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§ 1050.13(d)(2) were suspended for an

indefinite period on January 1, 1995.

The Central Illinois order currently

allows an operator of a distributing

plant to divert to a nonpool plant up to

50 percent of a producer’s milk that is

physically received at the pool plant

during the months of August through

April. The proposed suspension would

allow a distributing plant to divert an

unlimited amount of a producer’s milk

to a nonpool plant during each of these

months, provided that at least one day’s

production is physically received at a

pool plant.

Prairie Farms, which operates the

only distributing plant regulated under

Order 50, states that it represents over

90 percent of the producer milk pooled

under Order 50. According to Prairie

Farms, approximately 60 percent of its

producer milk pooled under Order 50

was supplied to Beatrice Cheese, Inc.,

effective December 1, 1994. It contends

the proposed suspension is necessary to

permit it to keep its producers pooled

under the order without the necessity of

costly and inefficient movements of

milk. It maintains that its proposal

would not jeopardize the integrity of the

order because at least one day’s

production would have to be physically

received at a pool plant during each of

the months of August through April to

qualify the milk for diversion to a

nonpool plant. Prairie Farms requests

that the proposed action be handled on

an emergency basis to allow the

continuous pooling of producer milk

historically associated with Order 50.

Accordingly, it may be appropriate to

suspend the aforesaid provision for an

indefinite period beginning April 1,

1995.

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 1050

Milk marketing orders.

The authority citation for 7 CFR part

1050 continues to read as follows:

Authority: Secs. 1–19, 48 Stat 31, as

amended; 7 U.S.C. 601–674.

Dated: March 17, 1995

Lon Hatamiya,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 95–7105 Filed 3–22–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

29 CFR Parts 1910, 1915, and 1926

[Docket No. H–049]

RIN 1218–0099

Respiratory Protection; Proposed Rule

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health

Administration (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Extension of date for filing of

testimony and evidence before the

public hearing.

SUMMARY: By this document the

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration (OSHA) is extending the

date for submitting the text of testimony

and documentary evidence for those

who intend to testify at the public

hearings from April 14, 1995 to May 15,

1995, in order to provide additional

time for the preparation of testimony for

the hearings.

DATES: Testimony and evidence to be

submitted at the hearings must be

postmarked on or before May 15, 1995.

Comments must be postmarked on or

before April 14, 1995. The hearing will

begin at 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, June 6,

1995 in Washington, DC.

ADDRESSES: Testimony and

documentary evidence are to be

submitted in quadruplicate to: Mr.

Thomas Hall, OSHA Division of

Consumer Affairs, Occupational Safety

and Health Administration, 200

Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room

N3649, Washington, D.C. 20210; (202)

219–8615. Testimony and documentary

evidence will be available for inspection

and copying in the Docket Office, Room

N2625 at the above address.

Written comments should be

submitted in quadruplicate or 1 original

(hardcopy) and 1 disk (51⁄4 or 3 1⁄2) in

WordPerfect 5.0, 5.1, 6.0 or ASCII to:

Docket Office, Docket H–49, U.S.

Department of Labor, Occupational

Safety and Health Administration,

Room N2625, 200 Constitution Avenue,

N.W. Washington, D.C. 20210; (202)

219–7894. Any information not

contained on disk, e.g., studies, articles,

etc., must be submitted in

quadruplicate.

The hearing will be held in the

auditorium of the U.S. Department of

Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Proposal: Mr. Richard Liblong,

Director, Office of Information and

Consumer Affairs, Occupational Safety

and Health Administration, 200

Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room

N3647, Washington, D.C. 20210; (202)

219–8151.

Hearings: Mr. Thomas Hall, Division

of Consumer Affairs, Occupational

Safety and Health Administration, 200

Constitution Avenue NW., Room N3649,

Washington, D.C. 20210; (202) 219–

8615.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On November 15, 1994, OSHA

published a notice of proposed

rulemaking on its respiratory protection

standard (59 FR 58884 et seq.). The

proposal is intended to update the

current respirator standard to reflect

changes in methodology, technology,

and approach related to respiratory

protection that have occurred since the

existing respiratory protection standard

was adopted in 1971.

A notice of the extension of the

comment period and the rescheduling of

the public hearing was published on

January 20, 1995 (60 FR 4132 et seq.).

This notice extended the public

comment period for the proposal to

April 14, 1995. The date for submitting

a notice of intention to appear at the

hearing to testify was extended to March

31, 1995. The public hearings were

rescheduled to start on June 6, 1995.

Extension of Date for Submitting

Testimony and Evidence Before the

Hearing

Pursuant to section 6(b)(3) of the OSH

Act, an opportunity to submit oral

testimony concerning all issues raised

by the proposed standard will be

provided at an informal public hearing

to be held in Washington, DC from June

6, 1995 and continuing until Friday,

June 23. The hearing will commence at

9:30 a.m. on June 6, 1995, in the

auditorium of the Frances Perkins

Building, U.S. Department of Labor, 3rd

Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,

Washington, DC 20210.

All persons desiring to participate at

the hearing must file in quadruplicate a

notice of intention to appear,

postmarked on or before March 31,

1995.

In addition to a notice of intention to

appear, any party requesting more than

ten (10) minutes for a presentation, or

who will submit documentary evidence,

must provide in quadruplicate the

complete text of the testimony,

including any documentary evidence to

be presented. One copy shall not be

stapled or bound and be suitable for

copying. These materials must be

provided to Mr. Thomas Hall, OSHA

Division of Consumer Affairs at the
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address above. By this document OSHA

is extending the date for submitting the

text of testimony and documentary

evidence for those who intend to testify

at the public hearings from April 14,

1995 to May 15, 1995, in order to

provide additional time for the

preparation of testimony for the

hearings.

Any party who has not substantially

complied with this requirement may be

limited to a ten-minute presentation,

and may be requested to return for

questioning at a later time during the

hearing.

Notices of intention to appear,

testimony and evidence will be

available for inspection and copying at

the Docket Office at the address above.

Authority and Signature: This document

was prepared under the direction of Joseph

A. Dear, Assistant Secretary of Labor for

Occupational Safety and Health, U.S.

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210. It is

issued pursuant to section 6(b) of the

Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970

(84 Stat. 1593, 29 U.S.C. 655).

Signed at Washington, DC., this 20th day

of March, 1995.

Joseph A. Dear,

Assistant Secretary of Labor.

[FR Doc. 95–7200 Filed 3–22–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Chapter I

[AD–FRL–5177–3]

RIN 2060–AE24

Consumer and Commercial Products:

Schedule for Regulation

AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of the consumer and

commercial product category list and

schedule for regulation.

SUMMARY: This notice publishes a list of

consumer and commercial products

identified for possible regulation and a

schedule for the promulgation of such

regulations. Under section 183(e) of the

Clean Air Act (CAA), the EPA is

required to conduct a study of volatile

organic compounds (VOC) emissions

from the use of consumer and

commercial products to assess their

potential to contribute to violations of

the national ambient air quality

standard (NAAQS) for ozone, and to

establish criteria for products subject to

regulation under that section. Upon

completion of the study, the EPA is

required to submit a Report to Congress

documenting the results of the study.

Under section 183(e), the EPA is

required to list and schedule for

regulation those categories of products

that the Administrator determines

account for at least 80 percent of the

total VOC emissions, on a reactivityadjusted basis, from consumer and

commercial products in areas classified

as nonattainment for ozone. The

consumer and commercial product list

and schedule for regulation published

in today’s notice meets this obligation.

Although today’s notice identifies

consumer and commercial products that

potentially could be regulated, this list

and schedule may be amended as

further information becomes available

or is submitted to the EPA. The public

will have an opportunity to comment on

the listing and possible regulation of a

particular product at the time the EPA

proposes to regulate that particular

product. Thus, today’s action does not

represent final agency action. Final

agency action occurs upon publication

of a final regulation for each product.

ADDRESSES: Docket. Docket No. A–94–

65 contains information considered by

the EPA in development of the

consumer and commercial products

study and subsequent schedule for

regulation. In addition, the public may

submit to the docket information or

comments regarding today’s notice and

the Report to Congress. The docket is

available for public inspection and

photocopying between 8 a.m. and 5:30

p.m. Monday through Friday at the

EPA’s Air and Radiation Docket and

Information Center (6102), room M–

1500, Waterside Mall, 401 M Street,

SW., Washington, DC 20460. The

telephone number is (202) 260–7548

and the facsimile number is (202) 260–

4400. A reasonable fee may be charged

for copying docket materials.

Report to Congress. The Consumer

and Commercial Product Report to

Congress is available from Docket No.

A–94–65 at the above address or from

the Office of Air Quality Planning and

Standards (OAQPS) Technology

Transfer Network (TTN) which is a

network of electronic bulletin boards

operated by the EPA. The service is free,

except for the cost of the telephone call.

The modem telephone number is (919)

541–5742. The modem provides up to a

14,400 baud connection. If more

information on the TTN is needed, call

the HELP line at (919) 541–5384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

information concerning the Report to

Congress and schedule for regulation,

contact Mr. Bruce Moore, Coatings and

Consumer Products Group, Emission

Standards Division (MD–13), U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

27711, telephone number (919) 541–

5460.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

This notice describes the EPA’s initial

efforts to respond to requirements of

Section 183(e) of the CAA and to a court

order. These efforts also respond to

concerns expressed by representatives

of State and local air pollution control

agencies and by consumer products

industry representatives. The

persistence of the ground-level ozone

problem has caused State and local air

pollution agencies to seek emission

reductions beyond those which have

been obtained through regulation of the

conventional mobile and stationary

sources of emissions. As a result, several

agencies are adopting rules to regulate

various household consumer products.

Representatives of the consumer

products industry have expressed

concern that differences in State and

local requirements for consumer

products could disrupt the national

distribution network for consumer

products and has urged the EPA to issue

rules for consumer products to provide

consistency across the country. States

who need emission reductions are also

supportive of an EPA rulemaking which

will assist them in their efforts toward

achievement of ozone attainment.

In response to these concerns, the

EPA consulted with consumer product

manufacturers and other interested

parties to determine which products

would be the most amenable to an

expedited regulation that could achieve

significant VOC emission reductions

without significant effects on consumer

satisfaction or price of the products.

Industry representatives identified a

group of consumer products that meet

these criteria and proposed to EPA

emission requirements for them that

have already been achieved in

California (see Section III.C). High

quality products meeting these

standards are being sold in California

with no significant effect on consumer

prices. The EPA plans to propose the

rule covering these products as part of

the first group of categories listed for

regulation.

The relevant statutory provision is

contained in Section 183(e) of the CAA.

Through this provision, Congress

required the EPA to conduct a study of

emissions of VOC into the ambient air

from consumer and commercial

products. The term ‘‘consumer and