Employee Responsibilities and Conduct Residual Cross-References Regulation of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, 33727-33728 [E8-13171]

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E8–13367 Filed 6–12–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 45 CFR Part 706 mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with RULES RIN 3035–AA02 Employee Responsibilities and Conduct Residual Cross-References Regulation of the United States Commission on Civil Rights U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. ACTION: Final rule. AGENCY: VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:26 Jun 12, 2008 Jkt 214001 SUMMARY: The United States Commission on Civil Rights (Commission) is repealing its old employee conduct regulations, which have been superseded by the executive branch Standards of Ethical Conduct, financial disclosure and financial interests regulations issued by the Office of Government Ethics (OGE). In place of its old regulations, the Commission is adding a section of residual crossreferences to those branchwide regulations as well as its new supplemental standards regulations and certain executive branchwide conduct rules promulgated by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). The text of the rule was published in the Federal Register on August 30, 2006 at 71 FR 51546 as a proposed rule and provided that comments should have been received by September 29, 2006 to be considered in the formulation of the final rule. No comments were received. DATES: Effective Date: July 14, 2008. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emma Monroig, Esq., Solicitor and Designated Agency Ethics Official, Office of the Staff Director, United States Commission on Civil Rights, 624 Ninth Street, NW., Suite 621, Washington, DC 20425; Telephone: (202) 376–7796; Facsimile: (202) 376– 1163. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1992, OGE issued a final rule setting forth uniform executive branch Standards of Ethical Conduct (generally effective on February 3, 1993) and an interim final rule on financial disclosure, and in 1996 issued a final rule on financial interests for executive branch departments and agencies of the Federal Government and their employees. Those three executive branchwide regulations, as corrected and amended, are codified at 5 CFR parts 2634, 2635 and 2640. Together those regulations have superseded the old Commission regulations, based on prior OPM standards, on employee responsibilities and conduct at 45 CFR part 706 which the Commission adopted in 1979. See 44 FR 75152, as revised in 2002 at 67 FR 70498. Accordingly, the Commission is removing its superseded regulations, and adds in place thereof, a new section containing residual crossreferences to the provisions at 5 CFR parts 2634, 2635 and 2640, as well as to the new Commission regulation supplementing the executive branchwide standards that is being separately published today elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register for codification in a new chapter LXVIII of 5 CFR, to consist of part 7801 In addition, the Commission is including in its residual section a reference to the PO 00000 Frm 00067 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 33727 separate, specific executive branchwide provisions regarding gambling, safeguarding the examination process and conduct prejudicial to the Government which are set forth in 5 CFR part 735, as amended and reissued by OPM in 1992 and 2006. Those specific branchwide restrictions are not covered by OGE’s Standards of Ethical Conduct regulation; furthermore, they are self-executing and do not require any department or agency republication. In this final rule, the Commission is also correcting the prior proposed residual cross-references section citation to read 706.1’’. Otherwise, the Commission is adopting its proposed residual regulation as final without change. Matters of Regulatory Procedure Executive Orders 12866 and 12988 Because this rule relates to Commission personnel, it is exempt from the provisions of Executive Orders 12866 and 12988. Regulatory Flexibility Act It has been determined under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. chapter 6) that this rule does not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities because it primarily affects Commission employees. Paperwork Reduction Act It has been determined that the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35) does not apply to this rulemaking document because it does not contain any information collection requirements that require the approval of the Office of Management and Budget. Congressional Review Act The Commission has determined that this rulemaking is not a rule as defined in 5 U.S.C. 804, and, thus, does not require review by Congress. List of Subjects in 45 CFR Part 706 Conflict of interests, Government employees. Dated: March 26, 2008. Robert Lerner, Assistant Staff Director for the Office of Civil Rights Evaluation, Delegated Duties of the Staff Director, United States Commission on Civil Rights. Dated: March 26, 2008. Emma Monroig, Solicitor and Designated Agency Ethics Official, United States Commission on Civil Rights. For the reasons set forth in this preamble, the Commission is revising 45 CFR part 706 to read as follows: I E:\FR\FM\13JNR1.SGM 13JNR1 33728 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 115 / Friday, June 13, 2008 / Rules and Regulations PART 706—EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBILITES AND CONDUCT Authority: 5 U.S.C. 7301; 42 U.S.C. 1975b(d). § 706.1 Cross-references to employee ethical conduct standards, financial disclosure and financial interests regulations and other conduct rules. Employees of the United States Commission on Civil Rights are subject to the executive branch standards of ethical conduct contained in 5 CFR part 2635, the Commission regulations at 5 CFR part 7801 which supplement the executive branchwide standards, the executive branch financial disclosure regulations contained in 5 CFR part 2634, and the executive branch financial interests regulations contained in 5 CFR part 2640, as well as the executive branch employee responsibilities and conduct regulations contained in 5 CFR part 735. [FR Doc. E8–13171 Filed 6–12–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6335–01–M FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 47 CFR Part 90 [WT Docket No. 02–55; DA 08–1094] Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Establishes PostReconfiguration 800 MHz Band Plan for the U.S.-Canada Border Regions Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Final rule. AGENCY: SUMMARY: In this document the Federal Communications Commission’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB), on delegated authority, establishes reconfigured 800 MHz band plans in the U.S.-Canada border regions in order to accomplish the Commission’s goals for band reconfiguration. Effective August 12, 2008. Federal Communications Commission, 445–12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Marenco, Policy Division, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, (202) 418–0838. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission’s Second Report and Order, DA 08–1094, released on May 9, 2008. The complete text of this document is available for inspection and copying during normal DATES: mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with RULES ADDRESSES: VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:26 Jun 12, 2008 Jkt 214001 business hours in the FCC Reference Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY–A257, Washington, DC 20554. This document may also be purchased from the Commission’s duplicating contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc., 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY–B402, Washington, DC 20554, telephone (800) 378–3160 or (202) 863–2893, facsimile (202) 863–2898, or via e-mail at https:// www.bcpiweb.com. It is also available on the Commission’s Web site at https:// www.fcc.gov. 1. In a July 2004 Report and Order, the Commission reconfigured the 800 MHz band to eliminate interference to public safety and other land mobile communication systems operating in the band, 69 FR 67823, November 22, 2004. However, the Commission deferred consideration of band reconfiguration plans for the border areas, noting that ‘‘implementing the band plan in areas of the United States bordering Mexico and Canada will require modifications to international agreements for use of the 800 MHz band in the border areas.’’ The Commission stated that ‘‘the details of the border plans will be determined in our ongoing discussions with the Mexican and Canadian governments.’’ 2. In a Second Memorandum Opinion and Order, adopted in May 2007, the Commission delegated authority to PSHSB to propose and adopt border area band plans once agreements are reached with Canada and Mexico, 72 FR 39756, July 20, 2007. 3. In July 2007, the U.S. and Canada reached an agreement on a process that will enable the U.S. to proceed with band reconfiguration in the border region. Consequently, on November 1, 2007, PSHSB issued a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on specific proposals for reconfiguring the eight U.S.-Canada border regions. The Commission received ten comments and eight reply comments in response to the FNPRM 4. On May 9, 2008, PSHSB issued a Second Report and Order establishing reconfigured band plans in the U.S.Canada border regions. The band plans adopted in the Second Report and Order are designed to separate-to the greatest extent possible-public safety and other non-cellular licensees from licensees that employ cellular technology in the band. Procedural Matters A. Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 5. The Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis required by section 604 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 604, PO 00000 Frm 00068 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 is included in Appendix A of the Second Report and Order. B. Final Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 Analysis 6. The Second Report and Order does not contain new or modified information collection requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Public Law 104–13. In addition, therefore it does not contain any new or modified ‘‘information burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees,’’ pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public Law 107–198. Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 7. As required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), an Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (IRFA) was incorporated in the Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM), 72 63869, November 13, 2007, in WT Docket 02–55. PSHSB sought written public comment on the proposals in the FNPRM, including comment on the IRFA. This Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (FRFA) conforms to the RFA. A. Need for, and Objectives of, the Proposed Rules 8. This Second Report and Order continues the Commission’s efforts to reconfigure the 800 MHz band to eliminate an ongoing and growing problem of interference to public safety and other land mobile communications systems in the 800 MHz band. Specifically, in this order, PSHSB adopts post-rebanding band plans for the regions of the U.S. immediately adjacent to the U.S.-Canada border. These post-rebanding band plans include region specific variations. The reconfiguration of the 800 MHz band in the U.S.-Canada border regions is in the public interest because it will allow the Commission to eliminate interference in these regions to public safety and other land mobile communication systems. Interference is eliminated by separating—to the greatest extent possible—public safety and other noncellular licensees from licensees that employ cellular technology in the 800 MHz band. B. Summary of Significant Issues Raised by Public Comments in Response to the IRFA 9. No parties have raised significant issues in response to the IRFA. C. Description and Estimate of the Number of Small Entities to Which the Proposed Rules Will Apply 10. The RFA directs agencies to provide a description of and, where E:\FR\FM\13JNR1.SGM 13JNR1

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[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 115 (Friday, June 13, 2008)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 33727-33728]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-13171]


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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

45 CFR Part 706

RIN 3035-AA02


Employee Responsibilities and Conduct Residual Cross-References 
Regulation of the United States Commission on Civil Rights

AGENCY: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The United States Commission on Civil Rights (Commission) is 
repealing its old employee conduct regulations, which have been 
superseded by the executive branch Standards of Ethical Conduct, 
financial disclosure and financial interests regulations issued by the 
Office of Government Ethics (OGE). In place of its old regulations, the 
Commission is adding a section of residual cross-references to those 
branchwide regulations as well as its new supplemental standards 
regulations and certain executive branchwide conduct rules promulgated 
by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). The text of the rule was 
published in the Federal Register on August 30, 2006 at 71 FR 51546 as 
a proposed rule and provided that comments should have been received by 
September 29, 2006 to be considered in the formulation of the final 
rule. No comments were received.

DATES: Effective Date: July 14, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emma Monroig, Esq., Solicitor and 
Designated Agency Ethics Official, Office of the Staff Director, United 
States Commission on Civil Rights, 624 Ninth Street, NW., Suite 621, 
Washington, DC 20425; Telephone: (202) 376-7796; Facsimile: (202) 376-
1163.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1992, OGE issued a final rule setting 
forth uniform executive branch Standards of Ethical Conduct (generally 
effective on February 3, 1993) and an interim final rule on financial 
disclosure, and in 1996 issued a final rule on financial interests for 
executive branch departments and agencies of the Federal Government and 
their employees. Those three executive branchwide regulations, as 
corrected and amended, are codified at 5 CFR parts 2634, 2635 and 2640. 
Together those regulations have superseded the old Commission 
regulations, based on prior OPM standards, on employee responsibilities 
and conduct at 45 CFR part 706 which the Commission adopted in 1979. 
See 44 FR 75152, as revised in 2002 at 67 FR 70498. Accordingly, the 
Commission is removing its superseded regulations, and adds in place 
thereof, a new section containing residual crossreferences to the 
provisions at 5 CFR parts 2634, 2635 and 2640, as well as to the new 
Commission regulation supplementing the executive branchwide standards 
that is being separately published today elsewhere in this issue of the 
Federal Register for codification in a new chapter LXVIII of 5 CFR, to 
consist of part 7801 In addition, the Commission is including in its 
residual section a reference to the separate, specific executive 
branchwide provisions regarding gambling, safeguarding the examination 
process and conduct prejudicial to the Government which are set forth 
in 5 CFR part 735, as amended and reissued by OPM in 1992 and 2006. 
Those specific branchwide restrictions are not covered by OGE's 
Standards of Ethical Conduct regulation; furthermore, they are self-
executing and do not require any department or agency republication. In 
this final rule, the Commission is also correcting the prior proposed 
residual cross-references section citation to read 706.1''. Otherwise, 
the Commission is adopting its proposed residual regulation as final 
without change.

Matters of Regulatory Procedure

Executive Orders 12866 and 12988

    Because this rule relates to Commission personnel, it is exempt 
from the provisions of Executive Orders 12866 and 12988.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

    It has been determined under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 
U.S.C. chapter 6) that this rule does not have a significant economic 
impact on a substantial number of small entities because it primarily 
affects Commission employees.

Paperwork Reduction Act

    It has been determined that the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 
chapter 35) does not apply to this rulemaking document because it does 
not contain any information collection requirements that require the 
approval of the Office of Management and Budget.

Congressional Review Act

    The Commission has determined that this rulemaking is not a rule as 
defined in 5 U.S.C. 804, and, thus, does not require review by 
Congress.

List of Subjects in 45 CFR Part 706

    Conflict of interests, Government employees.

    Dated: March 26, 2008.
Robert Lerner,
Assistant Staff Director for the Office of Civil Rights Evaluation, 
Delegated Duties of the Staff Director, United States Commission on 
Civil Rights.
    Dated: March 26, 2008.
Emma Monroig,
Solicitor and Designated Agency Ethics Official, United States 
Commission on Civil Rights.

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For the reasons set forth in this preamble, the Commission is revising 
45 CFR part 706 to read as follows:

[[Page 33728]]

PART 706--EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBILITES AND CONDUCT

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 7301; 42 U.S.C. 1975b(d).

Sec.  706.1  Cross-references to employee ethical conduct standards, 
financial disclosure and financial interests regulations and other 
conduct rules.

    Employees of the United States Commission on Civil Rights are 
subject to the executive branch standards of ethical conduct contained 
in 5 CFR part 2635, the Commission regulations at 5 CFR part 7801 which 
supplement the executive branchwide standards, the executive branch 
financial disclosure regulations contained in 5 CFR part 2634, and the 
executive branch financial interests regulations contained in 5 CFR 
part 2640, as well as the executive branch employee responsibilities 
and conduct regulations contained in 5 CFR part 735.

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