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Proposed Regulations

For the reasons set out in the

preamble, the Coast Guard proposes to

amend 33 CFR part 117 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); section 117.255 also issued

under the authority of Pub. L. 102–587, 106

Stat. 5039.

2. Section 117.739 is revised to read

as follows:

§ 117.739 Passaic River.

(a) The following requirements apply

to all bridges across the Passaic River:

(1) The owners of these bridges shall

provide, and keep in good legible

condition, clearance gauges with figures

not less than twelve (12) inches high

designed, installed and maintained

according to the provisions of section

118.160 of this chapter.

(2) New Jersey Transit Rail

Operations’ (NJTRO) roving crews shall

consist of two qualified operators, on

each shift, each having a vehicle which

is equipped with marine and railroad

radios, a cellular telephone, and

emergency bridge repair and

maintenance tools. This crew shall be

split with one drawtender stationed at

the Upper Hack and the other

drawtender at the HX (Jacknife)

drawbridge on the Hackensack River.

‘‘Adequate security measures’’ shall be

provided to prevent vandalism to the

bridge operating controls and

mechanisms to insure prompt openings

of NJTRO bridges.

(b) The draw of the Routes 1 & 9

(Lincoln Highway) Bridge, mile 1.8, at

Newark, shall open on signal if at least

four hours notice is given.

(c) The draw of CONRAIL’s Point-NoPoint Railroad Bridge, mile 2.6, at

Newark, shall open on signal if at least

four hours notice is given to the

CONRAIL Movement Desk. After the

signal to open is given, the opening may

be delayed no more than ten minutes.

(d) The draw of the Jackson Street

Bridge, mile 4.6, at Harrison, shall open

on signal; except that notice must be

given before 2:30 a.m. for openings

between 3 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. and before

2:30 p.m. for openings between 4:30

p.m. and 7 p.m.

(e) The draw of Amtrak’s Dock Bridge,

mile 5.0, at Harrison, shall open on

signal; except that from 7:20 a.m. to 9:20

a.m. and 4:30 p.m. to 6:50 p.m., Monday

through Friday except federal holidays,

the draw need not be opened. At all

other times, an opening may be delayed

no more than ten minutes, unless the

drawtender and the vessel operator,

communicating by radiotelephone,

agree to a longer delay.

(f) The draw of the Bridge Street

Bridge, mile 5.6, at Harrison, shall open

on signal; except that notice must be

given before 2:30 a.m. for openings

between 3 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. and before

2:30 p.m. for openings between 4:30

p.m. and 7 p.m.

(g) Phd draw of the NJTRO NewarkHarrison (Morristown Line) Bridge, mile

5.8, at Harrison, New Jersey shall open

on signal if at least one hour advance

notice is given to the drawtender at

Upper Hack bridge mile 6.9, across the

Hackensack River at Secaucus, NJ. In

the event the HX drawtender is at the

Lower Hack bridge, mile 3.4 on the

Hackensack River, at Jersey City then up

to an additional half hour delay in

opening is permitted. After the signal to

open is given, the opening may be

delayed no more than ten minutes.

From 7:15 a.m. to 9 a.m. and from 4:30

p.m. to 6:50 p.m., Monday through

Friday except federal holidays, the draw

need not open.

(h) The draw of the Route 280 (Stickel

Memorial) Bridge, mile 5.8, at Harrison,

shall open on signal if at least eight

hours notice is given. In an emergency,

the draw shall open as soon as possible

but not more than two hours after the

opening request.

(i) The draw of the Clay Street Bridge,

mile 6.0, at Harrison, shall open on

signal; except that notice must be given

before 2:30 a.m. for openings between 3

a.m. and 8:30 a.m. and before 2:30 p.m.

for openings between 4:30 p.m. and 7

p.m.

(j) The draw of the Route 7 (Rutgers

Street) Bridge, mile 6.9, at Belleville,

shall open on signal if at least four

hours notice is given.

(k) The draw of the NJTRO (West

Arlington) Bridge, mile 8.0, at Kearney,

shall open on signal from 7 a.m. to 11

p.m. if at least eight hours notice is

given. After the signal to open is given,

the opening may be delayed no more

than ten minutes. From 11 p.m. to 7

a.m., the draw need not be opened.

(l) The draw of the Avondale Bridge,

mile 10.7, at Lyndhurst, shall open on

signal; except that notice must be given

before 2:30 a.m. for openings between 3

a.m. and 8:30 a.m. and before 2:30 p.m.

for openings between 4:30 p.m. and 7

p.m.

(m) The draw of the NJTRO Bridge,

mile 11.7, at Lyndhurst, shall open on

signal from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. if at least

six hours notice is given. After the

signal to open is given, the opening may

be delayed no more than ten minutes.

From 4 p.m. to 8 a.m., the draw need

not be opened.

(n) The draw of the Route 3 Bridge,

mile 11.8, at Rutherford, shall open on

signal if at least six hours notice is

given.

(o) The draw of the Douglas O. Mead

(Union Avenue) Bridge, mile 13.2, at

Rutherford, shall open on signal; except

that:

(1) From 4 p.m. to 8 a.m., the draw

shall open if at least eight hours notice

is given; and

(2) On Christmas and New Year’s Day,

the draw shall open if notice is given

prior to 4 p.m. today prior.

(p) The draw of the following bridges

need not be opened for the passage of

vessels:

(1) Gregory Avenue Bridge, mile 14.0,

at Wallington.

(2) Second Street Bridge, mile 14.7, at

Wallington.

(3) West Eighth Street Bridge, mile

15.3, at Garfield.

Dated: May 28, 1996.

J.L. Linnon,

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander,

First Coast Guard District.

[FR Doc. 96–15681 Filed 6–20–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–14–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Chapter I

[AD–FRL–5523–6]

Notice of Intent to Form an Advisory

Committee for the Industrial

Combustion Coordinated Rulemaking

and Request for Nomination of

Candidates

AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Intent to Form Industrial

Combustion Coordinated Rulemaking

Advisory Committee and request for

nomination of candidates.

SUMMARY: The EPA is planning to

establish an Industrial Combustion

Coordinating Rulemaking (ICCR)

Advisory Committee under the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (FACA). The

purpose of this Federal Advisory

Committee (hereafter referred to as

‘‘Coordinating Committee’’) is to advise

and assist the EPA in coordinating the

development of regulations to control

emissions of air pollutants from

industrial, commercial, and institutional

combustion of fuels and non-hazardous

solid wastes.

The EPA is also requesting

nominations for candidates for
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membership on both the Coordinating

Committee as well as several Work

Groups. The Work Groups will work in

concert with the Coordinating

Committee to develop recommendations

and provide advice to the EPA. The

membership of both the Coordinating

Committee and the Work Groups will

include a balanced representation of

interested persons with personal and

professional qualifications and

experience to contribute to the functions

of the Coordinating Committee and the

Work Groups. The EPA will hold a

public meeting to discuss the ICCR and

answer any questions on the nomination

process.

DATES: A public meeting will be held on

July 24, 1996. Submit nominations of

candidates no later than August 20,

1996. Any interested person or

organization may submit the names and

information on the qualifications of

persons who are interested in serving on

the Coordinating Committee or a Work

Group.

ADDRESSES: Inspection of Documents:

Docket. A document entitled ‘‘Industrial

Combustion Coordinated Rulemaking:

Proposed Organizational Structure and

Process’’ (the ICCR document) which

describes the ICCR Project and contains

an example nomination form is

available for public inspection at EPA

Air Docket No. A–96–17 and is also

available on the Technology Transfer

Network (TTN) (see below). The docket

is open for public inspection and

copying between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00

p.m., Monday through Friday, except for

Federal holidays, at the following

address: U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, Air and Radiation Docket and

Information Center (6102), 401 M Street

SW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone:

(202) 260–7548. The docket is located at

the above address in Room M–1500,

Waterside Mall (ground floor). A

reasonable fee may be charged for

copying.

Technology Transfer Network. The

ICCR document and other relevant

materials are available electronically on

the TTN. Choose the ‘‘ICCR-Industrial

Combustion Coordinated Rulemaking

Process’’ selection from the Technical

Information Areas menu. The TTN is

one of the EPA’s electronic bulletin

boards and provides information and

technology exchange in various areas of

air pollution control. The service is free

except for the cost of a phone call. Dial

(919) 541–5472 for up to a 14,400 bitsper-second (bps) modem. The TTN is

also accessible through the Internet at

‘‘TELNET ttnbbs.rtpnc.epa.gov.’’ If more

information on the TTN is needed, call

the help desk at (919) 541–5384. The

help desk is staffed from 11:00 a.m. to

5:00 p.m., Eastern time. The help desk

utilizes a voice menu system at other

times.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be

held at the Sheraton City Center,

Washington, D.C. Submit nominations

for candidates to: U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Air and Radiation

Docket and Information Center (6102),

Attention: Docket Number A–96–17,

Room M–1500, 401 M Street SW,

Washington, DC 20460, and to Ms.

Amanda Agnew, Combustion Group

(MD–13), U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, Research Triangle Park, North

Carolina 27711. Nominations may also

be submitted to Ms. Agnew

electronically through the TTN.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Fred Porter, Combustion Group (MD–

13), U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, Research Triangle Park, North

Carolina 27711, phone number (919)

541–5251; Mr. Sims Roy, phone number

(919) 541–5263; Ms. Agnew, phone

number (919) 541–5268; or Mr. Jim

Eddinger, phone number (919) 541–

5426, all at the same address.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Scope of ICCR Project

Seven categories of IndustrialCommercial-Institutional (ICI)

combustion sources (industrial boilers,

commercial-institutional boilers,

process heaters, industrial-commercial

solid waste incinerators, other solid

waste incinerators, stationary gas

turbines, and stationary internal

combustion [IC] engines) are listed for

regulatory development under section

112 (national emission standards for

hazardous air pollutants [NESHAP]) or

section 129 (solid waste combustion) of

the Clean Air Act (the Act). The Act

requires the EPA to develop these

regulations by the year 2000.

Furthermore, existing section 111 (new

source performance standards [NSPS])

regulations affecting some of these

source categories are periodically

reviewed and may be developed or

revised as part of this project. These

seven combustion source categories

encompass thousands of combustion

units at a wide range of industries,

institutions, and businesses.

An Industrial Combustion

Coordinated Rulemaking that addresses

the seven combustion source categories

at the same time will result in more

consistent regulations with greater

environmental benefits at a lower cost

than regulating each source category

individually. It will avoid the potential

for conflicting or duplicative regulations

for the various combustion sources.

Furthermore, by involving

knowledgeable stakeholders in the

regulatory development process, the

scientific basis for the regulations will

be improved. The major advantages of

the ICCR are that stakeholders will have

substantial input in a very direct way

into the final regulations, and that they

will be allowed to leverage resources by

working in concert with other groups in

gathering information, analyzing

alternatives, and recommending actions.

The goal of the ICCR is to develop a

unified set of Federal air emissions

regulations that will result in maximum

gains to the environment at reasonable

cost to ICI sources and, ultimately, to

the public.

Organization Structure

In order to realize the potential of the

ICCR, all interested stakeholders must

play a key role in all phases of

regulatory development. The proposed

organizational structure consists of

Source Work Groups working in concert

with a Coordinating Committee to make

recommendations directly to the EPA

decision makers. Members must be

chosen for the Coordinating Committee

and the various Source Work Groups.

It is expected that there will be five

Source Work Groups to represent all

seven source categories, and two Work

Groups to address issues that cut across

all source categories; however, this

proposed structure may be refined by

the Coordinating Committee. The

Source Work Groups are the focus of

regulatory development activities for

each source category. The five Source

Work Groups are for boilers, process

heaters, stationary gas turbines,

stationary IC engines, and waste

incineration. The boilers Work Group

combines two of the source categories

(industrial boilers with commercial/

institutional boilers) and the Waste

Incinerators Work Group combines two

of the source categories (industrial/

commercial incinerators with other

solid waste incinerators) into one Work

Group. The function of the Source Work

Groups is to carry out information

collection and analyses, identify

regulatory alternatives, assess the

impacts of the regulatory alternatives,

and make preliminary recommendations

for their source category. The Testing

and Monitoring Protocol Work Group

and the Economic Analysis Work Group

are responsible for dealing with the

named issues as they relate to all source

categories. These Work Groups will

provide support and assistance to all of

the Source Work Groups. The EPA will

select recommended members from

nominations and place these

recommendations before the
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Coordinating Committee, who will

choose the members of the Work

Groups.

The Coordinating Committee will be

chartered under the FACA and will

serve the role of planning and

coordinating the regulatory

development process. The committee

will communicate with the Source Work

Groups to ensure general consistency

and thoroughness of data analyses and

preliminary regulatory

recommendations. The Coordinating

Committee will consider and discuss

the regulatory recommendations made

by the Source Work Groups and present

final recommendations to the EPA

management. The Source Work Groups

and Coordinating Committee will strive

for consensus, but if consensus is not

reached, the Coordinating Committee

will present majority and minority

recommendations to the EPA

management. The FACA requires that

the Coordinating Committee members

be chosen by the EPA Administrator.

Criteria for Work Group and

Coordinating Committee Membership

Source Work Group members should

meet the following criteria: represent an

affected party and, preferably, be able to

represent the interests of other affected

parties; commit to spending a

significant amount of their time

(perhaps 20 to 25 percent) over a

multiple year period; and possess

insight, understanding, and technical

knowledge of the source category. It is

preferable that Source Work Group

members also have regulatory process

experience. Source Work Groups should

include representatives of sources

affected by the rule, State/local

regulatory agencies, environmental

groups, and the EPA. Criteria for

membership in the testing and

monitoring protocol and economic

analyses work groups are similar, but

also require expertise in the named

technical areas.

Criteria for membership on the

Coordinating Committee includes the

ability to: represent an affected party; be

able to represent the interests of other

affected parties; communicate with

other affected parties; commit a

significant amount of their time

(perhaps 20 to 25 percent) over a multiyear period; and have substantive

experience with the EPA air programs

regulatory process (particularly NSPS or

NESHAP regulatory development). The

Coordinating Committee should be

made up of representatives of the

following: environmental, public health,

and environmental justice groups; State/

local regulatory agencies; affected

sources; manufacturers of combustion,

emission control, and emission

monitoring/testing equipment; fuel

producers and suppliers; labor; and the

EPA.

Nomination Process

Nominations are being solicited for

members of the Coordinating Committee

as well as members of the Work Groups.

The nominations must indicate whether

the nomination is for one of the Work

Groups or for the Coordinating

Committee. Each nomination must

discuss and explain how the nominee

meets or satisfies the membership

criteria discussed above. A brief resume

and several current references should be

included. The ICCR document includes

an example nomination form. It is

recommended that this form be used in

order to assure that the nomination

includes all of the necessary

information.

Before submitting a nomination,

individuals or organizations should

obtain and thoroughly read the ICCR

document. This document is available

on the TTN or may be obtained by

calling or writing the Air and Radiation

Docket and Information Center. See

Inspection of Documents section for

more details.

Public Information

The EPA plans to accomplish several

tasks at a public meeting to be held in

July. The ICCR project will be discussed

in general, and information will be

provided on how to follow the progress

of this rulemaking. The EPA also plans

to describe the roles and membership

criteria for the various Work Groups and

the Coordinating Committee, along with

an explanation of the nomination

process. The EPA will try to answer any

questions raised by the public on any of

these processes.

There will also be a satellite video

presentation to discuss the ICCR at 190

sites across the United States. This

video presentation will serve to educate

the public on the same topics to be

covered at the public meeting. Viewers

of the satellite presentation will also

have the opportunity to have their

questions answered by the EPA. This

video presentation will be shown at the

public meeting.

Dated: June 14, 1996.

Mary D. Nichols,

Assistant Administrator For Air and

Radiation.

[FR Doc. 96–15880 Filed 6–20–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

40 CFR Part 52

[Region II Docket No. 150, PR4–1, FRL–

5523–9]

Approval and Promulgation of

Implementation Plans; Commonwealth

of Puerto Rico

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing approval of

revisions to the Puerto Rico Regulations

for the Control of Atmospheric

Pollution, submitted to EPA by the

Puerto Rico Environmental Quality

Board (EQB) on September 29, 1995.

This action proposes approval of

revisions to Rules 102, 105, 106, 107,

109, 110, 111, 112, 114, 117, 121, 201,

203, 204, 205, 206, 209, 211, 301, 401,

402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 408, 409, 410,

412, 413, 414, 417, and 501. EPA is not

incorporating new Rule 422 into the

federally approved Puerto Rico State

Implementation Plan (SIP). EPA is also

announcing the withdrawal of Rules

411, 418, 419, 420 and 421 from the

Puerto Rico SIP at the request of the

EQB. However, although requested by

the EQB, EPA is not withdrawing Rule

404 from the SIP. A revision to Rule 423

was also submitted by the EQB on

September 29, 1995, however, EPA

determined the revision to Rule 423 to

be administratively incomplete and

returned it to EQB and it, therefore, is

not included in this rulemaking.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before July 22, 1996.

ADDRESSES: All comments should be

addressed to: William S. Baker, Chief,

Air Programs Branch, Environmental

Protection Agency, Region II Office, 290

Broadway, New York, New York 10007–

1866.

Copies of the Commonwealth’s

submittal(s) are available at the

following addresses for inspection

during normal business hours:

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region II Office, Air Programs Branch,

290 Broadway, 20th Floor, New York,

New York 10007–1866

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region II Caribbean Field Office,

Centro Europa Building, Suite 417,

1492 Ponce de Leon Avenue, Stop 22,

Santurce, Puerto Rico 00909

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,

Environmental Quality Board, Banco

National Plaza, 8th Floor, 431 Ponce

De Leon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto

Rico, 00917.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kirk

J. Wieber, Air Programs Branch,

Environmental Protection Agency, 290