[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 106 (Thursday, June 2, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 31884-31885]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing 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expanded, or repealed.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regulations that the Department has identified as being outdated,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:
http://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 [email protected].
3. Electronic Submission of Comments. Interested persons may submit
comments electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
http://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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http://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 http://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: http://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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