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technically and economically feasible 

controls, and that they continue to 

represent RACT for the 8-hour 

implementation purposes; (2) a negative 

declaration demonstrating that no 

facilities exist in Stafford County for the 

applicable CTG categories; and (3) new 

RACT determinations. EPA is soliciting 

public comments on the issues 

discussed in this document. These 

comments will be considered before 

taking final action. 

IV. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

Under the CAA, the Administrator is 

required to approve a SIP submission 

that complies with the provisions of the 

CAA and applicable Federal regulations. 

42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). 

Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, 

EPA’s role is to approve state choices, 

provided that they meet the criteria of 

the Clean Air Act. Accordingly, this 

action merely proposes to approve state 

law as meeting Federal requirements 

and does not impose additional 

requirements beyond those imposed by 

state law. For that reason, this proposed 

action: 

• Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory 

action’’ subject to review by the Office 

of Management and Budget under 

Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, 

October 4, 1993); 

• Does not impose an information 

collection burden under the provisions 

of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.); 

• Is certified as not having a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities 

under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 

U.S.C. 601 et seq.); 

• Does not contain any unfunded 

mandate or significantly or uniquely 

affect small governments, as described 

in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4); 

• Does not have Federalism 

implications as specified in Executive 

Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 

1999); 

• Is not an economically significant 

regulatory action based on health or 

safety risks subject to Executive Order 

13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997); 

• Is not a significant regulatory action 

subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 

28355, May 22, 2001); 

• Is not subject to requirements of 

Section 12(d) of the National 

Technology Transfer and Advancement 

Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because 

application of those requirements would 

be inconsistent with the CAA; and 

• Does not provide EPA with the 

discretionary authority to address, as 

appropriate, disproportionate human 

health or environmental effects, using 

practicable and legally permissible 

methods, under Executive Order 12898 

(59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). 

In addition, this proposed rule, 

pertaining to the Stafford County, VA 

RACT under the 8-hour ozone NAAQS, 

does not have tribal implications as 

specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 

FR 67249, November 9, 2000), because 

the SIP is not approved to apply in 

Indian country located in the state, and 

EPA notes that it will not impose 

substantial direct costs on tribal 

governments or preempt tribal law. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Nitrogen dioxide, 

Ozone, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Volatile organic 

compounds. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 

Dated: July 25, 2008. 

Donald S. Welsh, 

Regional Administrator, Region III. 

[FR Doc. E8–18191 Filed 8–6–08; 8:45 am] 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 73 

[DA 08–1713; MB Docket No. 08–85; RM–

11427] 

Radio Broadcasting Services; 

Ehrenberg and First Mesa, AZ; 

Needles, CA 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: This document requests 

comments on a petition for rulemaking 

filed by Michael Cusinato, proposing to 

allot Channel 287B1 at Needles, 

California, as a fourth local service. To 

accommodate the proposed Needles 

allotment, Petitioner also requests the 

substitution of Channel 228C2 for 

vacant Channel 286C2 at Ehrenberg, 

Arizona, and the substitution of 

Channel 286C2 for Channel 287C2 at 

Wickenburg, Arizona, and modification 

of the Station KHOV–FM license 

accordingly at its license site. An Order 

to Show Cause is directed to Univision 

Radio License Corporation, licensee of 

Station KHOV–FM to show cause why 

its license should not be modified to 

specify operation on Channel 286C2. To 

accommodate the Wickenburg 

substitution, Petition proposes to 

substitute Channel 246C2 for Channel 

286C2 at Kachina Village, Arizona, and 

modify the license for Station 

KFLX(FM) accordingly, at its license 

site. An Order to Show Cause is directed 

to Grenax Broadcasting II LLC, licensee 

of Station KFLX(FM) to show cause why 

its license should not be modified to 

Channel 246C2. Finally, to 

accommodate the substitution at 

Kachina Village, Petitioner proposes the 

substitution of Channel 281C for vacant 

Channel 281C at First Mesa, Arizona. 

DATES: Comments must be filed on or 

before September 15, 2008, and reply 

comments on or before September 30, 

2008. 

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications 

Commission, 445 12th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20554. In addition to 

filing comments with the FCC, 

interested parties should serve the 

petitioner as follows: Michael Cusinato, 

705 Peridot Ct., Castle Rock, Colorado 

80108. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Victoria McCauley, Media Bureau, (202) 

418–2180. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

synopsis of the Commission’s Notice of 

Proposed Rule Making, MB Docket No. 

08–85, adopted July 23, 2008, and 

released July 25, 2008. The full text of 

this Commission decision is available 

for inspection and copying during 

normal business hours in the FCC’s 

Reference Information Center at Portals 

II, CY–A257, 445 12th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20554. This document 

may also be purchased from the 

Commission’s copy contractor, Best 

Copy and Printing, Inc., Portals II, 445 

12th Street, SW., Room CY–B402, 

Washington, DC 20554, telephone 

1–800–378–3160 or http:// 

www.BCPIWEB.com. 

This document does not contain 

proposed information collection 

requirements subject to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–

13. In addition, therefore, it does not 

contain any proposed information 

collection burden ‘‘for small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 

employees,’’ pursuant to the Small 

Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, 

Public Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(4). Provisions of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act of 1980 do not apply to 

this proceeding. 

Members of the public should note 

that from the time a Notice of Proposed 

Rule Making is issued until the matter 

is no longer subject to Commission 

consideration or court review, all ex 

parte contacts are prohibited in 

Commission proceedings, such as this 

one, which involve channel allotments. 

See 47 CFR 1.1204(b) for rules 

governing permissible ex parte contacts. 


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For information regarding proper 

filing procedures for comments, see 47 

CFR 1.415 and 1.420. 

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73 

Radio, Radio broadcasting. 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Federal Communications 

Commission proposes to amend 47 CFR 

part 73 as follows: 

PART 73—RADIO BROADCAST 

SERVICES 

1. The authority citation for part 73 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334, 336. 

§ 73.202 [Amended] 

2. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM 

Allotments under Arizona is amended 

by removing Channel 286C2 and by 

adding Channel 228C2 at Ehrenberg, 

and by removing Channel 247C and by 

adding Channel 281C at First Mesa. 

3. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM 

Allotments under California is amended 

by adding Needles, Channel 287B1. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

John A. Karousos, 

Assistant Chief, Audio Division Media 

Bureau. 

[FR Doc. E8–18212 Filed 8–6–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

49 CFR Parts 356, 365, and 374 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2008–0235] 

RIN 2126–AB16 

Elimination of Route Designation 

Requirement for Motor Carriers 

Transporting Passengers Over Regular 

Routes 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM); request for comments. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA proposes to 

discontinue its current requirement that 

applicants seeking authority to transport 

passengers over regular routes submit a 

detailed description and a map of the 

route(s) over which they propose to 

operate. The Agency would register 

such carriers as regular-route carriers 

without requiring designation of 

specific regular routes and fixed endpoints. Once these regular-route motor 

carriers have obtained operating 

authority from FMCSA, they would no 

longer need to seek additional FMCSA 

approval in order to change or add 

routes. By eliminating the need to file 

and process multiple requests 

concerning routes, the Agency believes 

this action will decrease the paperwork 

burden on regular-route motor carriers 

seeking to expand or change their routes 

without compromising safety. It will 

also decrease the Agency’s own 

paperwork burden. Each registered 

regular-route motor carrier of passengers 

would continue to be subject to the full 

safety oversight and enforcement 

program of FMCSA and its State and 

local partners. 

DATES: FMCSA must receive your 

comments by September 22, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by the Federal Docket 

Management System Number in the 

heading of this document by any of the 

following methods. Do not submit the 

same comments by more than one 

method. The Federal eRulemaking 

portal is the preferred method for 

submitting comments, and we urge you 

to use it. 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. In the Comment or 

Submission section, type Docket ID 

Number ‘‘FMCSA–2008–0235’’, select 

‘‘Go’’, and then click on ‘‘Send a 

Comment or Submission.’’ You will 

receive a tracking number when you 

submit a comment. 

Telefax: 1–202–493–2251. 

Mail, Courier, or Hand-Deliver: 

Docket Management Facility, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. Office 

hours are between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

E.T., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

Privacy Act: Regardless of the method 

used for submitting comments, all 

comments will be posted without 

change to the Federal Docket 

Management System (FDMS) at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Anyone can 

search the electronic form of all our 

dockets in FDMS, by the name of the 

individual submitting the comment (or 

signing the comment, if submitted on 

behalf of an association, business, labor 

union, etc.). DOT’s complete Privacy 

Act Statement was published in the 

Federal Register on April 11, 2000 (65 

FR 19476), and can be viewed at the 

URL http://docketsinfo.dot.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

David Miller, Regulatory Development 

Division, (202) 366–5370 or by e-mail at: 

FMCSAregs@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

section is organized as follows: 

I. Description of the Rulemaking 

II. Legal Basis for the Rulemaking 

III. Background 

A. Introduction 

B. Impact on State Regulation of Intrastate 

Regular-Route Transportation by 

Interstate Carriers 

C. Registration of Governmental Entities 

Providing Interstate Regular-Route 

Transportation 

IV. The Proposed Rule 

V. Other Approaches Considered 

VI. Regulatory Analyses and Notices 

I. Description of the Rulemaking 

FMCSA is discontinuing the 

administrative requirement that motor 

carriers must describe specific routes 

when seeking authority to provide 

regular-route transportation of 

passengers in interstate commerce. 

Except for carriers who are public 

recipients of governmental assistance, 

regular-route passenger carriers will be 

registered as such without any specific 

route designations. Carriers currently 

holding route-specific operating 

authority will be issued motor carrier 

certificates of registration that are not 

route-specific which will supersede 

their existing authority. 

Designation of regular routes is no 

longer required by statute and 

discontinuing this requirement will 

streamline the registration process by 

eliminating the need for motor carriers 

to file new applications when seeking to 

change or expand their routes. It will 

also benefit new entrants by simplifying 

the application for operating authority. 

Designation of regular routes is an 

administrative requirement based on 

economic regulation which is 

considered to have limited safety 

benefits to the public or the 

transportation community. 

However, the Agency will continue to 

require public recipients of 

governmental assistance to designate 

specific routes when applying for 

regular-route authority because its 

governing statute permits persons to 

challenge specific regular-route 

transportation service provided by 

public entities on the ground that 

authorizing such service is not 

consistent with the public interest. 

Eliminating the route designation 

requirement would prevent the Agency 

from evaluating proposed transportation 

services under the public interest 

standard, in violation of its statutory 

mandate. 

This rulemaking amends several 

FMCSA regulations that reference 

authorized routes or points of service in 

order to make them consistent with the 


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