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may request that the TSP transfer all or

a portion of the payment to an

Individual Retirement Arrangement

(IRA). In order to request such a

transfer, a spouse must file with the TSP

recordkeeper Form TSP–13–S, Spouse

Election to Transfer to IRA and Other

Eligible Retirement Plan.

(d) Payment to minor child or

incompetent beneficiary. Payment will

be made in the name of a minor child

or incompetent beneficiary. A parent or

other guardian may direct where the

payment should be sent and may make

any permitted tax withholding election.

A guardian of a minor child or

incompetent beneficiary must submit

court documentation showing his or her

appointment as guardian.

(e) Payment to executor or

administrator. If payment is to the

executor or administrator of an estate,

the check will be made payable to the

estate of the deceased participant, not to

the executor or administrator. A TIN

must be provided for all estates.

(f) Payment to trust. If payment is to

a trust, the check will be made payable

to the trustee. A TIN must be provided

for the trust.

§ 1651.15 Claims referred to the Board.

(a) Contested claims. Any challenge to

a proposed death benefit payment must

be filed in writing with the TSP

recordkeeper before payment. All

contested claims will be referred to the

Board. The Board may also consider

issues on its own.

(b) Payment deferred. No payment

will be made until the Board has

resolved the claim.

§ 1651.16 Missing and unknown

beneficiaries.

(a) Locate and identify beneficiaries.

(1) The TSP recordkeeper will attempt

to identify and locate all potential

beneficiaries.

(2) If a beneficiary is not identified

and located, and at least one year has

passed since the date of the participant’s

death, the beneficiary will be treated as

having predeceased the participant and

the beneficiary’s share will be paid in

accordance with § 1651.10

(b) Payment to known beneficiaries. If

all potential beneficiaries are known but

one or more beneficiaries (and not all)

appear to be missing, payment of part of

the participant’s account may be made

to the known beneficiaries. The lost or

unidentified beneficiary’s share may be

paid in accordance with paragraph (a) of

this section at a later date.

(c) Abandoned account. If no

beneficiaries of the account are located,

the account will be considered

abandoned and the funds will revert to

the TSP. If there are multiple

beneficiaries and one or more of them

refuses to cooperate in the Board’s

search for the missing beneficiary, the

missing beneficiary’s share will be

considered abandoned. In such

circumstances, the account can be

reclaimed if the missing beneficiary is

found at a later date. However, earnings

will not be credited from the date the

fund is abandoned. The beneficiary will

be required to submit Form TSP–17 and

may be required to submit proof of his

or her identity and relationship to the

participant.

§ 1651.17 Disclaimer of benefits.

(a) Disclaimer criteria. The beneficiary

of a TSP account may disclaim his or

her right to receive the account. In order

to be effective, the following criteria

must be met:

(1) The disclaimer must be in writing.

The writing must state specifically that

the beneficiary is disclaiming his or her

right to receive a death benefit payment

from the TSP account of the participant.

(2) The disclaimer must be

irrevocable.

(3) The disclaimer must be received

by the TSP recordkeeper before payment

is made.

(4) The disclaimant cannot direct to

whom the disclaimant’s portion of the

participant’s account should be paid.

(5) The disclaimant must disclaim the

entire benefit, not a portion.

(b) Treatment of disclaimed share.

The disclaimant will be treated as

having predeceased the participant and

his or her share will be paid in

accordance with § 1651.10.

§ 1651.18 Payment to one bars payment to

another.

Payment made to a beneficiary(ies) in

accordance with this part, based upon

information received before payment,

bars any claim by any other person.

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BILLING CODE 6760–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CA 184–0031b; FRL–5709–4]

Approval and Promulgation of State

Implementation Plans; California State

Implementation Plan Revision, San

Diego County Air Pollution Control

District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve

revisions to the California State

Implementation Plan (SIP). This action

is an administrative change which

revises the definition of volatile organic

compounds (VOC) and updates the

Exempt Compound list in rules from the

San Diego County Air Pollution Control

District (SDCAPCD).

The intended effect of proposing

approval of this action is to incorporate

changes to the definition of VOC and to

update the Exempt Compound list in

SDCAPCD rules to be consistent with

the revised federal and state VOC

definitions. EPA is proposing approval

of these revisions to be incorporated

into the California SIP for the

attainment of the national ambient air

quality standards (NAAQS) for ozone

under title I of the Clean Air Act (CAA

or the Act). In the Final Rules Section

of this Federal Register, the EPA is

approving the state’s SIP revisions as a

direct final rule without prior proposal

because the Agency views these

administrative changes as

noncontroversial revision amendments

and anticipates no adverse comments. A

detailed rationale for this approval is set

forth in the direct final rule. If no

adverse comments are received in

response to this proposed rule, no

further activity is contemplated in

relation to this rule. If EPA receives

adverse comments, the direct final rule

will be withdrawn and all public

comments received will be addressed in

a subsequent final rule based on this

proposed rule. The EPA will not

institute a second comment period on

this document. Any parties interested in

commenting on this action should do so

at this time.

DATES: Comments on this proposed rule

must be received in writing by April 28,

1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on this

action should be addressed to: Andrew

Steckel, Rulemaking Office [Air–4], Air

Division, U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street,

San Francisco, CA 94105–3901.

Copies of the rules and EPA’s

evaluation report of the rules are

available for public inspection at EPA’s

Region 9 office during normal business

hours. Copies of the submitted rules are

also available for inspection at the

following locations:

California Air Resources Board,

Stationary Source Division, Rule

Evaluation Section, 2020 ‘‘L’’ Street,

Sacramento, CA 95814.

San Diego County Air Pollution Control

District, 9150 Chesapeake Drive, CA

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Christine Vineyard, Rulemaking Office

[Air-4], Air Division, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San

Francisco, CA 94105–3901, Telephone

(415) 744–1197.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

document concerns SDCAPCD Rule 2,

Definitions; Rule 67.0, Architectural

Coatings; Rule 67.1, Alternative

Emission Control Plans; Rule 67.2, Dry

Cleaning Equipment Using PetroleumBased Solvents; Rule 67.3, Metal Parts

and Products Coating Operations; Rule

67.5, Paper, Film, and Fabric Coating

Operations; Rule 67.7, Cutback and

Emulsified Asphalts; Rule 67.12,

Polyester Resin Operations; Rule 67.15,

Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic

Manufacturing Operations; 67.16,

Graphic Arts Operations; Rule 67.17,

Storage of Materials Containing Volatile

Organic Compounds; Rule 67.18,

Marine Coating Operations; and Rule

67.24, Bakery Ovens. These rules were

submitted to EPA on October 18, 1996

by the California Air Resources Board.

For further information, please see the

information provided in the Direct Final

action which is located in the Rules

Section of this Federal Register.

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671q.

Date Signed: February 26, 1997.

John Wise,

Acting Regional Administrator.

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40 CFR Part 81

[ME048–1–6997b; FRL–5802–4]

Designation of Areas for Air Quality

Planning Purposes; Correction of

Designation of Nonclassified Ozone

Nonattainment Areas; States of Maine

and New Hampshire

AGENCY: United States Environmental

Protection Agency (USEPA or Agency)

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The USEPA proposes to

correct the ozone designations for the

Sullivan and Belknap Counties, New

Hampshire nonattainment areas and the

portions of Oxford, Franklin and

Somerset Counties in Maine designated

nonattainment. The USEPA is proposing

to correct their designations from

nonattainment nonclassified/incomplete

data to attainment/unclassified for

ozone pursuant to section 110(k)(6) of

the Clean Air Act (the Act), which

allows the USEPA to correct its actions.

In the Final Rules Section of this

Federal Register, the USEPA is

correcting the designations in a direct

final rule without prior proposal

because the Agency views this

correction as a noncontroversial action

and anticipates no adverse comments. A

detailed rationale for the correction is

set forth in the direct final rule. If no

adverse comments are received in

response to that direct final rule, no

further activity is contemplated in

relation to this proposed rule. If the

USEPA receives adverse comments, the

direct final rule will be withdrawn and

all public comments received will be

addressed in a subsequent final rule

based on this proposed rule. Please be

aware that the USEPA will institute

another comment period on this action

only if warranted by significant

revisions to the rulemaking based on

any comments received in response to

the direct final rule. Any parties

interested in commenting on this

document should do so at this time.

DATES: Comments on this proposed

action must be received in writing by

April 28, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to

Susan Studlien, Deputy Director, Office

of Ecosystems Protection, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region I, JFK Federal Bldg., (CAQ),

Boston, MA 02203. Copies of EPA’s

technical support document are

available for public inspection during

normal business hours, by appointment

at: Office of Ecosystems Protection, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region I, One Congress Street, 11th

floor, Boston, MA; the Bureau of Air

Quality Control, Department of

Environmental Protection, 71 Hospital

Street, Augusta, ME 04333; and the New

Hampshire Department of

Environmental Services, 64 N. Main St.,

Concord, NH 03302.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard P. Burkhart, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region I, JFK Federal Bldg., (CAQ),

Boston, MA 02203. Phone: 617–565–

3578.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For

additional information see the direct

final rule which is published in the

rules section of this Federal Register.

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671q.

Dated: March 19, 1997.

Carol M. Browner,

Administrator.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR

SEVERELY DISABLED

41 CFR Parts 51–3, 51–4, and 51–6

Miscellaneous Amendments to

Committee Regulations

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From

People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Committee is proposing

to make changes to four sections of its

regulations to clarify them and improve

the efficiency of operation of the

Committee’s Javits-Wagner-O’Day

(JWOD) Program. The changes are

necessary to assure consistency with an

earlier regulation change, eliminate an

unnecessary rule, encourage more

efficient contracting, and inform the

public of a change in Committee policy

on military resale items.

DATES: Submit comments on or before

May 27, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase

From People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled, Crystal Square 3, Suite 403,

1735 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, Virginia 22202–3461.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: G.

John Heyer (703) 603–7740. Copies of

this notice will be made available on

request in computer diskette format.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Since the

Committee’s regulations were last

amended on October 20, 1995 (60 FR

54199), the Committee has noticed

several instances where minor changes

or clarifications are needed. The

Committee has decided to make these

changes in one rulemaking rather than

individually.

In a 1994 revision (59 FR 59342), 41

CFR 51–3.2(d), concerning the

requirement for central nonprofit

agencies to recommend to the

Committee commodities and services

for addition to the Procurement List,

with initial fair market prices, was split

into two paragraphs (41 CFR 51–3.2(d)

and (e)) to make it consistent with the

Committee’s statute, which treats

addition of commodities or services to

the Procurement List and determination

of fair market prices as two distinct

Committee functions. However, the

related provision at 41 CFR 51–3.2(c)

requiring central nonprofit agencies to

obtain from Federal contracting

activities the information needed for the

Committee to perform these functions

was not similarly divided. The proposed

change to 41 CFR 51–3.2(c) makes this

division.