87320 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 212 / Friday, November 1, 2024 / Proposed Rules 

1Petition of the United States Postal Service to 

Initiate a Proceeding to Change Analytical 

Principles and Notice of Filing Non-Public 

Materials, October 22, 2024 (Petition). The 

proposed change is attached to the Petition 

(Proposal). 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

electronically via the Commission’s 

Filing Online system at http://

www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit 

comments electronically should contact 

the person identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section by 

telephone for advice on filing 

alternatives. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at 

202–789–6820. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Introduction 

II. Proposal 

III. Notice and Comment 

IV. Ordering Paragraphs 

I. Introduction 

On October 22, 2024, the Postal 

Service filed a petition pursuant to 39 

CFR 3050.11 requesting that the 

Commission initiate a rulemaking 

proceeding to consider changes to 

analytical principles relating to periodic 

reports.1 The Petition identifies the 

proposed analytical changes filed in this 

docket as modifications to the mail 

processing cost model for Parcel Select 

and Parcel Return Service. Petition, 

Proposal at 1. 

II. Proposal 

Background. The Postal Service states 

that, in Order No. 6536, the Commission 

approved structural changes designed to 

simplify the Parcel Select price 

structure. See id. at 1, n.3. The Postal 

Service further states that, in Order No. 

6798, the Commission approved 

conforming changes to the Parcel Select 

and Parcel Return Service (PRS) mail 

processing and transportation cost 

models. See id. at 2, n.4. The Postal 

Service notes that in Fiscal Year (FY) 

2024, the Commission approved several 

Negotiated Service Agreements (NSAs) 

that include a provision for DHubentered packages, whose supporting 

workpapers ‘‘utilized the DSCF–SCF 

mail processing cost as a proxy for the 

DHub non-presort cost[.]’’ See id. at 2. 

The Postal Service states that in its 

requests it declared the intention to 

propose a DHub non-presort mail flow 

model and corresponding mail 

processing cost for Commission review. 

Id. 

Proposal. For purposes of reporting 

costs for NSAs under which ‘‘the 

customer will be able to enter 

machinable non-presorted DHub 

packages at specific designated Sorting 

& Delivery Centers (S&DCs) that contain 

parcel sorting equipment[,]’’ the Postal 

Service proposes that the Parcel Select 

and PRS mail processing cost model be 

modified to ‘‘include a non-presort 

machinable mail flow (DHub) and 

corresponding mail processing cost 

estimates for DHub-entered packages.’’ 

See id. at 2–3. This new flow and 

corresponding cost estimate would be in 

addition to existing flows and cost 

estimates for 5-digit presorted DHubentered packages and non-presorted 

DSCF-entered packages. See id. 

The Postal Service filed under seal the 

proposed modified mail processing cost 

model with the Petition. Id. at 3. The 

proposed cost model includes DHub 

cost estimates for non-presort 

machinable Parcel Select Heavy Weight 

(PSHW) and non-presort machinable 

Parcel Select Light Weight (PSLW) 

mailpieces. Id. The corresponding new 

mail flow includes ‘‘differing hub 

container movement costs and 

additional sortation’’ and has ‘‘only 

pallet container unloading costs, as well 

as additional costs for parcel machine 

processing and manual processing’’ 

along with ‘‘[c]osts for the loading and 

unloading of Postal Service hampers of 

sorted parcels[.]’’ Id. The new mail flow 

uses the same delivery unit cost for 

secondary parcel sortation as the 

existing 5-digit presorted DHub mail 

flow. Id. A second, similar new mail 

flow is included in the proposed cost 

model for DHub non-presort PSLW 

which uses delivery unit costs specific 

to PSLW. See id. 

Impact. The Postal Service 

emphasizes that existing mail 

processing unit costs are, in general, not 

impacted by the Proposal, which 

instead introduces two new cost 

estimates. Id. at 4. The Postal Service 

notes that adoption of the Proposal 

would not have had any effect on FY 

2023 costs at the Cost and Revenue 

Analysis (CRA) level, and that the 

approved NSAs that include a provision 

for DHub-entered packages had no such 

volume in FY 2024. Id. 

III. Notice and Comment 

The Commission establishes Docket 

No. RM2025–2 for consideration of 

matters raised by the Petition. More 

information on the Petition may be 

accessed via the Commission’s website 

at http://www.prc.gov. Interested 

persons may submit comments on the 

Petition and the Proposal no later than 

November 27, 2024. Pursuant to 39 

U.S.C. 505, Arif Hafiz is designated as 

an officer of the Commission (Public 

Representative) to represent the 

interests of the general public in this 

proceeding. 

IV. Ordering Paragraphs 

It is ordered: 

1. The Commission establishes Docket 

No. RM2025–2 for consideration of the 

matters raised by the Petition of the 

United States Postal Service to Initiate 

a Proceeding to Change Analytical 

Principles and Notice of Filing NonPublic Materials, filed October 22, 2024. 

2. Comments by interested persons in 

this proceeding are due no later than 

November 27, 2024. 

3. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, the 

Commission appoints Arif Hafiz to serve 

as an officer of the Commission (Public 

Representative) to represent the 

interests of the general public in this 

docket. 

4. The Secretary shall arrange for the 

publication of this order in the Federal 

Register. 

By the Commission. 

Erica A. Barker, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R06–OAR–2021–0539; FRL–12282– 

03–R6] 

Air Quality State Implementation 

Plans; Partial Approval, Partial 

Disapproval and Promulgation; Texas; 

Regional Haze; Extension of Comment 

Period 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is extending the comment 

period for the proposed rule ‘‘Air 

Quality State Implementation Plans; 

Partial Approval, Partial Disapproval 

and Promulgation; Texas; Regional 

Haze’’ that was published on October 

15, 2024. The proposal provided for a 

public comment period ending 

November 14, 2024. In response to 

requests for additional time to develop 

and submit comments on the proposed 

rulemaking, the EPA is extending the 

comment period to December 3, 2024. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

proposed rule published on October 15, 

2024, at 89 FR 83338 is extended. 

Comments must be received on or 

before December 3, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket No. EPA–R06– 


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OAR–2021–0539, at https://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or removed from Regulations.gov. 

The EPA may publish any comment 

received to its public docket. Do not 

submit electronically any information 

you consider to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Multimedia 

submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be 

accompanied by a written comment. 

The written comment is considered the 

official comment and should include 

discussion of all points you wish to 

make. The EPA will generally not 

consider comments or comment 

contents located outside of the primary 

submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or 

other file sharing system). For 

additional submission methods, please 

contact the person identified in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

For the full EPA public comment policy, 

information about CBI or multimedia 

submissions, and general guidance on 

making effective comments, please visit 

https://www.epa.gov/dockets/ 

commenting-epa-dockets. 

Docket: The index to the docket for 

this action is available electronically at 

www.regulations.gov. While all 

documents in the docket are listed in 

the index, some information may not be 

publicly available due to docket file size 

restrictions or content (e.g., CBI). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Huser, EPA Region 6 Office, 

214–665–7347, huser.jennifer@epa.gov. 

We encourage the public to submit 

comments via https://

www.regulations.gov. Please call or 

email the contact listed above if you 

need alternative access to material 

indexed but not provided in the docket. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document wherever 

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

the EPA. 

On October 15, 2024, we published in 

the Federal Register ‘‘Air Quality State 

Implementation Plans; Partial Approval, 

Partial Disapproval and Promulgation; 

Texas; Regional Haze’’, where we 

proposed to partially approve and 

partially disapprove the regional haze 

State implementation plan (SIP) 

revision submitted by Texas on July 20, 

2021, under the Clean Air Act (CAA) 

and EPA’s Regional Haze Rule (RHR) for 

the program’s second implementation 

period. In response to requests for 

additional time to develop and submit 

comments on the proposed rulemaking, 

we have decided to extend the public 

comment period. The original deadline 

to submit comments was November 14, 

2024. The comment period will now 

close on December 3, 2024. This action 

will allow interested persons additional 

time to prepare and submit comments 

on the proposed action listed above. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, 

Particulate matter, Sulfur oxides. 

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

Dated: October 28, 2024. 

David Garcia, 

Director, Air and Radiation Division, Region 

6. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 180 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2024–0059; FRL–11682–08– 

OCSPP] 

Receipt of a Pesticide Petition Filed for 

Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or 

on Various Commodities (August 2024) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of filing of petition and 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: This document announces the 

Agency’s receipt of an initial filing of a 

pesticide petition requesting the 

establishment or modification of 

regulations for residues of pesticide 

chemicals in or on various commodities. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before December 2, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2024–0059, 

through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 

at https://www.regulations.gov. Follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments. Do not submit electronically 

any information you consider to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Additional 

instructions on commenting and visiting 

the docket, along with more information 

about dockets generally, is available at 

https://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Charles Smith, Registration Division 

(RD) (7505T), main telephone number: 

(202) 566–1030, email address: 

RDFRNotices@epa.gov. The mailing 

address is Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460–0001. As part of the mailing 

address, include the contact person’s 

name, division, and mail code. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

You may be potentially affected by 

this action if you are an agricultural 

producer, food manufacturer, or 

pesticide manufacturer. The following 

list of North American Industrial 

Classification System (NAICS) codes is 

not intended to be exhaustive, but rather 

provides a guide to help readers 

determine whether this document 

applies to them. Potentially affected 

entities may include: 

• Crop production (NAICS code 111). 

• Animal production (NAICS code 

112). 

• Food manufacturing (NAICS code 

311). 

• Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS 

code 32532). 

B. What should I consider as I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this 

information to EPA through 

regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark 

the part or all of the information that 

you claim to be CBI. For CBI 

information in a disk or CD–ROM that 

you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the 

disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then 

identify electronically within the disk or 

CD–ROM the specific information that 

is claimed as CBI. In addition to one 

complete version of the comment that 

includes information claimed as CBI, a 

copy of the comment that does not 

contain the information claimed as CBI 

must be submitted for inclusion in the 

public docket. Information so marked 

will not be disclosed except in 

accordance with procedures set forth in 

40 CFR part 2. 

2. Tips for preparing your comments. 

When preparing and submitting your 

comments, see the commenting tips at 

https://www.epa.gov/dockets/ 

commenting-epa-dockets. 

3. Environmental justice. EPA seeks to 

achieve environmental justice, the fair 

treatment and meaningful involvement 

of any group, including minority and/or 

low-income populations, in the 

development, implementation, and 

enforcement of environmental laws, 

regulations, and policies. To help 

address potential environmental justice 

issues, the Agency seeks information on 

any groups or segments of the 

population who, as a result of their 

location, cultural practices, or other 

factors, may have atypical or 

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