Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 105 / Thursday, May 31, 2001 / Proposed Rules 29529

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[VA107–5049b; FRL–6988–1]

Approval and Promulgation of Air

Quality Implementation Plans; Virginia;

Clarifying Revisions to 9 VAC 5

Chapter 40 Fuel Burning Equipment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: EPA proposes to approve the

State Implementation Plan (SIP)

revision submitted by the

Commonwealth of Virginia regarding

existing stationary sources. The

revisions concern provisions covering

fuel burning equipment. The intent of

the revisions is to clarify the

applicability of the regulation and to

clearly indicate that permits may be

needed for the operation of a facility.

New definitions to reflect the

clarification along with some additional

minor changes are included in the

revisions. EPA is approving these

revisions to the Fuel Burning

Equipment Rule in accordance with the

requirements of the Clean Air Act. In

the Final Rules 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 detailed rationale for the

approval is set forth in the direct final

rule. If no adverse comments are

received in response to this action, no

further activity is contemplated. 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final rule will be withdrawn and all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.

Any parties interested in commenting

on this action should do so at this time.

DATES: Comments must be received in

writing by July 2, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be mailed to David L. Arnold, Chief, Air

Quality Planning and Information

Services Branch, Mailcode 3AP21, 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;

Virginia Department of Environmental

Quality, 629 East Main Street,

Richmond, Virginia 23219.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ruth E. Knapp, (215) 814–2191, at the

EPA Region III address above, or by email at knapp.ruth@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For

further information on this revision

related to the types of equipment to

which Virginia’s Fuel Burning

Equipment Rule applies, please see the

information provided in the direct final

action, with the same title, that is

located in the ‘‘Rules and Regulations’’

section of this Federal Register

publication.

Dated: May 17, 2001.

Thomas C. Voltaggio,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region III.

[FR Doc. 01–13501 Filed 5–30–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 635

[I.D. 051701H]

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species;

Scoping Workshop

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of scoping workshop.

SUMMARY: NMFS will hold a scoping

workshop on June 14, 2001, to discuss

options for development of a statistical

documentation program for Atlantic

swordfish and bigeye tuna that is

consistent with requirements of the

International Commission for the

Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT).

DATES: The workshop will be held on

Thursday, June 14, 2001, from 1 p.m. to

5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The scoping workshop will

be held at the NOAA Fisheries

Headquarters, 1315 East-West Highway,

Room 7836, Silver Spring, MD 20910.

Informational materials related to the

workshop are available from Jill

Stevenson, Highly Migratory Species

Management Division, 9721 Executive

Center Drive North, St. Petersburg, FL

33702, or on the Internet at

www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hmspg.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jill

Stevenson at 727–570–5447 or by e-mail

at jill.stevenson@noaa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Atlantic highly migratory species (HMS)

fisheries are managed under the

authority of the Magnuson-Stevens

Fishery Conservation and Management

Act and the Atlantic Tunas Convention

Act (ATCA). The Fishery Management

Plan for Atlantic Tunas, Swordfish, and

Sharks is implemented by regulations at

50 CFR part 635. ATCA requires NMFS

to implement recommendations of

ICCAT, if adopted by the United States.

At its 2000 meeting, ICCAT

recommended that countries establish

statistical documentation programs for

swordfish and bigeye tuna, modeled in

principle after the Bluefin Tuna

Statistical Document (BSD) program,

with the aim of having the program or

programs fully implemented by January

1, 2002, or as soon as possible

thereafter. The United States has offered

to host a meeting of technical experts

from ICCAT countries prior to the

November 2001 ICCAT meeting.

In anticipation of the international

meeting of technical experts, NMFS

solicits comments and seeks to initiate

a technical discussion of existing trade

documentation programs such as the

BSD program and the Swordfish

Certificate of Eligibility program, in

light of ICCAT’s recommendation that

countries endeavor to harmonize all

statistical document programs under

their purview.

Agenda items for the scoping meeting

will include:

1. Discussion of existing trade

documentation programs;

2. Development of potential options

for harmonization of existing and new

programs; and

3. Discussion of related issues, such

as enforcement issues, electronic filing

of documents, validation of

documentation, and other issues.

Alternative Attendance Option

NMFS recognizes that it may be

difficult for interested constituents to

attend this scoping meeting in Silver

Spring, MD and is providing access to

the meeting via conference call. The call

will be a toll-free dial-in system with a

limited number of ports, assigned on a

first-come, first-served basis. To

participate in this meeting via

telephone, please contact Jill Stevenson

of the Highly Migratory Species

Division (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT) no later than June 11, 2001.

Special Accommodations

This meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to Jill

Stevenson (see FOR FURTHER