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Federal Register notice, as well as news 

releases and other relevant information, 

also are available on the OSHA Web 

page at http://www.osha.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The hazards of combustible dust 

encompass a wide array of materials, 

industries, and processes. Any 

combustible material can burn rapidly 

when in a finely divided form. Materials 

that may form combustible dust include, 

but are not limited to, wood, coal, 

plastics, biosolids, candy, sugar, spice, 

starch, flour, feed, grain, fertilizer, 

tobacco, paper, soap, rubber, drugs, 

dried blood, dyes, certain textiles, and 

metals (such as aluminum and 

magnesium). Industries that may have 

combustible dust hazards include, 

among others: animal food 

manufacturing, grain handling, food 

manufacturing, wood product 

manufacturing, chemical 

manufacturing, textile manufacturing, 

furniture manufacturing, metal 

processing, fabricated metal products 

and machinery manufacturing, pesticide 

manufacturing, pharmaceutical 

manufacturing, tire manufacturing, 

production of rubber and plastics, 

plastics and rubber products 

manufacturing, recycling, wastewater 

treatment, and coal handling. 

OSHA is developing a standard that 

will comprehensively address the fire 

and explosion hazards of combustible 

dust. The Agency issued an Advanced 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) 

that requested comments, including 

data and other information, on issues 

related to the hazards of combustible 

dust in the workplace. (74 FR 54334, 

Oct. 21, 2009). OSHA plans to use the 

information received in response to the 

ANPR, at the stakeholder meetings, and 

during the Web Chat in developing a 

proposed standard for combustible dust. 

II. Web Chat and Stakeholder Meetings 

OSHA conducted stakeholder 

meetings in Washington, DC, on 

December 14, 2009; in Atlanta, GA, on 

February 17, 2010; and in Chicago, IL, 

on April 21, 2010. This notice 

announces a Web Chat to gather 

additional information beyond that 

provided in the stakeholder meetings. 

OSHA will pose questions and interact 

with participants for one hour, 

beginning at 1 p.m. EDT on June 28, 

2010. In addition to the live Web Chat, 

OSHA will also post additional 

information on the Department of Labor 

Blog, http://www.dol.gov/dol/chat.htm. 

and invites the public to provide 

feedback via comments on these entries. 

The Web Blog will remain accessible 

through July 7, 2010. OSHA will 

monitor the site, provide additional 

information, and pose additional 

questions when appropriate. 

OSHA will introduce areas to which 

participants should focus their views, 

concerns, and issues related to the 

hazards of combustible dust. The Web 

Chat will center on major issues such as: 

• Scope. 

• Balance between performance and 

specification based requirements. 

• Economic impacts. 

• Definitions. 

III. Public Participation 

To register, follow the instructions 

provided on the Web site. Participants 

are asked to provide the following 

information so that OSHA can solicit 

clarification of comments, if necessary: 

• Name. 

• E-mail address. 

• Organization being represented. 

• Stakeholder category: government, 

industry, standards-developing 

organization, research or testing agency, 

union, trade association, insurance, fire 

protection equipment manufacturer, 

consultant, or other (if other, please 

specify). 

• Industry sector (if applicable): 

metals, wood products, grain or wet 

corn milling, food (including sugar), 

pharmaceutical or chemical 

manufacturing, paper products, rubber 

or plastics, coal, or other (if other, 

please specify). 

Authority and Signature 

This document was prepared under 

the direction of David Michaels, PhD, 

MPH, Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. 

Department of Labor, pursuant to 

sections 4, 6, and 8 of the Occupational 

Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 

653, 655, 657), 29 CFR part 1911, and 

Secretary’s Order 5–2007 (72 FR 31160). 

Signed at Washington, DC, on June 1, 2010. 

David Michaels, 

Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational 

Safety and Health. 

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BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

POSTAL SERVICE 

39 CFR Part 111 

Submission of Electronic 

Documentation With Comailed and 

Copalletized Mailings 

AGENCY: Postal Service TM. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Postal Service is 

proposing to revise Mailing Standards 

of the United States Postal Service, 

Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) 705 and 

707 to require mail owners participating 

in a comailing or copalletization process 

for letters or flats to provide electronic 

documentation, through an approved 

method, to support their contributed 

mailpieces. The Postal Service also 

proposes to require comail and 

copalletization mailers to submit 

electronic documentation to the USPS®

by an approved method. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

July 7, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Mail or deliver written 

comments to the Manager, Mailing 

Standards, U.S. Postal Service, 475 

L’Enfant Plaza, SW., Room 3436, 

Washington, DC 20260–3436. You may 

inspect and photocopy all written 

comments at USPS Headquarters 

Library, 475 L’Enfant Plaza, SW., 11th 

Floor North, Washington, DC, between 9 

a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through 

Friday. E-mail comments, containing 

the name and address of the commenter, 

may be sent to: 

MailingStandards@usps.gov, with a 

subject line of ‘‘EDOC.’’ Faxed comments 

are not accepted. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Guinther at 202–268–7769 or 

Kevin Gunther at 202–268–7208. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Current 

mailing standards do not require mailers 

preparing comailed or copalletized 

mailings, or mailers who contribute 

mailpieces to a consolidated comail or 

copalletized mailing, to submit 

electronic documentation to the USPS. 

The receipt of electronic 

documentation, when received prior to 

USPS acceptance of copalletized 

mailings, will enhance the electronic 

visibility of the mailpieces, will result 

in a reduction in postal handling, and 

will improve efficiency in the 

processing of copalletized mailings. 

The Postal Service can accept piecelevel electronic documentation through 

either of two methods—Mail.dat® or 

Mail.XML®. The original container data, 

included in the Mail.dat or Mail.XML 

file, permits the tracking of containers 

from their origin, through the 

consolidation site, and ultimately into 

USPS processing. Original container 

data is also an essential element in the 

generation of standardized 

documentation (i.e. qualification 

reports) and postage statements for 

comailed or copalletized mailings. 

Therefore, the Postal Service proposes 

to require all mailers associated with the 

preparation and presentation of 

comailed and copalletized mailings to 

transmit electronic documentation to 

the USPS, using properly formatted 

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Mail.dat or Mail.XML files. Electronic 

postage statements prepared through 

Postal Wizard will not fulfill the 

documentation requirement under this 

proposed rule. 

Electronic documentation provided 

with copalletized mailings may include 

data for one or multiple mail owners. 

These standards would require mailers 

preparing mailings of letter-size pieces 

in trays, which include pieces to be 

incorporated within a copalletized 

mailing, to prepare separate postage 

statements for the portion of the mailing 

being accepted at the origin site, and 

separate statements for the portion being 

directed to a consolidator. Consolidators 

preparing copalletized mailings of trays 

must prepare electronic documentation 

showing the assignment of the trays 

with Intelligent Mail® tray labels to 

pallets bearing Intelligent Mail 

container placards, as well as the 

postage statements for payment at the 

consolidator site. Consolidators of lettersize pieces in trays will also be required 

to drop ship copalletized mailpieces at 

the appropriate postal facility in 

accordance with the entry discount 

claimed at the origin acceptance 

location. 

Origin mailers preparing mailings of 

bundles must prepare separate postage 

statements for the portion of the mailing 

being accepted at the origin site and 

provide the documentation for 

verification for that portion being 

directed to a consolidator. 

In accordance with DMM 705.22.0, 

Full-Service Automation Option, 

electronic documentation is currently 

required with copalletized and other 

mailings that include full-service 

Intelligent Mail letters or flats. Mailers 

who include full-service Intelligent Mail 

pieces that will later be copalletized 

must follow all requirements for fullservice Intelligent Mail, including the 

use of an approved electronic method to 

transmit postage statements and mailing 

documentation to the USPS, and the use 

of Intelligent Mail tray labels and 

container placards. 

The Postal Service is also proposing 

to require Periodicals mailers to submit 

electronic documentation for each 

comailed and/or copalletized mailing, 

identifying each title and version (or 

edition) in the mailing. For mailings 

that are entered at origin, and later 

copalletized at a consolidation site, the 

mail owner or preparer will be required 

to submit electronic documentation 

(Mail.dat or Mail.XML) for the 

copalletized portion of the mailing. 

Mailers consolidating multiple mailings 

on pallets will be required to provide 

the electronic submission equivalent of 

the comail (hard copy) documentation 

requirements of DMM 707.27, 

Combining Multiple Editions or 

Publications. For copalletized 

Periodicals mail, postage statements and 

payment will be entered at the 

consolidator’s site. 

To support the automated electronic 

tracking of copalletized mailpieces, the 

electronic documentation submitted at 

the origin site must indicate which 

bundles, trays, or sacks will be sent to 

a consolidator for copalletization. The 

standardized documentation and 

postage statements will be available for 

viewing by acceptance offices when the 

electronic documentation for the 

copalletized portion of the mailing job 

is updated by the consolidator through 

the original container data. The origin 

facility will then be required to transmit 

electronic documentation to the 

PostalOne!® system before the 

consolidator’s electronic documentation 

is transmitted to the USPS. 

With this change, the consolidator 

will be responsible for updating the 

electronic documentation from the mail 

owner or preparer for that portion of the 

mailing going to the consolidation site. 

Mailers consolidating multiple mailings 

on pallets must use the electronic data 

received from the creator of the mailing 

to create new electronic data. This 

electronic data will then be used to 

generate the original container data, 

indicating the origin of the bundles, 

trays or sacks comprising the 

copalletized mailing. For mailings of 

bundles, the electronic data will be used 

to generate postage statements and 

payment at the consolidator site. 

Additional information concerning 

the submission of electronic 

documentation can be obtained from the 

USPS online publication, A Guide to 

Intelligent Mail Letters & Flats, at 

http://ribbs.usps.gov. 

We are also proposing to revise 

portions of DMM 705.8.0, Preparing 

Pallets, to include reference to the 

copalletization of letter-size pieces 

within those sections. 

Although we are exempt from the 

notice and comment requirements of the 

Administrative Procedure Act [5 U.S.C. 

of 553(b), (c)] regarding proposed 

rulemaking by 39 U.S.C. 410(a), we 

invite public comments on the 

following proposed revisions to Mailing 

Standards of the United States Postal 

Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM), 

incorporated by reference in the Code of 

Federal Regulations. See 39 CFR Part 

111. 

List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Postal Service. 

Accordingly, 39 CFR Part 111 is 

proposed to be amended as follows: 

PART 111—[AMENDED] 

1. The authority citation for 39 CFR 

Part 111 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 

5 U.S.C. 552(a); 13 U.S.C. 301–307; 18 

U.S.C. 1692–1737; 39 U.S.C. 101, 401, 403, 

404, 414, 416, 3001–3011, 3201–3219, 3403– 

3406, 3621, 3622, 3626, 3632, 3633, and 

5001. 

2. Revise the following sections of Mailing 

Standards of the United States Postal 

Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM), as 

follows: 

* * * * * 

700 Special Standards 

* * * * * 

705 Advanced Preparation and Special 

Postage Payment Systems 

* * * * * 

8.0 Preparing Pallets 

* * * * * 

[Revise title of 8.7 as follows:] 

8.7 Copalletized, Combined, or Mixed-Price 

Level Palletized Mailings 

8.7.1 General 

[Revise 8.7.1 as follows:] 

Copalletized, combined, or mixed-price 

level palletized mailings of letter-size or flatsize pieces must be prepared under the 

standards for the class of mail, subject to 

specific authorization by Business Mailer 

Support when required. The following 

conditions apply when making copalletized 

mailings: 

1. Postage statements and mailing 

documentation must be transmitted to the 

USPS using an approved electronic method. 

2. In accordance with 708.6.5 and 708.6.6, 

Intelligent Mail tray labels must be used on 

trays and sacks and Intelligent Mail container 

placards must be used on pallets or similar 

containers. 

3. If consolidating multiple mailings on 

pallets, update the electronic data for each of 

the original mailings. This updated data must 

be reflected in the electronic data transmitted 

to the USPS. 

4. Meet postage payment requirements as 

specified by Business Mailer Support. 

* * * * * 

8.7.3 Periodicals Publications 

[Revise 8.7.3 by adding a new third 

sentence as follows:] 

* * * Postage for copalletized mailings of 

flat-size Periodicals must be paid at the 

consolidator’s site. * * * 

* * * * * 

8.7.4 Standard Mail 

[Revise the first sentence of 8.7.4 and add 

a new last sentence as follows:] 

To copalletize different Standard Mail 

letter- or flat-size mailings, the mailer must 

consolidate on pallets all independently 

sorted trays or bundles from each mailing to 

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achieve the finest presort level for the 

mailing, except that a flat-size copalletized 

mailing prepared under 8.11 or 8.14 using 

the bundle reallocation option may not 

always result in all bundles being placed on 

the finest pallet level possible.* * * Origin 

mailers participating in a copalletized 

mailing of Standard Mail letters in trays must 

prepare a separate postage statement for the 

portion entered at the origin site and another 

postage statement for the portion directed to 

the consolidator. 

* * * * * 

8.8 Basic Uses 

These types of mail may be palletized: 

* * * * * 

[Revise 8.8 by re-sequencing items f 

through i as the new g through j and adding 

a new item f as follows:] 

f. Copalletized multiple letter-size 

mailings, prepared in trays, subject to 8.0. 

* * * * * 

[Revise title of 8.16 as follows:] 

8.16 Copalletized Letter-Size and Flat-size 

Pieces—Periodicals or Standard Mail 

8.16.1 Basic Standards 

[Revise 8.16.1 as follows:] 

Copalletized letter- and flat-size mailings 

must meet the applicable standards in 8.0. In 

addition, if copalletized under 10.0, 12.0, or 

13.0, the applicable provisions of that 

preparation option must also be met. Any 

combination of automation mailings and 

nonautomation mailings is subject to the 

restrictions in 8.14. Trays and bundles in a 

copalletized mailing qualify for the 

appropriate presort level price, regardless of 

the pallet level on which they are placed. 

Mailers participating in copalletized mailings 

must: 

a. Transmit postage statements and mailing 

documentation to the USPS using an 

approved electronic method. 

b. In accordance with 708.6.5 and 708.6.6, 

use Intelligent Mail tray labels on trays and 

sacks and Intelligent Mail container placards 

on pallets or similar containers. 

c. If consolidating multiple mailings on 

pallets, update the electronic data for each of 

the original mailings. This updated data must 

be reflected in the electronic data transmitted 

to the USPS by the consolidator. 

d. Meet postage payment requirements as 

specified by Business Mailer Support. 

8.16.2 Periodicals 

Additional standards are as follows: 

* * * * * 

[Revise 8.16.2 by adding a new item d as 

follows:] 

d. Postage for copalletized mailings of flatsize Periodicals must be paid at the 

consolidator’s site. 

8.16.3 Standard Mail 

Additional standards are as follows: 

* * * * * 

[Revise 8.16.3 by adding a new item f as 

follows:] 

f. Origin mailers participating in a 

copalletized mailing of Standard Mail letters 

in trays must prepare a separate postage 

statement for the portion entered at the origin 

site and another postage statement for the 

portion directed to the consolidator. 

* * * * * 

707 Periodicals 

* * * * * 

27.0 Combining Multiple Editions or 

Publications 

* * * * * 

27.5 Documentation 

* * * The following additional standards 

apply: 

[Revise 27.5 by adding a new item c and 

d as follows:] 

c. Unless excepted by Business Mailer 

Support (BMS), mailers combining 

Periodicals publications under 27.1a must 

transmit postage statements and mailing 

documentation to the USPS using a BMSapproved electronic method. 

d. Mailers combining Periodicals 

publications under 27.1c must transmit 

postage statements and mailing 

documentation to the USPS using a BMSapproved electronic method. 

[Renumber current 27.6 through 27.8 as 

new 27.7 through 27.9 and add a new item 

27.6 as follows:] 

27.6 Additional Standards 

Mailers combining Periodicals publications 

under 27.1a or 27.1c must: 

a. Use Intelligent Mail tray labels on trays 

and sacks and Intelligent Mail container 

placards, under 708.6.5 and 6.6, on pallets or 

similar containers. 

b. When using a consolidator, prepare a 

separate postage statement for the portion of 

the mailing accepted at the origin site and 

another statement for that portion directed to 

a consolidator. 

c. When using a consolidator under 27.1c, 

pay postage at the consolidator’s site. 

d. If consolidating multiple mailings on 

pallets, update the electronic data for each of 

the original mailings. This updated data must 

be reflected in the electronic data transmitted 

to the USPS. 

f. Meet postage payment requirements as 

specified by Business Mailer Support. 

* * * * * 

We will publish an appropriate 

amendment to 39 CFR Part 111 to reflect 

these changes if our proposal is adopted. 

Stanley F. Mires, 

Chief Counsel, Legislative. 

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BILLING CODE 7710–12–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

45 CFR Parts 301, 302, 303, and 307 

Safeguarding Child Support 

Information 

AGENCY: Office of Child Support 

Enforcement (OCSE), Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF), 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: The Personal Responsibility 

and Work Opportunity Reconciliation 

Act of 1996 (PRWORA) created and 

expanded State and Federal Child 

Support Enforcement databases under 

title IV–D of the Social Security Act and 

significantly enhanced access to 

information for title IV–D child support 

purposes. States are moving toward 

more integrated service delivery to 

better serve the families and further the 

mission of the child support 

enforcement program, while protecting 

confidential data. This Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposes 

requirements for: State Parent Locator 

Service responses to authorized location 

requests; and State Child Support 

Enforcement program safeguards for 

confidential information and authorized 

disclosures of this information. This 

proposed rule would revise certain 

aspects of the final rule State Parent 

Locator Service; Safeguarding Child 

Support Information Final Rule 

published on September 26, 2008 and 

effective December 30, 2010. This 

NPRM will prohibit disclosure of 

confidential and personally identifiable 

information to private collection 

agencies and expand disclosure to child 

welfare programs and the Supplemental 

Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). 

DATES: Consideration will be given to 

comments received on or before August 

6, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Interested persons are invited 

to submit written comments via regular 

postal mail to: Office of Child Support 

Enforcement, Administration for 

Children and Families, 370 L’Enfant 

Promenade, SW., 4th Floor, 

Washington, DC 20447, Attention: 

Division of Policy; Mail Stop: ACF/ 

OCSE/DP. 

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