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Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450, 7701–7772, 7781–
7786, and 8301–8317; 21 U.S.C. 136 and
136a; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and
371.4.
§ 94.12, 94.16, 94.17, 94.18
[Amended]
2. Sections 94.12, 94.16, 94.17, and
94.18 are amended by redesignating
footnotes 12 through 18 as footnotes 13
through 19, respectively.
I 3. In § 94.9, a new paragraph (e) and
a new footnote 12 are added and the
OMB citation at the end of the section
is revised to read as follows:
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§ 94.9 Pork and pork products from
regions where classical swine fever exists.
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(e) Uncooked pork or pork products
that originated in a region considered to
be free of classical swine fever (CSF)
and are processed in a region where CSF
exists may be imported into the United
States under the following conditions:
(1) Shipment to approved
establishments. (i) The uncooked pork
or pork products must be shipped from
the CSF-free region of origin in closed
containers sealed with serially
numbered seals applied by an official of
the national government of that region.
They must be accompanied by a
certificate that is signed by an official of
that region’s national government and
that specifies the product’s region of
origin, the name and number of the
establishment of origin, and the
processing establishment to which the
uncooked pork or pork products are
consigned, and the numbers of the seals
applied to the shipping containers.
(ii) The uncooked pork or pork
products may be removed from
containers at the processing
establishment in the region where CSF
is considered to exist only after an
official of that region’s national
government has determined that the
seals are intact and free of any evidence
of tampering.
(2) Handling of uncooked pork and
pork products. Establishments 12 in
regions where CSF is considered to exist
that process uncooked pork or pork
products for export to the United States:
(i) May not receive or handle any live
swine;
(ii) May not receive, handle, or
process uncooked pork or pork products
that originate in regions affected with
CSF;
(iii) Must keep the certificate required
by paragraph (e)(1)(i) of this section on
file at the facility for a period of at least
2 years after export of processed
products to the United States, and must
12 See
footnote 9 in § 94.8.
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make those records available to USDA
inspectors during inspections; and
(iv) Must be evaluated and approved
by APHIS through a site inspection.
(3) Compliance agreement. The
operators of the processing
establishment must sign a compliance
agreement with APHIS, stating that:
(i) All meat processed for importation
to the United States will be processed in
accordance with the requirements of
this part; and
(ii) A full-time, salaried meat
inspection official of the national
government of the region in which the
processing facility is located will
supervise the processing and
examination of the product, and certify
that it has been processed in accordance
with this section; and
(iii) APHIS personnel or other persons
authorized by the Administrator may
enter the establishment, unannounced,
to inspect the establishment and its
records.
(4) Cooperative service agreement.
The processing establishment, or a party
on its behalf, must enter into a
cooperative service agreement with
APHIS to pay all expenses incurred by
APHIS for the initial evaluation of the
processing establishment and
periodically thereafter, including travel,
salary, subsistence, administrative
overhead, and other incidental
expenses, including excess baggage up
to 150 pounds. In accordance with the
terms of the cooperative service
agreement, before the APHIS
representative’s site inspection, the
operator of the processing establishment
or the party acting on their behalf must
deposit with the Administrator an
amount equal to the approximate cost of
one inspection by an APHIS
representative, including travel, salary,
subsistence, administrative overhead,
and other incidental expenses,
including excess baggage up to 150
pounds. As funds from that amount are
obligated, a bill for costs incurred based
on official accounting records will be
issued to restore the deposit to the
original level, revised as necessary to
allow for inflation or other changes in
estimated costs. To be current, bills
must be paid within 14 days of receipt.
(5) Shipment to the United States.
Uncooked pork or pork products to be
imported into the United States must be
shipped from the region where they
were processed in closed containers
sealed with serially numbered seals
applied by an official of the national
government of that region. The
shipments must be accompanied by a
certificate signed by an official of the
national government of the region where
the pork or pork products were
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processed that lists the numbers of the
seals applied and states that all of the
conditions of this paragraph (e) have
been met. The certificate shall also state
that the container seals specified in
paragraph (e)(1)(i) and (ii) of this section
were found by an official of the region’s
national government to be intact and
free of any evidence of tampering on
arrival at the processing establishment
in the CSF-affected region. A copy of
this certificate must be kept on file at
the processing establishment for at least
2 years.
(Approved by the Office of Management and
Budget under control numbers 0579–0015
and 0579–0333)
§ 94.17
[Amended]
4. In § 94.17, newly redesignated
footnote 17 is amended by removing the
words ‘‘footnote 15’’ and adding the
words ‘‘footnote 16’’ in their place and
by removing the words ‘‘§ 94.17(e) of
this part’’ and adding the words
‘‘paragraph (e) of this section’’ in their
place.
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Done in Washington, DC, this 27th day of
March 2008.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. E8–6800 Filed 4–1–08; 8:45 am]
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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
12 CFR Part 268
[Docket No. OP–1264]
Rules Regarding Equal Opportunity
Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System (the Board) has
adopted a final rule that amends the
section of its Rules Regarding Equal
Opportunity (EEO Rules) which governs
the employment of persons who are not
United States citizens consistent with
the Board’s requirements for the
security of its information. The
amendment to this rule was first
published on November 8, 2005, as an
immediately effective interim rule with
opportunity for public comment. The
Board received no comments on the
rule. On its own initiative, to address
additional operational issues, the Board
made further changes to the rule and on
August 7, 2006, published a new
immediately effective interim rule with
opportunity for public comment. The
Board received no comments on the
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rule. With the changes discussed below,
the Board is now adopting the August
7, 2006, interim rule as the final rule.
DATES: This final rule is effective April
2, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alicia S. Foster, Senior Counsel (202–
452–5289), Legal Division, Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, 20th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20551.
For users of Telecommunications
Device for the Deaf (TDD) only, contact
202–263–4869.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
November 8, 2005, by an immediately
effective interim rule (70 FR 67641), the
Board amended § 268.205 to permit the
Board to hire certain Non-Citizens into
positions requiring access to
information of the Federal Open Market
Committee (FOMC), subject to particular
conditions and a preference for U.S.
citizens over equally qualified noncitizens.1 The Board received no
comments on the November 2005
interim rule. After the Board published
the November 2005 interim rule and
before the Board published the rule in
final form, however, it became apparent
that the hiring pressures that affected
positions requiring access to FOMC
Information and prompted the change in
the EEO Rules also existed with respect
to certain positions requiring access to
Confidential Supervisory Information, a
second category of Sensitive
Information. Therefore, on August 7,
2006, the Board published a new
interim rule (71 FR 44555) that
extended the hiring requirements that
apply to FOMC Information to
Confidential Supervisory Information
and made some additional
modifications that apply to access to
FOMC and Confidential Supervisory
Information. The 60-day comment
period for the interim rule ended on
October 6, 2006. The Board received no
comments on the August 2006 interim
rule. With the changes noted below, the
Board is now adopting the August 2006
interim rule as the final rule.
The Board is making three substantive
changes to the August 2006 interim rule.
First, the Board is amending
§ 268.205(a)(9)(iii), which applies only
to persons who were employed by the
Federal Reserve as of January 1, 2006,
and permits an employee who is a
lawfully admitted permanent resident
alien, an alien lawfully admitted for
temporary resident, a refugee, or person
granted asylum to qualify as a Protected
Individual for purposes of the Board’s
1 Access
to FOMC Information is also governed by
the rules of the FOMC. See, for example, 12 CFR
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rule even if he or she filed for
citizenship beyond the six-month
period set forth in 8 U.S.C.
1324b(a)(3)(B)(i). In addition to the
requirements set out in the interim rule
for persons in this category, the final
rule is amended to reflect the current
policy of the Board that these employees
complete a satisfactory background
check. Thus, the Board is amending
§ 268.205(a)(9)(iii) to add a new
paragraph (E) that expressly requires
that an employee may qualify under this
section only if he or she also passes a
background investigation acceptable to
the Board. Because of the addition of
this new paragraph, which is now the
last paragraph in this section,
punctuation changes are also being
made to existing paragraphs (C) and (D).
Second, the Board is modifying
§ 268.205(c)(4)(i) of the interim rule,
which addresses access by Reserve Bank
employees to FOMC Information, to
clarify the interplay between the
§ 268.205 rule and the separate rules of
the FOMC. The FOMC’s rules now
apply the Board’s rule under § 268.205
to access to FOMC information by noncitizens employed anywhere in the
Federal Reserve System, and the Board
has amended § 268.205(c)(4)(i) to reflect
this action.
Third, the Board is amending the rule
to include a new paragraph,
§ 268.205(c)(5), addressing exceptions to
the rule’s requirements as they apply to
access to Confidential Supervisory
Information. The Board believes this
new exception is necessary to cover
unusual, unforeseen situations that may
arise. Because the need for an exception
should rarely arise, however, the
exception is very narrow. To be granted
an exception, the requester must
demonstrate that unusual circumstances
exist and that the employee for whom
access is being requested has a strong
and particularized need for access to the
Confidential Supervisory Information.
All exceptions for access to Confidential
Supervisory Information must be
approved by the Chairman of the
Board’s Committee on Supervisory and
Regulatory Affairs. A similar provision
is not necessary for FOMC Information
because the rules of the FOMC delineate
when exceptions, including those on the
basis of citizenship may be granted, for
access to FOMC Information by Board
and Reserve Bank employees and
others. As a result of this new paragraph
(5), the existing paragraph (c)(5) has
been redesignated as paragraph (c)(6).
Finally, the Board is making editorial
corrections to the phrases
‘‘appropriations laws’’ and the
‘‘appropriations ban’’ as referenced in
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the definition of ‘‘Country List’’ at
§ 268.205(a)(3).
Final Regulatory Flexibility Act
Analysis
The Regulatory Flexibility Act (Pub.
L. 96–354, 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.),
generally requires an agency to perform
an assessment of the impact a rule is
expected to have on small entities.
However, under section 605(b) of the
Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), 5
U.S.C. 605(b), the regulatory flexibility
analysis otherwise required under
section 604 of the RFA is not required
if an agency certifies, along with a
statement providing the factual basis for
such certification, that the rule will not
have a significant economic impact on
a substantial number of small entities.
Because this rule governs the Board’s
dealings with its employees and
applicants for employment and access
to FOMC and Confidential Supervisory
Information by Reserve Bank
employees, and would not affect small
entities as defined for purposes of the
RFA, the Board certifies that the rule
will not have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small
entities.
Paperwork Reduction Act
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. ch.
3506; 5 CFR 1320 Appendix A.1), the
Board reviewed the rule under the
authority delegated to the Board by the
Office of Management and Budget. No
collections of information pursuant to
the Paperwork Reduction Act are
contained in this rule.
Plain Language
Section 722 of the Gramm-LeachBliley Act requires each federal banking
agency to use plain language in all rules
published after January 1, 2000. The
Board has attempted to use plain
language in drafting this rule. In the
interim proposals, the Board invited
comments on whether it could take
additional steps to make the rule easier
to understand. The Board received no
comments on § 268.205.
List of Subjects in 12 CFR Part 268
Administrative practice and
procedure, Aged, Civil rights, Equal
employment opportunity, Federal
buildings and facilities, Federal Reserve
System, Government employees,
Individuals with disabilities, Religious
discrimination, Sex discrimination,
Wages.
Authority and Issuance
For the reasons discussed in the
preamble, the interim rule amending 12
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CFR part 268, which was published at
71 FR 44555 on August 7, 2006, is
adopted as final with the following
changes:
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
PART 268—RULES REGARDING
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
[Docket No. FAA–2008–0163; Airspace
Docket No. 08–AGL–2]
1. The authority citation for part 268
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 12 U.S.C. 244 and 248 (i), (k),
and (l).
2. Amend § 268.205 as follows:
a. In paragraph (a)(3), correct
‘‘appropriations’ laws’’ to read
‘‘appropriations laws’’ and correct
‘‘appropriations’ ban’’ to read
‘‘appropriations ban’’.
I b. Remove the word ‘‘and’’ at the end
of paragraph (a)(9)(iii)(C) and add ‘‘;
and’’ at the end of paragraph
(a)(9)(iii)(D).
I c. Add a new paragraph (a)(9)(iii)(E).
I d. Revise paragraph (c)(4)(i).
I e. Redesignate paragraph (c)(5) as
paragraph (c)(6), and add a new
paragraph (c)(5).
The additions and revisions read as
follows:
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§ 268.205 Employment of aliens; Access to
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(E) Has completed a background
investigation acceptable to the Board.
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(i) FOMC Information. By action of
the FOMC, a Reserve Bank employee
may access FOMC Information in
accordance with these rules.
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(5) Exceptions for access to
Confidential Supervisory Information. A
Board or Reserve Bank employer may
request an exception for access to
Confidential Supervisory Information.
The requester must demonstrate that
unusual circumstances exist and that
the Board or Reserve Bank employee for
whom access is being requested has a
strong and particularized need for
access to the information. All
exceptions for access to Confidential
Supervisory Information must be
approved by the Chairman of the
Board’s Committee on Supervisory and
Regulatory Affairs.
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By order of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System, March 27, 2008.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Secretary of the Board.
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Amendment of Class E Airspace;
Indianapolis, IN
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Direct final rule; request for
comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This action amends Class E
airspace at Indianapolis, IN. Additional
controlled airspace is necessary to
accommodate aircraft using new RNA V
Global Positioning System (GPS)
Standard Instrument Approach
Procedures (SIAPs) at Hendricks
County—Gordon Graham Field,
Indianapolis, IN. This action is
necessary for the safety and
management of Instrument Flight Rules
(IFR) operations at Hendricks County—
Gordon Graham Field, Indianapolis, IN.
DATES: Effective Dates: 0901 UTC June
5, 2008. Comments for inclusion in the
rules Docket must be received May 19,
2008. The Director of the Federal
Register approves this incorporation by
reference action under Title 1, Code of
Federal Regulations, part 51, subject to
the annual revision of FAA Order
7400.9 and publication of conforming
amendments.
Send comments on this
proposal to the U.S. Department of
Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200
New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building
Ground Floor, Room WI2–140,
Washington, DC 20590–0001. You must
identify the docket number FAA–2008–
0163/Airspace Docket No. 08–AGL–2, at
the beginning of your comments. You
may also submit comments through the
Internet at https://regulations.gov. You
may review the public docket
containing the proposal, any comments
received, and any final disposition in
person in the Dockets Office between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays. The
Docket Office (telephone
1–800–647–5527) is on the ground floor
of the building at the above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe
Yadouga, Central Service center, System
Support Group, Federal Aviation
Administration, Southwest Region, Fort
Worth, TX 76193–0530; telephone (817)
222–5597.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:
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The Direct Final Rule Procedure
The FAA anticipates that this
regulation will not result in adverse or
negative comments, and, therefore,
issues it as a direct final rule. Unless a
written adverse or negative comment or
a written notice of intent to submit an
adverse or negative comment is received
within the comment period, the
regulation will become effective on the
date specified above. After the close of
the comment period, the FAA will
publish a document in the Federal
Register indicating that no adverse or
negative comments were received and
confirming the effective date of the rule.
If the FAA receives, within the
comment period, an adverse or negative
comment, or written notice of intent to
submit such a document, a document
withdrawing the direct final rule will be
published in the Federal Register, and
a notice of proposed rulemaking may be
published with a new comment period.
Comments Invited
Although this action is in the form of
a direct final rule, and was not preceded
by a notice of proposed rulemaking,
interested persons are invited to
comment on this rule by submitting
such written data, views, or arguments
as they may desire. Comments that
provide the factual basis supporting the
views and suggestions presented are
particularly helpful in developing
reasoned regulatory decisions on the
direct final rule. Comments are
specifically invited on the overall
regulatory, aeronautical, economic,
environmental, and energy-related
aspects of the direct final rule.
Commenters wishing the FAA to
acknowledge receipt of their comments
on this rule must submit with those
comments a self-addressed, stamped
postcard on which the following
statement is made: ‘‘Comments to
Docket No. FA–2008–0163, Airspace
docket No. 08–AGL–2.’’ The postcard
will be date/time stamped and returned
to the commenter. Communications
should identify both docket numbers
and be submitted in triplicate to the
address specified under the caption
ADDRESSES above or through the Web
site. All communications received on or
before the closing date for comments
will be considered, and this rule may be
amended or withdrawn in light of the
comments received.
The Rule
This amendment to Title 14, Code of
Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 71,
amends Class E airspace at Indianapolis,
IN, by providing additional controlled
airspace to support the new RVAN
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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
12 CFR Part 268
[Docket No. OP-1264]
Rules Regarding Equal Opportunity
AGENCY: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the
Board) has adopted a final rule that amends the section of its Rules
Regarding Equal Opportunity (EEO Rules) which governs the employment of
persons who are not United States citizens consistent with the Board's
requirements for the security of its information. The amendment to this
rule was first published on November 8, 2005, as an immediately
effective interim rule with opportunity for public comment. The Board
received no comments on the rule. On its own initiative, to address
additional operational issues, the Board made further changes to the
rule and on August 7, 2006, published a new immediately effective
interim rule with opportunity for public comment. The Board received no
comments on the
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rule. With the changes discussed below, the Board is now adopting the
August 7, 2006, interim rule as the final rule.
DATES: This final rule is effective April 2, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alicia S. Foster, Senior Counsel (202-
452-5289), Legal Division, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, 20th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20551.
For users of Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD) only, contact
202-263-4869.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 8, 2005, by an immediately
effective interim rule (70 FR 67641), the Board amended Sec. 268.205
to permit the Board to hire certain Non-Citizens into positions
requiring access to information of the Federal Open Market Committee
(FOMC), subject to particular conditions and a preference for U.S.
citizens over equally qualified non-citizens.\1\ The Board received no
comments on the November 2005 interim rule. After the Board published
the November 2005 interim rule and before the Board published the rule
in final form, however, it became apparent that the hiring pressures
that affected positions requiring access to FOMC Information and
prompted the change in the EEO Rules also existed with respect to
certain positions requiring access to Confidential Supervisory
Information, a second category of Sensitive Information. Therefore, on
August 7, 2006, the Board published a new interim rule (71 FR 44555)
that extended the hiring requirements that apply to FOMC Information to
Confidential Supervisory Information and made some additional
modifications that apply to access to FOMC and Confidential Supervisory
Information. The 60-day comment period for the interim rule ended on
October 6, 2006. The Board received no comments on the August 2006
interim rule. With the changes noted below, the Board is now adopting
the August 2006 interim rule as the final rule.
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\1\ Access to FOMC Information is also governed by the rules of
the FOMC. See, for example, 12 CFR part 271.
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The Board is making three substantive changes to the August 2006
interim rule. First, the Board is amending Sec. 268.205(a)(9)(iii),
which applies only to persons who were employed by the Federal Reserve
as of January 1, 2006, and permits an employee who is a lawfully
admitted permanent resident alien, an alien lawfully admitted for
temporary resident, a refugee, or person granted asylum to qualify as a
Protected Individual for purposes of the Board's rule even if he or she
filed for citizenship beyond the six-month period set forth in 8 U.S.C.
1324b(a)(3)(B)(i). In addition to the requirements set out in the
interim rule for persons in this category, the final rule is amended to
reflect the current policy of the Board that these employees complete a
satisfactory background check. Thus, the Board is amending Sec.
268.205(a)(9)(iii) to add a new paragraph (E) that expressly requires
that an employee may qualify under this section only if he or she also
passes a background investigation acceptable to the Board. Because of
the addition of this new paragraph, which is now the last paragraph in
this section, punctuation changes are also being made to existing
paragraphs (C) and (D).
Second, the Board is modifying Sec. 268.205(c)(4)(i) of the
interim rule, which addresses access by Reserve Bank employees to FOMC
Information, to clarify the interplay between the Sec. 268.205 rule
and the separate rules of the FOMC. The FOMC's rules now apply the
Board's rule under Sec. 268.205 to access to FOMC information by non-
citizens employed anywhere in the Federal Reserve System, and the Board
has amended Sec. 268.205(c)(4)(i) to reflect this action.
Third, the Board is amending the rule to include a new paragraph,
Sec. 268.205(c)(5), addressing exceptions to the rule's requirements
as they apply to access to Confidential Supervisory Information. The
Board believes this new exception is necessary to cover unusual,
unforeseen situations that may arise. Because the need for an exception
should rarely arise, however, the exception is very narrow. To be
granted an exception, the requester must demonstrate that unusual
circumstances exist and that the employee for whom access is being
requested has a strong and particularized need for access to the
Confidential Supervisory Information. All exceptions for access to
Confidential Supervisory Information must be approved by the Chairman
of the Board's Committee on Supervisory and Regulatory Affairs. A
similar provision is not necessary for FOMC Information because the
rules of the FOMC delineate when exceptions, including those on the
basis of citizenship may be granted, for access to FOMC Information by
Board and Reserve Bank employees and others. As a result of this new
paragraph (5), the existing paragraph (c)(5) has been redesignated as
paragraph (c)(6).
Finally, the Board is making editorial corrections to the phrases
``appropriations laws'' and the ``appropriations ban'' as referenced in
the definition of ``Country List'' at Sec. 268.205(a)(3).
Final Regulatory Flexibility Act Analysis
The Regulatory Flexibility Act (Pub. L. 96-354, 5 U.S.C. 601 et
seq.), generally requires an agency to perform an assessment of the
impact a rule is expected to have on small entities. However, under
section 605(b) of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), 5 U.S.C.
605(b), the regulatory flexibility analysis otherwise required under
section 604 of the RFA is not required if an agency certifies, along
with a statement providing the factual basis for such certification,
that the rule will not have a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities. Because this rule governs the
Board's dealings with its employees and applicants for employment and
access to FOMC and Confidential Supervisory Information by Reserve Bank
employees, and would not affect small entities as defined for purposes
of the RFA, the Board certifies that the rule will not have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
Paperwork Reduction Act
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
ch. 3506; 5 CFR 1320 Appendix A.1), the Board reviewed the rule under
the authority delegated to the Board by the Office of Management and
Budget. No collections of information pursuant to the Paperwork
Reduction Act are contained in this rule.
Plain Language
Section 722 of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act requires each federal
banking agency to use plain language in all rules published after
January 1, 2000. The Board has attempted to use plain language in
drafting this rule. In the interim proposals, the Board invited
comments on whether it could take additional steps to make the rule
easier to understand. The Board received no comments on Sec. 268.205.
List of Subjects in 12 CFR Part 268
Administrative practice and procedure, Aged, Civil rights, Equal
employment opportunity, Federal buildings and facilities, Federal
Reserve System, Government employees, Individuals with disabilities,
Religious discrimination, Sex discrimination, Wages.
Authority and Issuance
For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the interim rule
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CFR part 268, which was published at 71 FR 44555 on August 7, 2006, is
adopted as final with the following changes:
PART 268--RULES REGARDING EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
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1. The authority citation for part 268 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 12 U.S.C. 244 and 248 (i), (k), and (l).
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2. Amend Sec. 268.205 as follows:
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a. In paragraph (a)(3), correct ``appropriations' laws'' to read
``appropriations laws'' and correct ``appropriations' ban'' to read
``appropriations ban''.
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b. Remove the word ``and'' at the end of paragraph (a)(9)(iii)(C) and
add ``; and'' at the end of paragraph (a)(9)(iii)(D).
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c. Add a new paragraph (a)(9)(iii)(E).
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d. Revise paragraph (c)(4)(i).
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e. Redesignate paragraph (c)(5) as paragraph (c)(6), and add a new
paragraph (c)(5).
The additions and revisions read as follows:
Sec. 268.205 Employment of aliens; Access to sensitive information.
(a) * * *
(9) * * *
(iii) * * *
(E) Has completed a background investigation acceptable to the
Board.
* * * * *
(c) * * *
(4) * * *
(i) FOMC Information. By action of the FOMC, a Reserve Bank
employee may access FOMC Information in accordance with these rules.
* * * * *
(5) Exceptions for access to Confidential Supervisory Information.
A Board or Reserve Bank employer may request an exception for access to
Confidential Supervisory Information. The requester must demonstrate
that unusual circumstances exist and that the Board or Reserve Bank
employee for whom access is being requested has a strong and
particularized need for access to the information. All exceptions for
access to Confidential Supervisory Information must be approved by the
Chairman of the Board's Committee on Supervisory and Regulatory
Affairs.
* * * * *
By order of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, March 27, 2008.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E8-6655 Filed 4-1-08; 8:45 am]
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