Reducing Regulatory Burden; Retrospective Review Plans Under E.O. 13563, 31884-31885 [2011-13597]

Download as PDF 31884 Proposed Rules Federal Register Vol. 76, No. 106 Thursday, June 2, 2011 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules. NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 2 CFR Chapter XVIII 5 CFR Chapter LIX 14 CFR Chapter V 48 CFR Chapter 18 [Notice (11–051)] Reducing Regulatory Burden; Retrospective Review Under E.O. 13563 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). ACTION: Request for comments. AGENCY: As part of its implementation of Executive Order 13563, Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review, issued by the President on January 18, 2011, NASA is seeking comments on the Agency’s preliminary plan to conduct a retrospective analysis of its existing regulations. The purpose of this analysis is to make NASA’s regulatory program more effective and less burdensome in achieving its regulatory objectives. DATES: Comments are requested on or before July 5, 2011. ADDRESSES: Submit comments to https://www.regulations.gov, or e-mail comments to hq-regulatoryreview@mail.nasa.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nanette Jennings, 202–358–0819, hqregulatory-review@mail.nasa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 18, 2011, the President issued Executive Order 13563, Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review, to ensure that Federal regulations seek a more affordable, less intrusive means to achieve policy goals and that agencies give careful consideration to the benefits and costs of those regulations. The Order further directs agencies to develop a preliminary plan, consistent with law and its resources and regulatory priorities, under which the agency will periodically review its srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:38 Jun 01, 2011 Jkt 223001 existing significant regulations to determine whether any such regulations should be modified, streamlined, expanded, or repealed so as to make the agency’s regulatory program more effective or less burdensome in achieving the regulatory objectives. The Order can be accessed at https:// www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/ omb/inforeg/eo12866/ eo13563_01182011.pdf. To implement the Order, NASA developed its preliminary plan and issues this request seeking public comment on how best to review its existing regulations. NASA’s plan is accessible on its Open Government Web site at https://www.nasa.gov/open/. Submit electronic comments through the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal at https://www.regulations.gov, or e-mail electronic comments to hq-regulatoryreview@mail.nasa.gov. Include ‘‘Regulatory Review’’ in the subject line of the e-mail. preliminary plan also identifies specific regulatory actions rules that HUD will be undertaking to address regulations that the Department has identified as being outdated, ineffective, or excessively burdensome. The preliminary plans of the Federal agencies have been posted on the White House Web site at: https:// www.slideshare.net/whitehouse/hudcombined. Through this notice, HUD solicits public comment on the Department’s preliminary plan and list of candidate rules. The purpose of HUD’s 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: Comments on HUD’s preliminary regulatory review plan and list of candidate rules are due on or before: August 1, 2011. ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding Richard Keegan, HUD’s preliminary regulatory review Associate Deputy Administrator. plan and list of candidate rules to the [FR Doc. 2011–13678 Filed 6–1–11; 8:45 am] Regulations Division, Office of General BILLING CODE P Counsel, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room 10276, Washington, DC DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 20410–0500. Communications must URBAN DEVELOPMENT refer to the above docket number and title. There are three methods for 2 CFR Chapter XXIV submitting public comments. All submissions must refer to the above 5 CFR Chapter LXV docket number and title. 1. Submission of Comments by Mail. 12 CFR Chapter XVII Comments may be submitted by mail to the Regulations Division, Office of 24 CFR Chapters I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VIII, General Counsel, Department of IX, X, XII, and Subtitles A and B Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room 10276, 48 CFR Chapter 24 Washington, DC 20410–0001. [Docket No. FR–5506–N–02] 2. E-mail Submission of Comments: Comments may be submitted by e-mail Reducing Regulatory Burden; to RegulatoryReview@hud.gov. Retrospective Review Plans Under 3. Electronic Submission of E.O. 13563 Comments. Interested persons may submit comments electronically through AGENCY: Office of the General Counsel, the Federal eRulemaking Portal at HUD. https://www.regulations.gov. HUD ACTION: Request for information. strongly encourages commenters to submit comments electronically. SUMMARY: In accordance with Executive Order 13563, ‘‘Improving Regulation and Electronic submission of comments allows the commenter maximum time to Regulatory Review,’’ HUD has developed a preliminary review plan for prepare and submit a comment, ensures timely receipt by HUD, and enables periodically analyzing its existing HUD to make them immediately significant regulations to determine available to the public. Comments whether they should be modified, streamlined, expanded, or repealed. The submitted electronically through the PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\02JNP1.SGM 02JNP1 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 106 / Thursday, June 2, 2011 / Proposed Rules 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. srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS 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 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 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. 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, 1 The Executive Order was subsequently published in the Federal Register on January 21, 2011, at 76 FR 3821. VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:38 Jun 01, 2011 Jkt 223001 ineffective, insufficient or excessively burdensome. Executive Order 13563 also required that, by May 18, 2011, 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. On March 2, 2011, at 76 FR 11395, HUD published a notice in the Federal Register inviting public comments, with a comment deadline of May 2, 2011, to assist in the development of the plan required by the Executive Order and in identifying specific current regulations that should be the subject of HUD review. HUD received 42 public comments from nonprofit advocacy groups, private industry groups, housing authorities, and private individuals, amounting to more than 300 specific suggestions. The preliminary regulatory review plans of the Federal agencies have been posted on the White House Web site at: https://www.slideshare.net/whitehouse/ hud-combined. The appendix to HUD’s plan identifies the initial set of HUD regulatory actions being taken in response to Executive Order 13563. HUD carefully considered the comments received in response to the March 2, 2011, notice in development of its preliminary plan. Through this notice, HUD solicits public comment on the Department’s preliminary plan and list of candidate rules. All comments will be considered in the development of HUD’s final plan. Dated: May 26, 2011. Camille E. Acevedo, Associate General Counsel for Legislation and Regulations. [FR Doc. 2011–13597 Filed 6–1–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4210–67–P OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 5 CFR Part 532 RIN 3206–AM37 Prevailing Rate Systems; Redefinition of the Northern Mississippi and Memphis, TN, Appropriated Fund Federal Wage System Wage Areas U.S. Office of Personnel Management. AGENCY: PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 31885 Proposed rule with request for comments. ACTION: The U.S. Office of Personnel Management is issuing a proposed rule that would redefine the geographic boundaries of the Northern Mississippi and Memphis, Tennessee, appropriated fund Federal Wage System (FWS) wage areas. The proposed rule would redefine Panola County, MS, from the Northern Mississippi wage area to the Memphis wage area. This change is based on a consensus recommendation of the Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee (FPRAC) to best match the county proposed for redefinition to a nearby FWS survey area. FPRAC did not recommend other changes for the Northern Mississippi and Memphis FWS wage areas at this time. DATES: We must receive comments on or before July 5, 2011. ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments to Jerome D. Mikowicz, Deputy Associate Director for Pay and Leave, Employee Services, U.S. Office of Personnel Management, Room 7H31, 1900 E Street, NW., Washington, DC 20415–8200; e-mail pay-leavepolicy@opm.gov; or FAX: (202) 606– 4264. SUMMARY: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madeline Gonzalez, (202) 606–2838; e-mail pay-leave-policy@opm.gov; or FAX: (202) 606–4264. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a proposed rule to redefine the Northern Mississippi and Memphis, TN, appropriated fund Federal Wage System (FWS) wage areas. This proposed rule would redefine Panola County, MS, from the Northern Mississippi wage area to the Memphis wage area. OPM considers the following regulatory criteria under 5 CFR 532.211 when defining FWS wage area boundaries: (i) Distance, transportation facilities, and geographic features; (ii) Commuting patterns; and (iii) Similarities in overall population, employment, and the kinds and sizes of private industrial establishments. Panola County is currently defined to the Northern Mississippi area of application in appendix C to subpart B of part 532. Based on our analysis of the regulatory criteria for defining appropriated fund FWS wage areas, we find that Panola County would now be more appropriately defined as part of the Memphis area of application. Distance and commuting patterns criteria for Panola County clearly favor the Memphis wage area. Transportation E:\FR\FM\02JNP1.SGM 02JNP1

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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 106 (Thursday, June 2, 2011)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-13597]


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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-02]


Reducing Regulatory Burden; Retrospective Review Plans 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 has developed a preliminary 
review plan for periodically analyzing its existing significant 
regulations to determine whether they should be modified, streamlined, 
expanded, or repealed. The preliminary plan also identifies specific 
regulatory actions rules that HUD will be undertaking to address 
regulations that the Department has identified as being outdated, 
ineffective, or excessively burdensome. The preliminary plans of the 
Federal agencies have been posted on the White House Web site at: 
https://www.slideshare.net/whitehouse/hud-combined. Through this notice, 
HUD solicits public comment on the Department's preliminary plan and 
list of candidate rules. The purpose of HUD's 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: Comments on HUD's preliminary regulatory 
review plan and list of candidate rules are due on or before: August 1, 
2011.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
HUD's preliminary regulatory review plan and list of candidate rules 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

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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

    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. 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 required that, by 
May 18, 2011, 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.
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    \1\ The Executive Order was subsequently published in the 
Federal Register on January 21, 2011, at 76 FR 3821.
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    On March 2, 2011, at 76 FR 11395, HUD published a notice in the 
Federal Register inviting public comments, with a comment deadline of 
May 2, 2011, to assist in the development of the plan required by the 
Executive Order and in identifying specific current regulations that 
should be the subject of HUD review. HUD received 42 public comments 
from nonprofit advocacy groups, private industry groups, housing 
authorities, and private individuals, amounting to more than 300 
specific suggestions.
    The preliminary regulatory review plans of the Federal agencies 
have been posted on the White House Web site at: https://www.slideshare.net/whitehouse/hud-combined. The appendix to HUD's plan 
identifies the initial set of HUD regulatory actions being taken in 
response to Executive Order 13563. HUD carefully considered the 
comments received in response to the March 2, 2011, notice in 
development of its preliminary plan.
    Through this notice, HUD solicits public comment on the 
Department's preliminary plan and list of candidate rules. All comments 
will be considered in the development of HUD's final plan.

    Dated: May 26, 2011.
Camille E. Acevedo,
Associate General Counsel for Legislation and Regulations.
[FR Doc. 2011-13597 Filed 6-1-11; 8:45 am]
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