26844 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 104 / Wednesday, May 29, 1996 / Rules and Regulations

§ 180.481 be completely rewritten, but

rather that the section be amended to

add entries for ‘‘cereal grains (except

rice/wild rice) group,’’ and the ‘‘cereal

grains, forage, fodder, straw and hay

(except rice/wild rice) group’’.

Therefore, in this final rule, EPA is

amending § 180.481 by adding

tolerances for the cereal grains (except

rice/wild rice) group,’’ and the ‘‘cereal

grains, forage, fodder, straw and hay

(except rice/wild rice) group.’’

There were two favorable comments

received in response to the proposed

rule.

The data submitted with the proposed

rule and other relevant material have

been evaluated and discussed in the

proposed rule. Based on the data and

information considered, the Agency has

determined that when used in

accordance with good agricultural

practice, prosulfuron is useful and the

tolerances will protect the public health.

Therefore, the tolerances are established

as set forth below.

Any person adversely affected by this

regulation may, within 30 days after

publication of this document in the

Federal Register, file written objections

to the regulation and may also request

a hearing on those objections.

Objections and hearing requests must be

filed with the Hearing Clerk, at the

address given above (40 CFR 178.20). A

copy of the objections and/or hearing

requests filed with the Hearing Clerk

should be submitted to the OPP docket

for this rulemaking. The objections

submitted must specify the provisions

of the regulation deemed objectionable

and the grounds for the objections (40

CFR 178.25). Each objection must be

accompanied by the fee prescribed by

40 CFR 180.33(i). If a hearing is

requested, the objections must include a

statement of the factual issue(s) on

which a hearing is requested, the

requestor’s contentions on such issues,

and a summary of any evidence relied

upon by the objector (40 CFR 178.27). A

request for a hearing will be granted if

the Administrator determines that the

material submitted shows the following:

There is genuine and substantial issue

of fact; there is a reasonable possibility

that available evidence identified by the

requestor would, if established, resolve

one or more of such issues in favor of

the requestor, taking into account

uncontested claims or facts to the

contrary; and resolution of the factual

issue(s) in the manner sought by the

requestor would be adequate to justify

the action requested (40 CFR 178.32).

A record has been established for this

rulemaking under the docket number

[PP 5F4469/R2225] (including any

comments and data submitted

electronically). A public version of this

record, including printed, paper

versions of electronic comments, which

does not include any information

claimed as CBI, is available for

inspection from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, excluding legal

holidays. The public record is located in

Room 1132 of the Public Response and

Program Resources Branch, Field

Operations Division (7506C), Office of

Pesticide Programs, Environmental

Protection Agency, Crystal Mall #2,

1921 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, VA 22202.

Electronic comments can be sent

directly to EPA at:

opp-docket@epamail.epa.gov

Electronic comments must be

submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the

use of special characters and any form

of encryption.

The official record for this

rulemaking, as well as the public

version, as described above will be kept

in paper form. Accordingly, EPA will

transfer any copies of objections and

hearing requests received electronically

into printed, paper form as they are

received and will place the paper copies

in the official rule-making record which

will also include all comments

submitted directly in writing. The

official rulemaking record is the paper

record maintained at the address in

‘‘ADDRESSES’’ at the beginning of this

document.

The Office of Management and Budget

has exempted this rule from the

requirements of section 3 of Executive

Order 12866.

This action does not impose any

enforceable duty, or contain any

‘‘unfunded mandates’’ as described in

Title II of the Unfunded Mandates

Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4), or

require prior consultation as specified

by Executive Order 12875 (58 FR 58093,

October 28, 1993), entitled Enhancing

the Intergovernmental Partnership, or

special consideration as required by

Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629,

February 16, 1994).

Pursuant to the requirements of the

Regulatory Flexibility Act (Pub. L. 96–

354, 94 Stat. 1164, 5 U.S.C. 601–612),

the Administrator has determined that

regulations establishing new tolerances

or food additive regulations or

establishing exemptions from tolerance

requirements do not have a significant

economic impact on a substantial

number of small entities. A certification

statement to this effect was published in

the Federal Register of May 4, 1981 (46

FR 24950).

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 180

Environmental protection,

Administrative practice and procedure,

Agricultural commodities, Pesticides

and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements.

Dated: May 20, 1996.

Peter Caulkins,

Acting Director, Registration Division, Office

of Pesticide Programs.

Therefore, 40 CFR part 180 be

amended as follows:

PART 180—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for Part 180

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a. and 371.

2. In § 180.481 by revising the

introductory text, and amending the

table by adding alphabetically entries to

read as set forth below:

§ 180.481 Prosulfuron; tolerances for

residues.

Tolerances that expire as indicated in

the table below are established for

residues of the herbicide prosulfuron 1-

(4-methoxy-6-methyl-triazin-2-yl)-3-[2-

(3,3,3-trifluoropropyl)-phenylsulfonyl]-

urea in or on the following raw

agricultural commodities:

Commodity Parts per

million

Expiration

date

* * * * *

Cereal grains

group (except

rice and wild

rice), grain.

0.01 December

31, 1999

Cereal grains

group (except

rice and wild

rice), forage.

0.10 Do

Cereal grains

group (except

rice and wild

rice), fodder.

0.01 Do

Cereal grains

group (except

rice and wild

rice), straw.

0.02 Do

Cereal grains

group (except

rice and wild

rice), hay.

0.20 Do

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[FR Doc. 96–13443 Filed 5–28–96; 8:45 am]

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Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 104 / Wednesday, May 29, 1996 / Rules and Regulations 26845

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

49 CFR Part 571

Motor Vehicle Safety Standards;

Occupant Crash Protection

CFR Correction

In Title 49 of the Code of Federal

Regulations, parts 400 to 999, revised as

of October 1, 1995, on page 514, in the

second column, in § 571.208, paragraph

S7.1.1.5 and Figure 5 were inadvertently

omitted and should read as follows:

§ 571.208 Standard No. 208, Occupant

Crash Protection.

* * * * *

S7.1.1.5 Passenger cars, and trucks,

buses, and multipurpose passenger

vehicles with a GVWR of 10,000 pounds

or less manufactured on or after

September 1, 1995 shall meet the

requirements of S7.1.1.5(a), S7.1.1.5(b)

and S7.1.1.5(c).

(a) Each designated seating position,

except the driver’s position, and except

any right front seating position that is

equipped with an automatic belt, that is

in any motor vehicle, except walk-in

van-type vehicles and vehicles

manufactured to be sold exclusively to

the U.S. Postal Service, and that is

forward-facing or can be adjusted to be

forward-facing, shall have a seat belt

assembly whose lap belt portion is

lockable so that the seat belt assembly

can be used to tightly secure a child

restraint system. The means provided to

lock the lap belt or lap belt portion of

the seat belt assembly shall not consist

of any device that must be attached by

the vehicle user to the seat belt webbing,

retractor, or any other part of the

vehicle. Additionally, the means

provided to lock the lap belt or lap belt

portion of the seat belt assembly shall

not require any inverting, twisting or

otherwise deforming of the belt

webbing.

(b) If the means provided pursuant to

S7.1.1.5(a) to lock the lap belt or lap belt

portion of any seat belt assembly makes

it necessary for the vehicle user to take

some action to activate the locking

feature, the vehicle owner’s manual

shall include a description in words

and/or diagrams describing how to

activate the locking feature so that the

seat belt assembly can tightly secure a

child restraint system and how to

deactivate the locking feature to remove

the child restraint system.

(c) Except for seat belt assemblies that

have no retractor or that are equipped

with an automatic locking retractor,

compliance with S7.1.1.5(a) is

demonstrated by the following

procedure:

(1) With the seat in any adjustment

position, buckle the seat belt assembly.

Complete any procedures recommended

in the vehicle owner’s manual, pursuant

to S7.1.1.5(b), to activate any locking

feature for the seat belt assembly.

(2) Locate a reference point A on the

safety belt buckle. Locate a reference

point B on the attachment hardware or

retractor assembly at the other end of

the lap belt or lap belt portion of the seat

belt assembly. Adjust the lap belt or lap

belt portion of the seat belt assembly

pursuant to S7.1.1.5(c)(1) as necessary

so that the webbing between points A

and B is at the maximum length allowed

by the belt system. Measure and record

the distance between points A and B

along the longitudinal centerline of the

webbing for the lap belt or lap belt

portion of the seat belt assembly.

(3) Readjust the belt system so that the

webbing between points A and B is at

any length that is 5 inches or more

shorter than the maximum length of the

webbing.

(4) Apply a pre-load of 10 pounds,

using the webbing tension pull device

described in Figure 5 of this standard,

to the lap belt or lap belt portion of the

seat belt assembly in a vertical plane

parallel to the longitudinal axis of the

vehicle and passing through the seating

reference point of the designated seating

position whose belt system is being

tested. Apply the pre-load in a

horizontal direction toward the front of

the vehicle with a force application

angle of not less than 5 degrees nor

more than 15 degrees above the

horizontal. Measure and record the

length of belt between points A and B

along the longitudinal centerline of the

webbing for the lap belt or lap belt

portion of the seat belt assembly while

the pre-load is being applied.

(5) Apply a load of 50 pounds, using

the webbing tension pull device

described in Figure 5 of this standard,

to the lap belt or lap belt portion of the

seat belt assembly in a vertical plane

parallel to the longitudinal axis of the

vehicle and passing through the seating

reference point of the designated seating

position whose belt system is being

tested. The load is applied in a

horizontal direction toward the front of

the vehicle with a force application

angle of not less than 5 degrees nor

more than 15 degrees above the

horizontal at an onset rate of not more

than 50 pounds per second. Attain the

50 pound load in not more than 5

seconds. If webbing sensitive emergency

locking retroactive are installed as part

of the lap belt assembly or lap belt

portion of the seat belt assembly, apply

the load at a rate less than the threshold

value for lock-up specified by the

manufacturer. Maintain the 50 pound

load for at least 5 seconds before the

measurements specified in S7.1.1.5(c)(6)

are obtained and recorded.

(6) Measure and record the length of

belt between points A and B along the

longitudinal centerline of the webbing

for the lap belt or lap belt portion of the

seat belt assembly.

(7) The difference between the

measurements recorded under

S7.1.1.5(c) (6) and (4) shall not exceed

2 inches.

(8) The difference between the

measurements recorded under

S7.1.1.5(c) (6) and (2) shall be 3 inches

or more.

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1The notice of proposed rulemaking issued on

March 26, 1996 was designated as STB Ex Parte No.

346 (Sub-No. 8). In a notice served on May 2, 1996,

the docket number was changed to STB Ex Parte

No. 548.

BILLING CODE 1505–01–C

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

49 CFR Part 1039

[STB Ex Parte No. 548] 1

Exemption From Regulation—Boxcar

Traffic

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board,

DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Surface Transportation

Board (the Board) is eliminating an

obsolete provision of a regulation

pertaining to rates on nonferrous

recyclable commodities by broadening

the exemption for traffic moving in

boxcars.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 28, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beryl Gordon, (202) 927–7513. [TDD for

the hearing impaired: (202) 927–5721.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ICC

Termination Act of 1995, Pub. L. No.

104–88, 109 Stat. 803 (ICCTA) abolished

the Interstate Commerce Commission

(ICC) and established the Board. Section

204 of the ICCTA provides that ‘‘[t]he

Board shall promptly rescind all

regulations established by the [ICC] that

are based on provisions of law repealed

and not substantively reenacted by this

Act.’’ In Removal of Obsolete

Recyclables Regulations, 1 S.T.B. 7

(1996) (Obsolete Regulations), the Board

removed, inter alia, obsolete recyclable

regulations at 49 CFR 1134 and 49 CFR

1145, pertaining to discrimination

against recyclables and rates on

recyclables, because Congress repealed

former 49 U.S.C. 10710 and 10731, the

statutory bases for these regulations. We

stated that we would separately

consider the disposition of 49 CFR

1039.14(b)(5), which excludes rates on

nonferrous recyclable commodities from

the exemption of boxcar traffic from rate

regulation.

Consequently, on March 26, 1996, we

served a notice of proposed rulemaking

(NPR) in this proceeding, published at