44676 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 154 / Friday, August 13, 2021 / Proposed Rules 

1Petition of the United States Postal Service for 

the Initiation of a Proceeding to Consider Proposed 

Changes in Analytical Principles (Proposal Five), 

August 4, 2021 (Petition). The Postal Service filed 

two non-public Attachments under seal with 

Proposal Five as part of Library Reference USPS– 

RM2021–8/NP1. The information is of the type 

provided under seal within Docket No. ACR2020, 

Library Reference USPS–FY20–NP2 and –NP5 in 

the Postal Service’s FY2020 Annual Compliance 

Report. The Postal Service therefore incorporates by 

reference the Application for Non-Public Treatment 

of Materials contained in Attachment Two to the 

United States Postal Service Fiscal Year 2020 

Annual Compliance Report, filed on December 29, 

2020. Library Reference USPS–RM2021–8/NP1, 

August 4, 2021; Notice of Filing of USPS–RM2021– 

8/NP1 and Application for Nonpublic Treatment, 

August 4, 2021. 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

39 CFR Part 3050 

[Docket No. RM2021–8; Order No. 5951] 

Periodic Reporting 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is 

acknowledging a recent filing requesting 

the Commission initiate a rulemaking 

proceeding to consider changes to 

analytical principles relating to periodic 

reports (Proposal Five). This document 

informs the public of the filing, invites 

public comment, and takes other 

administrative steps. 

DATES: Comments are due: September 

15, 2021. 

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. Proposal Five 

III. Notice and Comment 

IV. Ordering Paragraphs 

I. Introduction 

On August 4, 2021, the Postal Service 

filed a petition pursuant to 39 CFR 

3050.11, requesting that the 

Commission initiate a rulemaking 

proceeding to consider changes to 

analytical principles relating to periodic 

reports.1 The Petition identifies the 

proposed analytical changes filed in this 

docket as Proposal Five. 

II. Proposal Five 

Proposal. The Postal Service proposes 

to treat International surface 

transportation to Canada separately 

from the treatment of International air 

transportation. Petition, Proposal Five at 

1. The Postal Service explains that the 

proposal uses additional Foreign Postal 

Settlement System (FPS) data to develop 

a distribution key to more accurately 

distribute outbound International 

surface transportation expenses to 

Canada (Account 53281). Id. After 

isolating International surface 

transportation to Canada for separate 

treatment, the proposal continues to use 

the International Air Transportation file 

to distribute outbound International air 

transportation expenses (Accounts 

53201 and 53212), with a refinement to 

remap surface parcels to regular parcels 

in the distribution. Id. Account 53281 

expenses would be isolated from the 

other expenses and additional FPS data 

would be used to distribute account 

53281 expenses to international mail 

categories transported to Canada by 

surface. Id. 

Rationale. Following information 

requests during the recent Annual 

Compliance Report process, the Postal 

Service reviewed its international 

transportation costs. Id. at 2. The Postal 

Service indicates that removing account 

53281 from the current treatment that 

sums accounts 53201, 53212, and 53281 

results in the distribution of only air 

expenses. The Postal Service concludes 

that with new surface and air treatments 

for accounts 53201, 53212, and 53281, 

and account 53286 continuing to receive 

its separate treatment as part of the 

FedEx agreement, there is no longer a 

need for diversion factors. Id. 

The Postal Service notes that the 

International Cost and Revenue 

Analysis (ICRA) has traditionally 

described the method for calculating 

outbound international transportation 

expenses. Id. The Postal Service states 

that the proposal mostly maintains the 

methodology described in the Air 

Transportation Cost Computations, but 

would remove account 53281 from the 

benchmarking of International air 

transportation expenses for all 

countries. Id. at 3. 

The Postal Service states that the 

primary subject of this proposal is the 

International highway costs section. Id. 

Currently, the proportions of total 

outbound kilograms to Canada are used 

to develop diversion ratios for mail 

types transported by surface. Id. at 4. 

The proposal would use U.S. and 

Canada information service center 

origin destination pairs by ICRA 

outbound mail class to replace the 

diversion percentages. Id. 

The Postal Services notes that 

additional FPS data is used to distribute 

expenses for outbound surface 

transportation to Canada. It concludes 

that ‘‘refining the treatment of air 

transportation costs would improve 

ICRA reporting by providing a finer 

level of mail category detail that: (1) 

Eliminates treating the sum of air and 

surface costs together, (2) eliminates the 

need to develop air to surface diversion 

factors to isolate or divert Canada 

surface transportation expenses, and (3) 

provides the basis for the distribution of 

surface costs using surface data and the 

distribution of air costs using air data.’’ 

Id. at 4–5. 

Impact. The Postal Service claims that 

the two non-public attachments 

accompanying the proposal show its 

‘‘modest impact,’’ and indicates that 

both are filed under seal as part of 

Library Reference USPS–RM2021–8/ 

NP1. Id. at 5. It concludes that the net 

impact on total Market Dominant and 

total Competitive products costs is zero. 

Id. Additional pages display the 

detailed impacts on Market Dominant 

products and Competitive products. The 

Postal Service concludes that, overall, 

the proposal would shift roughly 

$158,000 of attributable costs from 

Market Dominant to Competitive 

products. Id. 

The Postal Service also indicates that 

the change in Total Volume Variable 

and Product Specific Cost in 

Attachment 2 reflect the International 

Negotiated Service Agreement (NSA) 

differences in Attachment 1. It 

concludes these show that all NSAs that 

were compensatory in FY 2020 would 

have remained so under this proposal. 

Id. 

Mechanics. The Postal Service details 

several of the adjustments that would be 

made to various files by the proposal. 

Id. at 6. 

III. Notice and Comment 

The Commission establishes Docket 

No. RM2021–8 for consideration of 

matters raised by the Petition. More 

information on the Petition may be 

accessed via the Commission’s website 

at http://www.prc.gov. Interested 

persons may submit comments on the 

Petition and Proposal Five no later than 

September 15, 2021. Pursuant to 39 

U.S.C. 505, Jennaca D. Upperman 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: 


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1 80 FR 65291 (October 26, 2015). 

2See CAA section 181(a)(1). For the 2015 ozone 

NAAQS, the design value at each monitoring site 

is the annual fourth-highest daily maximum 8-hour 

average ozone concentration, averaged over three 

years. The design value for an area is the highest 

design value among the monitoring sites in the area. 

3See, generally, subpart 2 of part D of title I of 

the CAA. 

1. The Commission establishes Docket 

No. RM2021–8 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 Five), filed August 

4, 2021. 

2. Comments by interested persons in 

this proceeding are due no later than 

September 15, 2021. 

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

Commission appoints Jennaca D. 

Upperman 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. 

Erica A. Barker, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17191 Filed 8–12–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 81 

[EPA–R09–OAR–2021–0426; FRL–8710–03– 

R9] 

Designation of Areas for Air Quality 

Planning Purposes; California; Eastern 

Kern, Sacramento Metro, and Western 

Nevada 2015 Ozone Nonattainment 

Areas; Reclassification to Serious 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: Under the Clean Air Act 

(CAA), the Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to grant 

requests by the California Air Resources 

Board (CARB) to reclassify three 

nonattainment areas in California from 

‘‘Moderate’’ to ‘‘Serious’’ for the 2015 

ozone national ambient air quality 

standards (NAAQS). These three areas 

are herein referred to as the Eastern 

Kern, Sacramento Metro, and Western 

Nevada nonattainment areas. In 

connection with the reclassification, the 

EPA is proposing to establish deadlines 

for submittal of revisions to the Eastern 

Kern, Sacramento Metro, and Western 

Nevada portions of the California state 

implementation plan (SIP) to meet 

additional requirements for Serious 

ozone nonattainment areas. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before September 13, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R09– 

OAR–2021–0426 at https://

www.regulations.gov. For comments 

submitted at Regulations.gov, follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. Once submitted, comments 

cannot be edited or removed from 

Regulations.gov. 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 

https://www.epa.gov/dockets/ 

commenting-epa-dockets. If you need 

assistance in a language other than 

English or if you are a person with 

disabilities who needs a reasonable 

accommodation at no cost to you, please 

contact the person identified in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ben 

Leers, Air Planning Office (AIR–2), EPA 

Region IX, (415) 947–4279, Leers.Ben@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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

and ‘‘our’’ refer to the EPA. 

Table of Contents 

I. Background 

II. Serious Area Requirements and Proposed 

Schedule 

A. Serious Area Plan Requirements in 

General 

B. New Source Review and Title V Program 

Revisions 

C. Reasonably Available Control 

Technology 

D. Transportation Control 

III. Reclassification of Areas of Indian 

Country 

IV. Proposed Action and Request for Public 

Comment 

V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

I. Background 

The CAA requires the EPA to 

establish primary and secondary 

NAAQS for certain pervasive pollutants 

that ‘‘may reasonably be anticipated to 

endanger public health and welfare.’’ 

The primary NAAQS is designed to 

protect public health with an adequate 

margin of safety, and the secondary 

NAAQS is designed to protect public 

welfare and the environment. The EPA 

has set NAAQS for six common air 

pollutants, referred to as criteria 

pollutants, including ozone. The 

NAAQS represent the air quality levels 

an area must meet to comply with the 

CAA. Ozone is a gas composed of three 

oxygen atoms and is created by 

chemical reactions between volatile 

organic compounds (VOC) and oxides of 

nitrogen (NOX) in the atmosphere in the 

presence of sunlight. Ground-level 

ozone can harm human health and the 

environment. Ozone exposure has been 

associated with increases in 

susceptibility to respiratory infections, 

medication use by asthmatics, doctor 

visits, and emergency department visits 

and hospital admissions for individuals 

with respiratory disease. Ozone 

exposure may also contribute to 

premature death, especially in people 

with heart and lung disease. 

In October 2015, the EPA 

strengthened the primary and secondary 

eight-hour ozone NAAQS from 0.075 

parts per million (ppm) to 0.070 ppm 

(‘‘2015 ozone NAAQS’’).1 In accordance 

with section 107(d) of the CAA, the EPA 

must designate an area ‘‘nonattainment’’ 

if it is violating the NAAQS or if it is 

contributing to a violation of the 

NAAQS in a nearby area. With respect 

to the ozone NAAQS, the EPA further 

classifies nonattainment areas as 

‘‘Marginal,’’ ‘‘Moderate,’’ ‘‘Serious,’’ 

‘‘Severe,’’ or ‘‘Extreme,’’ depending 

upon the ozone design value for an 

area.2 As a general matter, higher 

classified ozone nonattainment areas are 

subject to a greater number of, and more 

stringent, CAA planning requirements 

than lower classified areas but are 

allowed more time to demonstrate 

attainment of the ozone NAAQS.3

Effective August 3, 2018, the EPA 

designated and classified the Eastern 


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