Privacy Act Regulations, 66319-66320 [2019-25929]

Download as PDF 66319 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 233 / Wednesday, December 4, 2019 / Rules and Regulations EPA-APPROVED MISSOURI REGULATIONS Missouri citation State effective date Title EPA approval date Explanation Missouri Department of Natural Resources * * * * * * * Chapter 6—Air Quality Standards, Definitions, Sampling and Reference Methods, and Air Pollution Control Regulations for the State of Missouri * 10–6.372 ........ 10–6.374 ........ 10–6.376 ........ * * Cross-State Air Pollution Rule NOX Annual Trading Program. Cross-State Air Pollution Rule NOX Ozone Season Group 2 Trading Program. Cross-State Air Pollution Rule SO2 Group 1 Trading Program. * * * * * * * * [FR Doc. 2019–26102 Filed 12–3–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 45 CFR Part 1115 RIN 3135–AA34; 3136–AA40; 3137–AA28 Privacy Act Regulations National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, Institute of Museum and Library Services, National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities. ACTION: Final rule. AGENCY: This document removes the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities’ (the ‘‘Foundation’’) regulations implementing the Privacy Act of 1974. These regulations are obsolete because each of the Foundation’s constituent agencies—the National Endowment for the Arts (‘‘NEA’’), the National Endowment for the Humanities (‘‘NEH’’), the Institute of Museum and Library Services (‘‘IMLS’’), and the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities (‘‘FCAH’’)—either have adopted their own, agency-specific regulations, or are not required to implement Privacy Act regulations. DATES: Effective December 4, 2019. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Voyatzis, Deputy General Counsel, National Endowment for the Humanities, (202) 606–8322; gencounsel@neh.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with RULES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:48 Dec 03, 2019 Jkt 250001 * 3/30/2019 * * 12/4/2019, [insert Federal Register citation]. 3/30/2019 12/4/2019, [insert Federal Register citation]. 3/30/2019 12/4/2019, [insert Federal Register citation]. * * * * * 1. Background 2. Public Notice and Comment The Foundation operates under the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended (20 U.S.C. 951 et seq.), and consists of NEA, NEH, IMLS, and FCAH (collectively, the ‘‘Foundation’s constituent agencies’’). The Privacy Act regulations published at part 1115 within Subchapter A of 45 CFR Chapter XI apply to the entire Foundation. As of August 19, 2019, however, the Foundation’s Privacy Act regulations are obsolete because NEA, NEH, and IMLS have each adopted their own, agency-specific regulations, and FCAH is not required to implement Privacy Act regulations. On that date, NEH added NEH-specific Privacy Act regulations to 45 CFR Chapter XI, Subchapter D (45 CFR part 1169), replacing the Foundation’s Privacy Act regulations with respect to NEH. NEA and IMLS had previously added NEAand IMLS-specific Privacy Act regulations to 45 CFR, subchapters B and E (45 CFR parts 1159 and 1182), respectively, which replaced the Foundation’s Privacy Act regulations with respect to NEA and IMLS. FCAH relies upon NEA and NEH for its administration and does not maintain any systems of records of its own; thus, it has no need or obligation to publish Privacy Act regulations. See 5 U.S.C. 552a(f) (requiring that only an agency that ‘‘maintains a system of records shall promulgate rules’’ implementing the Privacy Act). Because the Foundation’s Privacy Act regulations are now obsolete, NEA, NEH, and IMLS are issuing this joint final rule to remove them. Consistent with the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), the Foundation’s constituent agencies find that there is ‘‘good cause’’ to remove the Foundation’s obsolete Privacy Act regulations without public notice and comment. See 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B). Public notice and comment is unnecessary because this final rule is a minor, non-controversial technical amendment that is unlikely to attract public comment. Moreover, NEA, NEH, and IMLS previously issued their own Privacy Act regulations subject to public notice and comment, and at that time they indicated that the Foundation’s regulations would no longer apply to their specific agency. See 84 FR 34788 (July 19, 2019); 65 FR 46371 (July 28, 2000); and 71 FR 6374 (February 8, 2006). In addition, the Foundation’s constituent agencies find ‘‘good cause’’ to issue this final rule without a delayed effective date. See 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(8). A delayed effective date is not necessary in this instance because NEA’s, NEH’s, and IMLS’s agency-specific regulations are already in effect, and thus the public does not need advance notice to prepare for the removal of the Foundation’s obsolete regulations. PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 3. Regulatory Analyses Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and Review and Executive Order 13563: Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review This action is not a significant regulatory action and was therefore not submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. E:\FR\FM\04DER1.SGM 04DER1 66320 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 233 / Wednesday, December 4, 2019 / Rules and Regulations Executive Order 13771: Reducing Regulations and Controlling Regulatory Costs This action is not expected to be an Executive Order 13771 regulatory action because this action is not significant under Executive Order 12866. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (‘‘PRA’’) This action does not impose an information collection burden under the PRA. This action contains no provisions constituting a collection of information under the PRA. Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (‘‘RFA’’) India Pinkney, General Counsel, National Endowment for the Arts. Michael P. McDonald, General Counsel, National Endowment for the Humanities. Nancy E. Weiss, General Counsel, Institute of Museum and Library Services. [FR Doc. 2019–25929 Filed 12–3–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7536–01–P SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 49 CFR Part 1152 This action will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities under the RFA. This action will not impose any requirements on small entities. [Docket No. EP 749 (Sub-No. 1); Docket No. EP 753] Limiting Extensions of Trail Use Negotiating Periods; Rails-to-Trails Conservancy—Petition for Rulemaking Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (‘‘UMRA’’) AGENCY: This action does not contain any unfunded mandate as described in the UMRA, 2 U.S.C. 1531–1538, and does not significantly or uniquely affect small governments. SUMMARY: Executive Order 13132 (Federalism) This final rule does not have federalism implications. It will not have substantial direct effects on the states, on the relationship between the national government and the states, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government. Executive Order 13175: Consultation and Coordination With Indian Tribal Governments This final rule does not have tribal implications as specified in Executive Order 13175. Thus, Executive Order 13175 does not apply to this action. List of Subjects in 45 CFR Part 1115 Administrative practice and procedure, Privacy. PART 1115—[REMOVED] For the reasons stated in the preamble, and under the authority of 5 U.S.C. 552a(f), NEA, NEH (for itself and on behalf of FCAH, for which NEH provides legal counsel), and IMLS ■ khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with RULES amend 45 CFR chapter XI, subchapter D by removing part 1115. VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:48 Dec 03, 2019 Jkt 250001 ACTION: Surface Transportation Board. Final rule. The Surface Transportation Board (Board or STB) is adopting a final rule amending its regulations related to the National Trails System Act to: (1) Provide that the initial term for Certificates or Notices of Interim Trail Use or Abandonment will be one year (instead of the current 180 days); (2) permit up to three one-year extensions of the initial period if the trail sponsor and the railroad agree; and (3) permit additional one-year extensions if the trail sponsor and the railroad agree and extraordinary circumstances are shown. DATES: This rule is effective on February 2, 2020. ADDRESSES: Requests for information or questions regarding this final rule should reference Docket No. EP 749 (Sub-No. 1) et al., and be submitted either via e-filing or in writing addressed to Chief, Section of Administration, Office of Proceedings, Surface Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20423–0001. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sarah Fancher at (202) 245–0355. Assistance for the hearing impaired is available through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 14, 2018, the National Association of Reversionary Property Owners (NARPO) filed a petition requesting that the Board consider issuing three rules related to 16 U.S.C. 1247(d), the codification of section 8(d) of the National Trails System Act (Trails Act), Public Law 90– 543, section 8, 82 Stat. 919, 925 (1968) PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 (codified, as amended, at 16 U.S.C. 1241–1251). Specifically, NARPO asked that the Board open a proceeding to consider rules that would: (1) Limit the number of 180-day extensions of a trail use negotiating period to six; (2) require a rail carrier or trail sponsor negotiating an interim trail use agreement to send notice of the issuance of a Certificate of Interim Trail Use or Abandonment (CITU) or Notice of Interim Trail Use or Abandonment (NITU) 1 to landowners adjacent to the right-of-way covered by the CITU or NITU; and (3) require all entities, including government entities, filing a request for a CITU or NITU, or extension thereof, to pay a filing fee. After considering NARPO’s petition for rulemaking and the comments received, the Board granted the petition in part as it pertained to NARPO’s first request and instituted a rulemaking proceeding in Limiting Extensions of Trail Use Negotiating Periods, Docket No. EP 749 (Sub-No. 1), to propose modifications to 49 CFR 1152.29 that would limit the number of 180-day extensions of the interim trail use/railbanking negotiating period to a maximum of six extensions, absent extraordinary circumstances. Nat’l Ass’n of Reversionary Prop. Owners—Pet. for Rulemaking (NPR), EP 749 et al., (STB served Oct. 2, 2018) (83 FR 50,326). The Board, however, denied NARPO’s petition with regard to its other requests. On March 22, 2019, after the comment period closed in Docket No. EP 749 (Sub-No. 1), Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) petitioned the Board in Rails-toTrails Conservancy—Petition for Rulemaking, Docket No. EP 753, to institute a rulemaking proceeding to further revise section 1152.29 to establish a one-year period for any initial interim trail use negotiating period and codify the Board’s authority to grant extensions of the negotiating period for good cause shown. Because Docket Nos. EP 479 (Sub-No. 1) and EP 753 both pertain to the same regulation, section 1152.29, and concern procedures for the extension of interim trail use negotiation/railbanking negotiating periods, the Board consolidated the two proceedings. After carefully reviewing all the comments on the NPR and the RTC petition, the Board, in a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking, proposed to establish a one-year period for any initial interim trail use/railbanking negotiating period, permit up to three 1 NARPO’s proposed rules only refer to NITUs, but, presumably, NARPO intended to propose the same changes to CITU procedures as there are no substantive differences between CITUs (issued in an abandonment application proceeding) and NITUs (issued in an abandonment exemption proceeding). E:\FR\FM\04DER1.SGM 04DER1

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[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 233 (Wednesday, December 4, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 66319-66320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-25929]


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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

45 CFR Part 1115

RIN 3135-AA34; 3136-AA40; 3137-AA28


Privacy Act Regulations

AGENCY: National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the 
Humanities, Institute of Museum and Library Services, National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This document removes the National Foundation on the Arts and 
the Humanities' (the ``Foundation'') regulations implementing the 
Privacy Act of 1974. These regulations are obsolete because each of the 
Foundation's constituent agencies--the National Endowment for the Arts 
(``NEA''), the National Endowment for the Humanities (``NEH''), the 
Institute of Museum and Library Services (``IMLS''), and the Federal 
Council on the Arts and the Humanities (``FCAH'')--either have adopted 
their own, agency-specific regulations, or are not required to 
implement Privacy Act regulations.

DATES: Effective December 4, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Voyatzis, Deputy General 
Counsel, National Endowment for the Humanities, (202) 606-8322; 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. Background

    The Foundation operates under the National Foundation on the Arts 
and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended (20 U.S.C. 951 et seq.), and 
consists of NEA, NEH, IMLS, and FCAH (collectively, the ``Foundation's 
constituent agencies''). The Privacy Act regulations published at part 
1115 within Subchapter A of 45 CFR Chapter XI apply to the entire 
Foundation.
    As of August 19, 2019, however, the Foundation's Privacy Act 
regulations are obsolete because NEA, NEH, and IMLS have each adopted 
their own, agency-specific regulations, and FCAH is not required to 
implement Privacy Act regulations. On that date, NEH added NEH-specific 
Privacy Act regulations to 45 CFR Chapter XI, Subchapter D (45 CFR part 
1169), replacing the Foundation's Privacy Act regulations with respect 
to NEH. NEA and IMLS had previously added NEA- and IMLS-specific 
Privacy Act regulations to 45 CFR, subchapters B and E (45 CFR parts 
1159 and 1182), respectively, which replaced the Foundation's Privacy 
Act regulations with respect to NEA and IMLS. FCAH relies upon NEA and 
NEH for its administration and does not maintain any systems of records 
of its own; thus, it has no need or obligation to publish Privacy Act 
regulations. See 5 U.S.C. 552a(f) (requiring that only an agency that 
``maintains a system of records shall promulgate rules'' implementing 
the Privacy Act).
    Because the Foundation's Privacy Act regulations are now obsolete, 
NEA, NEH, and IMLS are issuing this joint final rule to remove them.

2. Public Notice and Comment

    Consistent with the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), the 
Foundation's constituent agencies find that there is ``good cause'' to 
remove the Foundation's obsolete Privacy Act regulations without public 
notice and comment. See 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B). Public notice and 
comment is unnecessary because this final rule is a minor, non-
controversial technical amendment that is unlikely to attract public 
comment. Moreover, NEA, NEH, and IMLS previously issued their own 
Privacy Act regulations subject to public notice and comment, and at 
that time they indicated that the Foundation's regulations would no 
longer apply to their specific agency. See 84 FR 34788 (July 19, 2019); 
65 FR 46371 (July 28, 2000); and 71 FR 6374 (February 8, 2006).
    In addition, the Foundation's constituent agencies find ``good 
cause'' to issue this final rule without a delayed effective date. See 
5 U.S.C. 553(d)(8). A delayed effective date is not necessary in this 
instance because NEA's, NEH's, and IMLS's agency-specific regulations 
are already in effect, and thus the public does not need advance notice 
to prepare for the removal of the Foundation's obsolete regulations.

3. Regulatory Analyses

Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and Review and Executive 
Order 13563: Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review

    This action is not a significant regulatory action and was 
therefore not submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review.

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Executive Order 13771: Reducing Regulations and Controlling Regulatory 
Costs

    This action is not expected to be an Executive Order 13771 
regulatory action because this action is not significant under 
Executive Order 12866.

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (``PRA'')

    This action does not impose an information collection burden under 
the PRA. This action contains no provisions constituting a collection 
of information under the PRA.

Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (``RFA'')

    This action will not have a significant economic impact on a 
substantial number of small entities under the RFA. This action will 
not impose any requirements on small entities.

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (``UMRA'')

    This action does not contain any unfunded mandate as described in 
the UMRA, 2 U.S.C. 1531-1538, and does not significantly or uniquely 
affect small governments.

Executive Order 13132 (Federalism)

    This final rule does not have federalism implications. It will not 
have substantial direct effects on the states, on the relationship 
between the national government and the states, or on the distribution 
of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government.

Executive Order 13175: Consultation and Coordination With Indian Tribal 
Governments

    This final rule does not have tribal implications as specified in 
Executive Order 13175. Thus, Executive Order 13175 does not apply to 
this action.

List of Subjects in 45 CFR Part 1115

    Administrative practice and procedure, Privacy.

PART 1115--[REMOVED]

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For the reasons stated in the preamble, and under the authority of 5 
U.S.C. 552a(f), NEA, NEH (for itself and on behalf of FCAH, for which 
NEH provides legal counsel), and IMLS amend 45 CFR chapter XI, 
subchapter D by removing part 1115.

India Pinkney,
General Counsel, National Endowment for the Arts.
Michael P. McDonald,
General Counsel, National Endowment for the Humanities.
Nancy E. Weiss,
General Counsel, Institute of Museum and Library Services.
[FR Doc. 2019-25929 Filed 12-3-19; 8:45 am]
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