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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER
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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.
FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE
AGENCY
12 CFR Chapter XII
[No. 2013–N–06]
Notice of Regulatory Review
Federal Housing Finance
Agency.
ACTION: Request for comment.
AGENCY:
The Federal Housing Finance
Agency (FHFA) is issuing a notice of a
regulatory review that will be conducted
in accordance with the process set forth
in the regulatory review plan published
by FHFA last year,1 and requesting
comments on how its regulations may
be made more effective and less
burdensome.
DATES: Written comments on this notice
of regulatory review must be received
no later than June 18, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit your
comments, identified by ‘‘Regulatory
Review [No. 2013–N–06]’’, by any of the
following methods:
• Email: Comments to Alfred M.
Pollard, General Counsel may be sent by
email to RegComments@fhfa.gov. Please
include ‘‘Regulatory Review [No. 2013–
N–06]’’ in the subject line of the
message.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments. If
you submit your comment to the
Federal eRulemaking Portal, please also
send it by email to FHFA at
RegComments@fhfa.gov to ensure
timely receipt by FHFA. Please include
‘‘Regulatory Review [No. 2013–N–06]’’
in the subject line of the message.
• U.S. Mail, United Parcel Service,
Federal Express, or Other Mail Service:
The mailing address for comments is:
Alfred M. Pollard, General Counsel,
Attention: Comments/Regulatory
Review [No. 2013–N–06], Federal
Housing Finance Agency, Constitution
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SUMMARY:
1 Regulatory Review Plan, 77 FR 10351 (Feb. 22,
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Center, (OGC) Eighth Floor, 400 Seventh
Street SW., Washington, DC 20024.
• Hand Delivered/Courier: The hand
delivery address is: Alfred M. Pollard,
General Counsel, Attention: Comments/
Regulatory Review [No. 2013–N–06],
Federal Housing Finance Agency,
Constitution Center, (OGC) Eighth Floor,
400 Seventh Street SW., Washington,
DC 20024. The package should be
logged at the FHFA Guard Desk, First
Floor, on business days between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m.
All comments received will be posted
without change on FHFA’s Web site at
https://www.fhfa.gov, and will include
any personal information provided,
such as name, address (mailing and
email), and telephone numbers. In
addition, copies of all comments
received will be available without
charge for public inspection on business
days between the hours of 10:00 a.m.
and 3:00 p.m., at the Federal Housing
Finance Agency, Constitution Center,
(OGC) Eighth Floor, 400 Seventh Street
SW., Washington, DC 20024. To make
an appointment to inspect comments,
please call the Office of General Counsel
at (202) 649–3804.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher T. Curtis, Senior Deputy
General Counsel,
christopher.curtis@fhfa.gov, (202) 649–
3051 (this is not a toll-free number),
Federal Housing Finance Agency,
Constitution Center, (OGC) Eighth Floor,
400 Seventh Street SW., Washington,
DC 20024. The telephone number for
the Telecommunications Device for the
Hearing Impaired is (800) 877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Establishment of FHFA; Transfer and
Review of Regulations
The Housing and Economic Recovery
Act of 2008 (HERA) established FHFA
on July 30, 2008, as an independent
regulatory agency to supervise and
regulate the Federal National Mortgage
Association (Fannie Mae), the Federal
Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
(Freddie Mac), and the Federal Home
Loan Banks (collectively, regulated
entities), and the Office of Finance of
the Federal Home Loan Bank System.
HERA transferred to the new agency the
employees, functions, and regulations of
the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise
Oversight (OFHEO), the Federal
Housing Finance Board (Finance Board),
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and the Government-Sponsored
Enterprise mission team within the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD).
HERA and, most recently, the DoddFrank Wall Street Reform and Consumer
Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act)
mandate that FHFA issue new
regulations on specific matters in
connection with FHFA’s supervision
and regulation of the regulated entities
and the Office of Finance. Currently, in
determining whether to revise, adopt
without change, or repeal transferred
OFHEO, Finance Board, and certain
HUD regulations, FHFA reviews such
regulations to determine the appropriate
action and publishes the regulations for
comment. Public comments provide
additional information to FHFA on how
to make the regulations more effective
and less burdensome.
Executive Order 13579
Executive Order 13579, ‘‘Regulation
and Independent Regulatory Agencies,’’
(July 11, 2011), requests that each
independent regulatory agency, such as
FHFA, analyze its existing regulations
and modify, streamline, expand, or
repeal them in accordance with the
findings of the analysis. Executive Order
13579 also requests each independent
regulatory agency to make public a plan
under which the agency will
periodically review its existing
significant regulations to make the
agency’s regulatory program more
effective or less burdensome in
achieving regulatory objectives.
FHFA’s Regulatory Review Plan Under
Executive Order 13579
After notice and request for
comment,2 FHFA published its
regulatory review plan on February 22,
2012.3 The plan provides for FHFA to
review its regulations for effectiveness
and burden every five years, beginning
not later than August of this year,
applying factors enumerated in the plan.
The regulatory review plan is available
at the following location: https://www.
fhfa.gov/webfiles/23372/77_FR_10351
_Feb_22_2012.pdf. FHFA regulations
published in Chapter XII of Title 12 of
the Code of Federal Regulations are
available at the following locations: (1)
2 Notice of Regulatory Review Plan, 76 FR 59066
(Sept. 23, 2011).
3 Regulatory Review Plan, 77 FR 10351 (Feb. 22,
2012).
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The Government-wide public Web site
at: https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?
SID=7c0e5ce2b44677c52dbb9e542ffb
2d2e&c=ecfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title12/
12cfrv9_02.tpl; (2) FHFA’s Internet Web
site at: https://www.fhfa.gov/
Default.aspx?Page=89&ListNumber=5&
ListYear=2012&SortBy=#Year_2012;
and (3) https://www.regulations.gov.
FHFA’s Office of General Counsel will
conduct the reviews, culminating in a
report to the agency’s Director.
This Notice initiates the first such
review.
II. Request for Comment
FHFA hereby requests comment on its
existing regulations for purposes of
improving their effectiveness and
reducing their burden. Included in the
review are all current regulations,
including those not yet transferred from
the predecessor agencies, but not
including rules of agency organization,
procedure, or practice, or regulations
adopted or substantially amended
within the last two years. Members of
the public may nonetheless comment on
those recently adopted or amended
regulations, and FHFA will take those
comments into account as appropriate,
however, FHFA does not anticipate
responding to individual comments.
Factors that FHFA’s regulatory review
plan identifies as relevant to the review,
and which FHFA suggests should guide
commenters, include:
(1) Legal or regulatory developments,
including new laws, executive orders or
judicial decisions that have been
adopted since the promulgation of a
regulation that make such regulation
inefficient, obsolete, contrary to
controlling legal precedent, or unduly
burdensome;
(2) Marketplace developments,
technological evolution, and related
changes that may have rendered an
existing regulation, in whole or in part,
inefficient, outmoded, or outdated;
(3) Whether the provisions of the
regulation are written in plain language
or otherwise need clarification;
(4) Compelling evidence that a
consolidation of two or more
regulations, elimination of a duplicative
regulation, or other revision to
regulatory requirements would facilitate
compliance by or supervision of a
regulated entity or the Office of Finance;
(5) A demonstrated better alternative
method to effect a regulatory purpose or
requirement supported by compelling
evidence of significantly less intrusive
means or of a substantially more
efficient method of accomplishing the
same supervisory purpose.4
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FR at 10351–02.
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As stated in the regulatory review
plan, FHFA’s Office of General Counsel
will review all comments received, will
consult with other FHFA offices and
divisions, and will make a report of
findings and recommendations to the
FHFA Director on a timely basis. The
report of findings and recommendations
will be privileged and confidential.
After receiving the report of findings
and recommendations, the FHFA
Director will determine what steps may
be necessary to relieve any unnecessary
burden, including amendment to or
repeal of existing regulations or
issuance of less formal guidance.
This regulatory review is not a formal
or informal rulemaking proceeding
under the Administrative Procedure Act
and creates no right of action against
FHFA. The determination of FHFA to
conduct or not to conduct a review of
a particular regulation, and any
determinations, findings, or
recommendations resulting from this
review, are not final agency actions and,
therefore, are not subject to judicial
review.
Dated: April 12, 2013.
Edward J. DeMarco,
Acting Director, Federal Housing Finance
Agency.
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RIN 0910–AG74
Use of Certain Symbols in Labeling
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
ACTION:
Proposed rule.
The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) is proposing to
revise medical device and biological
product labeling regulations to
explicitly allow for the inclusion of
stand-alone graphical representations of
information, or symbols, if the symbol
has been established as part of a
standard developed by a nationally or
internationally recognized standards
development organization (SDO)
(referred to in this document as a
‘‘standardized symbol’’) and such
standardized symbol is part of a
standard recognized by FDA for use on
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that such symbol is explained in a
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medical device. FDA is also proposing
to revise prescription device labeling
regulations to authorize the use of the
symbol statement ‘‘Rx only’’ on the
labeling of prescription devices.
DATES: Submit electronic or written
comments on the proposed rule by June
18, 2013. Submit comments on
information collection issues under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the
PRA) by May 20, 2013, (see section VII).
See section IX for the proposed effective
date of a final rule based on the
proposed rule in this document.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. FDA–2013–N–
0125 and/or Regulatory Information
Number (RIN) 0910–AG74, by any of the
following methods, except that
comments on information collection
issues under the PRA must be submitted
to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) (see
section VII).
Electronic Submissions
Submit electronic comments in the
following way:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Written Submissions
Submit written submissions in the
following way:
• Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for
paper or CD–ROM submissions):
Division of Dockets Management (HFA–
305), Food and Drug Administration,
5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville,
MD 20852.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the Agency name, Docket
No. FDA–2013–N–0125, and RIN 0910–
AG74 for this rulemaking. All comments
received may be posted without change
to https://www.regulations.gov, including
any personal information provided. For
additional information on submitting
comments, see section VIII.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, go to https://
www.regulations.gov and insert the
docket number, found in brackets in the
heading of this document, into the
‘‘Search’’ box and follow the prompts
and/or go to the Division of Dockets
Management, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm.
1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Ryan, Center for Devices and
Radiological Health, Food and Drug
Administration, 10903 New
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FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY
12 CFR Chapter XII
[No. 2013-N-06]
Notice of Regulatory Review
AGENCY: Federal Housing Finance Agency.
ACTION: Request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is issuing a notice
of a regulatory review that will be conducted in accordance with the
process set forth in the regulatory review plan published by FHFA last
year,\1\ and requesting comments on how its regulations may be made
more effective and less burdensome.
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\1\ Regulatory Review Plan, 77 FR 10351 (Feb. 22, 2012).
DATES: Written comments on this notice of regulatory review must be
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received no later than June 18, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit your comments, identified by ``Regulatory
Review [No. 2013-N-06]'', by any of the following methods:
Email: Comments to Alfred M. Pollard, General Counsel may
be sent by email to RegComments@fhfa.gov. Please include ``Regulatory
Review [No. 2013-N-06]'' in the subject line of the message.
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments. If you submit your
comment to the Federal eRulemaking Portal, please also send it by email
to FHFA at RegComments@fhfa.gov to ensure timely receipt by FHFA.
Please include ``Regulatory Review [No. 2013-N-06]'' in the subject
line of the message.
U.S. Mail, United Parcel Service, Federal Express, or
Other Mail Service: The mailing address for comments is: Alfred M.
Pollard, General Counsel, Attention: Comments/Regulatory Review [No.
2013-N-06], Federal Housing Finance Agency, Constitution Center, (OGC)
Eighth Floor, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20024.
Hand Delivered/Courier: The hand delivery address is:
Alfred M. Pollard, General Counsel, Attention: Comments/Regulatory
Review [No. 2013-N-06], Federal Housing Finance Agency, Constitution
Center, (OGC) Eighth Floor, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC
20024. The package should be logged at the FHFA Guard Desk, First
Floor, on business days between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
All comments received will be posted without change on FHFA's Web
site at https://www.fhfa.gov, and will include any personal information
provided, such as name, address (mailing and email), and telephone
numbers. In addition, copies of all comments received will be available
without charge for public inspection on business days between the hours
of 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., at the Federal Housing Finance Agency,
Constitution Center, (OGC) Eighth Floor, 400 Seventh Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20024. To make an appointment to inspect comments,
please call the Office of General Counsel at (202) 649-3804.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher T. Curtis, Senior Deputy
General Counsel, christopher.curtis@fhfa.gov, (202) 649-3051 (this is
not a toll-free number), Federal Housing Finance Agency, Constitution
Center, (OGC) Eighth Floor, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC
20024. The telephone number for the Telecommunications Device for the
Hearing Impaired is (800) 877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Establishment of FHFA; Transfer and Review of Regulations
The Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HERA) established
FHFA on July 30, 2008, as an independent regulatory agency to supervise
and regulate the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae),
the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), and the
Federal Home Loan Banks (collectively, regulated entities), and the
Office of Finance of the Federal Home Loan Bank System. HERA
transferred to the new agency the employees, functions, and regulations
of the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO), the
Federal Housing Finance Board (Finance Board), and the Government-
Sponsored Enterprise mission team within the U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development (HUD).
HERA and, most recently, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and
Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) mandate that FHFA issue new
regulations on specific matters in connection with FHFA's supervision
and regulation of the regulated entities and the Office of Finance.
Currently, in determining whether to revise, adopt without change, or
repeal transferred OFHEO, Finance Board, and certain HUD regulations,
FHFA reviews such regulations to determine the appropriate action and
publishes the regulations for comment. Public comments provide
additional information to FHFA on how to make the regulations more
effective and less burdensome.
Executive Order 13579
Executive Order 13579, ``Regulation and Independent Regulatory
Agencies,'' (July 11, 2011), requests that each independent regulatory
agency, such as FHFA, analyze its existing regulations and modify,
streamline, expand, or repeal them in accordance with the findings of
the analysis. Executive Order 13579 also requests each independent
regulatory agency to make public a plan under which the agency will
periodically review its existing significant regulations to make the
agency's regulatory program more effective or less burdensome in
achieving regulatory objectives.
FHFA's Regulatory Review Plan Under Executive Order 13579
After notice and request for comment,\2\ FHFA published its
regulatory review plan on February 22, 2012.\3\ The plan provides for
FHFA to review its regulations for effectiveness and burden every five
years, beginning not later than August of this year, applying factors
enumerated in the plan. The regulatory review plan is available at the
following location: https://www.fhfa.gov/webfiles/23372/77_FR_10351_Feb_22_2012.pdf. FHFA regulations published in Chapter XII of Title
12 of the Code of Federal Regulations are available at the following
locations: (1)
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(3) https://www.regulations.gov. FHFA's Office of General Counsel will
conduct the reviews, culminating in a report to the agency's Director.
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\2\ Notice of Regulatory Review Plan, 76 FR 59066 (Sept. 23,
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This Notice initiates the first such review.
II. Request for Comment
FHFA hereby requests comment on its existing regulations for
purposes of improving their effectiveness and reducing their burden.
Included in the review are all current regulations, including those not
yet transferred from the predecessor agencies, but not including rules
of agency organization, procedure, or practice, or regulations adopted
or substantially amended within the last two years. Members of the
public may nonetheless comment on those recently adopted or amended
regulations, and FHFA will take those comments into account as
appropriate, however, FHFA does not anticipate responding to individual
comments.
Factors that FHFA's regulatory review plan identifies as relevant
to the review, and which FHFA suggests should guide commenters,
include:
(1) Legal or regulatory developments, including new laws, executive
orders or judicial decisions that have been adopted since the
promulgation of a regulation that make such regulation inefficient,
obsolete, contrary to controlling legal precedent, or unduly
burdensome;
(2) Marketplace developments, technological evolution, and related
changes that may have rendered an existing regulation, in whole or in
part, inefficient, outmoded, or outdated;
(3) Whether the provisions of the regulation are written in plain
language or otherwise need clarification;
(4) Compelling evidence that a consolidation of two or more
regulations, elimination of a duplicative regulation, or other revision
to regulatory requirements would facilitate compliance by or
supervision of a regulated entity or the Office of Finance;
(5) A demonstrated better alternative method to effect a regulatory
purpose or requirement supported by compelling evidence of
significantly less intrusive means or of a substantially more efficient
method of accomplishing the same supervisory purpose.\4\
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As stated in the regulatory review plan, FHFA's Office of General
Counsel will review all comments received, will consult with other FHFA
offices and divisions, and will make a report of findings and
recommendations to the FHFA Director on a timely basis. The report of
findings and recommendations will be privileged and confidential. After
receiving the report of findings and recommendations, the FHFA Director
will determine what steps may be necessary to relieve any unnecessary
burden, including amendment to or repeal of existing regulations or
issuance of less formal guidance.
This regulatory review is not a formal or informal rulemaking
proceeding under the Administrative Procedure Act and creates no right
of action against FHFA. The determination of FHFA to conduct or not to
conduct a review of a particular regulation, and any determinations,
findings, or recommendations resulting from this review, are not final
agency actions and, therefore, are not subject to judicial review.
Dated: April 12, 2013.
Edward J. DeMarco,
Acting Director, Federal Housing Finance Agency.
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