7930 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 28 / Friday, February 10, 1995 / Proposed Rules

2. Section 117.167 is revised to read

as follows:

§ 117.167 Little Potato Slough.

The draw of the California

Department of Transportation highway

bridge, mile 0.1 at Terminous, shall

open on signal if at least four hours

notice is given to the drawtender at the

Rio Vista bridge across the Sacramento

River, mile 12.8.

Dated: January 20, 1995.

D.D. Polk,

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander,

Eleventh Coast Guard District, Acting.

[FR Doc. 95–3430 Filed 2–9–95; 8:45 am]

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33 CFR Part 117

[CGD05–94–116]

RIN 2115–AE47

Drawbridge Operation Regulations;

Wicomico River, Salisbury, MD

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

SUMMARY: At the request of the State

Highway Administration, Maryland

Department of Transportation, the Coast

Guard is proposing to change the

regulations that govern the operation of

the Main Street and the US 50

drawbridges across the North Prong of

the Wicomico River, mile 22.4, in

Salisbury, Maryland. This proposal

would extend the current rush hour

restrictions by one hour in the morning

and one hour in the afternoon, and

require a three hour advance notice for

commercial vessels needing a bridge

opening during the hours of closure due

to emergency situations. The existing 12

noon to 1 p.m. closure period would

remain unaffected by this proposed

change.

These changes to the drawbridge

regulations are intended to reduce

motor vehicle delays and congestion,

while still providing for the reasonable

needs of navigation.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before May 11, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to

Commander (ob), Fifth Coast Guard

District, 431 Crawford Street,

Portsmouth, Virginia 23704–5004, or

may be delivered to Room 109 at the

same address between 8 a.m. and 4

p.m., Monday through Friday, except

Federal holidays. The telephone number

is (804) 398–6222. Comments will

become part of this docket and will be

available for inspection at Room 109,

Fifth Coast Guard District.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ann B. Deaton, Bridge Administrator,

Fifth Coast Guard District, at (804) 398–

6222.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Request for Comments

The Coast Guard encourages

interested persons to participate in this

rulemaking by submitting written data,

views, or arguments. Persons submitting

comments should include their names

and addresses, identify this rulemaking

(CGD05–94–116) and the specific

section of this proposal to which each

comment applies, and give the reason

for each comment. The Coast Guard

requests that all comments and

attachments be submitted in an

unbound format suitable for copying

and electronic filing. If not practical, a

second copy of any bound material is

requested. Persons wanting

acknowledgment of receipt of comments

should enclose a stamped, selfaddressed postcard or envelope.

The Coast Guard will consider all

comments received during the comment

period. It may change this proposal in

view of the comments.

The Coast Guard plans no public

hearing. Persons may request a public

hearing by writing to the Commander

(ob) at the address under ADDRESSES.

The request should include reasons why

a hearing would be beneficial. If it

determines that the opportunity for oral

presentations will aid this rulemaking,

the Coast Guard will hold a public

hearing at a time and place announced

by a later notice in the Federal Register.

Drafting Information

The principal persons involved in

drafting this document are Linda L.

Gilliam, Project Manager, Bridge

Section, and LCDR C.A. Abel, Project

Counsel, Fifth Coast Guard District

Legal Office.

Background and Purpose

The State Highway Administration,

Maryland Department of Transportation

(MDOT), has requested that openings of

the Main Street and US 50 drawbridges

across the North Prong of the Wicomico

River, mile 22.4, at Salisbury, Maryland,

be further restricted during the morning

and evening rush hours. This would

help to reduce highway traffic

congestion problems and relieve public

safety and welfare concerns associated

with frequent bridge openings caused by

commercial boat traffic. Currently, these

drawbridges open on signal except from

8 a.m. to 9 a.m., 12 noon to 1 p.m., and

4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. during which

time both remain closed to navigation.

MDOT’s request is to change the hours

of bridge closures to 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. in

the morning and to 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in

the afternoon. The existing 12 noon to

1 p.m. closure would remain the same.

A review of the bridge logs provided

by MDOT revealed that the bridge

openings during 1992–1993 from 7 a.m.

to 8 a.m. in the morning and from 4–

4:30 p.m. to 5:30–6 p.m. in the evening

were caused by tugs and tugs with tows.

These openings are frequent enough to

cause highway traffic to back up on each

side of the bridge resulting in

congestion and delays.

This request is based on an analysis

MDOT conducted on highway traffic

and marine traffic data, along with a

waterway user and property owner

survey that was conducted in 1993.

Adjacent property owners had no

objection to the extended morning and

evening rush hours. According to

DELMARVA Water Transport

Committee, Inc., only two commercial

businesses are located upstream of the

bridge and one of these businesses has

expressed concern over extending the

periods of closure for these bridges.

Based on this concern, DELMARVA has

requested that the Coast Guard include

in the proposed rule a three hour

advance notice requirement for

commercial vessels needing passage

through the bridge during the hours of

restriction. This advance notice

requirement would only apply to tugs

and barges unable to reach the bridges

except during the hours of closure due

to severe inclement weather or other

emergency or unforeseen circumstances.

DELMARVA also contacted MDOT

with this request and MDOT agreed that

this provision should be added to the

proposed rule, provided commercial

vessels adhere to the ‘‘emergency only’’

requirement when taking advantage of

the three hour advance notice

exception. Based on DELMARVA’s

request and MDOT’s approval of this

request, the proposed rule will include

a provision requiring commercial

vessels to provide a three hour advance

notice for a bridge opening during the

hours of closure only if their transit is

delayed by inclement weather or other

emergency or unforeseen circumstances.

Other than this, commercial vessels will

be required to transit through these

bridges during the open-on-demand

hours.

The Administrative Director of

Wicomico County, Maryland notified

the Coast Guard that the county

supports MDOT’s request because of the

increase in highway traffic crossing

these bridges as a result of substantial

residential growth. The Salisbury Area

Chamber of Commerce also supports

these changes to the operating schedule
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of the Main Street and US 50

drawbridges.

This proposed change to the existing

regulations is intended to establish a

schedule that will meet the reasonable

needs of the waterway users and, at the

same time, diminish delays to and

improve the flow of motor vehicles

crossing the bridge.

Based on this information, the Coast

Guard believes these proposed

regulations will not unduly restrict

recreational and commercial vessels

passage through these bridges since they

can plan their transits around the

periods of closures.

Regulatory Evaluation

This proposed action is not a

significant regulatory action under

section 3(f) of Executive Order 12866

and does not require an assessment of

potential costs and benefits under

section 6(a)(3) of that order. It has been

exempted from review by the Office of

Management and Budget under that

order. It is not significant under the

regulatory policies and procedures of

the Department of Transportation (DOT)

(44 FR 11040; February 26, 1979). The

Coast Guard expects the economic

impact of this proposal to be so minimal

that a full regulatory Evaluation under

paragraph 10e of the regulatory policies

and procedures of DOT is unnecessary.

Small Entities

Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act

(5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), the Coast Guard

must consider whether this proposal, if

adopted, will have a significant

economic impact on a substantial

number of small entities. ‘‘Small

entities’’ include independently owned

and operated small businesses that are

not dominant in their field and that

otherwise qualify as ‘‘small business

concerns’’ under section 3 of the Small

Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632). Because it

expects the impact of this proposal to be

minimal, the Coast Guard certifies

under 5 U.S.C. 605(b) that this proposal,

if adopted, will not have a significant

economic impact on a substantial

number of small entities.

Collection of Information

This proposal contains no collection

of information requirements under the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.).

Federalism

The Coast Guard has analyzed this

proposal under the principals and

criteria contained in Executive Order

12612, and it has determined that this

proposal will not have sufficient

federalism implications to warrant the

preparation of a Federalism Assessment.

Environment

The Coast Guard considered the

environmental impact of this proposal

and concluded that under section

2.B.2.E.(32)(e) of Commandant

Instruction M16475.1B, this proposal is

categorically excluded from further

environmental documentation. A

Categorical Exclusion Determination

statement and checklist has been

prepared and placed in the rulemaking

docket.

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 117

Bridges.

Regulations

In consideration of the foregoing, the

Coast Guard proposes to amend Part 117

of Title 33, Code of Federal Regulations

to read as follows:

PART 117—DRAWBRIDGE

OPERATION REGULATIONS

1. The authority citation for Part 117

continues to read as follows:

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

CFR 1.05–1(g)

2. Section 117.579 is revised to read

as follows:

§ 117.579 Wicomico River (North Prong).

The draws of the Main Street and US

50 bridges, mile 22.4, at Salisbury,

Maryland shall open on signal, except;

(a) From 7 a.m. to 9 a.m., from 12

noon to 1 p.m., and from 4 p.m. to 6

p.m., the draw need not be opened for

the passage of vessels, except

(b) for tugs with tows, if at least three

hours advance notice is given, and the

reason for opening during a closure

period described in paragraph (a) of this

section is due to delays caused by

inclement weather or other emergency

or unforeseen circumstances.

Dated: January 20, 1995.

M.K. Cain,

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Fifth

Coast Guard District, Acting.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Chapter I

[FRL–5153–2]

Notice and Open Meeting of the

Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory

Committee for Small Nonroad Engine

Regulations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: FACA Committee Meeting—

Negotiated Rulemaking on Small

Nonroad Engine Regulations.

SUMMARY: As required by section 9(a)(2)

of the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. 92–463), EPA is giving notice of

the next meeting of the Advisory

Committee to negotiate a rule to reduce

air emissions from small nonroad

engines. The meeting is open to the

public without advance registration.

The purpose of the meeting is to

continue identification and discussion

of issues, discuss interests of committee

members, and hear reports from task

groups.

DATES: The committee will meet on

February 21 and 22, 1995 from 10 a.m.

to 6 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The location of the meeting

will be the Holiday Inn East, 3750

Washtenaw, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, (313)

971–2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Persons needing further information on

the technical and substantive matters of

the rule should contact Betsy McCabe,

National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions

Laboratory, 2565 Plymouth Rd., Ann

Arbor, Michigan 48105, (313) 668–4344.

Persons needing further information on

committee procedes should call

Deborah Dalton, Consensus and Dispute

Resolution Program, Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M Street, S.W.

Washington, DC 20460, (202) 260–5495,

or the Committee’s facilitator, Lucy

Moore or John Folk-Williams, Western

Network, 616 Don Gaspar, Santa Fe,

New Mexico, 87501, (505) 982–9805.

Dated: February 6, 1995.

Chris Kirtz,

Acting Designated Federal Official, Deputy

Director, Consensus and Dispute Resolution

Program.

[FR Doc. 95–3462 Filed 2–9–95; 8:45 am]

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40 CFR Part 52

[OAQPS CA 102–4–6757; FRL–5152–3]

Approval and Promulgation of

Implementation Plans; California State

Implementation Plan Revision, Bay

Area Air Quality Management District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking

(NPRM).

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve

revisions to the California State

Implementation Plan (SIP) which

concern the control of volatile organic

compound (VOC) emissions from light