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repealed. HHS anticipates that such
reviews will make its regulatory
program more effective and flexible and
reduce unnecessary burdens on the
regulated communities.
DATES: Submit electronic or written
comments by June 30, 2011.
ADDRESSES: To facilitate the receipt and
processing of comments, HHS
encourages interested persons to submit
their comments electronically to the
HHS Open Government Portal at
https://www.hhs.gov/open, or by using
the Federal eRulemaking portal https://
www.regulations.gov (following
instructions for submission of
comments). Follow the instructions for
submitting comments. Persons
submitting comments electronically are
encouraged not to submit paper copies.
Persons interested in submitting
comments on paper should send or
deliver their comments (preferably three
copies) to: Department of Health and
Human Services, Office of Documents
and Regulations Management, 200
Independence Avenue, SW., Suite 639G,
Washington, DC 20201.
All comments will be available to the
public, without charge, online at
https://www.regulations.gov and https://
www.hhs.gov/open.
Instructions: The HHS Preliminary
Plan is available for review, download,
and comment at https://www.hhs.gov/
open. You may also request a copy of
the HHS Preliminary Plan, identified by
Docket No. by writing to the address
below. All comment submissions
received must include the Agency name
and Docket No. for this Notice: HHS–
ES–2011–002.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Oliver Potts (202) 690–6392.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
January 18, 2011, President Obama
issued Executive Order 13563 to
improve regulation and regulatory
review by requiring Federal agencies to
design cost effective, evidence-based
regulations that are compatible with
economic growth, job creation, and
competitiveness, and which rely on the
best, most innovative, and least
burdensome tools to achieve regulatory
ends. To meet that objective, the
President directed each Executive
Branch agency to consider how best to
promote periodic retrospective review
of existing significant rules to determine
if they are outmoded, ineffective,
insufficient, or excessively burdensome.
The President required each agency to
submit its preliminary plan to the Office
of Management and Budget’s Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs by
May 18, 2011.
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HHS submitted its preliminary plan
in compliance with the President’s
Executive Order and now seeks public
comment. The plan is available for
viewing, downloading, and comment at
the following Web site—https://
www.hhs.gov/open/The comment
period will close on June 30, after which
HHS will finalize its preliminary plan.
HHS notes that this request for comment
is issued solely for information and
program-planning purposes and does
not obligate the agency to take any
further action.
Dated: June 1, 2011.
Barbara J. Holland,
Deputy Executive Secretary to the
Department.
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Preliminary Plan for Retrospective
Review of Existing Regulations
Office of the General Counsel,
DHS.
Notice of availability; request
for comments.
ACTION:
The Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) announces the
availability of its Preliminary Plan for
Retrospective Review of Existing
Regulations (Preliminary Plan).
Pursuant to Executive Order 13563,
‘‘Improving Regulation and Regulatory
Review,’’ which the President issued on
January 18, 2011, DHS developed its
Preliminary Plan to facilitate the review
of existing DHS regulations through the
use of retrospective review. DHS is
seeking public comment on its
Preliminary Plan.
DATES: Written comments are requested
on or before June 25, 2011. Late-filed
comments will be considered to the
extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by docket number DHS–
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2011–0015, through the Federal
eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christina E. McDonald, Acting
Associate General Counsel for
Regulatory Affairs, U.S. Department of
Homeland Security, Office of the
General Counsel. E-mail:
Regulatory.Review@dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Public Participation
Interested persons are invited to
comment on this notice by submitting
written data, views, or arguments using
the method identified in the ADDRESSES
section.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and docket
number for this notice. All comments
received will be posted without change
to https://www.regulations.gov.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, go to https://
www.regulations.gov.
II. Background
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On January 18, 2011, the President
issued Executive Order 13563,
‘‘Improving Regulation and Regulatory
Review,’’ to ensure that Federal
regulations seek more affordable, less
intrusive means to achieve policy goals
and that agencies give careful
consideration to the benefits and costs
of those regulations. 76 FR 3821. The
Executive Order requires each Executive
Branch agency to develop a preliminary
plan to periodically review its existing
regulations to determine whether any
regulations should be modified,
streamlined, expanded, or repealed so
as to make the agency’s regulatory
program more effective or less
burdensome in achieving its regulatory
objectives.
DHS’s approach to conducting
retrospective review focuses on public
openness and transparency and on the
critical role of public input in
conducting retrospective review. To that
end, DHS published a notice and
request for comments in the Federal
Register on March 14, 2011, ‘‘Reducing
Regulatory Burden; Retrospective
Review Under Executive Order 13563.’’
76 FR 13526. In that notice, DHS
solicited public input on how DHS
should structure its retrospective review
and which DHS rules would benefit
from retrospective review. In addition,
DHS launched an IdeaScale Web page;
this social media tool provided an
additional means for DHS to solicit
input from the public, and more
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importantly, to foster dialogue among
members of the public.
DHS has incorporated the public
input in developing its Preliminary
Plan. The Preliminary Plan establishes a
process for identifying regulations that
may be obsolete, unnecessary,
unjustified, excessively burdensome, or
counterproductive. The DHS
retrospective review process will help
identify rules that warrant repeal or
modification, or strengthening,
complementing, or modernizing, where
necessary or appropriate. The DHS
Preliminary Plan is available for
viewing online at https://www.dhs.gov/
xabout/open-government.shtm and
https://www.regulations.gov. We
welcome public comment on its
content.
Ivan K. Fong,
General Counsel.
5378, Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency, 250 E Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20219.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OCC
published a document in the Federal
Register on May 26, 2011 (76 FR 30557)
requesting comment on its notice of
proposed rulemaking entitled ‘‘Office of
Thrift Supervision Integration; DoddFrank Act Implementation.’’ The e-mail
address for submission of comments
was incorrectly included as
‘‘regs.comments@occ.treas.gov’’. The
correct address is
‘‘regs.comments@occ.treas.gov’’.
In FR Doc. 2011–12859, published on
May 26, 2011 (76 FR 30557), make the
following correction. On page 30557, in
the second column, remove ‘‘E-mail:
regs.comments@occ.gov’’ and replace it
with ‘‘E-mail:
regs.comments@occ.treas.gov’’.
Dated: June 1, 2011.
Julie L. Williams,
First Senior Deputy Comptroller and Chief
Counsel.
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Office of Thrift Supervision Integration;
Dodd-Frank Act Implementation;
Correction
Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking;
correction.
AGENCY:
The Office of the Comptroller
of the Currency (OCC) published in the
Federal Register on May 26, 2011, a
notice of proposed rulemaking entitled
‘‘Office of Thrift Supervision Integration;
Dodd-Frank Act Implementation.’’
Inadvertently, an incorrect E-mail
address was used in the ADDRESSES
caption for submission of public
comments directly to the OCC via
electronic mail. This document corrects
that E-mail address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Andra Shuster, Special Counsel, Heidi
Thomas, Special Counsel, or Stuart
Feldstein, Director, Legislative and
Regulatory Activities Division, (202)
874–5090; Timothy Ward, Deputy
Comptroller for Thrift Supervision,
(202) 874–4468; or Frank Vance,
Manager, Disclosure Services and
Administrative Operations,
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BASF Corp.; Filing of Food Additive
Petition (Animal Use); Methyl Esters of
Conjugated Linoleic Acid; Silicon
Dioxide
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
ACTION:
Notice of petition.
The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) is announcing
that BASF Corp. has filed a petition
proposing that the food additive
regulations be amended to provide for
the safe use of methyl esters of
conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) as a
source of fatty acids in lactating dairy
cow diets and for use of silicon dioxide
as a carrier for the methyl esters of CLA.
DATES: Submit either electronic or
written comments on the petitioner’s
environmental assessment by July 6,
2011.
ADDRESSES: Submit electronic
comments to https://
www.regulations.gov. Submit written
comments to the Division of Dockets
Management (HFA–305), Food and Drug
Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm.
1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Isabel W. Pocurull, Center for Veterinary
Medicine, Food and Drug
Administration, 7519 Standish Pl.,
Rockville, MD 20855, 240–453–6853,
isabel.pocurull@fda.hhs.gov.
Under the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
(section 409(b)(5) (21 U.S.C. 348(b)(5))),
notice is given that a food additive
petition (FAP 2269) has been filed by
BASF Corp. (BASF), 100 Campus Dr.,
Florham Park, NJ 07932. The petition
proposes to amend the food additive
regulations in part 573 Food Additives
Permitted in Feed and Drinking Water of
Animals (21 CFR part 573) to provide
for the safe use of methyl esters of
conjugated linoleic acid (cis-9, trans-11
and trans-10, cis-12 octadecadienoic
acids) as a source of fatty acids in
lactating dairy cow diets. BASF’s FAP
2269 further proposes the use of silicon
dioxide as a carrier for methyl esters of
CLA.
The potential environmental impact
of this action is being reviewed. To
encourage public participation
consistent with regulations issued under
the National Environmental Policy Act
(40 CFR 1501.4(b)), the Agency is
placing the environmental assessment
submitted with the petition that is the
subject of this notice on public display
at the Division of Dockets Management
(see DATES and ADDRESSES) for public
review and comment.
Interested persons may submit to the
Division of Dockets Management (see
ADDRESSES) either electronic or written
comments regarding this document. It is
only necessary to send one set of
comments. It is no longer necessary to
send two copies of mailed comments.
Identify comments with the docket
number found in brackets in the
heading of this document. Received
comments may be seen in the Division
of Dockets Management between 9 a.m.
and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
FDA will also place on public display
any amendments to, or comments on,
the petitioner’s environmental
assessment without further
announcement in the Federal Register.
If, based on its review, the Agency finds
that an environmental impact statement
is not required, and this petition results
in a regulation, the notice of availability
of the Agency’s finding of no significant
impact and the evidence supporting that
finding will be published with the
regulation in the Federal Register in
accordance with 21 CFR 25.51(b).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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46 CFR Chapters I and III
49 CFR Chapter XII
[Docket No. DHS-2011-0015]
Preliminary Plan for Retrospective Review of Existing Regulations
AGENCY: Office of the General Counsel, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announces the
availability of its Preliminary Plan for Retrospective Review of
Existing Regulations (Preliminary Plan). Pursuant to Executive Order
13563, ``Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review,'' which the
President issued on January 18, 2011, DHS developed its Preliminary
Plan to facilitate the review of existing DHS regulations through the
use of retrospective review. DHS is seeking public comment on its
Preliminary Plan.
DATES: Written comments are requested on or before June 25, 2011. Late-
filed comments will be considered to the extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number DHS-
2011-0015, through the Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christina E. McDonald, Acting
Associate General Counsel for Regulatory Affairs, U.S. Department of
Homeland Security, Office of the General Counsel. E-mail:
Regulatory.Review@dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Public Participation
Interested persons are invited to comment on this notice by
submitting written data, views, or arguments using the method
identified in the ADDRESSES section.
Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and
docket number for this notice. All comments received will be posted
without change to https://www.regulations.gov.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to https://www.regulations.gov.
II. Background
On January 18, 2011, the President issued Executive Order 13563,
``Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review,'' to ensure that Federal
regulations seek more affordable, less intrusive means to achieve
policy goals and that agencies give careful consideration to the
benefits and costs of those regulations. 76 FR 3821. The Executive
Order requires each Executive Branch agency to develop a preliminary
plan to periodically review its existing regulations to determine
whether any regulations should be modified, streamlined, expanded, or
repealed so as to make the agency's regulatory program more effective
or less burdensome in achieving its regulatory objectives.
DHS's approach to conducting retrospective review focuses on public
openness and transparency and on the critical role of public input in
conducting retrospective review. To that end, DHS published a notice
and request for comments in the Federal Register on March 14, 2011,
``Reducing Regulatory Burden; Retrospective Review Under Executive
Order 13563.'' 76 FR 13526. In that notice, DHS solicited public input
on how DHS should structure its retrospective review and which DHS
rules would benefit from retrospective review. In addition, DHS
launched an IdeaScale Web page; this social media tool provided an
additional means for DHS to solicit input from the public, and more
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importantly, to foster dialogue among members of the public.
DHS has incorporated the public input in developing its Preliminary
Plan. The Preliminary Plan establishes a process for identifying
regulations that may be obsolete, unnecessary, unjustified, excessively
burdensome, or counterproductive. The DHS retrospective review process
will help identify rules that warrant repeal or modification, or
strengthening, complementing, or modernizing, where necessary or
appropriate. The DHS Preliminary Plan is available for viewing online
at https://www.dhs.gov/xabout/open-government.shtm and https://www.regulations.gov. We welcome public comment on its content.
Ivan K. Fong,
General Counsel.
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