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strongly encourages commenters to
submit comments electronically.
Reducing Regulatory Burden;
Electronic submission of comments
Retrospective Review Under E.O.
allows the commenter maximum time to
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prepare and submit a comment, ensures
timely receipt by HUD, and enables
AGENCY: Office of the General Counsel,
HUD to make them immediately
HUD.
available to the public. Comments
ACTION: Request for information.
submitted electronically through the
SUMMARY: In accordance with Executive
https://www.regulations.gov Web site can
Order 13563, ‘‘Improving Regulation and be viewed by other commenters and
Regulatory Review,’’ HUD is reviewing
interested members of the public.
its existing regulations to evaluate their
Commenters should follow the
continued effectiveness in addressing
instructions provided on that site to
circumstances for which the regulations submit comments electronically.
were promulgated. As part of this
Note: To receive consideration as public
review, HUD invites public comments
comments, comments must be submitted
to assist in the development of a plan
through one of the three methods specified
for periodically analyzing existing
above. Again, all submissions must refer to
significant regulations to determine
the docket number and title of the rule. No
Facsimile Comments. Facsimile (FAX)
whether they should be modified,
comments are not acceptable.
streamlined, expanded, or repealed.
HUD also seeks comment to identify
Public Inspection of Public
specific current regulations that may be
Comments. All properly submitted
outdated, ineffective, or excessively
comments and communications
burdensome. The purpose of this
submitted to HUD will be available for
regulatory review is to make the
public inspection and copying between
Department’s regulations more effective
8 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays at the above
and less burdensome in achieving
address. Due to security measures at the
HUD’s mission to create strong,
HUD Headquarters building, an advance
sustainable, inclusive communities, and
appointment to review the public
quality affordable homes for all.
comments must be scheduled by calling
DATES: Comment Due Date: May 2,
the Regulations Division at 202–708–
2011.
3055 (this is not a toll-free number).
Individuals with speech or hearing
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
impairments may access this number
invited to submit comments regarding
via TTY by calling the Federal
this notice to the Regulations Division,
Information Relay Service at 800–877–
Office of General Counsel, Department
8339. Copies of all comments submitted
of Housing and Urban Development,
are available for inspection and
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Camille E. Acevedo, Associate General
Counsel for Legislation and Regulations,
Office of General Counsel, Department
of Housing and Urban Development,
451 7th Street, SW., Room 10282,
Washington, DC 20410; telephone
number 202–708–1793 (this is not a tollfree number). Persons with hearing or
speech impairments may access this
number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Information Relay Service
at 800–877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
A. HUD’s Regulatory Mission
HUD plays a significant role in the
lives of families and in communities
throughout America. HUD’s mission is
to create strong, sustainable, inclusive
communities and quality affordable
homes for all. Consistent with that
mission, HUD has statutory
responsibility for a wide variety of
regulations. HUD’s regulatory programs
and initiatives help create suitable
living environments, and help to ensure
that all citizens have access to decent,
safe, and sanitary housing. HUD’s
regulations also assist in the
enforcement of the nation’s fair housing
laws. HUD regulations also govern the
provision of housing and other essential
support to a wide range of individuals
and families with special needs,
including homeless individuals, the
elderly, and persons with disabilities.
Moreover, in light of recent economic
events, HUD has undertaken a variety of
rulemaking initiatives to strengthen the
housing market to bolster the economy
and protect consumers.
B. Executive Order 13563 on Improving
Regulation and Regulatory Review
On January 18, 2011, President
Obama issued Executive Order 13563,
‘‘Improving Regulation and Regulatory
Review.’’ 1 The Executive Order requires
federal agencies to seek more affordable,
less intrusive ways to achieve policy
goals and give careful consideration to
the benefits and costs of those
regulations. Agencies are directed to
tailor their regulations to impose the
1 The Executive Order was subsequently
published in the Federal Register on January 21,
2011, at 76 FR 3821.
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minimal amount of burden on society to
obtain regulatory objectives. The
Executive Order also emphasizes the
importance of meaningful public
participation in the rulemaking process,
and encourages agencies to increase
their use of online technologies to
simplify and facilitate participation for
all stakeholders. Executive Order 13563
also requires agencies to coordinate,
simplify, and harmonize regulations to
reduce costs and promote certainty for
businesses and the public.
The Executive Order recognizes that
these principles should not only guide
the federal government’s approach to
new regulations, but to existing ones as
well. To that end, agencies are required
to review existing significant regulations
to determine if they are outmoded,
ineffective, insufficient or excessively
burdensome. Executive Order 13563
also requires that each agency develop
and submit to the Office of Management
and Budget’s Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs a preliminary plan
for periodically reviewing existing
significant regulations to determine
whether they should be modified,
streamlined, expanded, or repealed so
as to make the agency’s regulatory
program more effective or less
burdensome in achieving regulatory
objectives.
II. This Notice—HUD’s Implementation
of Executive Order 13563
Through this notice, HUD announces
several steps that it is undertaking to
comply with the regulatory review
requirements of Executive Order 13563.
The steps announced in this notice will
help HUD to ensure that its regulations
are updated and remain necessary, are
properly tailored, and effectively
achieve regulatory objectives without
imposing unwarranted costs.
First, pursuant to the Executive Order,
HUD is developing a preliminary plan
for periodically analyzing existing
significant regulations. Consistent with
the principles articulated in the
Executive Order, and HUD’s
commitment to public participation in
the rulemaking process, HUD is
beginning this process by soliciting
views from the public on defined
methods for identifying rules that may
be obsolete, unnecessary, unjustified,
excessively burdensome, or
counterproductive. HUD intends for its
preliminary plan to include an initial
list of candidate rules for review.
Accordingly, HUD also seeks
suggestions for specific current
regulations that may be outmoded,
ineffective, or excessively burdensome,
and therefore should be included on the
list.
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HUD has also established an e-mail
inbox at RegulatoryReview@hud.gov
which interested parties may use, on an
ongoing basis, to identify regulations
that may be in need of review. The
email box may also be used for the
submission of comments in response to
this notice. Irrespective of how they are
submitted, HUD will make all
comments received in response to this
notice publicly available on https://
www.regulations.gov. Please see the
ADDRESSES section of this notice for
additional information regarding the
submission of comments.
5. Are there any HUD regulatory
requirements that have been overtaken
by technological developments? Can
new technologies be used to modify,
streamline, or do away with these
requirements?
6. Are there any existing HUD
requirements that duplicate or conflict
with requirements of another Federal
agency? Can the requirement be
modified to eliminate the conflict?
7. Are there HUD regulations that are
working well and that can be expanded
or used as a model for other HUD
programs?
III. Issues for Public Comment
The following is the list of topics on
which HUD specifically seeks
comments. The topics represent a
preliminary attempt to identify issues
raised by HUD’s effort to develop a
preliminary plan for the retrospective
analysis of its regulations and to
identify regulations on which it should
focus. With regards to specific existing
regulations, HUD is particularly
interested in receiving comments on
regulations that have been in effect for
a sufficient amount of time to warrant
a fair evaluation. Comments should
reference a specific regulation by
citation to the Code of Federal
Regulations, and provide information on
the perceived problem and the rationale
for any recommended solution.
Commenters should focus on rule
changes that will achieve a broad public
impact, rather than an individual
personal or corporate benefit.
This is a non-exhaustive list that is
meant to assist in the formulation of
comments and is not intended to limit
the issues that commenters may choose
to address.
1. How can HUD best obtain and
consider accurate, objective information
and data about the cost, burdens, and
benefits of existing regulations? Are
there existing sources of data available
that HUD can use to evaluate the effects
of its regulations over time?
2. What factors should HUD use to
select and prioritize rules and reporting
requirements for review?
3. Are there any specific existing HUD
regulatory requirements that are illadvised or so burdensome as to merit
elimination?
4. Are there any specific existing HUD
regulatory requirements that, while
necessary, are ineffective and in need of
streamlining or other modification to
achieve their objectives? Why are these
requirements ineffective—are they
unnecessarily complicated,
burdensome, or outdated? What changes
to the regulations would increase their
usefulness and meet HUD’s objectives?
Dated: February 22, 2011.
Helen R. Kanovsky,
General Counsel.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
2 CFR Chapter XXIV
5 CFR Chapter LXV
12 CFR Chapter XVII
24 CFR Chapters I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VIII, IX, X, XII, and
Subtitles A and B
48 CFR Chapter 24
[Docket No. FR-5506-N-01]
Reducing Regulatory Burden; Retrospective Review Under E.O. 13563
AGENCY: Office of the General Counsel, HUD.
ACTION: Request for information.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with Executive Order 13563, ``Improving
Regulation and Regulatory Review,'' HUD is reviewing its existing
regulations to evaluate their continued effectiveness in addressing
circumstances for which the regulations were promulgated. As part of
this review, HUD invites public comments to assist in the development
of a plan for periodically analyzing existing significant regulations
to determine whether they should be modified, streamlined, expanded, or
repealed. HUD also seeks comment to identify specific current
regulations that may be outdated, ineffective, or excessively
burdensome. The purpose of this regulatory review is to make the
Department's regulations more effective and less burdensome in
achieving HUD's mission to create strong, sustainable, inclusive
communities, and quality affordable homes for all.
DATES: Comment Due Date: May 2, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this notice to the Regulations Division, Office of General Counsel,
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room
10276, Washington, DC 20410-0500. Communications must refer to the
above docket number and title. There are three methods for submitting
public comments. All submissions must refer to the above docket number
and title.
1. Submission of Comments by Mail. Comments may be submitted by
mail to the Regulations Division, Office of General Counsel, Department
of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room 10276,
Washington, DC 20410-0001.
2. E-mail Submission of Comments: Comments may be submitted by e-
mail to RegulatoryReview@hud.gov.
3. Electronic Submission of Comments. Interested persons may submit
comments electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
https://www.regulations.gov. HUD strongly encourages commenters to
submit comments electronically. Electronic submission of comments
allows the commenter maximum time to prepare and submit a comment,
ensures timely receipt by HUD, and enables HUD to make them immediately
available to the public. Comments submitted electronically through the
https://www.regulations.gov Web site can be viewed by other commenters
and interested members of the public. Commenters should follow the
instructions provided on that site to submit comments electronically.
Note: To receive consideration as public comments, comments must
be submitted through one of the three methods specified above.
Again, all submissions must refer to the docket number and title of
the rule. No Facsimile Comments. Facsimile (FAX) comments are not
acceptable.
Public Inspection of Public Comments. All properly submitted
comments and communications submitted to HUD will be available for
public inspection and copying between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays at the
above address. Due to security measures at the HUD Headquarters
building, an advance appointment to review the public comments must be
scheduled by calling the Regulations Division at 202-708-3055 (this is
not a toll-free number). Individuals with speech or hearing impairments
may access this number via TTY by calling the Federal Information Relay
Service at 800-877-8339. Copies of all comments submitted are available
for inspection and downloading at https://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Camille E. Acevedo, Associate General
Counsel for Legislation and Regulations, Office of General Counsel,
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room
10282, Washington, DC 20410; telephone number 202-708-1793 (this is not
a toll-free number). Persons with hearing or speech impairments may
access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal
Information Relay Service at 800-877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
A. HUD's Regulatory Mission
HUD plays a significant role in the lives of families and in
communities throughout America. HUD's mission is to create strong,
sustainable, inclusive communities and quality affordable homes for
all. Consistent with that mission, HUD has statutory responsibility for
a wide variety of regulations. HUD's regulatory programs and
initiatives help create suitable living environments, and help to
ensure that all citizens have access to decent, safe, and sanitary
housing. HUD's regulations also assist in the enforcement of the
nation's fair housing laws. HUD regulations also govern the provision
of housing and other essential support to a wide range of individuals
and families with special needs, including homeless individuals, the
elderly, and persons with disabilities. Moreover, in light of recent
economic events, HUD has undertaken a variety of rulemaking initiatives
to strengthen the housing market to bolster the economy and protect
consumers.
B. Executive Order 13563 on Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review
On January 18, 2011, President Obama issued Executive Order 13563,
``Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review.'' \1\ The Executive Order
requires federal agencies to seek more affordable, less intrusive ways
to achieve policy goals and give careful consideration to the benefits
and costs of those regulations. Agencies are directed to tailor their
regulations to impose the
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minimal amount of burden on society to obtain regulatory objectives.
The Executive Order also emphasizes the importance of meaningful public
participation in the rulemaking process, and encourages agencies to
increase their use of online technologies to simplify and facilitate
participation for all stakeholders. Executive Order 13563 also requires
agencies to coordinate, simplify, and harmonize regulations to reduce
costs and promote certainty for businesses and the public.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ The Executive Order was subsequently published in the
Federal Register on January 21, 2011, at 76 FR 3821.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Executive Order recognizes that these principles should not
only guide the federal government's approach to new regulations, but to
existing ones as well. To that end, agencies are required to review
existing significant regulations to determine if they are outmoded,
ineffective, insufficient or excessively burdensome. Executive Order
13563 also requires that each agency develop and submit to the Office
of Management and Budget's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
a preliminary plan for periodically reviewing existing significant
regulations to determine whether they should be modified, streamlined,
expanded, or repealed so as to make the agency's regulatory program
more effective or less burdensome in achieving regulatory objectives.
II. This Notice--HUD's Implementation of Executive Order 13563
Through this notice, HUD announces several steps that it is
undertaking to comply with the regulatory review requirements of
Executive Order 13563. The steps announced in this notice will help HUD
to ensure that its regulations are updated and remain necessary, are
properly tailored, and effectively achieve regulatory objectives
without imposing unwarranted costs.
First, pursuant to the Executive Order, HUD is developing a
preliminary plan for periodically analyzing existing significant
regulations. Consistent with the principles articulated in the
Executive Order, and HUD's commitment to public participation in the
rulemaking process, HUD is beginning this process by soliciting views
from the public on defined methods for identifying rules that may be
obsolete, unnecessary, unjustified, excessively burdensome, or
counterproductive. HUD intends for its preliminary plan to include an
initial list of candidate rules for review. Accordingly, HUD also seeks
suggestions for specific current regulations that may be outmoded,
ineffective, or excessively burdensome, and therefore should be
included on the list.
HUD has also established an e-mail inbox at
RegulatoryReview@hud.gov which interested parties may use, on an
ongoing basis, to identify regulations that may be in need of review.
The email box may also be used for the submission of comments in
response to this notice. Irrespective of how they are submitted, HUD
will make all comments received in response to this notice publicly
available on https://www.regulations.gov. Please see the ADDRESSES
section of this notice for additional information regarding the
submission of comments.
III. Issues for Public Comment
The following is the list of topics on which HUD specifically seeks
comments. The topics represent a preliminary attempt to identify issues
raised by HUD's effort to develop a preliminary plan for the
retrospective analysis of its regulations and to identify regulations
on which it should focus. With regards to specific existing
regulations, HUD is particularly interested in receiving comments on
regulations that have been in effect for a sufficient amount of time to
warrant a fair evaluation. Comments should reference a specific
regulation by citation to the Code of Federal Regulations, and provide
information on the perceived problem and the rationale for any
recommended solution. Commenters should focus on rule changes that will
achieve a broad public impact, rather than an individual personal or
corporate benefit.
This is a non-exhaustive list that is meant to assist in the
formulation of comments and is not intended to limit the issues that
commenters may choose to address.
1. How can HUD best obtain and consider accurate, objective
information and data about the cost, burdens, and benefits of existing
regulations? Are there existing sources of data available that HUD can
use to evaluate the effects of its regulations over time?
2. What factors should HUD use to select and prioritize rules and
reporting requirements for review?
3. Are there any specific existing HUD regulatory requirements that
are ill-advised or so burdensome as to merit elimination?
4. Are there any specific existing HUD regulatory requirements
that, while necessary, are ineffective and in need of streamlining or
other modification to achieve their objectives? Why are these
requirements ineffective--are they unnecessarily complicated,
burdensome, or outdated? What changes to the regulations would increase
their usefulness and meet HUD's objectives?
5. Are there any HUD regulatory requirements that have been
overtaken by technological developments? Can new technologies be used
to modify, streamline, or do away with these requirements?
6. Are there any existing HUD requirements that duplicate or
conflict with requirements of another Federal agency? Can the
requirement be modified to eliminate the conflict?
7. Are there HUD regulations that are working well and that can be
expanded or used as a model for other HUD programs?
Dated: February 22, 2011.
Helen R. Kanovsky,
General Counsel.
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