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of the regulation deemed objectionable

and the grounds for the objections (40

CFR 178.25). Each objection must be

accompanied by the fee prescribed by

40 CFR 180.33(i). If a hearing is

requested, the objections must include a

statement of the factual issue(s) on

which a hearing is requested, the

requestor’s contentions on such issues,

and a summary of any evidence relied

upon by the objector (40 CFR 178.27). A

request for a hearing will be granted if

the Administrator determines that the

material submitted shows the following:

There is genuine and substantial issue

of fact; there is a reasonable possibility

that available evidence identified by the

requestor would, if established, resolve

one or more of such issues in favor of

the requestor, taking into account

uncontested claims or facts to the

contrary; and resolution of the factual

issue(s) in the manner sought by the

requestor would be adequate to justify

the action requested (40 CFR 178.32).

EPA has established a record for this

rulemaking under docket number [OPP–

300401A] (including any comments and

data submitted electronically). A public

version of this record, including

printed, paper versions of electronic

comments, which does not include any

information claimed as CBI, is available

for inspection from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, excluding legal

holidays. The public record is located in

Room 1132 of the Public Response and

Program Resources Branch, Field

Operations Division (7506C), Office of

Pesticide Programs, Environmental

Protection Agency, Crystal Mall #2,

1921 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, VA.

Electronic comments may be sent

directly to EPA at:

opp-docket@epamail.epa.gov.

Electronic comments must be

submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the

use of special characters and any form

of encryption.

The official record for this

rulemaking, as well as the public

version, as described above will be kept

in paper form. Accordingly, EPA will

transfer any copies of objections and

hearing requests received electronically

into printed, paper form as they are

received and will place the paper copies

in the official rulemaking record which

will also include all comments

submitted directly in writing. The

official rulemaking record is the paper

record maintained at the address in

‘‘ADDRESSES’’ at the beginning of this

document.

The Office of Management and Budget

has exempted this proposed rule from

the requirements of section 3 of

Executive Order 12866.

Pursuant to the requirements of the

Regulatory Flexibility Act (Pub. L. 96–

354, 94 Stat. 1164, 5 U.S.C. 601–612),

the Administrator has determined that

regulations establishing new tolerances

or raising tolerance levels or

establishing exemptions from tolerance

requirements do not have a significant

economic impact on a substantial

number of small entities. A certification

statement to this effect was published in

the Federal Register of May 4, 1981 (46

FR 24950).

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 180

Environmental protection,

Administrative practice and procedure,

Agricultural commodities, Pesticides

and pests, Recording and recordkeeping

requirements.

Dated: May 10, 1996.

Peter Caulkins,

Acting Director, Registration Division, Office

of Pesticide Programs.

Therefore, 40 CFR part 180 is

amended as follows:

PART 180—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for part 180

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a and 371.

2. In § 180.1001(d) the table is

amended by adding alphabetically the

following inert ingredients, to read as

follows:

§ 180.1001 Exemptions from the

requirement of a tolerance.

* * * * *

(d) * * *

Inert ingredients Limits Uses

* * * * * * *

Oxo-decyl acetate (CAS reg. No. 108419–33–6) .......................... ......................................................... Solvent

Oxo-heptyl acetate (CAS Reg. No. 90438–79–2) ......................... ......................................................... Solvent

Oxo-hexyl acetate (CAS Reg. No. 88230–35–7) .......................... ......................................................... Solvent

Oxo-nonyl acetate (CAS Reg. No. 108419–34–7) ........................ ......................................................... Solvent

Oxo-octyl acetate (CAS Reg. No. 108419–32–5) ......................... ......................................................... Solvent

Oxo-tridecyl acetate (CAS Reg. No. 108419–35–8) ..................... ......................................................... Solvent

* * * * * * *

[FR Doc. 96–13019 Filed 5–23–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

40 CFR Part 180

[OPP–300405A; FRL–4996–1]

RIN 2070–AB78

Maleic Hydrazide, Oryzalin,

Hexazinone, Streptomycin; Tolerance

Actions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: EPA is issuing a final

tolerance rule for maleic hydrazide,

oryzalin, hexazinone, and streptomycin.

EPA has completed the reregistration

process and issued a Reregistration

Eligibility Decision (RED). In the

reregistration process, all information to

support a pesticide’s continued

registration is reviewed for adequacy

and, when needed, supplemented with

new scientific studies. Based on the

RED tolerance assessments for the

pesticide chemicals subject to this rule,

EPA is revoking various tolerances for

maleic hydrazide, oryzalin, and

hexazinone. This rule also deletes as

surplusage the term ‘‘negligible’’ from a

regulation on streptomycin.

EFFECTIVE DATES: This regulations is

effective June 24, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Written objections and

hearing requests, identified by the

document control number, [OPP–

300405A], may be submitted to: Hearing

Clerk (1900), Environmental Protection

Agency, Rm. M3708, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460. A copy of any

objections and hearing requests filed

with the Hearing Clerk should be

identified by the document control

number and submitted to: Public

Response and Program Resources
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Branch, Field Operations Division

(7506C), Office of Pesticide Programs,

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M St., SW., Washington , DC 20460. In

person, bring copy of objections and

hearing requests to Rm. 1132, CM #2,

1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington,

VA 22202. Fees accompanying

objections shall be labeled ‘‘Tolerance

Petition Fees’’ and forwarded to: EPA

Headquarters Accounting Operations

Branch, OPP (Tolerance Fees), P.O. Box

360277M, Pittsburgh, PA 15251. An

electronic copy of objections and

hearing requests filed with the Hearing

Clerk may be submitted to OPP by

sending electronic mail (e-mail) to:oppdocket@epamail.epa.gov.

Copies of electronic objections and

hearing requests must be submitted as

an ASCII file avoiding the use of special

characters and any form of encryption.

Copies of electronic objections and

hearing requests will also be accepted

on disks in WordPerfect 5.1 file format

or ASCII file format. All copies of

electronic objections and hearing

requests must be identified by the

docket number [OPP–300405A] . No

Confidential Business Information (CBI)

should be submitted through e-mail.

Copies of electronic objections and

hearing requests on this rule may be

filed online at many Federal Depository

Libraries. Additional information on

electronic submissions can be found

below in this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Jeff Morris, Special Review and

Reregistration Division (7508W),

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460.

Office location: Special Review Branch,

Crystal Station #1, 3rd Floor, 2800

Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202.

Telephone: (703)–308–8029; e-mail:

morris.jeffrey@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the

Federal Register of December 6, 1995

(60 FR 62361), EPA issued a proposed

rule that gave notice that EPA intended

to revoke various tolerances for maleic

hydrazide, oryzalin, and hexazinone.

EPA also proposed to delete as

surplusage the term ‘‘negligible’’ from a

regulation on streptomycin.

There were no comments or requests

for referral to an advisory committee

received in response to the proposed

rule.

The data submitted with the proposal

and other relevant material have been

evaluated and discussed in the

proposed rule. Based on the data and

information considered, the Agency

concludes that the tolerances are not

needed to protect the public health.

Therefore, the tolerances are being

removed as set forth below.

Any person adversely affected by this

regulation may, within 30 days after

publication of this document in the

Federal Register, file written objections

to the regulation and may also request

a hearing on those objections.

Objections and hearing requests must be

filed with the Hearing Clerk, at the

address given above (40 CFR 178.20). A

copy of the objections and/or hearing

requests filed with the Hearing Clerk

should be submitted to the OPP docket

for this rulemaking. The objections

submitted must specify the provisions

of the regulation deemed objectionable

and the grounds for the objections (40

CFR 178.25). Each objection must be

accompanied by the fee prescribed by

40 CFR 180.33(i). If a hearing is

requested, the objections must include a

statement of the factual issue(s) on

which a hearing is requested, the

requestor’s contentions on such issues,

and a summary of any evidence relied

upon by the objector (40 CFR 178.27). A

request for a hearing will be granted if

the Administrator determines that the

material submitted shows the following:

There is genuine and substantial issue

of fact; there is a reasonable possibility

that available evidence identified by the

requestor would, if established, resolve

one or more of such issues in favor of

the requestor, taking into account

uncontested claims or facts to the

contrary; and resolution of the factual

issue(s) in the manner sought by the

requestor would be adequate to justify

the action requested (40 CFR 178.32).

EPA has established a record for this

rulemaking under docket number [OPP–

300405A] (including any comments and

data submitted electronically). A public

version of this record, including

printed, paper versions of electronic

comments, which does not include any

information claimed as CBI, is available

for inspection from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, excluding legal

holidays. The public record is located in

Room 1132 of the Public Response and

Program Resources Branch, Field

Operations Division (7506C), Office of

Pesticide Programs, Environmental

Protection Agency, Crystal Mall #2,

1921 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, VA.

Electronic comments may be sent

directly to EPA at:

opp-docket@epamail.epa.gov.

Electronic comments must be

submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the

use of special characters and any form

of encryption.

The official record for this

rulemaking, as well as the public

version, as described above will be kept

in paper form. Accordingly, EPA will

transfer any copies of objections and

hearing requests received electronically

into printed, paper form as they are

received and will place the paper copies

in the official rulemaking record which

will also include all comments

submitted directly in writing. The

official rulemaking record is the paper

record maintained at the address in

‘‘ADDRESSES’’ at the beginning of this

document.

Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR

51735, October 4, 1993), the Agency

must determine whether the regulatory

action is ‘‘significant’’ and therefore

subject to all the requirements of the

Executive Order (i.e., Regulatory Impact

Analysis, review by the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB)). Under

section 3(f), the order defines

‘‘significant’’ as those actions likely to

lead to a rule (1) having an annual effect

on the economy of $100 million or

more, or adversely and materially

affecting a sector of the economy,

productivity, competition, jobs, the

environment, public health or safety, or

State, local or tribal governments or

communities (also known as

‘‘economically significant’’); (2) creating

serious inconsistency or otherwise

interfering with an action taken or

planned by another agency; (3)

materially altering the budgetary

impacts of entitlement, grants, user fees,

or loan programs; or (4) raising novel

legal or policy issues arising out of legal

mandates, the President’s priorities, or

the principles set forth in this Executive

Order.

Pursuant to the terms of this

Executive Order, EPA has determined

that this rule is not ‘‘significant’’ and is

therefore not subject to OMB review.

Pursuant to the requirements of the

Regulatory Flexibility Act (Pub. L. 96–

354, 94 Stat. 1164, 5 U.S.C. 601–612),

the Administrator has determined that

regulations establishing new tolerances

or raising tolerance levels or

establishing exemptions from tolerance

requirements do not have a significant

economic impact on a substantial

number of small entities. A certification

statement to this effect was published in

the Federal Register of May 4, 1981 (46

FR 24950).

This final rule contains no Federal

mandates under Title II of the Unfunded

Mandates Reform Act of 1995, Pub. L.

104–4, for State, local, or tribal

governments or the private sector,

because it would not impose

enforceable duties on them.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 180

Environmental protection,

Administrative practice and procedure,

Agricultural commodities, Pesticides
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and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements.

Dated: May 14, 1996.

Lois Rossi,

Director, Special Review and Reregistration

Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

Therefore, 40 CFR part 180 is

amended as follows:

PART 180—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for part 180

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a and 371.

§ 180.175 [Amended]

2. In § 180.175 Maleic hydrazide;

tolerances for residues; by removing and

reserving paragraph (b).

§ 180.245 [Amended]

3. By amending § 180.245

Streptomycin; tolerances for residues;

by removing the term ‘‘negligible’’ from

the text.

§ 180.304 [Amended]

4. In § 180.304 Oryzalin; tolerances

for residues; by amending paragraph (a)

in the table therein by removing the

entries for ‘‘cottonseed,’’ ‘‘grain, barley,’’

‘‘grain, wheat,’’ ‘‘peas (succulent),’’

‘‘potatoes,’’ and ‘‘soybeans.’’

§ 180.396 [Amended]

5. In § 180.396 Hexazinone;

tolerances for residues; by amending

paragraph (a) in the table therein by

removing the entries for ‘‘eggs,’’

‘‘poultry, fat,’’ ‘‘poultry, mbyp,’’

‘‘poultry, meat,’’ ‘‘pineapple, fodder,’’

and ‘‘pineapple, forage.’’

[FR Doc. 96–13021 Filed 5–23–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 80

[WT Docket No. 94–153; FCC 96–202]

Vessel Traffic Services (VTS)

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission has added

Prince William Sound to the United

States Coast Guard (Coast Guard)

designated radio protection areas for

mandatory VTS and establish marine

VHF Channel 11 as the VTS frequency

for Prince William Sound. This action is

in response to a request from the Coast

Guard. The designation of Prince

William Sound as a VTS area will allow

the Coast Guard to manage vessel traffic

in a more efficient manner.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 24, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

James Shaffer, (202) 418–0680, Private

Radio Bureau.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

summary of the Commission’s Report

and Order, FCC 96–202, adopted May 2,

1996, and released May 9, 1996. The full

text of this Report and Order is available

for inspection and copying during

normal business hours in the FCC

Reference Center, Room 239, 1919 M

Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. The

complete text may be purchased from

the Commission’s copy contractor,

International Transcription Service,

Inc., 2100 M Street, Suite 140,

Washington, D.C. 20037, telephone

(202) 857–3800.

Summary of Report and Order

1. The Coast Guard filed a petition

(RM–8199), Public Notice No. 1932,

requesting that the Commission amend

Part 80 of the Rules, 47 CFR Part 80, to

add Prince William Sound to the Coast

Guard designated radio protection areas

for mandatory VTS and establish marine

VHF Channel 11 (156.550 MHz) as the

VTS frequency for Prince William

Sound.

2. As a result of the Oil Pollution Act

of 1990, Public Law 101–380, 104 Stat.

484, the Coast Guard plans to

implement a mandatory Automated

Dependent Surveillance (ADS) system

for cargo ships, e.g. oil tankers, that

operate in Prince William Sound. The

ADS will operate as part of the proposed

VTS system and is scheduled to begin

operation in July 1994. An ADS system

works as follows: the vessel determines

its position using a highly accurate

differential GPS receiver and

automatically transmits its position,

identification and the time of the

position to the Coast Guard using digital

selective calling (DSC) techniques on

VHF marine Channel 70 (156.525 MHz).

The Coast Guard needs Channel 11 to

supplement Channel 70 ADS use and

for voice VTS communications in

support of vessel traffic control

operations.

3. Designating Prince William Sound

as a VTS area will allow the Coast

Guard to manage vessel traffic in that

area more efficiently and protect the

marine environment by preventing

vessel collisions and groundings.

Therefore, we are adding Prince William

Sound to the Commission’s list of

designated radio protection areas for

VTS systems specified in Section

80.383. The radio protection area will be

defined as ‘‘The rectangle between

North latitudes 61 degrees 17 minutes

and 59 degrees 22 minutes and West

longitudes 149 degrees 39 minutes and

145 degrees 36 minutes.’’

4. Additionally, we will permit

private coast stations currently

authorized to operate on Channel 11

within the Prince William Sound VTS

area to continue operation until the end

of their current license terms on a

noninterference basis. The staff will

help affected licensees find suitable

alternative channels. No fee will be

charged for affected stations that apply

for modification for an alternative

channel before their next renewals.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 80

Communications equipment, Marine

safety.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

Rules Changes

Title 47 of the Code of Federal

Regulations, Part 80, is amended as

follows:

PART 80—STATIONS IN THE

MARITIME SERVICES

1. The authority citation for Part 80

continues to read as follows:

Authority: Secs. 4, 303, 48 Stat. 1066,

1082, as amended; 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, unless

otherwise noted. Interpret or apply 48 Stat.

1064–1068, 1081–1105, as amended; 47

U.S.C. 151–155, 301–609; 3 UST 3450, 3 UST

4726, 12 UST 2377.

2. Section 80.383 is amended by

revising the entry for 156.550 MHz in

the table in paragraph (a), removing the

final word ‘‘and’’ in paragraph (b)(4),

removing the final ‘‘.’’ and adding in its

place ‘‘; and’’ in paragraph (b)(5), and

adding a new paragraph (b)(6) to read as

follows:

§ 80.383 Vessel Traffic Services (VTS)

system frequencies.

* * * * *

(a) * * *

VESSEL TRAFFIC CONTROL

FREQUENCIES

Carrier frequencies

(MHz) Geographic areas

* * * * *

156.550 ..................... New York, New Orleans,1 Houston,

Prince William

Sound.3

* * * * *