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or loan programs or the rights and

obligations of recipients thereof; or

(4) Raise novel legal or policy issues

arising out of legal mandates, the

President’s priorities, or the principles

set forth in the Executive Order.

It is estimated that the upper bound

for the economic impact of these

revisions to the OCS rules is between

$520,000 and $1,120,000 per year.

However, pursuant to the terms of

Executive Order 12866, OMB has

determined that the revisions to the

OCS rules are ‘‘significant’’ because the

OCS sources would be regulated by two

Federal agencies, EPA and DOI. As

such, this action was submitted to OMB

for review. Changes made in response to

OMB suggestions or recommendations

are documented in the public record.

B. Unfunded Mandates Act

Section 202 of the Unfunded

Mandates Act of 1995 requires that EPA

prepare a budgetary impact statement

before promulgating a rule that includes

a Federal mandate that may result in

expenditures by State, local, and tribal

governments, in aggregate, or by the

private sector, of $100 million or more

in any 1 year. Section 203 requires EPA

to establish a plan for obtaining input

from, informing, educating, and

advising any small governments that

may be significantly or uniquely

affected by the rule.

Under section 205 of the Unfunded

Mandates Act, EPA must identify and

consider a reasonable number of

regulatory alternatives before

promulgating a rule for which a

budgetary impact statement must be

prepared. The EPA must select from

those alternatives the least costly, most

cost-effective, or least burdensome

alternative that achieves the objective of

the rule, unless EPA explains why a

particular alternative is not selected or

the selection of a particular alternative

is inconsistent with law.

Because this interim final rule does

not impose any new mandates on State,

local, or tribal governments, and the

rule is estimated to result in the

expenditures by State, local, and tribal

governments or the private sector of less

than $100 million in any 1 year, EPA

has not prepared a budgetary impact

statement or specifically addressed the

selection of the least costly, most costeffective, or least burdensome

alternative. Because small governments

will not be significantly or uniquely

affected by this rule, EPA is not required

to develop a plan with regard to small

governments. However, EPA will work

with State and local air pollution

control agencies that have received

delegation of authority to implement

and enforce the OCS regulations.

C. Paperwork Reduction Act

These rule revisions do not contain

any information collection requirements

subject to review by the OMB under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, 44

U.S.C. 3501, et seq.

D. Regulatory Flexibility Act

The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)

of 1980 requires Federal agencies to

identify potentially adverse impacts of

Federal rules upon small entities. Small

entities include small businesses,

organizations, and governmental

jurisdictions. In instances where

significant economic impacts are

possible on a substantial number of

these entities, agencies are required to

perform a regulatory flexibility analysis.

Furthermore, EPA Guidelines for

Implementing the Regulatory Flexibility

Act, issued on April 9, 1992, require the

Agency to determine whether

regulations will have any economic

impacts on small entities. As explained

in the September 4, 1992 final rule (57

FR 40792), the OCS regulations do not

apply to any small entities. Therefore,

these revisions to the OCS regulations

neither impose any requirements on

small entities, nor require or exclude

small entities from meeting the

requirements of the OCS regulations. As

a result, EPA has determined that these

revisions will not have a significant

impact on a substantial number of small

entities.

Therefore, as required under section

605 of the RFA, 5 U.S.C. 605, I certify

that these revisions do not have a

significant impact on a substantial

number of small entities.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 55

Environmental protection,

Administrative practice and procedures,

Air pollution control, Continental shelf,

Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen

oxides, Ozone, Permits, Reporting and

recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur

oxides.

Dated: May 13, 1996.

Carol M. Browner.

Administrator.

For reasons set out in the preamble,

40 CFR part 55 is revised and amended

as set forth below.

PART 55—OUTER CONTINENTAL

SHELF AIR REGULATIONS

1. The authority citation for part 55

continues to read as follows:

Authority: Section 328 of the Clean Air Act

(42 U.S.C. 7401, et seq.) as amended by

Public Law 101–549.4

2. Section 55.5 is amended by revising

paragraph (d) to read as follows:

§ 55.5 Corresponding onshore area

designation.

* * * * *

(d) Offset requirements. Offsets shall

be obtained based on the applicable

requirements of the COA, as set forth in

§§ 55.13 and 55.14 of this part.

* * * * *

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40 CFR Part 167

[OECA; FRL–5507–1]

Pesticide Reports for PesticideProducing Establishments (EPA Form

3540–16); 1995 Annual Solicitation

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Time extension for submission

of reports.

SUMMARY: The EPA announced in the

Federal Register (61 Vol. 8221, March 4,

1996), that because of delays in

completing and distributing reporting

packages, that it would extend the due

date for submission of annual pesticide

production reports (EPA Form 3540–16)

for calendar year 1995 until May 1,

1996. In another Federal Register

document (61 Vol. 14497, April 2,

1996), EPA corrected the original

document of March 4, 1996, by stating

‘‘Annual pesticide production reports

for calendar year 1995 will not be due

until two (2) months after the reporting

packages are mailed out.’’

This notice announces that the 1995

Pesticide Reports for PesticideProducing Establishments forms (EPA

Form 3540–16) will be mailed out by

May 24, 1996, and are due to be

submitted back to the Agency by July

24, 1996. If you have not received your

reporting packages within two weeks

from the date of this document, please

contact your local EPA Regional office.

DATES: Annual pesticide production

reports for calendar year 1995 will be

due July 24, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Carol L. Buckingham, (202) 564–5008,

fax (202) 564–0085, Environmental

Protection Agency, Mail Code 2225A,

401 M Street, SW., Washington, D.C.

20460.

Dated: May 13, 1996.

Steven A. Herman,

Assistant Administrator, Office of

Enforcement and Compliance Assurance.

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