27020 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 94 / Friday, May 15, 1998 / Proposed Rules

Background and Purpose

This modification of 33 CFR 165.1105

is being proposed to accommodate the

homeporting of a new aircraft carrier at

Naval Air Station North Island. There

were previously only two aircraft

carriers homeported at Naval Air Station

North Island; however, a third aircraft

carrier has recently been designated to

homeport at Naval Air Station North

Island. The modification and expansion

of this security zone is needed to

accommodate the homeporting of this

third aircraft carrier at Naval Air Station

North Island.

The modification and expansion of

this security zone will prevent

recreational and commercial craft from

interfering with military operations

involving all naval vessels homeported

at Naval Air Station North Island, and

it will protect transiting recreational and

commercial vessels, and their respective

crews, from the navigational hazards

posed by such military operations. Entry

into, transit through, or anchoring

within this security zone is prohibited

unless authorized by the Captain of the

Port.

Regulatory Evaluation

This regulation 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

proposal to be so minimal that a full

Regulatory Evaluation under paragraph

10(e) of the regulatory policies and

procedures of DOT is unnecessary. This

proposal will have minimal additional

impact on vessel traffic because it is

only a slight modification and

expansion of the existing security zone

codified at 33 CFR 165.1105.

Small Entities

Under 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq., the Coast

Guard must consider whether this

proposal would have significant 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). The Coast Guard expects

the economic impact of the proposal to

be minimal on all entities. Because it

expects the impact of this proposal to be

minimal, the Coast Guard certifies

under 5 U.S.C. 605(b) that this proposal,

if adopted, will not have a significant

economic impact on a substantial

number of small entities.

Collection of Information

This proposed regulation contains no

collection of information requirements

under the Paperwork Reduction Act (44

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

Federalism

The Coast Guard has analyzed this

proposed regulation under the

principles and criteria contained in

Executive Order 12612 and has

determined that this regulation does not

have sufficient federalism implications

to warrant the preparation of a

Federalism Assessment.

Environmental Assessment

The Coast Guard has considered the

environmental impact of this regulation

and concluded that, under Figure 2–1,

paragraph (34)(g), of Commandant

Instruction M16475.1C, it will have no

significant environmental impact and it

is categorically excluded from further

environmental documentation. A

Categorical Exclusion Determination

and Environmental Analysis Checklist

will be available for inspection and

copying in the docket to be maintained

at the address listed in ADDRESSES.

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 165

Harbors, Marine safety, Navigation

(water), Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements, Security measures,

Waterways.

Proposed Regulation

In consideration of the foregoing, the

Coast Guard proposes to amend subpart

F of part 165 of Title 33, Code of Federal

Regulations, as follows:

1. The authority citation for 33 CFR

part 165 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1231; 50 U.S.C. 191;

33 CFR 1.05–1(g) 6.04–1, 6.04–6, and 160.5;

49 CFR 1.46.

2. In § 165.1105 paragraph (a), is

revised to read as follows:

§ 165.1105 Security Zone: San Diego Bay,

CA.

(a) Location. The following area is a

security zone: on the waters along the

northern shoreline of Naval Air Station

North Island, the area enclosed by the

following points: beginning at a point

located at 32°42′53.0′′N, 117°11′45.0′′W;

thence running northerly to a point

located at 32°42′55.5′′N, 117°11′45.0′′W;

thence running easterly to a point

located at 32°42′55.0′′N; 117°11′30.5′′W;

thence running southeasterly to a point

located at 32°42′50.5′′N, 117°11′26.0′′W;

thence running northeasterly to a point

located at 32°42′52.0′′N; 117°11′24.5′′W;

thence running southeasterly to a point

located at 32°42′43.5′′N; 117°11′13.0′′W;

thence running southerly to a point

located at 32°42′30.5′′N; 117°11′18.0′′W;

thence running southeasterly to a point

located at 32°42′21.0′′N; 117°10′48.0′′W;

thence running southerly to a point

located at 32°42′13.0′′N; 117°10′51.0′′W;

thence running generally northwesterly

along the shoreline of naval Air Station

North Island to the place of beginning.

* * * * *

Dated: April 20, 1998.

J. C. Card,

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

Eleventh Coast Guard District.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 141 and 142

[FRL–6014–2]

National Primary Drinking Water

Regulations: Consumer Confidence

Reports

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of data availability;

request for comments.

SUMMARY: In February 1998, EPA

proposed the Consumer Confidence

Report rule (62 FR 7606, Feb. 13, 1998).

To test certain language that this rule

would mandate, EPA convened focus

group sessions. These groups of

consumers provided comments on

proposed definitions of regulatory terms

and health effects language, as well as

general comments on the consumer

confidence reports. EPA will consider

the input of the focus groups when

making decisions regarding the final

rule. The report of the focus group

moderator, transcripts of the sessions,

and supporting documents are available

for review. EPA requests comments on

the results of the focus group study.

DATES: Comments must be post-marked

by midnight June 15, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to

CCR Docket Clerk (W–97–18); Water

Docket (MC–4101); U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency; 401 M Street, SW;

Washington, DC 20460. Submit

electronic comments to owdocket@epamail.epa.gov.

Please submit an original and three

copies of your comments and enclosures
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(including references). Electronic

comments must be submitted as a Word

Perfect 5.1 or 6.1 file, or as an ASCII file

avoiding the use of special characters.

Comments will also be accepted on

disks in WordPerfect 5.1 or 6.1, or ASCII

file format. Electronic comments on this

Notice may be filed online at many

Federal Depository Libraries.

Commenters who want EPA to

acknowledge receipt of their comments

should include a self-addressed,

stamped envelope. No facsimiles (faxes)

will be accepted.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The

Safe Drinking Water Hotline (800–426–

4791) for general information about the

proposed rule. The Safe Drinking Water

Hotline is open Monday through Friday,

excluding Federal holidays, from 9 a.m.

to 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time. For technical

inquiries, contact Franc ̧oise M. Brasier

(202–260–5668) or Rob Allison (202–

260–9836).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Consumer Confidence Report rule

would require community water

systems to mail to each of their

customers an annual report on local

drinking water quality. The report

would include such information as the

source of local drinking water, the levels

of any contaminants detected in water

delivered to consumers, violations of

drinking water regulations, and other

information about local water quality.

The proposed rule sets few

requirements for the format of the

reports, thereby allowing water

suppliers to tailor their reports around

the information that they must present.

EPA proposed several brief

definitions of regulatory terms (e.g.,

‘‘maximum contaminant level’’) that

systems would have to include in their

reports. EPA also proposed brief health

effects language for each regulated

contaminant. Water systems would have

to include this language in their reports

whenever they detected a regulated

contaminant in excess of its legal limit.

In the proposal’s preamble, EPA

discussed options for both sets of

language and requested comment on

which language would be most useful to

consumers.

Availability of Data

The data to which this Notice refers

is available for inspection from 9 to 4

p.m. (Eastern Time), Monday through

Friday, excluding legal holidays, at the

Water Docket, U.S. EPA Headquarters,

401 M. St., SW, East Tower Basement,

Washington, DC 20460. Please call 202–

260–3027 to schedule an appointment

and refer to W–97–18. The Focus Group

Report is also available on the Internet

at www.epa.gov/safewater/ccr/

focus.html.

Regulated persons. Potentially

regulated persons are community water

systems.

Category Example of regulated entities

Publiclyowned

CWSs.

Municipalities; County Governments; Water districts;

Water and Sewer Authorities.

Privatelyowned

CWSs.

Private water utilities; homeowners associations.

Ancillary

CWSs.

Persons who deliver drinking

water as an adjunct to

their primary business (e.g.

trailer parks, retirement

homes).

Dated: May 8, 1998.

Robert Perciasepe,

Assistant Administrator.

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[CC Docket No. 98–56, RM–9101, FCC 98–

72]

Performance Measurements and

Reporting Requirements for

Operations Support Systems,

Interconnection, and Operator

Services and Directory Assistance

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission is issuing

this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

seeking comment on various proposed

performance measurements and

reporting requirements relating to

incumbent carriers’ operations support

systems (OSS). The performance

measurements and reporting

requirements proposed in the NPRM

will complement existing state

proceedings and efforts by carriers,

independent of regulatory requirements,

to incorporate performance

measurements into their

interconnection agreements.

DATES: Comments are due on or before

June 1, 1998 and Reply Comments are

due on or before June 22, 1998. Written

comments by the public on the

proposed information collections are

due June 1, 1998. Written comments

must be submitted by the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) on the

proposed information collections on or

before July 14, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments and reply

comments should be sent to Office of

the Secretary, Federal Communications

Commission, 1919 M Street, N.W.,

Room 222, Washington, D.C. 20554,

with a copy to Janice Myles of the

Common Carrier Bureau, 1919 M Street,

N.W., Room 544, Washington, D.C.

20554. Parties should also file one copy

of any documents filed in this docket

with the Commission’s copy contractor,

International Transcription Services,

Inc., 1231 20th St., N.W., Washington,

D.C. 20036. In addition to filing

comments with the Secretary, a copy of

any comments on the information

collections contained herein should be

submitted to Judy Boley, Federal

Communications Commission, Room

234, 1919 M Street, N.W., Washington,

D.C. 20554, or via the Internet to

jboley@fcc.gov, and to Timothy Fain,

OMB Desk Officer, 10236 NEOB, 725—

17th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

20503 or via the Internet to

fainlt@al.eop.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Radhika Karmarkar, Attorney, Common

Carrier Bureau, Policy and Program

Planning Division, (202) 418–1580. For

additional information concerning the

information collections contained in

this NPRM contact Judy Boley at (202)

418–0214, or via the Internet at

jboley@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

summary of the Commission’s Notice of

Proposed Rulemaking adopted April 16,

1998 and released April 17, 1998 (FCC

98–72). This NPRM contains proposed

information collections subject to the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(PRA). It has been submitted to the OMB

for review under the PRA. The OMB,

the general public, and other Federal

agencies are invited to comment on the

proposed information collections

contained in this proceeding. The full

text of this Notice of Proposed

Rulemaking is available for inspection

and copying during normal business

hours in the FCC Reference Center, 1919

M St., N.W., Room 239, Washington,

D.C. The complete text also may be

obtained through the World Wide Web,

at http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/

Common Carrier/Orders/fcc9872.wp, or

may be purchased from the

Commission’s copy contractor,

International Transcription Service,

Inc., (202) 857–3800, 1231 20th St.,

N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036.

Paperwork Reduction Act

This NPRM contains a proposed

information collection. The

Commission, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork burdens,