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determines that the already interred

casket would not be damaged.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

The Secretary certifies that this

proposed rule would not have a

significant economic impact on a

substantial number of small entities as

they are defined in the Regulatory

Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601–612. The

proposed rule would not affect the sale

of outer burial receptacles. Further, the

basic provisions of the proposed rule

reflect statutory requirements.

Accordingly, pursuant to 5 U.S.C.

605(b), the proposed rule is exempt

from the initial and final regulatory

flexibility analyses requirements of

sections 603 and 604.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Number for programs affected by this

regulation is 64.201.

List of Subjects in 38 CFR Part 1

Administrative practice and

procedure, Archives and records,

Cemeteries, Claims, Courts, Flags,

Freedom of information, Government

contracts, Government employees,

Government property, Infants and

children, Inventions and patents,

Investigations, Parking, Penalties, Postal

Service, Privacy, Reporting and

recordkeeping requirements, Seals and

insignia, Security measures, wages.

Approved: March 13, 2000.

Togo D. West, Jr.,

Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

For the reasons set out in the

preamble, 38 CFR part 1 is proposed to

be amended as follows:

PART 1—GENERAL PROVISIONS

1. The authority citation for part 1

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501(a), unless

otherwise noted.

2. Section 1.629 is added to read as

follows:

§ 1.629 Monetary allowance in lieu of a

government-furnished outer burial

receptacle.

(a) Definitions. Outer Burial

Receptacle. For the purpose of this

section, an outer burial receptacle

means a graveliner, burial vault, or other

similar type of container for a casket.

(b) Purpose. This section provides for

payment of a monetary allowance for an

outer burial receptacle for any interment

in a VA national cemetery where a

privately-purchased outer burial

receptacle has been used in lieu of a

government-furnished graveliner.

(c) Second Interments. In burials

where a casket already exists in a grave

with or without a graveliner, placement

of a second casket in an outer burial

receptacle will not be permitted in the

same grave unless the national cemetery

director determines that the already

interred casket will not be damaged.

(d) Payment of monetary allowance.

VA will pay a monetary allowance for

each burial in a VA national cemetery

where a privately-purchased outer

burial receptacle was used on and after

October 9, 1996. For burials on or after

January 1, 2000, the person identified in

records contained in the National

Cemetery Administration Burial

Operations Support System as the

person who privately purchased the

outer burial receptacle will be paid the

monetary allowance. For burials during

the period October 9, 1996, through

December 31, 1999, the allowance will

be paid to the person identified as the

next of kin in records contained in the

National Cemetery Administration

Burial Operations Support System based

on the presumption that such person

privately purchased the outer burial

receptacles (however, if a person who is

not listed as the next of kin provides

evidence that he or she privately

purchased the outer burial receptacle,

the allowance will be paid instead to

that person). No application is required

to receive payment of a monetary

allowance.

(e) Amount of the allowance. (1) For

calendar year 2000 and each calendar

year thereafter, the allowance will be

the average cost, as determined by VA,

of government-furnished graveliners,

less the administrative costs incurred by

VA in processing and paying the

allowance.

(i) The average cost of governmentfurnished graveliners will be based

upon the actual average cost to the

government of such graveliners during

the most recent fiscal year ending prior

to the start of the calendar year for

which the amount of the allowance will

be used. This average cost will be

determined by taking VA’s total cost

during that fiscal year for single-depth

graveliners which were procured for

placement at the time of interment and

dividing it by the total number of such

graveliners procured by VA during that

fiscal year. The calculation shall

exclude both graveliners procured and

pre-placed in gravesites as part of

cemetery gravesite development projects

and all double-depth graveliners.

(ii) The administrative costs incurred

by VA will consist of those costs that

relate to processing and paying an

allowance, as determined by VA, for the

calendar year ending prior to the start of

the calendar year for which the amount

of the allowance will be used.

(2) For calendar year 2000 and each

calendar year thereafter, the amount of

the allowance for each calendar year

will be published in the ‘‘Notices’’

section of the Federal Register. The

Federal Register Notice will also

provide, as information, the determined

average cost of government-furnished

graveliners and the determined amount

of the administrative costs to be

deducted.

(3) The published allowance amount

for interments which occur during

calendar year 2000 will also be used for

payment of any allowances for

interments which occurred during the

period from October 9, 1996, through

December 31, 1999.

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 2306(d)).

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BILLING CODE 8320–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[PA 4091b; FRL–6569–1]

Approval and Promulgation of Air

Quality Implementation Plans;

Pennsylvania; Approval of VOC and

NOx RACT Determinations for

Individual Sources

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve

revisions to the Commonwealth of

Pennsylvania’s State Implementation

Plan (SIP). The revisions impose

reasonably available control technology

(RACT) on twenty-six major sources of

volatile organic compounds (VOC) and

nitrogen oxides (NOx) located in

Pennsylvania. EPA is proposing these

revisions to establish RACT

requirements in accordance with the

Clean Air Act. In the ‘‘Rules and

Regulations’’ section of this Federal

Register, EPA is approving the State’s

SIP submittal as a direct final rule

without prior proposal because the

Agency views this as a noncontroversial

submittal and anticipates no adverse

comments. A more detailed description

of the state submittal and EPA’s

evaluation are included in the Technical

Support Documents (TSD) prepared in

support of this rulemaking action. A

copy of the TSD’s are available, upon

request, from the EPA Regional Office

listed in the ADDRESSES section of this

document. If EPA receives no adverse

comments, EPA will not take further

action on this proposed rule. If EPA

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receives adverse comments, EPA will

withdraw the direct final rule and it will

not take effect. EPA will address all

public comments in a subsequent final

rule based on this proposed rule. EPA

will not institute a second comment

period on this action. Any parties

interested in commenting on this action

should do so at this time.

DATES: Written comments must be

received by May 18, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on this

action should be addressed to Kathleen

Henry, Chief, Permits and Technical

Assessment Branch, Air Protection

Division, Mailcode 3AP11, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region III, 1650 Arch Street,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103.

Copies of the documents relevant to this

action are available for public

inspection during normal business

hours at the Air Protection Division,

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Region III, 1650 Arch Street,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103; and

the Pennsylvania Department of

Environmental Protection, Bureau of Air

Quality Control, P.O. Box 8468, 400

Market Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

17105.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kelly L. Bunker at (215) 814–2177, for

information on sources #1–18 (or via email at bunker.kelly@epa.gov) or Melik

Spain at (215) 814–2299 for information

on sources #19–26 (or via e-mail at

spain.melik@epa.gov). While

information may be requested via email, any comments must be submitted

in writing to the above Region III

address.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For

further information concerning this

action to propose approval of VOC and

NOx RACT determinations for twentysix individual sources in Pennsylvania

as a revision to the Commonwealth’s

SIP, please see the information provided

in the direct final action, of the same

Title, that is located in the ‘‘Rules and

Regulations’’ section of this Federal

Register publication.

Dated: March 19, 2000.

Bradley M. Campbell,

Regional Administrator, Region III.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[ME–003–01–7004b; A–1–FRL–6572–7]

Approval and Promulgation of Air

Quality Implementation Plans; Maine;

RACT for VOC sources

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve

several State Implementation Plan (SIP)

revisions submitted by the State of

Maine. EPA is also proposing a limited

approval of one regulation submitted as

a SIP revision by the State of Maine.

These SIP revisions establish

requirements for certain facilities which

emit volatile organic compounds

(VOCs). In the Final Rules section of

this Federal Register, EPA is approving

these SIP revisions as a direct final rule

without prior proposal because the

Agency anticipates no adverse

comments. A detailed rationale for the

approval is set forth in the direct final

rule. If no adverse comments are

received in response to that direct final

rule, no further activity is contemplated

in relation to this proposed rule. If EPA

receives adverse comments, the direct

final rule will be withdrawn and all

public comments received will be

addressed in a subsequent final rule

based on this proposed rule. EPA will

not institute a second comment period

on this proposal. Any parties interested

in commenting on this proposal should

do so at this time.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before May 18, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to

David Conroy, Unit Manager, Air

Quality Planning Unit (mail code CAQ),

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Region I, One Congress Street, Suite

1100, Boston, MA 02114–2023. Copies

of the State submittal and EPA’s

technical support document are

available for public inspection during

normal business hours, by appointment

at the Office of Ecosystem Protection,

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Region I, One Congress Street, 11th

floor, Boston and the Bureau of Air

Quality Control, Department of

Environmental Protection, 71 Hospital

Street, Augusta, ME 04333.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Anne E. Arnold, (617) 918–1047,

arnold.anne@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For

additional information, see the direct

final rule which is located in the Rules

section of this Federal Register.

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.

Dated: March 24, 2000.

Mindy S. Lubber,

Regional Administrator, EPA New England.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 435

[FRL–6581–1]

Effluent Limitations Guidelines for the

Oil and Gas Extraction Point Source

Category; Announcement of Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Announcement of meeting.

SUMMARY: EPA will conduct a public

meeting on the upcoming Syntheticbased Drilling Fluids (SBFs) rulemaking

on Tuesday, April 25, 2000, from 1 p.m.

to 5:30 p.m. Central Standard Time.

The Office of Science and Technology

within EPA’s Office of Water is holding

the public meeting to inform all

interested parties of the current status of

the SBF effluent guideline. EPA intends

to finalize effluent limitations

guidelines and standards regarding

these fluids (used in the oil and gas

extraction industrial category) in

December 2000. EPA plans to publish a

Notice of Data Availability for this

rulemaking very shortly. At the meeting

on April 25, EPA will report on the

status of the rulemaking; new data

submissions available for public

comment; revised economic and

engineering models and results

incorporating the new data; descriptions

of ‘‘best management practices’’ (BMPs)

as potential alternative requirements to

reduce the discharges of toxic and

hazardous pollutants; and paperwork

requirements associated with

implementation of the BMP alternative

compliance methods. EPA will use this

meeting to solicit public comment on

any of the issues or information

presented in the notice of data

availability and in the administrative

record supporting the notice.

DATES: EPA will conduct the SBF public

meeting on Tuesday, April 25, 2000,

from 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Central

Standard Time.

ADDRESSES: The SBF public meeting

will be held at the Minerals

Management Service (MMS), Gulf of

Mexico OCS Region Office, Room 111,