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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann

Deaton, Bridge Administrator, Fifth

Coast Guard District, (757) 398–6222.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553, a notice

of proposed rulemaking was not

published for this regulation and good

cause exists for making it effective in

less than 30 days from the date of

publication. Publication of a notice of

proposed rulemaking and delay of

effective dated would be contrary to the

public interest because immediate

action is necessary to address the

bridge’s present inability to open safely.

Discussion of Regulation

The current regulation at 33 CFR

117.253(a) requires the draw to open on

a signal if at least 24 hours notice is

given. The draw is closed to the passage

of vessels on each Presidential

Inauguration Day and may occasionally

be closed without advance notice to

permit uninterrupted transit of

dignitaries across the bridge.

Necessary repairs consist of the

mechanical and electrical rehabilitation

of the swing span and modification and

renovation of the bridge. Two sets of

span drive motors are required to rotate

the bridge’s swing span for the passage

of marine traffic. The work will involve

removing and rehabilitating one set of

motors at a time, requiring the swing

span to be locked in the closed position

for a period of approximately five and

one-half months.

The Coast Guard reviewed the bridge

logs for 1997. According to the logs, the

bridge opened 21 times: 16 times for

public vessels of the United States (10

for the U.S. Navy; 4 for the

Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA); and 2 for the U.S. Coast Guard)

and the remainder for tests. The U.S.

Navy indicated that it will not require

an opening until September 1998. The

Coast Guard contacted EPA’s Office of

Water Programs and the local Coast

Guard unit (USCG Station St. Inigoes) of

the bridge’s temporary inability to open

for vessels, and they did not object.

Vessels docked at a nearby marina can

clear the bridge’s closed-position

vertical clearance, which is 42 feet at

mean high water. Therefore, vessels are

not expected to be negatively impacted

by this regulation.

Regulatory Evaluation

This rule is not a significant

regulatory action under section 3(f) of

Executive Order 12866 and does not

require an assessment of potential costs

and benefits under section 6(a)(3) of that

order. It has been exempted from review

by the Office of Management and

Budget under that order. It is not

significant under the regulatory policies

and procedures of the Department of

Transportation (DOT) (44 FR 11040;

February 26, 1979). The Coast Guard

expects the economic impact of this rule

to be so minimal that a full Regulatory

Evaluation under paragraph 10e of the

regulatory policies and procedures of

DOT is unnecessary. Due to the small

number of requests for openings and the

ability of nearby vessels to clear the

bridge’s closed-position vertical

clearance, the impact on routine

navigation is expected to be minimal.

Small Entities

Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act

(5 U.S.C. 601–612), the Coast Guard

must consider whether this temporary

final rule will have a significant

economic impact on a substantial

number of small entities. ‘‘Small

entities’’ include independently owned

and operated small businesses that are

not dominant in their field and that

otherwise qualify as ‘‘small business

concerns’’ under section 3 of the Small

Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632).

Based on the limited requests for

vessel openings and the ability of

nearby vessels to clear the bridge’s

closed-position vertical clearance, the

Coast Guard certifies under 5 U.S.C.

605(b) that this rule will not have a

significant economic impact on a

substantial number of small entities.

Collection of Information

This rule contains no collection of

information requirement under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. 3501–3520).

Federalism

The Coast Guard has analyzed this

rule under the principles and criteria

contained in Executive Order 12612 and

has determined that this rule does not

have sufficient federalism implications

to warrant preparation of a Federalism

Assessment.

Environment

The Coast Guard considered the

environmental impact of this rule and

concluded that under section 2.B.2.b

and item (32)(e) of Figure 2–1 of

Commandant Instruction M16475.1C

dated 14 November 1997 this rule is

categorically excluded from further

environmental documentation. A

Categorical Exclusion Determination

statement has been prepared and placed

in the rulemaking docket.

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 117

Bridges.

Regulations

For the reasons discussed in the

preamble, the Coast Guard amends 33

CFR Part 117 as follows:

PART 117—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for part 117

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 499; 49 CFR 1.46; 33

CFR 1.05–1(g); Section 117.255 also issued

under the authority of Pub. L. 102–587, 106

Stat. 5039.

2. Effective April 2, 1998, through

August 31, 1998, Section 117.253 is

amended by suspending paragraph (a)

and adding a new paragraph (c) to read

as follows:

§ 117.253 Anacostia River.

* * * * *

(c) From April 2, 1998 until 11 p.m.

on August 31, 1998, the draw of the

Frederick Douglass Memorial (South

Capitol Street) bridge need not be

opened for the passage of vessels.

Dated: April 2, 1998.

Roger T. Rufe, Jr.,

Vice Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander,

Fifth Coast Guard District.

[FR Doc. 98–10307 Filed 4–17–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–15–M

POSTAL SERVICE

39 CFR Part 111

Experimental First-Class and Priority

Mail Small Parcel Automation Rate

Category

AGENCY: Postal Service.

ACTION: Final rule; notice of experiment

expiration.

SUMMARY: On April 18, 1996, the Postal

Service published a final rule in the

Federal Register (61 FR 17206–17215)

and adopted amendments to the

Domestic Mail Manual implementing

the Decision of the Governors of the

United States Postal Service on the

Recommended Decision of the Postal

Rate Commission on the Experimental

First-Class and Priority Mail Small

Parcel Automation Rate Category,

Docket No. MC96–1. One of the

provisions of the Postal Rate

Commission, which was approved by

the Governors of the Postal Service, was

that the experiment would be limited to

2 years ending on April 28, 1998. This

is to serve notice that the Postal Service

intends to allow the experiment to end

on its originally scheduled expiration

date without filing a request with the

Postal Rate Commission to establish
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permanent classifications and

discounts.

DATES: Effective April 28, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul

H. Lettmann, (202) 268–6261 or Susan

Duchek, (202) 268–2990.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Domestic Mail Classification Schedule

(DMCS) provisions establishing the

experimental classifications,

recommended by the Postal Rate

Commission and approved by the

Governors of the Postal Service in

March and April 1996, respectively,

state that the Experimental First-Class

and Priority Mail Small Parcel

Automation Rate Category expires on

April 28, 1998. The Postal Service has

determined to publish this notice to

ensure that all interested parties are

afforded the opportunity of receiving

advance notice of the experiment

expiration, as well as to allow

participating customers time during

which they might make any necessary

modifications in their mailing

operations or practices before the

experiment ends.

The experiment had three basic

objectives: to determine the feasibility

and practicality of offering an

automation discount for First-Class Mail

and Priority Mail parcels; to gauge

mailer interest and acceptance; and to

confirm that the integration of barcode

scanners on parcel sorters provides

significant productivity enhancements

in the processing of small parcels with

barcodes versus keying of the same or

similar pieces. During the experiment,

participants were granted a four-cent

per-piece discount on properly prepared

First-Class Mail and Priority Mail

prebarcoded small parcels at three test

sites equipped with barcode-reading

small parcel and bundle sorters. The

Postal Service decision not to proceed

further is based on the fact that data

collected during the experiment

indicated that cost savings resulting

from the prebarcoding of parcels were

insufficient to support the four-cent per

piece discount, thus placing the Postal

Service in a position of being unable to

offer a discount that might prove

attractive to small parcel mailers in

general. Moreover, the level of customer

interest in the experiment was

disappointing throughout. Even with

the four-cent per piece discount, only

four customers chose to join with the

Postal Service in the experiment. Two of

these decided to cease their mailings

prior to the April 28, 1998, expiration

date.

List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111

Postal Service.

For the reasons discussed above, the

Postal Service hereby adopts the

following amendment to the Domestic

Mail Manual, which is incorporated by

reference in the Code of Federal

Regulations (see 39 CFR part 111).

PART 111—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for 39 CFR

part 111 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552 (a); 39 U.S.C 101,

401, 403, 404, 3001–3011, 3201–3219, 3403–

3406, 3621, 3626, 5001.

2. Revise G090 of the Domestic Mail

Manual as set forth below:

G GENERAL INFORMATION

G090 Experimental Classifications

and Rates

[Delete G091 in its entirety effective

April 28, 1998.]

G091 Barcoded Small Parcels

* * * * *

An appropriate amendment to 39 CFR

11.3 will be published to reflect these

changes.

Stanley F. Mires,

Chief Counsel, Legislative.

[FR Doc. 98–10289 Filed 4–15–98; 8:52 am]

BILLING CODE 7710–12–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 180

[OPP–300637; FRL–5783–5]

RIN 2070–AB78

Propiconazole; Extension of Tolerance

for Emergency Exemptions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: This rule extends a timelimited tolerance for residues of the

fungicide propiconazole and its

metabolites in or on cranberry at 1.0

part per million (ppm) for an additional

1–year period, to July 31, 1999. This

action is in response to EPA’s granting

of an emergency exemption under

section 18 of the Federal Insecticide,

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act

authorizing use of the pesticide on

cranberry. Section 408(l)(6) of the

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

(FFDCA) requires EPA to establish a

time-limited tolerance or exemption

from the requirement for a tolerance for

pesticide chemical residues in food that

will result from the use of a pesticide

under an emergency exemption granted

by EPA under section 18 of FIFRA.

DATES: This regulation becomes

effective April 20, 1998. Objections and

requests for hearings must be received

by EPA, on or before June 19, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written objections and

hearing requests, identified by the

docket control number, OPP–300637,

must be submitted to: Hearing Clerk

(1900), Environmental Protection

Agency, Rm. M3708, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460. Fees

accompanying objections and hearing

requests shall be labeled ‘‘Tolerance

Petition Fees’’ and forwarded to: EPA

Headquarters Accounting Operations

Branch, OPP (Tolerance Fees), P.O. Box

360277M, Pittsburgh, PA 15251. A copy

of any objections and hearing requests

filed with the Hearing Clerk identified

by the docket control number, [OPP–

300637], must also be submitted to:

Public Information and Records

Integrity Branch, Information Resources

and Services Division (7502C), Office of

Pesticide Programs, Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460. In person, bring

a copy of objections and hearing

requests to Rm. 119, Crystal Mall #2,

1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington,

VA.

A copy of objections and hearing

requests filed with the Hearing Clerk

may also be submitted electronically by

sending electronic mail (e-mail) to: oppdocket@epamail.epa.gov. Follow the

instructions in Unit II. of this preamble.

No Confidential Business Information

(CBI) should be submitted through email.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Daniel J. Rosenblatt, Registration

Division (7505C), Office of Pesticide

Programs, Environmental Protection

Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington,

DC 20460. Office location, telephone

number, and e-mail address: Rm. 280,

CM #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy.,

Arlington, VA 22202, (703) 308–9375; email: rosenblatt.dan@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA

issued a final rule, published in the

Federal Register of April 11 1997, (62

FR 17710) (FRL–5600–5), which

announced that on its own initiative

and under section 408(e) of the FFDCA,

21 U.S.C. 346a(e) and (l)(6), it

established a time-limited tolerance for

the residues of propiconazole (1–[[2–

(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-4-propyl-1, 3-

dioxolan-2-yl]methyl]-1H–1,2,4-triazole)

and its metabolites in or on cranberry at

41.0 parts per million (ppm), with an

expiration date of July 31, 1998. The

tolerance level was corrected to be 1.0