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acceptance costs appropriately between 

the paid USPS Tracking Service and the 

host pieces. This entails attributing 

costs related to final, en-route and nonwindow acceptance scans to the host 

product, not to the USPS Tracking 

Service, and performing the calculations 

in the B workpapers rather than making 

a D report adjustment. This means the 

cost model for USPS Tracking in NP26 

will no longer be needed for the D 

report adjustment. Id. at 2. In addition, 

in the In-Office Cost System, the 

percentage of volume from the POS 

retail system that was paid for the extra 

service to attribute costs to USPS 

Tracking will be used for windowrelated acceptance costs. Id. 

III. Notice and Opportunity for 

Comment 

The Commission establishes Docket 

No. RM2014–6 for consideration of 

matters raised by the Petition. 

Additional information concerning the 

Petition may be accessed via the 

Commission’s Web site at http://

www.prc.gov. Interested persons may 

submit comments on the Petition and 

Proposals Three through Eight no later 

than July 28, 2014. Reply comments are 

due no later than August 12, 2014. 

Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Tracy N. 

Ferguson is designated as 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. RM2014–6 for consideration of the 

matters raised by the Petition of the 

United States Postal Service for the 

Initiation of a Proceeding to Consider 

Proposed Changes in Analytical 

Principles (Proposals Three Through 

Eight), filed June 20, 2014. 

2. Comments by interested persons in 

this proceeding are due no later than 

July 28, 2014. Reply comments are due 

no later than August 12, 2014. 

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

Commission appoints Tracy N. 

Ferguson 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 

publication of this order in the Federal 

Register. 

By the Commission. 

Shoshana M. Grove, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 13 

[FRL–9910–13–OCFO] 

Administrative Wage Garnishment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to amend 

EPA’s claims collection standards to 

include administrative wage 

garnishment. This rule amends the 

EPA’s debt collection regulations to 

implement the administrative wage 

garnishment (AWG) provisions of the 

Debt Collection Act of 1982, as amended 

by the Debt Collection Improvement Act 

of 1996 (DCIA). The proposed rule will 

allow the EPA to garnish non-Federal 

wages to collect delinquent non-tax 

debts owed the United States without 

first obtaining a court order. In the Rules 

and Regulations section of this Federal 

Register we are approving an 

amendment to EPA’s regulations on 

claims collection standards by using 

administrative wage garnishment as a 

direct final rule without a prior 

proposed rule. If we receive no adverse 

comment, the direct final rule will go 

into effect and we will not take further 

action on this proposed rule. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received by August 1, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments by 

one of the following methods: 

1. Email: jones.anita@epa.gov. 

2. Fax: (202) 565–2585. 

3. Mail: OCFO–2014–0001; FRL– 

9910–13–OCFO, FPPS c/o Anita Jones, 

OCFO/OFM/FPPS, Mailcode 2733R, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1300 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. 

Comments may be submitted 

electronically by following the detailed 

instructions in the ADDRESSES section of 

the direct final rule located in the rules 

section of this Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

FPPS c/o Anita Jones, OCFO/OFM/

FPPS, Mailcode 2733R, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1300 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: (202) 564–4969; fax 

number: (202) 565–2585; email address: 

jones.anita@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This proposed rule implements the 

administrative wage garnishment 

provisions in section 31001(o) of the 

Debt Collection Improvement Act of the 

1996 (DCIA), Public Law 104–134, 110 

Stat. 1321–358, codified as 31 U.S.C. 

3720D. Under the administrative wage 

garnishment provisions of the DCIA, 

Federal agencies may garnish 

administratively up to 15 percent of the 

disposal pay of a debtor to satisfy a 

delinquent non-tax debt owed to the 

United States. Prior to the enactment of 

the DCIA, Federal agencies were 

required to obtain a court judgment 

before garnishing non-Federal wages. 

Section 31001(o) of the DCIA preempts 

State laws that prohibit wage 

garnishment or otherwise govern wage 

garnishment procedures. 

As authorized by the DCIA, a Federal 

agency collecting a delinquent non-tax 

debt may garnish a delinquent debtor’s 

wages in accordance with regulations 

promulgated by the Secretary of the 

Treasury. The Bureau of Fiscal Services, 

a bureau of the Department of the 

Treasury (Treasury), is responsible for 

promulgating the regulations 

implementing this and other debt 

collection tools established by the DCIA. 

The Bureau of Fiscal Services published 

its final rule at 63 FR 25136, May 6 

1998, (Treasury Final Rule) and 

published technical amendments at 64 

FR 22906, 22908, April 28, 1999 and 66 

FR 51867, 51868, October 11, 2001. The 

Treasury Final Rule, as amended, is 

published in § 285.11 of title 31 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations. Pursuant 

to 31 CFR 285.11 (f), Federal agencies 

must either prescribe regulations for the 

conduct of AWG hearings consistent 

with the procedural requirements set 

forth in the Treasury Final Rule or adopt 

§ 285.11 without change by reference. 

Basic Provisions 

In accordance with the requirements 

of the DCIA and the implementing 

regulations at 31 CFR 285.11, the EPA 

is adopting the provisions of 31 CFR 

285.11concerning administrative wage 

garnishment, including the hearing 

procedures described in 31 CFR 

285.11(f). 

Use of the Direct Final Rule 

This document proposes to take 

action on amending EPA’s regulations 

on claims collection standards by using 

administrative wage garnishment. We 

have published a direct final rule 

amending EPA’s regulations on claims 

collection standards by using 

administrative wage garnishment in the 

‘‘Rules and Regulations’’ section of 

today’s Federal Register because we 

view this as a noncontroversial action 

and anticipate no adverse comment. We 

have explained our reasons for this 


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action in the preamble to the direct final 

rule. 

If we receive no adverse comment, we 

will not take further action on this 

proposed rule. If we receive adverse 

comment, we will withdraw the direct 

final rule and it will not take effect. We 

would address all public comments in 

any subsequent final rule based on this 

proposed rule. 

We do not intend to institute a second 

comment period on this action. Any 

parties interested in commenting must 

do so at this time. For further 

information, please see the information 

provided in the ADDRESSES section of 

this document. 

Dated: June 23, 2014. 

Jeanne Conklin, 

Acting Director, Office of Financial 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2014–15579 Filed 7–1–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Parts 1, 27, and 73 

[GN Docket No. 12–268; ET Docket No. 13– 

26; DA 14–677] 

Incentive Auction Task Force Seeks 

Comment on Staff Analysis Regarding 

Pairwise Approach To Preserving 

Population Served 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The FCC’s Incentive Auction 

Task Force (IATF) seeks comment on 

the results of a staff analysis on the 

potential for new aggregate interference 

in the repacking process and seeks 

comment on newly released repacking 

constraint data that uses actual 

channels. 

DATES: Comments must be filed on or 

before July 2, 2014 and reply comments 

must be filed on or before July 22, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by GN Docket No. 12–268 and 

ET Docket No. 13–26, by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Federal Communications 

Commission’s Web site: http://

www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Filings can be sent by hand or 

messenger delivery, by commercial 

overnight courier, or by first-class or 

overnight U.S. Postal Service mail 

(although the Commission continues to 

experience delays in receiving U.S. 

Postal Service mail). All filings must be 

addressed to the Commission’s 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary, 

Federal Communications Commission. 

• People With Disabilities: Contact 

the FCC to request reasonable 

accommodations (accessible format 

documents, sign language interpreters, 

CART, etc.) by email: FCC504@fcc.gov 

or phone: 202–418–0530 or TTY: 202– 

418–0432. 

For detailed instructions for 

submitting comments and additional 

information on the rulemaking process, 

see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section of this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jonathan McCormack, Wireless 

Telecommunications Bureau, (202) 418– 

1065, email: jonathan.mccormack@

fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the FCC’s document, GN 

Docket No. 12–268, ET Docket No. 13– 

26, DA 14–677 released on June 2, 2014. 

The full text of this document is 

available for inspection and copying 

during normal business hours in the 

FCC Reference Center (Room CY–A257), 

445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 

20554. The complete text of this 

document also may be purchased from 

the Commission’s copy contractor, Best 

Copy and Printing, Inc., 445 12th Street 

SW., Room CY–B402, Washington, DC 

20554. The full text may also be 

downloaded at: www.fcc.gov. 

Summary 

On June 2, 2014, the IATF released a 

document that published updated 

constraint data based upon actual 

channels, rather than proxy channels, to 

assist interested parties in conducting 

their own repacking studies. The 

document also announced the results of 

a staff analysis on the potential for new 

aggregate interference in the repacking 

process using the Commission’s adopted 

approach to preserving population 

served. This approach limits allowable 

station assignments to those causing 0.5 

percent or less new pairwise 

interference. The staff analysis compiled 

100 repacking scenario studies and 

found that on average, approximately 

one percent of all stations received new 

aggregate interference above one 

percent, and that the vast majority 

received less than the 0.5 percent 

interference constraint. 

The data and information released are 

based on preliminary staff assumptions 

necessary for completing the analysis, 

and are meant to be illustrative only. 

The FCC will adopt final decisions 

regarding the repacking process at a 

later date. The document and its 

appendix relate only to the repacking 

process, and specifically to issues 

commenters raised regarding the 

necessity of an aggregate interference 

cap and the use of proxy channels when 

preserving coverage area and population 

served. The results of studies in the 

analysis do not reflect any FCC 

assumptions about auction participation 

or station valuation. 

A number of commenters supported 

using a 0.5 percent pairwise limit 

approach for limiting interference in the 

repacking process, but argued that the 

FCC should impose a cap of one percent 

on allowable aggregate interference for 

each station to mitigate the risk that an 

individual station in a crowded market 

could receive significant new 

interference when the permitted 

pairwise interference from multiple 

stations is added up. 

In response to that argument, FCC 

staff conducted studies to calculate 

potential aggregate interference using 

the updated constraint files, which are 

based on actual channels, versus proxy 

channels. The staff analysis shows that 

approximately one percent of all 

stations in simulated channel 

reassignments received new interference 

above a one percent cap, and that the 

majority of stations received new 

aggregate interference well below the 

pairwise interference limit adopted by 

the FCC. The analysis is presented in 

detail in the appendix, available at 

https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/

attachmatch/DA-14-677A2.pdf. The 

repacking scenarios relate only to the 

UHF band because the largest number of 

stations that could potentially be 

assigned a new channel will be in this 

band. The FCC staff is releasing updated 

constraint files based upon actual 

channels to assist interested parties in 

conducting their own repacking studies. 

The new constraint files are in the same 

format as those released in July 2013, 

and can be found on the FCC’s LEARN 

Web site under the Repacking Section 

at: http://fcc.gov/learn. These files are 

also posted at: http://data.fcc.gov/

download/incentive-auctions/

Constraint_Files/. 

To generate sufficient data from 

which to draw meaningful results, FCC 

staff performed 100 simulations using 

several variations of an approach 

developed for creating simulated sets of 

stations to be repacked. The output of 

each of these simulations was a set of 

stations that remain on the air in the 

UHF band, together with the respective 

channel assignments, called a channel 

plan. Consistent with the FCC’s adopted 

approach to preserving population 


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