Justia Department Of Transportation Federal Highway Administration National Performance Management Measures; Assessing Pavement Condition for the National Highway Performance Program and Bridge Condition for the National Highway Performance Program; National Performance Management Measures; Assessing Performance of the National Highway System, Freight Movement on the Interstate System, and Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program, 10441-10442 [2017-02860]

National Performance Management Measures; Assessing Pavement Condition for the National Highway Performance Program and Bridge Condition for the National Highway Performance Program; National Performance Management Measures; Assessing Performance of the National Highway System, Freight Movement on the Interstate System, and Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program, 10441-10442 [2017-02860]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Highway Administration 23 CFR Part 490 [Docket No. FHWA–2013–0053; FHWA– 2013–0054] RIN 2125–AF53; 2125–AF54 National Performance Management Measures; Assessing Pavement Condition for the National Highway Performance Program and Bridge Condition for the National Highway Performance Program; National Performance Management Measures; Assessing Performance of the National Highway System, Freight Movement on the Interstate System, and Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Final regulations; delay of effective dates. AGENCY: In accordance with the memorandum of January 20, 2017, from SUMMARY: the Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff, entitled ‘‘Regulatory Freeze Pending Review,’’ published in the Federal Register on January 24, 2017, the Department delays the effective dates of the following regulations until March 21, 2017: National Performance Management Measures; Assessing Pavement Condition for the National Highway Performance program and Bridge Condition for the National Highway Performance Program, RIN 2125–AF53; and National Performance Management measures; Assessing Performance of the National Highway System, Freight Movement on the Interstate System, and Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program, RIN 2125–AF54. DATES: Effective February 13, 2017, the effective date of the final rules published on January 18, 2017, at 82 FR 5886 and January 18, 2017, at 82 FR 5970, respectively, is delayed to March 21, 2017. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the final rule published on January 18, 2017, at 82 FR 5886 is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of March 21, 2017. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Richardson, Assistant Chief Counsel for Legislation, Regulations, and General Law, Office of Chief Counsel, Federal Highway Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: (202) 366–0761. Office hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Electronic Access and Filing A copy of the Notice of Proposed Rulemakings (NPRMs), all comments received, the Final Rules, and all background material may be viewed online at https://www.regulations.gov using the docket numbers listed above. A copy of this notice will be placed on each docket. Electronic retrieval help and guidelines are available on the Web site. It is available 24 hours each day, 365 days each year. An electronic copy of this document may also be downloaded from the Office of the Federal Register’s Web site at https:// www.ofr.gov and the Government Publishing Office’s Web site at https:// www.gpo.gov. Background On January 20, 2017, the Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff issued a memorandum entitled, ‘‘Regulatory Freeze Pending Review.’’ This memorandum directed heads of executive departments and agencies to take certain steps to ensure that the President’s appointees and designees have the opportunity to review new and pending regulations. It instructed agencies to temporarily postpone the effective dates of regulations that had been published in the Federal Register but were not yet effective until 60 days after the date of the memorandum (January 20, 2017). In accordance with that directive, the FHWA is delaying the effective dates of the regulations listed below as follows: RIN Title Agency contact Original effective date 2125–AF53 ..... Assessing Pavement Condition for the National Highway Performance Program and Bridge Condition for the National Highway Performance Program. Assessing Performance of the National Highway System, Freight Movement on the Interstate System, and Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program. Francine Shaw Whitson, Office of Infrastructure, 202–366–8028. February 17, 2017 ... March 21, 2017. Francine Shaw Whitson, Office of Infrastructure, 202–366–8028. February 17, 2017 ... March 21, 2017. jstallworth on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with RULES 2125–AF54 ..... Waiver of Rulemaking and Delayed Effective Date Under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) (5 U.S.C. 553), FHWA generally offers interested parties the opportunity to comment on proposed VerDate Sep<11>2014 13:37 Feb 10, 2017 Jkt 241001 regulations and publishes rules not less than 30 days before their effective dates. However, the APA provides that an agency is not required to conduct notice-and-comment rulemaking or delay effective dates when the agency, for good cause, finds that the PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 Delayed effective date requirement is impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest (5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) and (d)(3)). 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[FR Doc No: 2017-02860]



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Rules and Regulations
                                                Federal Register
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains regulatory documents 
having general applicability and legal effect, most of which are keyed 
to and codified in the Code of Federal Regulations, which is published 
under 50 titles pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 1510.

The Code of Federal Regulations is sold by the Superintendent of Documents. 
Prices of new books are listed in the first FEDERAL REGISTER issue of each 
week.

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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 28 / Monday, February 13, 2017 / 
Rules and Regulations

[[Page 10441]]



DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

23 CFR Part 490

[Docket No. FHWA-2013-0053; FHWA-2013-0054]
RIN 2125-AF53; 2125-AF54


National Performance Management Measures; Assessing Pavement 
Condition for the National Highway Performance Program and Bridge 
Condition for the National Highway Performance Program; National 
Performance Management Measures; Assessing Performance of the National 
Highway System, Freight Movement on the Interstate System, and 
Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Final regulations; delay of effective dates.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the memorandum of January 20, 2017, from 
the Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff, entitled 
``Regulatory Freeze Pending Review,'' published in the Federal Register 
on January 24, 2017, the Department delays the effective dates of the 
following regulations until March 21, 2017: National Performance 
Management Measures; Assessing Pavement Condition for the National 
Highway Performance program and Bridge Condition for the National 
Highway Performance Program, RIN 2125-AF53; and National Performance 
Management measures; Assessing Performance of the National Highway 
System, Freight Movement on the Interstate System, and Congestion 
Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program, RIN 2125-AF54.

DATES: Effective February 13, 2017, the effective date of the final 
rules published on January 18, 2017, at 82 FR 5886 and January 18, 
2017, at 82 FR 5970, respectively, is delayed to March 21, 2017.
    The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in 
the final rule published on January 18, 2017, at 82 FR 5886 is approved 
by the Director of the Federal Register as of March 21, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Richardson, Assistant 
Chief Counsel for Legislation, Regulations, and General Law, Office of 
Chief Counsel, Federal Highway Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 
SE., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: (202) 366-0761. Office hours are 
from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access and Filing

    A copy of the Notice of Proposed Rulemakings (NPRMs), all comments 
received, the Final Rules, and all background material may be viewed 
online at https://www.regulations.gov using the docket numbers listed 
above. A copy of this notice will be placed on each docket. Electronic 
retrieval help and guidelines are available on the Web site. It is 
available 24 hours each day, 365 days each year. An electronic copy of 
this document may also be downloaded from the Office of the Federal 
Register's Web site at https://www.ofr.gov and the Government Publishing 
Office's Web site at https://www.gpo.gov.

Background

    On January 20, 2017, the Assistant to the President and Chief of 
Staff issued a memorandum entitled, ``Regulatory Freeze Pending 
Review.'' This memorandum directed heads of executive departments and 
agencies to take certain steps to ensure that the President's 
appointees and designees have the opportunity to review new and pending 
regulations. It instructed agencies to temporarily postpone the 
effective dates of regulations that had been published in the Federal 
Register but were not yet effective until 60 days after the date of the 
memorandum (January 20, 2017). In accordance with that directive, the 
FHWA is delaying the effective dates of the regulations listed below as 
follows:

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        RIN                  Title          Agency contact   Original effective date     Delayed effective date
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2125-AF53..........  Assessing Pavement    Francine Shaw    February 17, 2017........  March 21, 2017.
                      Condition for the     Whitson,
                      National Highway      Office of
                      Performance Program   Infrastructure
                      and Bridge            , 202-366-8028.
                      Condition for the
                      National Highway
                      Performance Program.
2125-AF54..........  Assessing             Francine Shaw    February 17, 2017........  March 21, 2017.
                      Performance of the    Whitson,
                      National Highway      Office of
                      System, Freight       Infrastructure
                      Movement on the       , 202-366-8028.
                      Interstate System,
                      and Congestion
                      Mitigation and Air
                      Quality Improvement
                      Program.
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Waiver of Rulemaking and Delayed Effective Date

    Under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) (5 U.S.C. 553), FHWA 
generally offers interested parties the opportunity to comment on 
proposed regulations and publishes rules not less than 30 days before 
their effective dates. However, the APA provides that an agency is not 
required to conduct notice-and-comment rulemaking or delay effective 
dates when the agency, for good cause, finds that the requirement is 
impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest (5 
U.S.C. 553(b)(B) and (d)(3)). There is good cause to waive both of 
these requirements here as the President's appointees and designees 
need to delay the effective dates of these

[[Page 10442]]

regulations to have adequate time to review new or pending regulations, 
and neither the notice and comment process nor delayed effective date 
could be implemented in time to allow for this review.

List of Subjects in 23 CFR Part 490

    Bridges, Highway safety, Highways and roads, Incorporation by 
reference, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Issued on: February 7, 2017.
Walter C. Waidelich, Jr.,
Acting Deputy Administrator, Federal Highway Administration.
[FR Doc. 2017-02860 Filed 2-10-17; 8:45 am]
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