light lines

bordering area.

• Class of mail icon must be 0.75 inch

(3⁄4′′) or greater.

• ‘‘P’’ for Priority Mail or solid black

box for Standard Mail (B).

The service banner appears below the

permit imprint indicia or postage area

and service icon and is centered across

the shipping label. The mail class or

subclass is bordered above and below by

separator lines to distinguish it from the

surrounding elements.

The service banner parameters are as

follows:

• The mail class or subclass for

Standard Mail (B) must be printed in

minimum 20-point bold sans serif

typeface.

• Text must be in uppercase letters

and centered on label.

• Minimum 1⁄16-inch clearance above

and below text.

• Minimum 1-point separator lines

above and below class of mail text.

There are two modifications

recommended to the existing Delivery

Confirmation barcode format. These

changes will help postal employees

recognize Delivery Confirmation and

other special services barcodes when

printed on mailer shipping labels. The

changes include extending the

horizontal identification bars across the

width of the label and adding identifiers

to the Delivery Confirmation barcode

format to help distinguish the retail

from the electronic option barcodes

when the postage amount is evident on

the mailpiece (e.g., meter stamps, PC

postage, adhesive postage stamps).

Currently, DMM S918 requires the

length of the horizontal identification

bars above and below the Delivery

Confirmation barcode to be equal to the

length of the barcode. This specification

is being modified to recommend that the

identification bars extend across the

width of the label. The identification

bars may be used only when a special

services barcode is printed on the label.

Additionally, mailers who print their

own Delivery Confirmation barcodes

will be required to identify on the label

if they are using the electronic option.

This change will be required only for

items on which the postage amount is

evident on the mailpiece. Labels must

be identified with the following

information:

(a) ‘‘e/’’ in front of the ‘‘USPS

DELIVERY CONFIRMATION’’ text (i.e.,

‘‘e/ USPS DELIVERY

CONFIRMATION’’).

(b) At the mailers option, the text

‘‘ELECTRONIC RATE APPROVED #[D–

U–N–S]’’ (where D–U–N–S is the

customer certification number) may be

added below the bottom horizontal

identification bar.

Mailers will be required to add the

electronic identifier(s) by September 14,

2001.

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Samples of Proposed Standard Shipping Label for Priority Mail & Parcel Post

Sample of Modifications to Electronic Option Delivery Confirmation Labels

Although exempt from the notice and

comment requirements of the

Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C.

553(b), (c)) regarding proposed

rulemaking by 39 U.S.C. 410(a), the

Postal Service invites comments on the

following proposed revisions of the

DMM, incorporated by reference in the

Code of Federal Regulations. See 39 CFR

Part 111.

List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111

Postal Service.

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. Revise the DMM as follows:

* * * * *

E Eligibility

* * * * *

E100 First-Class Mail

* * * * *

E120 Priority Mail

* * * * *

1.4 Marking

[Add the following to the end of 1.4:]

Shipping labels are recommended to

contain service indicators composed of

two elements, the service icon and

service banner (see Exhibit 1.4).

(a) If used, the service icon should

appear in a 1-inch square in the upper

left corner of the shipping label. The

letter ‘‘P’’ must be printed inside the 1-

inch square and must be 0.75 inches

(3⁄4′′) or greater. A minimum 3⁄4-point

line must border the 1-inch square.

(b) The service banner should appear

directly below the postage payment area

and the service icon, and it should

extend across the shipping label. If the

service banner is used, the text ‘‘USPS

PRIORITY MAIL’’ must be printed in

minimum 20-point bold sans serif

typeface, uppercase letters, centered

within the banner, and bordered above

and below by minimum 1-point

separator lines. There must be 1⁄16-inch

clearance above and below the text.

* * * * *

[Add the following exhibit:]

Exhibit 1.4

Priority Mail Service Indicators

Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 232 / Friday, December 1, 2000 / Proposed Rules 75213

* * * * *

M Mail Preparation and Sortation

M000 General Preparation Standards

M010 Mailpieces

* * * * *

M012 Markings and Endorsements

* * * * *

3.1 Basic Markings

* * * * *

[Add the following to the end of 3.1:]

Optionally, the basic required

marking may be printed on the shipping

label as service indicators composed of

a service icon and service banner:

(a) The service icon must appear in a

1-inch square in the upper left corner of

the shipping label. If the service icon is

used, a 1-inch solid black square will

identify all Standard Mail (B)

subclasses.

(b) The service banner must appear

directly below the postage payment area

and the service icon, and it must extend

across the shipping label. If the service

banner is used, the appropriate subclass

marking (e.g., PARCEL POST, BOUND

PRINTED MATTER, etc.) must be

preceded by the text ‘‘USPS’’ and must

be printed in minimum 20-point bold

sans serif typeface, uppercase letters,

centered within the banner, and

bordered above and below by minimum

1-point separator lines. There must be

1⁄16-inch clearance above and below the

text.

* * * * *

[Add the following exhibit:]

Exhibit 3.1

Standard Mail (B) Service Indicators

* * * * *

S Special Services

S900 Special Postal Services

* * * * *

S918 Delivery Confirmation

* * * * *

[Revise Exhibit 2.1c to read as follows:]

Exhibit 2.1c

Privately Printed Label

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* * * * *

3.3 Printing

[Replace a with the following:]

a. Each barcoded label must bear a

unique Delivery Confirmation PIC

barcode as specified in 3.2. The text

‘‘USPS DELIVERY CONFIRMATION’’ (if

using retail service option, as specified

in 1.4) or ‘‘e/USPS DELIVERY

CONFIRMATION’’ (if using electronic

service option, as specified in 1.4, and

the postage amount is evident on the

mailpiece) must be printed between 1⁄8

inch and 1⁄2 inch above the barcode in

minimum 12-point bold sans serif type.

Additionally, mailers approved for the

electronic service option, at their

discretion, may print the text

‘‘ELECTRONIC RATE APPROVED #[D–

U–N–S NUMBER]’’ in minimum 8-

point bold sans serif type directly below

the bottom horizontal identification bar

(see Exhibit 3.3). Human-readable

characters that represent the barcode ID

must be printed between 1⁄8 inch and 1⁄2

inch under the barcode in minimum 10-

point bold sans serif type. These

characters must be parsed in accordance

with Publication 91. A minimum 1⁄8-

inch clearance must be between the

barcode and any printing. The preferred

range of widths of narrow bars and

spaces is 0.015 inch to 0.017 inch. The

width of the narrow bars or spaces must

be at least 0.013 inch but no more than

0.021 inch. All bars must be at least 3⁄4

inch high. Minimum 1⁄16-inch bold bars

must appear between 1⁄8 inch and 1⁄2

inch above and below the humanreadable endorsements to segregate the

Delivery Confirmation barcode from

other areas of the shipping label. The

line length should extend across the

width of the label but must extend the

length of the barcode at a minimum (see

Exhibit 2.1c). Only information relating

to Delivery Confirmation and/or other

special services must be placed between

these lines. Mailers will be required to

comply with this change by September

14, 2001.

* * * * *

[Add Exhibit 3.3:]

Exhibit 3.3

Electronic Service Option Identification

Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 232 / Friday, December 1, 2000 / Proposed Rules 75215

Stanley F. Mires,

Chief Counsel, Legislative.

[FR Doc. 00–30582 Filed 11–30–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7210–12–U

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[IL203–2; FRL–6910–8]

Approval and Promulgation of

Implementation Plans; Illinois;

Reopening of the Public Comment

Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of the

public comment period.

SUMMARY: EPA is reopening and

extending the public comment period

for a proposed rule published on August

31, 2000 (65 FR 52967). In the August

31, 2000 proposed rule, EPA proposed

to approve Illinois’ regulations for

control of Oxides of Nitrogen (NOX)

emissions from Electric Generating

Units (EGUs) provided Illinois corrects

identified deficiencies in the

regulations. This proposed approval was

done in parallel to the adoption of the

regulations by the State. EPA solicited

public comment on Illinois’ proposed

NOX regulations and on EPA’s proposed

action. At the request of the State of

Missouri, EPA is reopening the

comment period through December 11,

2000. All comments received before

December 11, 2000, including those

received between the close of the

comment period on September 30, 2000

and the publication of this proposed

rule reopening the comment period, will

be entered into the public record and

considered by EPA before taking final

action on the proposed rule.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before December 11, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to: J. Elmer Bortzer, Chief,

Air Programs Branch (AR–18J), United

States Environmental Protection

Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,

Chicago, Illinois 60604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Edward Doty, Regulation Development

Section, Air Programs Branch (AR–18J),

United States Environmental Protection

Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,

Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 886–6057,

(doty.edward@epa.gov).

Dated: November 21, 2000.

Francis X. Lyons,

Regional Administrator, Region 5.

[FR Doc. 00–30633 Filed 11–30–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–U

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL–6910–3]

National Priorities List for Uncontrolled

Hazardous Waste Sites, Proposed Rule

No. 34

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act

(‘‘CERCLA’’ or ‘‘the Act’’), requires that

the National Oil and Hazardous

Substances Pollution Contingency Plan

(‘‘NCP’’) include a list of national

priorities among the known releases or

threatened releases of hazardous

substances, pollutants, or contaminants

throughout the United States. The

National Priorities List (‘‘NPL’’)

constitutes this list. The NPL is

intended primarily to guide the

Environmental Protection Agency

(‘‘EPA’’ or ‘‘the Agency’’) in determining

which sites warrant further

investigation to assess the nature and

extent of public health and

environmental risks associated with the

site and to determine what CERCLAfinanced remedial action(s), if any, may

be appropriate. This proposed rule

proposes to add 13 new sites to the NPL.

Twelve of the sites are being proposed

to the General Superfund Section of the

NPL and one site is being proposed to

the Federal Facilities Section on the

NPL. (Please note that one of the sites

is being reproposed to the NPL.)

DATES: Comments regarding any of these

proposed listings must be submitted

(postmarked) on or before January 30,

2001.

ADDRESSES: By Postal Mail: Mail

original and three copies of comments

(no facsimiles or tapes) to Docket

Coordinator, Headquarters; U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency;

CERCLA Docket Office; (Mail Code

5201G); 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,

Washington, DC 20460.

By Express Mail or Courier: Send

original and three copies of comments

(no facsimiles or tapes) to Docket

Coordinator, Headquarters; U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency;

CERCLA Docket Office; 1235 Jefferson

Davis Highway; Crystal Gateway #1,

First Floor; Arlington, VA 22202.

By E-Mail: Comments in ASCII format

only may be mailed directly to

superfund.docket@epa.gov. E-mailed

comments must be followed up by an

original and three copies sent by mail or

express mail.

For additional Docket addresses and

further details on their contents, see

section II, ‘‘Public Review/Public

Comment,’’ of the Supplementary

Information portion of this preamble.