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Monday, June 6, 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.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
[Docket ID DOD–2011–OS–0036]
2 CFR Chapter XI
5 CFR Chapter XXVI
32 CFR Chapters I, V, VI, VII, XII, and
Subtitle A
33 CFR Chapter II
36 CFR Chapter III
40 CFR Chapter VII
48 CFR Chapters 1, 2, 52, and 54
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Office of the Secretary, DoD.
Request for information.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
As part of its implementation
of Executive Order 13563, ‘‘Improving
Regulation and Regulatory Review,’’
issued by the President on January 18,
2011, the Department of Defense is
seeking comments and information from
interested parties to assist DoD in
reviewing its existing regulations to
determine whether any such regulations
should be modified, streamlined,
expanded, or repealed. The purpose of
the Department’s review is to make the
agency’s regulatory program more
effective and less burdensome in
achieving its regulatory objectives. The
Department of Defense will continue to
work with the public and the business
community to determine how its
regulations can increase efficiency,
transparency, and provide
accountability.
DATES: Comments are requested by July
6, 2011.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by docket number and title,
by any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
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Mail: Federal Docket Management
System Office, 1160 Defense Pentagon,
OSD Mailroom 3C843, Washington, DC
20301–1160.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and
docket number for this Federal Register
document. The general policy for
comments and other submissions from
members of the public is to make these
submissions available for public
viewing on the Internet at https://
www.regulations.gov as they are
received without change, including any
personal identifiers or contact
information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Cushing, Jr., 703–696–5282.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Executive
Order 13563 recognizes the importance
of maintaining a consistent culture of
retrospective review and analysis
throughout the executive branch.
Pursuant to the Executive Order, the
Department of Defense (DoD) is
developing a preliminary plan for the
periodic review of its existing
regulations and reporting obligations.
DoD’s plan is designed to create a
defined method and schedule for
identifying certain significant rules that
are obsolete, unnecessary, unjustified,
excessively burdensome, or
counterproductive. Its review processes
are intended to facilitate the
identification of rules that warrant
repeal or modification, or strengthening,
complementing, or modernizing rules
where necessary or appropriate. The
preliminary plan, along with this
request for information and previously
received public comments, will be
available on https://www.regulations.gov
for public comment in the docket DOD–
2011–OS–0036.
The Department of Defense is
committed to the principles of
retrospective analysis in order to
improve the effectiveness of the
implementation of its regulations,
improve transparency in the regulatory
process through public participation,
and to provide transparent
documentation of its analysis.
Consistent with the Department’s
commitment to public participation in
the rulemaking process, the Department
is soliciting views from the public on
how best to conduct its analysis of
existing DoD rules and how best to
identify those rules that might be
modified, streamlined, expanded, or
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repealed. It is also seeking views from
the public on specific rules or
Department-imposed obligations that
should be altered or eliminated. DoD
regulations may be viewed by going to
the eCFR at https://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov
and searching titles 2, 5, 32, 33, 36, 40,
and/or 48.
The Department notes that this
request for information is issued solely
for information and program-planning
purposes. While responses to this
request do not bind the Department of
Defense to any further actions related to
the response, all submissions will be
made publically available on https://
www.regulations.gov.
Dated: May 27, 2011.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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5 CFR Chapter XLV
21 CFR Chapter I
25 CFR Chapter V
42 CFR Chapters I and V
45 CFR Subtitle A and Chapters II, III,
IV, X, and XIII
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Order 13563
Department of Health and
Human Services.
ACTION: Request for information.
AGENCY:
In accordance with Executive
Order 13563, ‘‘Improving Regulation and
Regulatory Review,’’ the Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) seeks
public comment from interested parties
on its Preliminary Plan for Retrospective
Review of Existing Regulations. The
purpose of the Preliminary Plan is to
identify a preliminary list of regulations
that are appropriate candidates for
review over the next two years and
establish an ongoing process of
retrospective review of existing
regulations by which HHS can
determine whether any should be
modified, streamlined, expanded, or
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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
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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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SECURITY
6 CFR Chapter I
8 CFR Chapter I
33 CFR Chapter I
44 CFR Chapter I
46 CFR Chapters I and III
49 CFR Chapter XII
[Docket No. DHS–2011–0015]
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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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
5 CFR Chapter XLV
21 CFR Chapter I
25 CFR Chapter V
42 CFR Chapters I and V
45 CFR Subtitle A and Chapters II, III, IV, X, and XIII
Reducing Regulatory Burden; Retrospective Review Under Executive
Order 13563
AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Request for information.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with Executive Order 13563, ``Improving
Regulation and Regulatory Review,'' the Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) seeks public comment from interested parties on its
Preliminary Plan for Retrospective Review of Existing Regulations. The
purpose of the Preliminary Plan is to identify a preliminary list of
regulations that are appropriate candidates for review over the next
two years and establish an ongoing process of retrospective review of
existing regulations by which HHS can determine whether any should be
modified, streamlined, expanded, or
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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.
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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