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Rules and Regulations Federal Register

9763

Vol. 66, No. 29

Monday, February 12, 2001

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

20 CFR Parts 401, 402 and 403

RIN 0960–AE95

Testimony by Employees and the

Production of Records and Information

in Legal Proceedings: Delay of

Effective Date

AGENCY: Social Security Administration,

HHS.

ACTION: Final rules; delay of effective

date.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

memorandum of January 20, 2001, from

the Assistant to the President and Chief

of Staff, entitled ‘‘Regulatory Review

Plan,’’ published in the Federal Register

on January 24, 2001, this action

temporarily delays for 60 days the

effective date of the rule entitled

Testimony by Employees and the

Production of Records and Information

in Legal Proceedings, published in the

Federal Register on January 12, 2001, 66

FR 2805. These rules concern, among

other matters, procedures governing

testimony by Social Security

Administration (SSA) employees and

the production of official records and

information in legal proceedings to

which SSA is not a party. To the extent

that 5 U.S.C. section 553 applies to this

action, it is exempt from notice and

comment because it constitutes a rule of

procedure under 5 U.S.C. section

553(b)(A). Alternatively, the agency’s

implementation of this rule without

opportunity for public comment,

effective immediately upon publication

today in the Federal Register, is based

on the good cause exceptions in 5 U.S.C.

section 553(b)(B) and 553(d)(3), in that

seeking public comment is

impracticable, unnecessary and contrary

to the public interest. The temporary 60-

day delay in effective date is necessary

to give agency officials the opportunity

for further review and consideration of

new regulations, consistent with the

Assistant to the President’s

memorandum of January 20, 2001.

Given the imminence of the effective

date, seeking prior public comment on

this temporary delay would have been

impracticable, as well as contrary to the

public interest in the orderly

promulgation and implementation of

regulations.

DATES: The effective date of Testimony

by Employees and the Production of

Records and Information in Legal

Proceedings, published in the Federal

Register on January 12, 2001 at 66 FR

2805, is delayed for 60 days, from

February 12, 2001 to a new effective

date of April 13, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

further information specifically about

this final rule, contact Brad Howard,

Attorney, Office of General Law, Office

of the General Counsel, Room 617

Altmeyer Building, 6401 Security

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235–6401,

(410) 966–1817. For information about

eligibility or filing for benefits, call our

national toll-free number, 1–800–772–

1213 or TTY 1–800–325–0778, or visit

our Internet web site, Social Security

Online, www.ssa.gov.

Dated: February 5, 2001.

William A. Halter,

Acting Commissioner of Social Security.

[FR Doc. 01–3573 Filed 2–9–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4191–02–U

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

20 CFR Part 645

RIN 1205–AB15

Welfare-to-Work (WtW) Grants: Delay

of Effective Date and Comment Date

AGENCY: Employment and Training

Administration (ETA), DOL.

ACTION: Final rule, interim final rule;

delay of effective date and comment

date.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

memorandum of January 20, 2001, from

the Assistant to the President and Chief

of Staff, entitled ‘‘Regulatory Review

Plan,’’ published in the Federal Register

on January 24, 2001, this action

temporarily delays for 60 days the

effective date of the rule entitled

‘‘Welfare-to-Work (WtW) Grants,’’

published in the Federal Register on

January 11, 2001 (66 FR 2690). That rule

contains a Final Rule implementing the

Welfare-to-Work (WtW) grant provisions

of Title IV, Part A of the Social Security

Act initiated by the publication of the

Interim Final Rule (IFR1) on November

18, 1997. It also contains a new Interim

Final Rule (IFR2) implementing the

Welfare-to-Work and Child Support

Amendments of 1999 (1999

Amendments).

DATES: Effective Date. The effective date

of the ‘‘Welfare-to-Work (WtW) Grants’’

amendments (Final Rule and IFR2),

amending 20 CFR part 645, published in

the Federal Register on January 11,

2001, at 66 FR 2690, is delayed for 60

days, from February 12, 2001, to a new

effective date of April 13, 2001.

Comment Date. The Department is

extending the date for receipt of

comments on the IFR2, implementing

the1999 Amendments, by 30 days from

March 12, 2001, the date published in

the Federal Register on January 11,

2001 at 66 FR 2690, to a new date of

April 11, 2001. This will allow the

public additional time to submit

comments on those changes that are the

result of the 1999 Amendments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Dennis Lieberman, Division of Welfareto-Work, U.S. Department of Labor, 200

Constitution Avenue, NW., Room N–

4671, Washington, DC 20210.

Telephone: (202) 693–3910 (voice) (this

is not a toll-free number) or 1–800–326–

2577 (TDD).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To the

extent that 5 U.S.C. 553 applies to this

action, it is exempt from notice and

comment because it constitutes a rule of

procedure under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(A).

Alternatively, the Department’s

implementation of this rule without

opportunity for public comment,

effective immediately upon publication

today in the Federal Register, is based

on the good cause exceptions in 5 U.S.C.

553(b)(B) and 553(d)(3), in that seeking

public comment is impracticable,

unnecessary and contrary to the public

interest. The temporary 60-day delay in

effective date is necessary to give

Department officials the opportunity for

further review and consideration of new

regulations, consistent with the

Assistant to the President’s

memorandum of January 20, 2001.

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Given the imminence of the effective

date, seeking prior public comment on

this temporary delay would have been

impractical, as well as contrary to the

public interest in the orderly

promulgation and implementation of

regulations.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 7th day of

February, 2001.

Raymond J. Uhalde,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Employment and

Training Administration.

[FR Doc. 01–3515 Filed 2–9–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[MD105–3054; FRL–6916–6]

Approval and Promulgation of Air

Quality Implementation Plans;

Maryland; Approval of Opacity

Recodifications and Revisions To

Visible Emissions Requirements

COMAR 26.11.06.02

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Direct final rule.

SUMMARY: EPA is taking direct final

action to approve revisions to the

Maryland State Implementation Plan

(SIP). The revisions include the

recodification of Maryland’s general

opacity regulations as well as the

addition of procedures whereby a

source may apply for and be granted a

federally enforceable alternative visible

emission standard. EPA is approving

these revisions to Maryland’s SIP in

accordance with the requirements of the

Clean Air Act.

DATES: This rule is effective on April 13,

2001 without further notice, unless EPA

receives adverse written comment by

March 14, 2001. If EPA receives such

comments, it will publish a timely

withdrawal of the direct final rule in the

Federal Register and inform the public

that the rule will not take effect.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be mailed to Mr. Denis Lohman, Acting

Chief, Technical Assessment Branch,

Mailcode 3AP22, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Region III, 1650

Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

19103. Copies of the documents relevant

to this action are available for public

inspection during normal business

hours at the Air Protection Division,

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Region III, 1650 Arch Street,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103; the

Air and Radiation Docket and

Information Center, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20460; and Maryland

Department of the Environment, 2500

Broening Highway, Baltimore,

Maryland, 21224.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ruth E. Knapp, (215) 814–2191, or by email at knapp.ruth@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Summary of the SIP Revision

On March 21, 1991 and November 5,

1997, the State of Maryland submitted

formal revisions to its State

Implementation Plan (SIP). The SIP

revisions consist of a recodification of

Maryland’s general opacity regulations

and the addition of procedures whereby

a source may apply for and receive a

federally enforceable alternative visible

emission standard. In the 1991

submittal, Maryland recodified all of its

general opacity regulations as part of the

State Air and Radiation Management

Administration’s (ARMA) transfer from

the Department of Health and Mental

Hygiene (DHMH) to the Maryland

Department of the Environment (MDE).

As a result, the applicable citations have

been revised from COMAR 10.18.06.02

and .03 to COMAR 26.11.06.02. In

addition, Maryland has recodified its

provisions governing control of

particulate matter from materials

handling and construction by separating

the applicable visible emissions

provisions from the applicable

particulate matter control provisions. As

a result, Maryland has revised the

citation of the particulate matter

provisions related to materials handling

and construction from COMAR

10.18.06.03D(1) to COMAR

26.11.06.03D, while moving the

applicable visible emissions provisions

from COMAR 10.18.06.03D(2) to

COMAR 26.11.06.02C(3). In the 1997

submittal, Maryland revised COMAR

26.11.06.02B to include specific

procedures by which a source may

apply for and be granted a federally

enforceable alternative visible emission

standard. On February 6, 1998,

Maryland also submitted an additional

provision, COMAR 26.11.06.02A(1)(j)

[General Exceptions—Emissions at

Federal Facilities] as a SIP revision. EPA

will act upon this SIP revision request

in a separate rulemaking action.

On November 3, 1992 (57 FR 49651),

EPA approved the general COMAR

recodification scheme as a revision of

the Maryland SIP (See, 40 CFR

52.1070(c)(90). However, that action did

not include the recodification of

Maryland’s general opacity and the

aforementioned particulate matter

control provisions. EPA is now

approving these revised COMAR

citations of Maryland’s general opacity

and particulate matter control

provisions as a revision of the Maryland

SIP. There are no substantive revisions

to the wording of these SIP provisions.

The revised citations are summarized

below:

Provision title/Subject matter Current SIP citation Revised SIP citation

• General Exceptions—Open fires (except salamanders) ..................................................... 10.18.06.02D(2) 26.11.06.02A(1)(b)

• General Exceptions—Fugitive emissions from iron and steel production installations ....... 10.18.06.02D(3) 26.11.06.02A(1)(c)

• General Exceptions—Fugitive emissions from metallurgical, slot-type, byproduct coke

ovens .................................................................................................................................... 10.18.06.02D(4) 26.11.06.02A(1)(d)

• General Exceptions—Fugitive emissions from skull cracker oxygen lancing ..................... 10.18.06.02D(6) 26.11.06.02A(1)(f)

• General Exceptions—Emissions during start-up and process modifications, or occasional

cleaning of control equipment .............................................................................................. 10.18.06.02C 26.11.06.02A(2)

• Visible Emission Standards—Areas I, II, V and VI .............................................................. 10.18.06.02A 26.11.06.02C(1)

• Visible Emission Standards—Areas III, and IV ................................................................... 10.18.06.02B 26.11.06.02C(2)

• Visible emissions beyond the property lot line from any act of materials handling or construction—Areas I, II, V, and VI only ................................................................................... 10.18.06.03D 26.11.06.02C(3)

The provisions now found at COMAR

26.11.06.02A(1)(e), (g), (h), and (i) were

not part of the SIP when they were

found at COMAR 10.18.06.02C, and

therefore are not being addressed in this

action to approve the recodification of

SIP provisions action. In conjunction

with this approval action, EPA is

replacing SIP provision COMAR

10.18.01.08 [Exceptions—Case by Case]

with the provisions in COMAR

26.11.06.02B which includes the