[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 132 (Monday, July 11, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 40645]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-17295]
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of
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Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 132 / Monday, July 11, 2011 /
Proposed Rules
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
2 CFR Chapter XIV
25 CFR Chapters I, II, III, V, VI, and VII
30 CFR Chapters II, IV, VII, and XII
36 CFR Chapter I
41 CFR Chapter 114
43 CFR Subtitle A and Chapters I and II
48 CFR Chapter 14
50 CFR Chapters I and IV
[Docket Number; DOI-2011-0001]
Reducing Regulatory Burden; Retrospective Review Under E.O. 13563
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability, request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Interior (DOI) is requesting public
comment on its plan to review its significant regulations in response
to the President's Executive Order 13563 on Improving Regulation and
Regulatory Review. DOI will consider public comments in preparing the
final plan for retrospective regulatory review. The purpose of this
plan is to help DOI manage the Nation's public lands and national
treasures, honor our tribal trust obligations, protect the environment
and endangered species, distribute and monitor water resources, and
help America become energy independent in ways that are more effective
and less burdensome.
DATES: You must submit any comments on or before August 10, 2011.
ADDRESSES: All comments must include ``Comments on DOI's Plan for
Retrospective Regulatory Review--Docket Number DOI-2011-0001''. You
must submit comments by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov, find Docket DOI-2011-0001, and follow the
instructions for submitting your comments electronically.
Mail: Regulatory Review, Office of the Executive
Secretariat and Regulatory Affairs, Department of the Interior, 1849 C
Street, NW., Mail Stop 7328, Washington, DC 20240.
Hand Delivery or Courier: Regulatory Review, Office of the
Executive Secretariat and Regulatory Affairs, Department of the
Interior, Room 7311, 1849 C Street, NW., Washington, DC 20240.
Fax: (202) 219-2100.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Lawyer, Office of the Secretary,
202-208-3181, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOI published a notice on February 25, 2011,
asking the public for ideas and information as it prepared a
preliminary plan for retrospective regulatory review to comply with
President Obama's Executive Order 13563, ``Improving Regulation and
Regulatory Review.'' DOI received helpful information in response to
this request, which it considered in preparing the preliminary plan.
DOI published a preliminary plan on May 18, 2011. DOI is now finalizing
the plan. The preliminary plan is available on DOI's Open Government
Web site at: http://www.doi.gov/open/regsreview/. This Web site
provides links to the plan, the Department's regulations, and an e-mail
in-box at [email protected] that interested parties may use to
suggest, on an ongoing basis, improvements to DOI's regulations.
Questions for the Public
DOI specifically asks the public to provide comments related to the
questions that follow to help the Department finalize the plan to
review its significant regulations.
(1) DOI seeks to establish a culture of retrospective review that
will produce regulations that accomplish the Department's mission in a
way that works best for the American public. Are there any changes to
DOI's plan for retrospective regulatory review that would further this
goal? DOI encourages those submitting comments to include specific
ideas that would improve DOI's process for systematically reviewing its
regulations.
(2) DOI has proposed specific rules to review over the next two
years. Are there other rules that could benefit from retrospective
review in the near future? If so, please specifically identify the
rules and suggest ways DOI can streamline, consolidate, or make these
regulations work better. Please suggest specific language that would
make these rules or guidance more efficient and less burdensome where
possible.
(3) Are there ways DOI can better scale its regulations to lessen
the burdens imposed on small entities within the existing statutory
requirements? Please identify any specific regulations that, under the
applicable laws, could exempt small entities or provide more flexible
or less burdensome requirements.
(4) Are DOI regulations and guidance written in language that is
clear and easy to understand? Please identify specific regulations and
guidance that are good candidates for a plain language re-write.
(5) What are some suggestions that DOI can use to assure that its
regulations promote its mission in ways that are most efficient and
least burdensome?
The Department is issuing this request solely to seek useful
information as it finalizes its plan to review its existing significant
regulations. While responses to this request do not bind DOI to any
further actions related to the response, all submissions will be made
available to the public on http://www.regulations.gov.
Before including your address, or other personal identifying
information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire
comment--including your personal identifying information--may be made
publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to
withhold your personal identifying information from the public review,
we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Authority: E.O. 13653, 76 FR 3821, Jan. 21, 2011; E.O. 12866,
58 FR 51735, Oct. 4, 1993.
David J. Hayes,
Deputy Secretary.
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