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environmental documentation.

Promulgation of changes to drawbridge

regulations has been found not to have

significant effect on the human

environment. A ‘‘Categorical Exclusion

Determination’’ is available in the

docket for inspection or copying where

indicated under ADDRESSES.

List of Subjects

Bridges.

For the reason discussed in the

preamble, the Coast Guard amends 33

CFR part 117 as follows:

PART 117—DRAWBRIDGE

OPERATION REGULATIONS

1. The authority citation for part 117

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 33 U.S.C. Sec. 499; 49 CFR 1.46;

33 CFR 1.05–1(g); section 117.255 also issued

under the authority of Pub. L. 102–587, 106

Stat. 5039.

2. Effective 7:30 a.m. on February 26,

2001 through 7:30 a.m. on July 2, 2001,

paragraph (c) of § 117.393 is suspended

and a new paragraph (e) is added to read

as follows:

§ 117.393 Illinois Waterway.

* * * * *

(e) The draws of the McDonough

Street Bridge, mile 287.3; Cass Street

Bridge, mile 288.1; Jackson Street

Bridge, mile 288.4 and the Ruby Street

Bridge, mile 288.7; all of Joliet, shall

open on signal, except that they need

not open from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. and

from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday

through Saturday. The Jefferson Street

Bridge shall remain in the open-tonavigation position during the period

February 26, 2001 to July 2, 2001 for

repairs.

Dated: March 30, 2001.

J.C. Van Sice,

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting

Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District.

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40 CFR Parts 136, 141 and 143

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RIN–2040–AD59

Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule;

Guidelines Establishing Test

Procedures for the Analysis of

Pollutants Under the Clean Water Act;

National Primary Drinking Water

Regulations and National Secondary

Drinking Water Regulations; Methods

Update

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Withdrawal of direct final rule.

SUMMARY: Because EPA received

adverse comments, we are withdrawing

the direct final rule entitled ‘‘Guidelines

Establishing Test Procedures for the

Analysis of Pollutants Under the Clean

Water Act; National Primary Drinking

Water Regulations and National

Secondary Drinking Water Regulations;

Methods Update; Direct Final Rule.’’ We

published the direct final rule (66 FR

3466) with a companion proposed rule

(66 FR 3526) on January 16, 2001. We

stated in the direct final rule that if we

received adverse comment by March 19,

2001, we would publish a timely notice

of withdrawal in the Federal Register.

We subsequently received adverse

comments on the direct final rule. We

will address those comments in a

subsequent action based on the parallel

proposal. The proposed rule stated that

we would not institute a second

comment period on this action.

DATES: As of May 15, 2001, EPA

withdraws the direct final rule

published at 66 FR 3466 on January 16,

2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Maria Gomez-Taylor, Ph.D., Engineering

and Analysis Division (4303), USEPA

Office of Science and Technology, Ariel

Rios Bldg., 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.,

NW., Washington, DC 20460 (phone:

202–260–1639; e-mail: GomezTaylor.Maria@epa.gov).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA

published a direct final rule on January

16, 2001, to approve the use of updated

versions of test procedures (i.e.,

analytical methods) for the

determination of chemical, radiological,

and microbiological pollutants and

contaminants in wastewater and

drinking water. These updated versions

of analytical methods have been

published by one or more of the

following organizations: American

Society for Testing Materials, United

States Geological Survey, United States

Department of Energy, American Public

Health Association, American Water

Works Association, and Water

Environment Federation. Previously

approved versions of the methods

would remain approved. The rule also

corrected method citations and minor

typographical errors in EPA’s

regulations for test procedures. EPA

published a companion proposed rule

(66 FR 3526) on the same date as the

direct final rule.

The companion proposed rule invited

comment on the substance of the direct

final rule and stated that if adverse

comments were received by March 19,

2001, the direct final rule would not

become effective and a document would

be published in the Federal Register to

withdraw the direct final rule before the

May 16, 2001, effective date. The EPA

subsequently received adverse

comments on the final rule. EPA plans

to address those comments in a

subsequent action. Today’s action

withdraws the direct final rule; the

updated versions of the test procedures

are not approved under 40 CFR parts

136, 141, or 143.

List of Subjects

40 CFR Part 136

Environmental protection, Analytical

methods, Incorporation by reference,

Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements, Water pollution control.

40 CFR Part 141

Environmental protection, Chemicals,

Incorporation by reference, Indianlands, Intergovernmental relations,

Radiation Protection, Reporting and

recordkeeping requirements, Water

supply.

40 CFR Part 143

Environmental protection, Chemicals,

Incorporation by reference, Indianlands, Water supply.

Dated: May 7, 2001.

Christine Todd Whitman,

Administrator.

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