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registered regular-route motor carrier of 

passengers will continue to be subject to 

the full safety oversight and 

enforcement programs of FMCSA and 

its State and local partners. 

The effective date of the rule is March 

17, 2009, with a compliance date of July 

15, 2009. 

Contemplated Extension of the Effective 

Date 

In accordance with January 20, 2009 

(74 FR 4435) memorandum from the 

Assistant to the President and Chief of 

Staff, FMCSA is contemplating an 

extension of the effective date of its 

January 16, 2009, final rule from March 

17, 2009, to June 15, 2009. This will 

provide us sufficient time to address 

issues that have been raised about 

whether the new rule will make it more 

difficult for us to enforce our 

requirements concerning safety and 

access for individuals with disabilities. 

Although we believe the final rule fully 

addressed these issues, in light of the 

Assistant to the President and Chief of 

Staff’s memorandum, we are proposing 

to delay the effective date of the final 

rule to allow the Agency the 

opportunity for further review and 

consideration of these issues. 

The Agency solicits comments 

specifically on the contemplated delay 

in the effective date. 

List of Subjects 

49 CFR Part 356 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Routing, Motor carriers. 

49 CFR Part 365 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Brokers, Buses, Freight 

forwarders, Motor carriers, Moving of 

household goods, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

49 CFR Part 374 

Aged, Blind, Buses, Civil rights, 

Freight, Individuals with disabilities, 

Motor carriers, Smoking. 

Issued on: February 25, 2009. 

Rose A. McMurray, 

Acting Deputy Administrator. 

[FR Doc. E9–4454 Filed 3–2–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

49 CFR Part 571 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2009–0038] 

RIN 2127–AK44 

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard; 

Air Brake Systems 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Interim final rule, request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: This document extends for six 

months a requirement that trailers with 

antilock brake systems be equipped 

with an external antilock malfunction 

indicator lamp. This requirement, 

which is included in the Federal motor 

vehicle safety standard that governs 

vehicles equipped with air brakes, is 

currently scheduled to sunset on March 

1, 2009. As a result of this interim final 

rule, the sunset date is September 1, 

2009. We are taking this action in 

connection with our consideration of a 

petition for rulemaking from the 

Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance 

(CVSA) requesting that the requirement 

be made permanent. In a separate 

document, we are proposing a further 

extension of the requirement, to March 

1, 2011. This interim final rule prevents 

the occurrence of a potential time gap 

for the vehicles that are subject to the 

requirement, should the agency 

ultimately decide to further extend the 

time period. 

DATES: Effective Date: The amendment 

made in this rule is effective February 

28, 2009. 

Comment Period: You should submit 

your comments early enough to ensure 

that the Docket receives them not later 

than April 2, 2009. Comments may be 

combined with ones on the 

accompanying notice of proposed 

rulemaking, which is being published 

today using the same docket number. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

to the docket number identified in the 

heading of this document by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility: 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

Instructions: For detailed instructions 

on submitting comments and additional 

information on the rulemaking process, 

see the Public Participation heading of 

the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

of this document. Note that all 

comments received will be posted 

without change to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. Please 

see the Privacy Act heading below. 

Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477–78) or you may visit http:// 

DocketsInfo.dot.gov. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or the street 

address listed above. Follow the online 

instructions for accessing the dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

non-legal issues, you may call Mr. 

George Soodoo, Office of Crash 

Avoidance Standards (Phone: 202–366– 

4931; FAX: 202–366–7002). For legal 

issues, you may call Mr. Ari Scott, 

Office of the Chief Counsel (Phone: 202– 

366–2992; FAX: 202–366–3820). You 

may send mail to these officials at: 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Background 

II. Agency Analysis 

III. Interim Final Rule and Shortened 

Comment Period 

IV. Public Participation 

V. Rulemaking Analyses and Notices 

I. Background 

The final rule requiring antilock brake 

systems (ABS) on truck tractors, other 

air-braked heavy vehicles including 

trailers, and hydraulic-braked trucks 

was published in the Federal Register 

(60 FR 13216) on March 10, 1995. As 

amended by that final rule, FMVSS No. 

121, Air Brake Systems, required two 

separate in-cab ABS malfunction 

indicator lamps for each truck tractor, 

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March 1, 1997) and the other for the 

trailer’s ABS (effective March 1, 2001). 

The final rule also required air-braked 

trailers to be equipped with an 

externally mounted ABS malfunction 

lamp (effective March 1, 1998) so that 

the driver of a non-ABS equipped 

tractor or a pre-2001 ABS-equipped 

tractor towing an ABS-equipped trailer 

would be alerted in the event of a 

malfunction in the trailer ABS. 

The requirement for the trailermounted ABS malfunction indicator 

lamp is currently scheduled to expire on 

March 1, 2009. The agency established 

this sunset date in light of the fact that, 

after this eight-year period, many of the 

pre-2001 tractors without the dedicated 

trailer ABS malfunction indicator lamp 

would no longer be in long-haul service. 

The agency based its decision on the 

belief that the typical tractor life was 

five to seven years, and therefore 

decided on an eight-year period for the 

external ABS malfunction indicator 

lamp requirement. We further stated our 

belief that there would be no need for 

a redundant ABS malfunction lamp 

mounted on the trailer after the vast 

majority of tractors were equipped with 

an in-cab ABS malfunction indicator 

lamp for the trailer. 

As we have moved closer to the 

March 1, 2009 sunset date, the agency 

has received two petitions requesting 

that the requirement for the ABS 

malfunction indicator lamp be extended 

or made permanent. These petitions 

both came from the Commercial Vehicle 

Safety Alliance (CVSA), an international 

not-for-profit organization comprised of 

local, state, provincial, territorial and 

federal motor carrier safety officials and 

industry representatives from the 

United States, Canada, and Mexico. The 

petitioner raised two main issues in 

requesting a permanent extension. The 

first relates to ensuring that a driver or 

inspector can determine the operational 

status of a trailer ABS, if the trailer is 

not equipped with an external ABS 

lamp or the tractor is a pre-2001 tractor 

without the trailer in-cab ABS warning 

lamp. The second relates to the use of 

the external trailer ABS warning lamp 

for diagnostic purposes. 

II. Agency Analysis 

In a separate notice of proposed 

rulemaking (NPRM) published in 

today’s Federal Register, we are 

proposing to extend the trailer indicator 

lamp requirement to March 1, 2011. 

Such an extension would enable the 

agency to fully analyze CVSA’s request 

that the requirement be made 

permanent. 

Given the imminence of the March 1, 

2009 sunset date, our decision on the 

accompanying NPRM will not be made 

until after that date. To prevent the 

requirement from expiring in the 

meantime, potentially creating a 

confusing time gap in the trailer 

regulations should the agency 

ultimately decide to extend it, we 

decided to issue this interim final rule 

providing a six-month extension. 

Accordingly, NHTSA is extending the 

sunset date by six months, from March 

1, 2009 to September 1, 2009. 

III. Interim Final Rule and Shortened 

Comment Period 

Given the imminence of the March 1, 

2009 sunset date for the requirement 

that trailers with antilock brake systems 

be equipped with an external antilock 

malfunction indicator lamp, we find 

good cause for this interim final rule 

providing a six-month extension. 

Without this interim final rule, a 

confusing time gap in the vehicles 

subject to the requirement could 

potentially occur, should the agency 

ultimately decide to extend the 

requirement. Further, we find good 

cause to make it effective on February 

28, 2009. We are accepting comments 

on this interim final rule. 

Furthermore, given the short 

timeframe of this interim final rule, we 

are providing only a 30-day comment 

period. Because the full duration of the 

extension is only six months, and due 

to the fact that NHTSA will be 

considering the policy issues addressed 

in the outstanding petitions during this 

period in the context of the 

accompanying NPRM, we believe it is 

appropriate to provide a short comment 

period. 

IV. Public Participation 

How do I prepare and submit 

comments? 

Your comments must be written and 

in English. To ensure that your 

comments are correctly filed in the 

Docket, please include the docket 

number of this document in your 

comments. 

Your comments must not be more 

than 15 pages long. (49 CFR 553.21). We 

established this limit to encourage you 

to write your primary comments in a 

concise fashion. However, you may 

attach necessary additional documents 

to your comments. There is no limit on 

the length of the attachments. 

Please submit two copies of your 

comments, including the attachments, 

to Docket Management at the address 

given above under ADDRESSES. 

Comments may also be submitted to 

the docket electronically by logging onto 

the Docket Management System Web 

site at http://www.regulations.gov. 

Follow the online instructions for 

submitting comments. 

Please note that pursuant to the Data 

Quality Act, in order for substantive 

data to be relied upon and used by the 

agency, it must meet the information 

quality standards set forth in the OMB 

and DOT Data Quality Act guidelines. 

Accordingly, we encourage you to 

consult the guidelines in preparing your 

comments. OMB’s guidelines may be 

accessed at http://www.whitehouse.gov/ 

omb/fedreg/reproducible.html. DOT’s 

guidelines may be accessed at http:// 

dms.dot.gov. 

How can I be sure that my comments 

were received? 

If you wish Docket Management to 

notify you upon its receipt of your 

comments, enclose a self-addressed, 

stamped postcard in the envelope 

containing your comments. Upon 

receiving your comments, Docket 

Management will return the postcard by 

mail. 

How do I submit confidential business 

information? 

If you wish to submit any information 

under a claim of confidentiality, you 

should submit three copies of your 

complete submission, including the 

information you claim to be confidential 

business information, to the Chief 

Counsel, NHTSA, at the address given 

above under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. In addition, you should 

submit two copies, from which you 

have deleted the claimed confidential 

business information, to Docket 

Management at the address given above 

under ADDRESSES. When you send a 

comment containing information 

claimed to be confidential business 

information, you should include a cover 

letter setting forth the information 

specified in our confidential business 

information regulation. (49 CFR Part 

512.) 

Will the agency consider late 

comments? 

We will consider all comments that 

Docket Management receives before the 

close of business on the comment 

closing date indicated above under 

DATES. To the extent possible, we will 

also consider comments that Docket 

Management receives after that date. If 

Docket Management receives a comment 

too late for us to consider in developing 

a final rule (assuming that one is 

issued), we will consider that comment 

as an informal suggestion for future 

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How can I read the comments submitted 

by other people? 

You may read the comments received 

by Docket Management at the address 

given above under ADDRESSES. The 

hours of the Docket are indicated above 

in the same location. You may also see 

the comments on the Internet. To read 

the comments on the Internet, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

online instructions for accessing the 

dockets. 

Please note that even after the 

comment closing date, we will continue 

to file relevant information in the 

Docket as it becomes available. Further, 

some people may submit late comments. 

Accordingly, we recommend that you 

periodically check the Docket for new 

material. 

V. Rulemaking Analyses and Notices 

Executive Order 12866 and DOT 

Regulatory Policies and Procedures 

This action was not reviewed by the 

Office of Management and Budget under 

E.O. 12866. The agency has considered 

the impact of this action under the 

Department of Transportation’s 

regulatory policies and procedures (44 

FR 11034; February 26, 1979), and has 

determined that it is not ‘‘significant’’ 

under them. 

This document delays the sunset date 

of the antilock malfunction indicator 

lamp requirement from March 1, 2009 to 

September 1, 2009. Since trailers 

manufactured after March 1, 1998 have 

already been complying with the 

requirement and the agency is merely 

extending the requirement for an 

additional six months, the impact on 

costs is not significant. Not supplying a 

lamp could result in a trailer that could 

be made for a few dollars less. We 

estimate the costs to be so minimal that 

preparation of a full regulatory 

evaluation is not required. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

Pursuant to the Regulatory Flexibility 

Act, 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq., NHTSA has 

evaluated the effects of this action on 

small entities. I hereby certify that this 

interim final rule will not have a 

significant impact on a substantial 

number of small entities. This interim 

final rule merely extends for six months 

a sunset provision in FMVSS No. 121. 

No other changes are made in this 

document. Small organizations and 

small government units are not 

significantly affected since this action 

does not affect the price of new motor 

vehicles. Trailer manufacturers are not 

required to install new systems but 

rather continue to install the systems 

they are already installing for an 

additional six months. 

Executive Order 13132 (Federalism) 

NHTSA has examined today’s interim 

final rule pursuant to Executive Order 

13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999) 

and concluded that no additional 

consultation with States, local 

governments or their representatives is 

mandated beyond the rulemaking 

process. The agency has concluded that 

the rule does not have federalism 

implications because it does not have 

‘‘substantial direct effects on the States, 

on the relationship between the national 

government and the States, or on the 

distribution of power and 

responsibilities among the various 

levels of government.’’ 

Further, no consultation is needed to 

discuss the preemptive effect of today’s 

rule. NHTSA’s safety standards can 

have preemptive effect in at least two 

ways. First, the National Traffic and 

Motor Vehicle Safety Act contains an 

express preemption provision: ‘‘When a 

motor vehicle safety standard is in effect 

under this chapter, a State or a political 

subdivision of a State may prescribe or 

continue in effect a standard applicable 

to the same aspect of performance of a 

motor vehicle or motor vehicle 

equipment only if the standard is 

identical to the standard prescribed 

under this chapter.’’ 49 U.S.C. 

30103(b)(1). It is this statutory command 

that unavoidably preempts State 

legislative and administrative law, not 

today’s rulemaking, so consultation 

would be unnecessary. 

Second, the Supreme Court has 

recognized the possibility of implied 

preemption: State requirements 

imposed on motor vehicle 

manufacturers, including sanctions 

imposed by State tort law, can stand as 

an obstacle to the accomplishment and 

execution of a NHTSA safety standard. 

When such a conflict is discerned, the 

Supremacy Clause of the Constitution 

makes the State requirements 

unenforceable. See Geier v. American 

Honda Motor Co., 529 U.S. 861 (2000). 

NHTSA has considered today’s interim 

final rule and does not currently foresee 

any potential State requirements that 

might conflict with it. Without any 

conflict, there could not be any implied 

preemption. 

Executive Order 12988 (Civil Justice 

Reform) 

With respect to the review of the 

promulgation of a new regulation, 

section 3(b) of Executive Order 12988, 

‘‘Civil Justice Reform’’ (61 FR 4729, 

February 7, 1996) requires that 

Executive agencies make every 

reasonable effort to ensure that the 

regulation: (1) Clearly specifies the 

preemptive effect; (2) clearly specifies 

the effect on existing Federal law or 

regulation; (3) provides a clear legal 

standard for affected conduct, while 

promoting simplification and burden 

reduction; (4) clearly specifies the 

retroactive effect, if any; (5) adequately 

defines key terms; and (6) addresses 

other important issues affecting clarity 

and general draftsmanship under any 

guidelines issued by the Attorney 

General. This document is consistent 

with that requirement. 

Pursuant to this Order, NHTSA notes 

as follows. The preemptive effect of this 

rule is discussed above. NHTSA notes 

further that there is no requirement that 

individuals submit a petition for 

reconsideration or pursue other 

administrative proceeding before they 

may file suit in court. 

Protection of Children From 

Environmental Health and Safety Risks 

Executive Order 13045, ‘‘Protection of 

Children from Environmental Health 

and Safety Risks’’ (62 FR 19855, April 

23, 1997), applies to any rule that: (1) 

Is determined to be ‘‘economically 

significant’’ as defined under Executive 

Order 12866, and (2) concerns an 

environmental, health, or safety risk that 

the agency has reason to believe may 

have a disproportionate effect on 

children. If the regulatory action meets 

both criteria, the agency must evaluate 

the environmental health or safety 

effects of the planned rule on children, 

and explain why the planned regulation 

is preferable to other potentially 

effective and reasonably feasible 

alternatives considered by the agency. 

This document is not expected to 

affect children and it is not an 

economically significant regulatory 

action under Executive Order 12866. 

Consequently, no further analysis is 

required under Executive Order 13045. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

Under the Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995 (PRA), a person is not required 

to respond to a collection of information 

by a Federal agency unless the 

collection displays a valid OMB control 

number. There is not any information 

collection requirement associated with 

this interim final rule. 

National Technology Transfer and 

Advancement Act 

Section 12(d) of the National 

Technology Transfer and Advancement 

Act of 1995 (NTTAA), Public Law 104– 

113, (15 U.S.C. 272) directs the agency 

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unless doing so would be inconsistent 

with applicable law or is otherwise 

impractical. Voluntary consensus 

standards are technical standards (e.g., 

materials specifications, test methods, 

sampling procedures, and business 

practices) that are developed or adopted 

by voluntary consensus standards 

bodies, such as the Society of 

Automotive Engineers. The NTTAA 

directs us to provide Congress (through 

OMB) with explanations when we 

decide not to use available and 

applicable voluntary consensus 

standards. There are no voluntary 

consensus standards developed by 

voluntary consensus standards bodies 

pertaining to this interim final rule. 

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995 requires agencies to prepare a 

written assessment of the costs, benefits 

and other effects of proposed or final 

rules that include a Federal mandate 

likely to result in the expenditure by 

State, local or tribal governments, in the 

aggregate, or by the private sector, of 

more than $100 million annually 

(adjusted for inflation with base year of 

1995). This interim final rule would not 

result in expenditures by State, local or 

tribal governments, in the aggregate, or 

by the private sector in excess of $100 

million annually. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

NHTSA has analyzed this rulemaking 

action for the purposes of the National 

Environmental Policy Act. The agency 

has determined that implementation of 

this action will not have any significant 

impact on the quality of the human 

environment. 

Executive Order 13211 

Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 28355, 

May 18, 2001) applies to any 

rulemaking that: (1) Is determined to be 

economically significant as defined 

under E.O. 12866, and is likely to have 

a significantly adverse effect on the 

supply of, distribution of, or use of 

energy; or (2) that is designated by the 

Administrator of the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs as a 

significant energy action. This 

rulemaking is not subject to E.O. 13211. 

Plain Language 

Executive Order 12866 and the 

President’s memorandum of June 1, 

1998, require each agency to write all 

rules in plain language. Application of 

the principles of plain language 

includes consideration of the following 

questions: 

• Have we organized the material to 

suit the public’s needs? 

• Are the requirements in the rule 

clearly stated? 

• Does the rule contain technical 

language or jargon that isn’t clear? 

• Would a different format (grouping 

and order of sections, use of headings, 

paragraphing) make the rule easier to 

understand? 

• Would more (but shorter) sections 

be better? 

• Could we improve clarity by adding 

tables, lists, or diagrams? 

• What else could we do to make the 

rule easier to understand? 

If you have any responses to these 

questions, please include them in your 

comments on this proposal. 

Regulatory Identifier Number (RIN) 

The Department of Transportation 

assigns a regulation identifier number 

(RIN) to each regulatory action listed in 

the Unified Agenda of Federal 

Regulations. The Regulatory Information 

Service Center publishes the Unified 

Agenda in April and October of each 

year. You may use the RIN contained in 

the heading at the beginning of this 

document to find this action in the 

Unified Agenda. 

Privacy Act 

Anyone is able to search the 

electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 

65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78) or you 

may visit http://www.regulations.gov. 

List of Subjects in 49 CFR Part 571 

Imports, Motor vehicle safety, Motor 

vehicles, and Tires. 

■ In consideration of the foregoing, 

NHTSA is amending 49 CFR part 571 as 

set forth below. 

PART 571—FEDERAL MOTOR 

VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARDS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 571 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 322, 30111, 30115, 

30117 and 30166; delegation of authority at 

49 CFR 1.50. 

■ 2. Section 571.121 is amended by 

revising S5.2.3.3(a) to read as follows: 

§ 571.121 Standard No. 121; Air brake 

systems. 

* * * * * 

S5.2.3.3 Antilock malfunction 

indicator. 

(a) In addition to the requirements of 

S5.2.3.2, each trailer and trailer 

converter dolly manufactured on or after 

March 1, 1998, and before September 1, 

2009, shall be equipped with an 

external antilock malfunction indicator 

lamp that meets the requirements of 

S5.2.3.3(b) through (d). 

* * * * * 

Issued: February 26, 2009. 

Ronald L. Medford, 

Acting Deputy Administrator. 

[FR Doc. E9–4492 Filed 2–27–09; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 679 

[Docket No. 0810141351—9087—02] 

RIN 0648–XN54 

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic 

Zone Off Alaska; Opening Directed 

Fishing for Pacific Cod by Catcher 

Vessels Greater Than or Equal to 60 

feet (18.3 m) Length Overall Using Pot 

Gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian 

Islands management area 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; opening. 

SUMMARY: NMFS is opening directed 

fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels 

greater than or equal to 60 feet (18.3 m) 

length overall (LOA) using pot gear in 

the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 

management area (BSAI). This action is 

necessary to fully use the A season 

allowance of the 2009 total allowable 

catch (TAC) of Pacific cod by catcher 

vessels greater than or equal to 60 feet 

(18.3 m) LOA using pot gear in the 

BSAI. 

DATES: Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local 

time (A.l.t.), March 1, 2009, through 

1200 hrs, A.l.t., June 10, 2009. 

Comments must be received at the 

following address no later than 4:30 

p.m., A.l.t., March 13, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Sue 

Salveson, Assistant Regional 

Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries 

Division, Alaska Region, NMFS, Attn: 

Ellen Sebastian. You may submit 

comments, identified by RIN 

0648-XN54, by any one of the following 

methods: 

• Electronic Submissions: Submit all 

electronic public comments via the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal website at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 


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