11326 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 48 / Wednesday, March 12, 1997 / Rules and Regulations

Approved:

R.R. Pixa,

Captain, JAGC, U.S. Navy, Deputy

Assistant Judge Advocate General

(Admiralty).

Dated: January 29, 1997.

[FR Doc. 97–6221 Filed 3–11–97; 8:45 am]

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32 CFR Part 706

Certifications and Exemptions Under

the International Regulations for

Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972

Amendment

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DOD.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy

is amending its certifications and

exemptions under the International

Regulations for Preventing Collisions at

Sea, 1972 (72 COLREGS), to reflect that

the Deputy Assistant Judge Advocate

General (Admiralty) of the Navy has

determined that USS BATAAN (LHD 5)

is a vessel of the Navy which, due to its

special construction and purpose,

cannot fully comply with certain

provisions of the 72 COLREGS without

interfering with its special functions as

a naval ship. The intended effect of this

rule is to warn mariners in waters where

72 COLREGS apply.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 29, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Captain R.R. Pixa, JAGC, U.S. Navy,

Admiralty Counsel, Office of the Judge

Advocate, General, Navy Department,

200 Stovall Street, Alexandria, Virginia,

22332–2400, Telephone Number: (703)

325–9744.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to the authority granted in 33 U.S.C.

1605, the Department of the Navy

amends 32 CFR Part 706. This

amendment provides notice that the

Deputy Assistant Judge Advocate

General (Admiralty) of the Navy, under

authority delegated by the Secretary of

the Navy, has certified that USS

BATAAN (LHD 5) is a vessel of the

Navy which, due to its special

construction and purpose, cannot fully

comply with the following specific

provisions of 72 COLREGS: Rule 21(a),

pertaining to the location of the

masthead lights over the fore and aft

centerline of the ship; Annex I, section

2 (g), pertaining to the distance of the

sidelights above the hull; Annex I,

section 3(a), petaining to the location of

the foreward masthead light in the

forward quarter of the ship; and the

horizontal distance between the forward

and after masthead lights; and Annex I,

section 3 (b), pertaining to the

positioning of the sidelights in

relationship to the forward masthead

light, without interfering with its special

functions as an amphibious assault ship.

The Deputy Assistant Judge Advocate

General (Admiralty) of the Navy has

also certified that the lights involved are

located in closest possible compliance

with the applicable 72 COLREGS

requirements.

Moreover, it has been determined, in

accordance with 32 CFR Parts 296 and

701, that publication of this amendment

for public comment prior to adoption is

impracticable, unnecessary, and

contrary to public interest since it is

based on technical findings that the

placement of lights on this vessel in a

manner differently from that prescribed

herein will adversely affect the vessel’s

ability to perform its military functions.

List of Subjects in 32 CFR Part 706

Marine safety, Navigation (water), and

Vessels.

Accordingly, 32 CFR Part 706 is

amended as follows:

PART 706—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for 32 CFR

Part 706 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1605.

2. Table Two of § 706.2 is amended by

adding the entry for USS BATAAN

following the entry for USS BOXER:

§ 706.2 Certifications of the Secretary

of the Navy under Executive Order

11964 and 33 U.S.C. 1605.

* * * * *

TABLE TWO

Vessel Number

Masthead

lights,

distance

to stbd of

keel in

meters;

Rule

21(a)

Forward

anchor

light, distance

below

flight dk

in meters;

§ 2(K),

Annex I

Forward

anchor

light,

number

of; Rule

30(a)(i)

AFT anchor light,

distance

below

flight dk

in meters;

Rule

21(e),

Rule

30(a)(ii)

AFT anchor light,

number

of; rule

30(a)(ii)

Side

lights,

distance

below

flight dk

in meters;

§ 2(g),

Annex I

Side

lights,

distance

forward

of forward

masthead

light in

meters;

§ 3(b),

Annex I

Side

lights,

distance

inboard

of ship’s

sides in

meters;

§ 3(b),

Annex I

* .................. * * * * * * * *

USS BATAAN ............................ LHD 5 ......... ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ 2.9 98.6 ................

* .................. * * * * * * * *

3. Table Five of § 706.2 is amended by

adding the entry for USS BATAAN

following the entry for USS Boxer:

§ 706.2 Certifications of the Secretary of

the Navy under Executive Order 11964 and

33 U.S.C. 1605.

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Vessel Number

Masthead

lights not

over all

other lights

and obstructions.

annex I,

sec. 2(f)

Forward

masthead

light not in

forward

quarter of

ship. annex

I, sec. 3 (a)

After masthead light

less than 1⁄2

ship’s

length aft of

forward

masthead

light. annex

I, sec. 3(a)

Percentage

horizontal

separation

attained

* * * * * * *

USS BATAAN .............................................................................. LHD 5 ...................... .................... X X 39.7

* * * * * * *

Approved:

R.R. Pixa,

Captain, JAGC, U.S. Navy, Deputy Assistant

Judge Advocate General (Admiralty).

Dated: January 29, 1997.

[FR Doc. 97–6220 Filed 3–11–97; 8:45 am]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[IL138–1a; FRL–5660–2]

Approval and Promulgation of

Implementation Plans; Illinois

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Direct final rule.

SUMMARY: The EPA approves Illinois’

May 5, 1995, May 26, 1995, and May 31,

1995, submittal of miscellaneous

amendments to Illinois’’ Volatile

Organic Material (VOM) Reasonably

Available Control Technology (RACT)

rules as requested revisions to Illinois’

State Implementation Plan (SIP) for

ozone. VOM, as defined by the State of

Illinois, is identical to ‘‘volatile organic

compounds’’ (VOC), as defined by EPA.

These amendments make certain

clarifications to the State’s VOM RACT

rules, and includes an exemption of

certain polyethylene foam packaging

operations from these rules. In this

action, EPA is approving the requested

SIP revision through a ‘‘direct final’’

rulemaking; the rationale for this

approval is set forth below. Elsewhere

in this Federal Register, EPA is

proposing approval and soliciting

comment on this direct final action; if

adverse comments are received, EPA

will withdraw the direct final

rulemaking and address the comments

received in a new final rule; otherwise,

no further rulemaking will occur on this

requested SIP revision.

DATES: This action will be effective May

12, 1997 unless adverse comments not

previously addressed by the State or

EPA are received by April 11, 1997. If

the effective date of this action is

delayed due to adverse comments,

timely notice will be published in the

Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be sent to: J. Elmer Bortzer, Chief,

Regulation Development Section, Air

Programs Branch (AR–18J), U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, 77

West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago,

Illinois, 60604.

Copies of the Illinois submittal are

available for public review during

normal business hours, between 8:00

a.m. and 4:30 p.m., at the above address.

A copy of this SIP revision is also

available for inspection at: Office of Air

and Radiation (OAR), Docket and

Information Center (Air Docket 6102),

Room 1500, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M Street, S.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mark J. Palermo, Regulation

Development Section, Air Programs

Branch (AR–18J), U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson

Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois, 60604.

Telephone: (312) 886–6082.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

On September 9, 1994 and October

21, 1996 (59 FR at 46562 and 61 FR at

54556), the EPA approved VOM

reasonably available control technology

(RACT) rules under 35 Illinois

Administrative Code (IAC) parts 218

and 219. Part 218 covers the Chicago

ozone nonattainment area (Cook,

DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, Will

Counties and Aux Sable and Goose Lake

Townships in Grundy County and

Oswego Township in Kendall County),

while part 219 covers the Metro-East

ozone nonattainment area (Madison,

Monroe, and St. Clair Counties). These

rules were submitted by Illinois in order

to comply with the RACT ‘‘fix-up’’ and

‘‘catch-up’’ requirements under sections

182(a)(2)(A) and 182(b)(2) of the Clean

Air Act (Act).

On September 12, 1994, and October

27, 1994, the Illinois Environmental

Protection Agency (IEPA) filed proposed

amendments to parts 218 and 219 with

the Illinois Pollution Control Board

(Board). These amendments were

proposed in order to clarify certain

applicability provisions, control

requirements, and compliance dates

contained within these rules. Also

included in these proposed

amendments was an exemption for

certain polyethylene foam packaging

operations from the rules’’ RACT

requirements. Public hearings on the

proposed amendments were held on

November 4, December 2, December 15,

December 16, 1994, and January 9, 1995,

in Chicago, Illinois. On April 20, 1995,

the Board adopted Final Opinions and

Orders for the proposed amendments.

The amendments became effective on

May 9, 1995, and were published in the

Illinois Register on May 19, 1995. The

IEPA formally submitted the

amendments to EPA in two submittals

dated May 5, 1995, as a revision to the

Illinois SIP for ozone; supplemental