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signature required box is selected, an 

image of the signature will be provided 

when accessing delivery information. 

* * * * * 

3.0 Express Mail Custom Designed 

* * * * * 

[Revise the title and text of 3.2 as 

follows:] 

3.2 Signature Required 

The addressee’s (or agent’s) signature 

is required for all Express Mail Custom 

Designed service. 

* * * * * 

500 Additional Mailing Services 

503 Extra Services 

1.0 Extra Services for Express Mail 

1.1 Available Services 

* * * * * 

1.1.6 COD 

[Revise 1.1.6 by adding a new last 

sentence as follows:] 

* * * A signature is required for COD 

service. 

1.1.7 Insurance and Indemnity 

Express Mail is insured against loss, 

damage, or missing contents, subject to 

these standards: 

* * * * * 

[Revise item 1.1.7b as follows:] 

b. All Express Mail signed for by the 

addressee or the addressee’s agent 

constitutes a valid delivery, and no 

indemnity for loss is paid. For Express 

Mail items not requiring a signature, a 

delivered scan event constitutes a valid 

delivery, and no indemnity for loss is 

paid. 

* * * * * 

1.1.8 Additional Insurance 

[Revise the last sentence of 1.1.8 as 

follows:] 

* * * When ‘‘signature required’’ 

service is not requested, or when 

‘‘waiver of signature’’ is requested 

additional insurance is not available. 

* * * * * 

12.0 Collect on Delivery (COD) 

* * * * * 

12.2 Basic Information 

* * * * * 

12.2.5 Express Mail COD 

[Revise the first sentence of 12.2.5 as 

follows:] 

Any article sent COD also may be sent 

by Express Mail next day and second 

day service when a signature is 

requested. * * * 

* * * * * 

600 Basic Standards for All Mailing 

Services 

601 Mailability 

* * * * * 

11.0 Cigarettes and Smokeless 

Tobacco 

* * * * * 

11.5 Exception for Business/ 

Regulatory Purposes 

* * * * * 

11.5.2 Mailing 

* * * All mailings under the 

business/regulatory purposes exception 

must: 

[Revise item 11.5.2a as follows:] 

a. Be entered in a face-to-face 

transaction with a postal employee as 

Express Mail with Hold For Pickup 

service (carrier pickup services not 

permitted); 

* * * * * 

11.6 Exception for Certain Individuals 

* * * * * 

11.6.2 Mailing 

No customer may send or cause to be 

sent more than 10 mailings under this 

exception in any 30-day period. Each 

mailing under the certain individuals 

exception must: 

[Revise item 11.6.2a as follows:] 

a. Be entered as Express Mail with an 

Adult Signature extra service (see 

503.8.0), or Express Mail with Hold For 

Pickup service (carrier pickup services 

not permitted); unless shipped to APO/ 

FPO/DPO addresses under 11.6.4. 

* * * * * 

11.7 Consumer Testing Exception 

* * * * * 

11.7.2 Mailing 

* * * Mailings must be tendered 

under the following conditions: 

* * * * * 

b. All mailings under the consumer 

testing exception: 

[Revise 11.7.2b1 as follows:] 

1. Must be entered in face-to-face 

transactions with postal employees as 

Express Mail with Hold For Pickup 

service requested (carrier pickup 

services not permitted); 

* * * * * 

604 Postage Payment Methods 

* * * * * 

9.0 Refunds and Exchanges 

* * * * * 

9.5 Express Mail Postage Refund 

* * * * * 

9.5.2 Conditions for Refund 

[Revise 9.5.2 to change the refund 

request days from 90 to 30 days, and 

consolidate the text in the introductory 

paragraph and items a and b as 

follows:] 

A postage refund request must be 

made within 30 days after the date of 

mailing. Except as provided in 114.2.0, 

214.3.0, 314.3.0, and 414.3.0 a mailer 

may file for a postage refund only if the 

item was not delivered, delivery was not 

attempted, or if the item was not made 

available for claim by the delivery date 

and time specified at the time of 

mailing. 

9.5.3 Refunds Not Given 

[Revise the DMM references in 9.5.3 to 

include 214.3.0 and 314.3.0 as follows:] 

A postage refund will not be given if 

the guaranteed service was not provided 

due to any of the circumstances in 

114.2.0, 214.3.0, 314.3.0, and 414.3.0. 

* * * * * 

700 Special Standards 

703 Nonprofit Standard Mail and 

Other Unique Eligibility 

* * * * * 

2.0 Overseas Military Mail 

* * * * * 

2.6 Express Mail Military Service 

(EMMS) 

* * * * * 

[Revise the title and text of 2.6.10 as 

follows:] 

2.6.10 Signature Required 

A signature is required for Express 

Mail Military Service. 

* * * * * 

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 and Legislative Advice. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R09–OAR–2011–0761; FRL–9475–9] 

Revisions to the California State 

Implementation Plan 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve 

revisions to the San Joaquin Valley 

Unified Air Pollution Control District 

(SJVUAPCD) portion of the California 

State Implementation Plan (SIP). These 

revisions concern volatile organic 

compound (VOC) emissions from Motor 

Vehicle and Mobile Equipment Coating 

Operations and Adhesives and Sealants. 

We are proposing to approve local rules 

to regulate these emission sources under 

the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990 

(CAA or the Act). We are taking 

comments on this proposal and plan to 

follow with a final action. 

DATES: Any comments must arrive by 

November 7, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments, 

identified by docket number EPA–R09– 

OAR–2011–0356, by one of the 

following methods: 

1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 

instructions. 

2. E-mail: steckel.andrew@epa.gov. 

3. Mail or deliver: Andrew Steckel 

(Air-4), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, 

San Francisco, CA 94105–3901. 

Instructions: All comments will be 

included in the public docket without 

change and may be made available 

online at http://www.regulations.gov, 

including any personal information 

provided, unless the comment includes 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Information that 

you consider CBI or otherwise protected 

should be clearly identified as such and 

should not be submitted through 

http://www.regulations.gov or e-mail. 

http://www.regulations.gov is an 

‘‘anonymous access’’ system, and EPA 

will not know your identity or contact 

information unless you provide it in the 

body of your comment. If you send email directly to EPA, your e-mail 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the public 

comment. 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. 

Docket: The docket for this action is 

available electronically at http:// 

www.regulations.gov and in hard copy 

at EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, 

San Francisco, California. While all 

documents in the docket are listed at 

http://www.regulations.gov, some 

information may be publicly available 

only at the hard copy location (e.g., 

copyrighted material), and some may 

not be publicly available in either 

location (e.g., CBI). To inspect the hard 

copy materials, please schedule an 

appointment during normal business 

hours with the contact listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Adrianne Borgia, EPA Region IX, (415) 

972–3576, borgia.adrianne@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document, we, us and 

our refer to EPA. 

Table of Contents 

I. The State’s Submittal 

A. What rules did the State submit? 

B. Are there other versions of these rules? 

C. What is the purpose of the submitted 

rules? 

II. EPA’s Evaluation and Action 

How is EPA evaluating the rules? 

A. Do the rules meet the evaluation 

criteria? 

B. EPA Recommendations to Further 

Improve the Rules 

C. Public Comment and Final Action 

III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

I. The State’s Submittal 

A. What rules did the State submit? 

Table 1 lists the rules addressed by 

this proposal with the dates that they 

were adopted by local air agencies and 

submitted by the California Air 

Resources Board (CARB). 

TABLE 1—SUBMITTED RULES

Local Rule Rule title Amended Submitted 

SJVUAPCD ............................. 4612 Motor Vehicle and Mobile Equipment Coating Operations .... 10/21/10 4/5/11 

SJVUAPCD ............................. 4653 Adhesives and Sealants ......................................................... 9/16/10 4/5/11 

On 5/6/2011, these rule submittals 

were found to meet the completeness 

criteria in 40 CFR Part 51 Appendix V, 

which must be met before formal EPA 

review. 

B. Are there other versions of these 

rules? 

We approved a version of SJVUAPCD 

Rule 4612 into the SIP on 1/19/2010. 

We approved a version of SJVUAPCD 

Rule 4653 into the SIP on 10/15/2009. 

C. What is the purpose of the submitted 

rules? 

VOCs help produce ground-level 

ozone and smog, which harm human 

health and the environment. Section 

110(a) of the CAA requires states to 

submit regulations that control VOC 

emissions. In general, these rules 

control the VOC emissions by limiting 

the VOCs of commercial coatings and 

solvents. 

SJVUAPCD Rule 4612 is revised to 

implement RACT requirements as 

recommended in the California Air 

Resources Board’s (CARB) Suggested 

Control Measure (SCM) titled, 

‘‘Suggested Control Measure for 

Automotive Coatings.’’ 

SJVUAPCD Rule 4653 is revised to 

implement RACT requirements as 

recommended in the CTG, ‘‘Control 

Techniques Guidelines for 

Miscellaneous Industrial Adhesives’’, 

EPA–453/R–08–005 and CARB’s RACT/ 

BARCT guidance titled, ‘‘Determination 

of Reasonably Available Control 

Technology and Best Available Retrofit 

Control Technology for Adhesives and 

Sealants.’’ 

SJVUAPCD’s 2009 RACT SIP 

Demonstration (April 16, 2009) was 

used to help evaluate the RACT 

requirements for both rules. 

EPA’s technical support documents 

(TSDs) have more information about 

these rules. 

II. EPA’s Evaluation and Action 

A. How is EPA evaluating the rules? 

Generally, SIP rules must be 

enforceable (see section 110(a) of the 

Act), must require Reasonably Available 

Control Technology (RACT) for each 

category of sources covered by a Control 

Techniques Guidelines (CTG) document 

as well as each major source in 

nonattainment areas (see section 

182(a)(2)), and must not relax existing 

requirements (see sections 110(l) and 

193). The SJVUAPCD regulates an ozone 

nonattainment area (see 40 CFR part 81), 

so Rules 4602 and 4603 must fulfill 

RACT. 

Guidance and policy documents that 

we used to help evaluate enforceability 

and RACT requirements consistently 

include the following: 

1. Portions of the proposed post-1987 

ozone and carbon monoxide policy that 

concern RACT, 52 FR 45044, November 

24, 1987. 

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2. Issues Relating to VOC Regulation 

Cutpoints, Deficiencies, and Deviations, 

EPA, May 25, 1988 (the Bluebook). 

3. Guidance Document for Correcting 

Common VOC & Other Rule 

Deficiencies, EPA Region 9, August 21, 

2001 (the Little Bluebook). 

4. CARB’s Suggested Control Measure 

(SCM) titled, ‘‘Suggested Control 

Measure for Automotive Coatings.’’ 

October 20, 2005. 

5. Control Techniques Guideline 

(CTG) for ‘‘Miscellaneous Industrial 

Adhesives’’, EPA–453/R–08–005, 

September 2008. 

6. CARB’s RACT/Best Available 

Retrofit Control Technology (BARCT) 

guidance titled, ‘‘Determination of 

Reasonably Available Control 

Technology and Best Available Retrofit 

Control Technology for Adhesives and 

Sealants,’’ December 1998. 

B. Do the rules meet the evaluation 

criteria? 

We believe these rules are consistent 

with the relevant policy and guidance 

regarding enforceability, RACT, and SIP 

relaxations. The TSDs have more 

information on our evaluation. 

C. EPA Recommendations to Further 

Improve the Rules 

The TSDs describe additional rule 

revisions that do not affect EPA’s 

current action but are recommended for 

the next time the local agency modifies 

the rules. 

D. Public Comment and Final Action 

Because EPA believes the submitted 

rules fulfill all relevant requirements, 

we are proposing to fully approve them 

as described in section 110(k)(3) of the 

Act. We will accept comments from the 

public on this proposal for the next 30 

days. Unless we receive convincing new 

information during the comment period, 

we intend to publish a final approval 

action that will incorporate these rules 

into the federally enforceable SIP. 

III. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

Under the Clean Air Act, the 

Administrator is required to approve a 

SIP submission that complies with the 

provisions of the Act 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 Clean Air Act. 

Accordingly, this action merely 

approves State law as meeting Federal 

requirements and does not impose 

additional requirements beyond those 

imposed by State law. For that reason, 

this 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 Clean Air Act; 

and 

• Does not provide EPA with the 

discretionary authority to address 

disproportionate human health or 

environmental effects with practical, 

appropriate, and legally permissible 

methods under Executive Order 12898 

(59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). 

In addition, these rules do 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, Intergovernmental 

relations, Ozone, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Volatile 

organic compound. 

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

Dated: September 28, 2011. 

Keith Takata, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R09–OAR–2011–0800; FRL–9476–1] 

Revisions to the California State 

Implementation Plan, California Air 

Resources Board—Consumer 

Products 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve 

revisions to the California Air Resources 

Board portion of the California State 

Implementation Plan (SIP). These 

revisions concern volatile organic 

compound (VOC) emissions from 

consumer products. We are approving a 

local rule that regulates these emission 

sources under the Clean Air Act as 

amended in 1990 (CAA or the Act). We 

are taking comments on this proposal 

and plan to follow with a final action. 

DATES: Any comments must arrive by 

November 7, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments, 

identified by docket number EPA–R09– 

OAR–2011–0800, by one of the 

following methods: 

1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

on-line instructions. 

2. E-mail: steckel.andrew@epa.gov. 

3. Mail or deliver: Andrew Steckel 

(Air-4), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, 

San Francisco, CA 94105–3901. 

Instructions: All comments will be 

included in the public docket without 

change and may be made available 

online at http://www.regulations.gov, 

including any personal information 

provided, unless the comment includes 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Information that 

you consider CBI or otherwise protected 

should be clearly identified as such and 

should not be submitted through 

http://www.regulations.gov or e-mail. 

http://www.regulations.gov is an 

‘‘anonymous access’’ system, and EPA 

will not know your identity or contact 

information unless you provide it in the 

body of your comment. If you send email directly to EPA, your e-mail 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the public 

comment. 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. 

Docket: Generally, documents in the 

docket for this action are available 

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