Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 168 / Tuesday, August 30, 2016 / Proposed Rules 59593 

1Petition of the United States Postal Service for 

the Initiation of a Proceeding to Consider Proposed 

Changes in Analytical Principles (Proposal Two), 

August 22, 2016 (Petition). 

IV. Ordering Paragraphs 

It is ordered: 

1. The Commission establishes Docket 

No. RM2016–12 for consideration of the 

matters raised by the Petition of the 

United States Postal Service for the 

Initiation of a Proceeding to Consider 

Proposed Changes in Analytical 

Principles (Proposal Four), filed August 

22, 2016. 

2. Comments by interested persons in 

this proceeding are due no later than 

October 7, 2016. Reply comments are 

due no later than October 21, 2016. 

3. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, the 

Commission appoints Lawrence Fenster 

to serve as an officer of the Commission 

(Public Representative) to represent the 

interests of the general public in this 

docket. 

4. The Secretary shall arrange for 

publication of this order in the Federal 

Register. 

By the Commission. 

Stacy L. Ruble, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2016–20822 Filed 8–29–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

39 CFR Part 3050 

[Docket No. RM2016–10; Order No. 3484] 

Periodic Reporting 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a 

recent filing requesting that the 

Commission initiate an informal 

rulemaking proceeding to consider 

changes to analytical principles relating 

to periodic reporting (Proposal Two). 

This notice informs the public of the 

filing, invites public comment, and 

takes other administrative steps. 

DATES: Comments are due: October 11, 

2016. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

electronically via the Commission’s 

Filing Online system at http://

www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit 

comments electronically should contact 

the person identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section by 

telephone for advice on filing 

alternatives. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at 

202–789–6820. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Introduction 

II. Summary of Proposal 

III. Notice and Comment 

IV. Ordering Paragraphs 

I. Introduction 

On August 22, 2016, the Postal 

Service filed a petition pursuant to 39 

CFR 3050.11 requesting that the 

Commission initiate an informal 

rulemaking proceeding to consider 

changes to analytical principles relating 

to the Postal Service’s periodic reports.1

Proposal Two is attached to the Petition 

and proposes an analytical method 

change relating to the treatment of 

carrier costs within the International 

Cost and Revenue Analysis (ICRA) 

report. Petition at 1. 

II. Summary of Proposal 

Under Proposal Two, the Postal 

Service seeks to revise the method for 

distributing city carrier street and rural 

carrier costs to products in the ICRA 

report. Petition, Proposal Two at 1. 

Specifically, the Postal Service proposes 

to ‘‘align the ICRA methodology with 

the Cost and Revenue Analysis (CRA) 

methodology used for developing 

delivery costs.’’ Id. The Postal Service 

recommends synchronization of the 

methods for three elements of the city 

carrier street model (letter routes, 

special purpose routes, and support and 

other costs) and for one element of the 

rural carrier model. Id. The Postal 

Service asserts that this proposed 

change would result in improved 

accuracy of international cost estimates. 

Id. at 7. 

III. Notice and Comment 

The Commission establishes Docket 

No. RM2016–10 for consideration of 

matters raised by the Petition. 

Additional information concerning the 

Petition may be accessed via the 

Commission’s Web site at http://

www.prc.gov. Interested persons may 

submit comments on the Petition and 

Proposal Two no later than October 11, 

2016. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, 

Lawrence Fenster is designated as an 

officer of the Commission (Public 

Representative) to represent the 

interests of the general public in this 

proceeding. 

IV. Ordering Paragraphs 

It is ordered: 

1. The Commission establishes Docket 

No. RM2016–10 for consideration of the 

matters raised by the Petition of the 

United States Postal Service for the 

Initiation of a Proceeding to Consider 

Proposed Changes in Analytical 

Principles (Proposal Two), filed August 

22, 2016. 

2. Comments are due no later than 

October 11, 2016. 

3. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, the 

Commission appoints Lawrence Fenster 

to serve as an officer of the Commission 

(Public Representative) to represent the 

interests of the general public in this 

docket. 

4. The Secretary shall arrange for 

publication of this order in the Federal 

Register. 

By the Commission. 

Stacy L. Ruble, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R09–OAR–2016–0096; FRL–9951–47– 

Region 9] 

Air Plan Approval; Reno, Nevada; 

Second 10-Year Carbon Monoxide 

Maintenance Plan 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing approval of 

a State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

revision submitted by the State of 

Nevada (‘‘State’’). On July 3, 2008, the 

EPA redesignated the Truckee Meadows 

area, consisting largely of the cities of 

Reno and Sparks in Washoe County, 

Nevada, from nonattainment to 

attainment for the carbon monoxide 

National Ambient Air Quality Standards 

(NAAQS) and approved the State’s plan 

addressing the area’s maintenance of the 

NAAQS for ten years. On November 7, 

2014, the State submitted to the EPA a 

second maintenance plan for the 

Truckee Meadows area that addressed 

maintenance of the NAAQS through 

2030. The EPA is also proposing to find 

adequate and approve transportation 

conformity motor vehicle emissions 

budgets for the years 2015, 2020, 2025 

and 2030. We are making this proposal 

under the Clean Air Act. 

DATES: Any comments on this proposal 

must arrive by September 29, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R09– 

OAR–2016–0096 at http://

www.regulations.gov, or via email to 

John Kelly, Air Planning Office, at 

kelly.johnj@epa.gov. For comments 

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59594 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 168 / Tuesday, August 30, 2016 / Proposed Rules 

submitted at Regulations.gov, follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. Once submitted, comments 

cannot be removed or edited from 

Regulations.gov. For either manner of 

submission, the EPA may publish any 

comment received to its public docket. 

Do not submit electronically any 

information you consider to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Multimedia 

submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be 

accompanied by a written comment. 

The written comment is considered the 

official comment and should include 

discussion of all points you wish to 

make. The EPA will generally not 

consider comments or comment 

contents located outside of the primary 

submission (i.e. on the web, cloud, or 

other file sharing system). For 

additional submission methods, please 

contact the person identified in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

For the full EPA public comment policy, 

information about CBI or multimedia 

submissions, and general guidance on 

making effective comments, please visit 

http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/ 

commenting-epa-dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Kelly, EPA Region IX, (415) 947–4151, 

kelly.johnj@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document, ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us’’ 

and ‘‘our’’ refer to the EPA. This 

proposal addresses the following local 

plan, ‘‘Second 10-Year Maintenance 

Plan for the Truckee Meadows 8-Hour 

Carbon Monoxide Attainment Area, 

August 28, 2014,’’ and associated motor 

vehicle emissions budgets. In the Rules 

and Regulations section of this Federal 

Register, we are approving this local 

plan in a direct final action without 

prior proposal because we believe this 

SIP revision is not controversial. If we 

receive adverse comments, however, we 

will publish a timely withdrawal of the 

direct final rule and address the 

comments in subsequent action based 

on this proposed rule. 

We do not plan to open a second 

comment period, so anyone interested 

in commenting should do so at this 

time. If we do not receive adverse 

comments, no further activity is 

planned. For further information, please 

see the direct final action. 

Dated: August 15, 2016. 

Alexis Strauss, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 271 

[EPA–R03–RCRA–2015–0674; FRL–9951– 

50–Region 3] 

Maryland: Final Authorization of State 

Hazardous Waste Management 

Program Revisions 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: Maryland has applied to the 

United States Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) for final authorization of 

revisions to its hazardous waste 

program under the Resource 

Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). 

EPA proposes to grant final 

authorization to Maryland. In the Rules 

and Regulations section of this Federal 

Register, EPA is authorizing the 

revisions by a direct final rule. We have 

explained the reasons for this 

authorization in the preamble to the 

direct final rule. Unless EPA receives 

written comments that oppose this 

authorization during the comment 

period, the direct final rule will become 

effective on the date it establishes, and 

EPA will not take further action on this 

proposal. 

DATES: Send your written comments by 

September 29, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R03– 

RCRA–2015–0674, by one of the 

following methods: 

1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 

instructions for submitting comments. 

2. Email: pratt.stacie@epa.gov. 

3. Mail: Stacie Pratt, Mailcode 3LC50, 

Office of State Programs, U.S. EPA 

Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 

Philadelphia, PA 19103–2029. 

4. Hand Delivery: At the previouslylisted EPA Region III address. Such 

deliveries are only accepted during 

normal hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

For further information on how to 

submit comments, please see today’s 

direct final rule published in the ‘‘Rules 

and Regulations’’ section of this Federal 

Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stacie Pratt, Mailcode 3LC50, Office of 

State Programs, U.S. EPA Region III, 

1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 

19103–2029, Phone Number: (215) 814– 

5173; email address: pratt.stacie@

epa.gov 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

Rules and Regulations section of the 

Federal Register, EPA is authorizing the 

revisions by a direct final rule. EPA did 

not make a proposal prior to the direct 

final rule because we believe this action 

is not controversial and do not expect 

comments that oppose it. We have 

explained the reasons for this 

authorization in the preamble of the 

direct final rule. Unless EPA receives 

adverse written comments that oppose 

this authorization during the comment 

period, the direct final rule will become 

effective on the date it establishes, and 

EPA will not take further action on this 

proposal. If EPA receives comments that 

oppose this action, we will withdraw 

the Direct Final Rule, and it will not 

take effect. EPA will then respond to 

public comments in a later final rule 

based on this proposal and after 

consideration of all comments. You may 

not have another opportunity for 

comment. If you want to comment on 

this action, you must do so at this time. 

For additional information, please see 

the direct final rule published in the 

Rules and Regulations section of this 

Federal Register. 

Dated: August 12, 2016. 

Shawn M. Garvin, 

Regional Administrator, EPA Region III. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

48 CFR Parts 215, 219, and 235 

[Docket DARS–2016–0030] 

RIN 0750–AJ03 

Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement: Pilot Program 

for Streamlining Awards for Innovative 

Technology Projects (DFARS Case 

2016–D016) 

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Department of 

Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: DoD is proposing to amend 

the Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to 

implement a section of the National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2016 that provides exceptions from 

the certified cost and pricing data 

requirements and from the records 

examination requirement for certain 

awards to small businesses or 

nontraditional defense contractors. 

DATES: Comments on the proposed rule 

should be submitted in writing to the 

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