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designated by or assisting the Captain of 

the Port (COTP) Jacksonville in the 

enforcement of the security zone. This 

includes Coast Guard Patrol 

Commanders, Coast Guard coxswains, 

petty officers, and other officers 

operating Coast Guard vessels and 

federal, state, and local law officers 

designated by or assisting the COTP 

Jacksonville in the enforcement of 

regulated navigation areas and security 

zones. 

(c) Regulations. 

(1) The general regulations governing 

security zones found in 33 CFR 165.33 

apply to the security zones described in 

paragraph (a) of this section. 

(2) All persons and vessels are 

prohibited from entering, transiting 

through, anchoring in, or remaining 

within the security zone unless 

authorized by the COTP Jacksonville or 

a designated representative. 

(3) Persons desiring to enter, transit 

through, anchor in, or remain within the 

security zone may request permission 

from the COTP Jacksonville by 

telephone at 904–714–7557, or a 

designated representative via VHF–FM 

radio on channel 16. If authorization is 

granted, all persons and vessels 

receiving such authorization must 

comply with the instructions of the 

COTP Jacksonville or the designated 

representative. 

Dated: September 28, 2017. 

T.C. Wiemers, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the 

Port Jacksonville. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21230 Filed 10–2–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

POSTAL SERVICE 

39 CFR Part 111 

Overweight Parcels 

AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM. 

ACTION: Request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Postal Service is 

contemplating amendment of the 

Mailing Standards of the United States 

Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual 

(DMM®), to address the challenges 

presented by overweight parcels that 

make their way into the postal network. 

To aid us in this effort, we are 

requesting comments from the postal 

community regarding a variety of 

suggested actions to resolve or 

ameliorate this problem. Overweight 

parcels for the purpose of this notice are 

defined as anything in excess of 70 

pounds or the maximum weight allowed 

for HAZMAT. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

November 2, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Mail or deliver written 

comments to the manager, Product 

Classification, U.S. Postal Service, 475 

L’Enfant Plaza SW., Room 4446, 

Washington, DC 20260–5015. If sending 

comments by email, include the name 

and address of the commenter and send 

to ProductClassification@usps.gov, with 

a subject line of ‘‘Overweight Parcels.’’ 

Faxed comments are not accepted. 

You may inspect and photocopy all 

written comments, by appointment 

only, at USPS® Headquarters Library, 

475 L’Enfant Plaza SW., 11th Floor 

North, Washington, DC 20260. These 

records are available for review on 

Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.–4 p.m., 

by calling 202–268–2906. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Direct questions or comments to Lizbeth 

J. Dobbins by email at lizbeth.j.dobbins@

usps.gov or phone (202) 268–3789. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The Challenge of Overweight Parcels 

Overweight parcels should never be 

accepted for delivery into the postal 

network. On occasion an item, such as 

a returns parcel, gets into the Postal 

network and arrives at a destination 

plant or post office. It is unsafe to return 

the item back through the postal 

network so the receiving office contacts 

the customer and asks the customer to 

pick up the package. Sometimes the 

package is abandoned which creates 

another safety issue trying to dispose of 

the overweight item. 

Part of the challenge is that we do not 

want overweight items at any time since 

these items cause numerous safety 

issues and we strongly discourage 

mailers from entering them into the 

postal system. We do not accept them at 

postal retail counters either and yet, 

these items still get into the postal 

system. 

In order to discourage unsafe 

practices, the Postal Service is seeking 

input from the mailing community 

about how to prevent overweight 

packages from entering the postal 

system, and if they get into the postal 

system, the appropriate postage to be 

paid. The maximum weight for postage 

payment is 70 pounds. 

Suggested Remedies 

One partial remedy would be to assess 

additional postage on overweight 

parcels discovered in the postal 

network. Thus, if a package weight is 75 

pounds, and it arrives at the destination 

office, with postage calculated at 70 

pounds, an additional 5 pounds worth 

of postage could be collected (70 plus 

5). Or if the item is 80 pounds, postage 

would be collected on the additional 10 

pounds. This would appear to provide 

the Postal Service with at least some 

degree of reimbursement for the extra 

service provided. 

As a further deterrent, another 

possibility would be to charge not only 

additional postage, but an additional 

penalty fee (perhaps $20.00). Thus, for 

an 80 pound parcel the total amount 

due would include the postage payment 

for 70 pounds, a postage surcharge for 

the additional 10 pounds and a $20 

penalty. 

Since HAZMAT parcels have lower 

maximum weight limits, and overweight 

HAZMAT parcels may pose additional 

safety challenges, it would seem 

appropriate to provide an additional 

element of deterrence with regard to the 

mailing of such items. Thus, for 

example, if a 65-pound HAZMAT 

package exceeded the maximum weight 

limit of 25 pounds, the amount due 

might include not only the postage on 

the actual weight of the package, but an 

additional surcharge of $20.00 for each 

10 pounds (or fraction thereof) in excess 

of the applicable weight limit. 

We look forward to feedback on this 

important safety issue. 

Stanley F. Mires, 

Attorney, Federal Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21150 Filed 10–2–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–12–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R03–OAR–2017–0396; FRL–9968–53– 

Region 3] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; 

Maryland; 2011 Base Year Inventory 

for the 2008 8-Hour Ozone National 

Ambient Air Quality Standard for the 

Baltimore, Maryland Nonattainment 

Area 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) proposes to approve, as a 

state implementation plan (SIP) 

revision, the 2011 base year inventory 

for the Baltimore, Maryland moderate 

nonattainment area for the 2008 8-hour 

ozone national ambient air quality 

standard (NAAQS) submitted by the 

State of Maryland through the Maryland 

Department of the Environment (MDE). 

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of the Federal Register, EPA is 

approving the State’s SIP submittal as a 

direct final rule without prior proposal 

because the Agency views this as a 

noncontroversial submittal and 

anticipates no adverse comments. A 

more detailed description of the state 

submittal and EPA’s evaluation is 

included in a technical support 

document (TSD) prepared in support of 

this rulemaking action. A copy of the 

TSD is available, upon request, from the 

EPA Regional Office listed in the 

ADDRESSES section of this document or 

is also available electronically within 

the Docket for this rulemaking action. If 

no adverse comments are received in 

response to this action, no further 

activity is contemplated. If EPA receives 

adverse comments, the direct final rule 

will be withdrawn and all public 

comments received will be addressed in 

a subsequent final rule based on this 

proposed rule. EPA will not institute a 

second comment period. Any parties 

interested in commenting on this action 

should do so at this time. 

DATES: Comments must be received in 

writing by November 2, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R03– 

OAR–2017–0396 at https://

www.regulations.gov, or via email to 

stahl.cynthia@epa.gov. For comments 

submitted at Regulations.gov, follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. Once submitted, comments 

cannot be edited or removed from 

Regulations.gov. For either manner of 

submission, the EPA may publish any 

comment received to its public docket. 

Do not submit electronically any 

information you consider to be 

confidential business information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Multimedia 

submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be 

accompanied by a written comment. 

The written comment is considered the 

official comment and should include 

discussion of all points you wish to 

make. EPA will generally not consider 

comments or comment contents located 

outside of the primary submission (i.e. 

on the web, cloud, or other file sharing 

system). For additional submission 

methods, please contact the person 

identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section. For the 

full EPA public comment policy, 

information about CBI or multimedia 

submissions, and general guidance on 

making effective comments, please visit 

https://www2.epa.gov/dockets/ 

commenting-epa-dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gavin Huang, (215) 814–2042, or by 

email at huang.gavin@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For 

further information, please see the 

information provided in the direct final 

action, with the same title, that is 

located in the ‘‘Rules and Regulations’’ 

section of this issue of the Federal 

Register publication. 

Dated: September 7, 2017. 

Cecil Rodrigues, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region III. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21109 Filed 10–2–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Parts 1 and 20 

[MB Docket No 11–43; Report No. 3081] 

Petition for Reconsideration of Action 

in Rulemaking Proceeding 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Petition for Reconsideration. 

SUMMARY: A Petition for Reconsideration 

(Petition) has been filed in the 

Commission’s rulemaking proceeding 

by Rick Chessen, on behalf of NCTA– 

The Internet & Television Association. 

DATES: Oppositions to the Petition must 

be filed on or before October 18, 2017. 

Replies to an opposition must be filed 

on or before October 30, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications 

Commission, 445 12th Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20554. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lyle 

Elder, Media Bureau, at (202) 418–2365 

or email: Lyle.Elder@FCC.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Commission’s 

document, Report No. 3081, released 

September 21, 2017. The full text of the 

Petition is available for viewing and 

copying at the FCC Reference 

Information Center, 445 12th Street SW., 

Room CY–A257, Washington, DC 20554. 

It also may be accessed online via the 

Commission’s Electronic Comment 

Filing System at: http://apps.fcc.gov/ 

ecfs/. The Commission will not send a 

Congressional Review Act (CRA) 

submission to Congress or the 

Government Accountability Office 

pursuant to the CRA, 5.U.S.C. because 

no rules are being adopted by the 

Commission. 

Subject: Video Description: 

Implementation of the Twenty-First 

Century Communications and Video 

Accessibility Act of 2010, FCC 17–88, 

published at 82 FR 37345, August 10, 

2017, in MB Docket No. 11–43. This 

document is being published pursuant 

to 47 CFR 1.429(e). See also 47 CFR 

1.4(b)(1) and 1.429(f), (g). 

Number of Petitions Filed: 1. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21239 Filed 10–2–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

50 CFR Part 20 

[Docket No. FWS–HQ–MB–2017–0028; 

FF09M21200–178–FXMB1231099BPP0] 

RIN 1018–BB73 

Migratory Bird Hunting; Supplemental 

Proposals for Migratory Game Bird 

Hunting Regulations for the 2018–19 

Hunting Season; Notice of Meetings 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; supplemental. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), proposed in 

an earlier document this year to 

establish annual hunting regulations for 

certain migratory game birds for the 

2018–19 hunting season. This 

supplement to that proposed rule 

provides the regulatory alternatives for 

the 2018–19 duck hunting seasons, 

announces the Service Migratory Bird 

Regulations Committee (SRC) and 

Flyway Council meetings, and provides 

Flyway Council recommendations 

resulting from their March meetings. 

DATES: Comments: We will accept 

comments on this proposed rule and 

any subsequent proposed rules resulting 

from upcoming SRC meetings until 

January 15, 2018. 

Meetings: The SRC will meet to 

consider and develop proposed 

regulations for the 2018–19 migratory 

game bird hunting seasons on October 

17–18, 2017. Meetings on both days will 

commence at approximately 8:30 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on the proposals by one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

on Docket No. FWS–HQ–MB–2017– 

0028. 

• U.S. mail or hand-delivery: Public 

Comments Processing, Attn: FWS–HQ– 

MB–2017–0028; Division of Policy, 

Performance, and Management 

Programs; U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, MS: BPHC; 5275 Leesburg Pike, 

Falls Church, VA 22041. 


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