[Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions]
[Introduction to the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions]
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FEDERAL REGISTER
Tuesday
May 27, 2003
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29973 II--Regulatory Information Service Center
29981 III--Department of Agriculture
30077 IV--Department of Commerce
30151 V--Department of Defense
30183 VI--Department of Education
30191 VII--Department of Energy
30213 VIII--Department of Health and Human Services
30279 IX--Department of Homeland Security
30389 X--Department of Housing and Urban Development
30423 XI--Department of the Interior
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Introduction to the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and
Deregulatory Actions
Federal Register / Vol. 68, No. 101 / Tuesday, May 27, 2003 / Unified
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REGULATORY INFORMATION SERVICE CENTER
Introduction to the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and
Deregulatory Actions
AGENCY: Regulatory Information Service Center.
ACTION: Introduction to the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and
Deregulatory Actions.
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SUMMARY: The Regulatory Flexibility Act requires that agencies publish
semiannual regulatory agendas describing regulatory actions they are
developing (5 U.S.C. 602). Executive Order 12866 ``Regulatory Planning
and Review,'' signed September 30, 1993 (58 FR 51735) and Office of
Management and Budget memoranda implementing section 4 of that Order
establish minimum standards for agencies' agendas, including specific
types of information for each entry.
The Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions
(Unified Agenda) helps agencies fulfill all of these requirements. All
Federal regulatory agencies have chosen to publish their regulatory
agendas as part of this publication.
The following separate parts in this issue of the Federal Register
are the agency agendas, followed by indexes to the entries. Together,
these constitute the spring 2003 edition of the semiannual Unified
Agenda. We welcome your comments on this publication and your
suggestions for improving future editions.
ADDRESSES: Regulatory Information Service Center (MI), General Services
Administration, 1800 F Street NW., Suite 3033, Washington, DC 20405.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information about specific
regulatory actions, please refer to the agency contact listed for each
entry.
To provide comment on or to obtain further information about this
publication, contact: Ronald C. Kelly, Executive Director, Regulatory
Information Service Center (MI), General Services Administration, 1800
F Street NW., Suite 3033, Washington, DC 20405, (202) 482-7340. You may
also send comments to us by e-mail at:
RISC@gsa.gov
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Introduction to the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and
Deregulatory Actions
I. What Is the Unified Agenda?.................................. 29976
II. Why Is the Unified Agenda Published?........................ 29976
III. How Is the Unified Agenda Organized?....................... 29977
IV. What Information Appears for Each Entry?.................... 29977
V. Abbreviations................................................ 29978
VI. How Can Users Get Copies of the Agenda...................... 29979
AGENCY AGENDAS
Cabinet Departments
Department of Agriculture....................................... 29981
Department of Commerce.......................................... 30077
Department of Defense........................................... 30151
Department of Education......................................... 30183
Department of Energy............................................ 30191
Department of Health and Human Services......................... 30213
Department of Homeland Security................................. 30279
Department of Housing and Urban Development..................... 30389
Department of the Interior...................................... 30423
Department of Justice........................................... 30497
Department of Labor............................................. 30551
Department of State............................................. 30597
Department of Transportation.................................... 30603
Department of the Treasury...................................... 30759
Department of Veterans Affairs.................................. 30891
Other Executive Agencies
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation....................... 30917
Agency for International Development............................ 30919
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board...... 30925
Commission on Civil Rights...................................... 30929
Corporation for National and Community Service.................. 30931
Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District 30937
of Columbia....................................................
Environmental Protection Agency................................. 31941
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission......................... 31115
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service...................... 31119
General Services Administration................................. 31123
Morris K. Udall Foundation-U.S. Institute for Environmental 31137
Conflict Resolution............................................
National Aeronautics and Space Administration................... 31139
National Archives and Records Administration.................... 31145
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities..............
Institute of Museum and Library Services...................... 31151
National Endowment for the Arts............................... 31155
National Endowment for the Humanities......................... 31159
National Science Foundation..................................... 31163
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight.................. 31167
Office of Government Ethics..................................... 31171
Office of Management and Budget................................. 31179
Office of Personnel Management.................................. 31183
Peace Corps..................................................... 31205
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation............................ 31211
Presidio Trust.................................................. 31215
Railroad Retirement Board....................................... 31219
Selective Service System........................................ 31225
Small Business Administration................................... 31227
Social Security Administration.................................. 31239
Tennessee Valley Authority...................................... 31263
Joint Authority
Department of Defense/General Services Administration/National 31265
Aeronautics and Space Administration (Federal Acquisition
Regulation)....................................................
Independent Regulatory Agencies
Commodity Futures Trading Commission............................ 31279
Consumer Product Safety Commission.............................. 31285
Farm Credit Administration...................................... 31297
Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation........................ 31307
Federal Communications Commission............................... 31309
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation........................... 33161
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission............................ 31367
Federal Housing Finance Board................................... 31375
Federal Maritime Commission..................................... 31379
Federal Reserve System.......................................... 31385
Federal Trade Commission........................................ 31497
National Credit Union Administration............................ 31405
National Indian Gaming Commission............................... 31413
Nuclear Regulatory Commission................................... 31417
Securities and Exchange Commission.............................. 31433
Surface Transportation Board.................................... 34159
INDEXES TO UNIFIED AGENDA ENTRIES
A. Regulatory Flexibility Act Section 610 Review Index.......... 31463
B. Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Index........................ 31465
C. Small Entities Index (Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Not 31475
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D. Government Levels Index...................................... 31487
E. Federalism Index............................................. 31523
F. Subject Index................................................ 31525
INTRODUCTION TO THE UNIFIED AGENDA OF FEDERAL REGULATORY AND
DEREGULATORY ACTIONS
I. What Is the Unified Agenda?
The Unified Agenda provides information, in a uniform format,
about regulations that the Government is considering or reviewing. The
Unified Agenda has appeared in the Federal Register twice each year
since 1983. This edition includes regulatory agendas from 61 Federal
departments and agencies. Agencies of the United States Congress are
not included.
The Regulatory Information Service Center (the Center) compiles
the Unified Agenda for the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
(OIRA), part of the Office of Management and Budget. OIRA is
responsible for overseeing the Federal Government's regulatory,
paperwork, and information resource management activities, including
implementation of E.O. 12866. The Center also provides information
about Federal regulatory activity to the President and his Executive
Office, the Congress, agency managers, and the public.
The activities included in the Agenda are, in general, those that
will have a regulatory action within the next 12 months. Agencies may
include activities that will have a longer timeframe than 12 months.
Agency agendas also show actions or reviews completed or withdrawn
since the last Unified Agenda. The agendas do not contain regulations
that were excluded under Executive Order 12866, such as those
concerning military or foreign affairs functions or regulations related
to agency organization, management, or personnel matters.
Agencies prepared entries for this publication to give the public
notice of their plans to review, propose, and issue regulations. They
have tried to predict their activities over the next 12 months as
accurately as possible, but dates and schedules are subject to change.
Agencies may withdraw some of the regulations now under development,
and they may issue or propose other regulations not included in their
agendas. Agency actions in the rulemaking process may occur before or
after the dates they have listed. The Unified Agenda does not create a
legal obligation on agencies to adhere to schedules within it or to
confine their regulatory activities to those regulations that appear in
this publication. The information in this edition is accurate as of
April 1, 2003, in the judgment of the submitting agencies, except as
otherwise noted by the agencies. In addition, some agencies submitted
updates after that date.
II. Why Is the Unified Agenda Published?
The Unified Agenda helps agencies comply with their obligations
under the Regulatory Flexibility Act and various Executive orders and
other statutes.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
The Regulatory Flexibility Act requires agencies to identify those
rules that may have a significant economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities (5 U.S.C. 602). Agencies meet that requirement
by including the information in their submissions for the Unified
Agenda. Agencies may also indicate those regulations that they are
reviewing as part of their periodic review of existing rules under the
Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 610). Executive Order 13272
entitled ``Proper Consideration of Small Entities in Agency
Rulemaking,'' signed August 13, 2002 (67 FR 53461) provides additional
guidance on compliance with the Act.
Executive Order 12866
Executive Order 12866 entitled ``Regulatory Planning and Review,''
signed September 30, 1993 (58 FR 51735) requires covered agencies to
prepare an agenda of all regulations under development or review. The
Order also requires that certain agencies prepare annually a regulatory
plan of their ``most important significant regulatory actions,'' which
appears as part of the fall Unified Agenda.
Executive Order 13132
Executive Order 13132 entitled ``Federalism,'' signed August 4,
1999 (64 FR 43255) directs agencies to have an accountable process to
ensure meaningful and timely input by State and local officials in the
development of regulatory policies that have ``federalism
implications'' as defined in the Order. Under the Order, an agency that
is proposing a regulation with federalism implications, which either
preempt State law or impose nonstatutory unfunded substantial direct
compliance costs on State and local governments, must consult with
State and local officials early in the process of developing the
regulation. In addition, the agency must provide to the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget a federalism summary impact statement
for such a regulation, which consists of a description of the extent of
the agency's prior consultation with State and local officials, a
summary of their concerns and the agency's position supporting the need
to issue the regulation, and a statement of the extent to which those
concerns have been met. As part of this effort, agencies include in
their submissions for the Unified Agenda information on whether their
regulatory actions may have an effect on the various levels of
government and whether those actions have federalism implications.
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995
The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (P.L. 104-4, title II)
requires agencies to prepare written assessments of the costs and
benefits of significant regulatory actions ``that may result in the
expenditure by State, local, and tribal governments, in the aggregate,
or by the private sector, of $100,000,000 or more . . . in any 1 year .
. . .'' The requirement does not apply to independent regulatory
agencies, nor does it apply to certain subject areas excluded by
section 4 of the Act. Affected agencies identify in the Unified Agenda
those regulatory actions they believe are subject to title II of the
Act.
Executive Order 13211
Executive Order 13211 entitled ``Actions Concerning Regulations
That Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use,'' signed
May 22, 2001 (66 FR 28355) directs agencies to provide, to the extent
possible, information regarding the adverse effects that agency actions
may have on the supply, distribution, and use of energy. Under the
Order, the agency must prepare and submit a Statement of Energy Effects
to the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, for ``those matters
identified as significant energy actions.'' As part of this effort,
agencies may optionally include in their submissions for the Unified
Agenda information on whether they have prepared or plan to prepare a
Statement of Energy Effects for their regulatory actions.
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act
The Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (P.L. 104-
121, title II) established a procedure for
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congressional review of rules (5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), which defers,
unless exempted, the effective date of a ``major'' rule for at least 60
days from the publication of the final rule in the Federal Register.
The Act specifies that a rule is ``major'' if it has resulted or is
likely to result in an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or
more or meets other criteria specified in that Act. If the issuing
agency believes that a rule may be major, it indicates this under the
``Priority'' heading of the entry. The Act provides that the
Administrator of OIRA will make the final determination as to whether a
rule is major.
III. How Is the Unified Agenda Organized?
Each agency's agenda appears as a separate part in this edition of
the Federal Register. The parts of the Unified Agenda are organized
alphabetically in four groups: Cabinet departments; other executive
agencies; the Federal Acquisition Regulation, a joint authority; and
independent regulatory agencies. Departments may in turn be divided
into subagencies.
Each agency's part of the Agenda begins with a preamble providing
information specific to that part followed by a table of contents. For
each agency that requests it, the table of contents includes a section
listing entries that the agency is reporting as withdrawn, duplicate,
merged, or transferred. Following the table of contents is a
description of each agency's regulatory and deregulatory actions.
Each agency presents its entries under one of five headings
according to the rulemaking stage of the entry. The stages are:
1. Prerule Stage -- actions agencies will undertake to determine
whether or how to initiate rulemaking. Such actions occur prior to
a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) and may include Advance
Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRMs) and reviews of existing
regulations.
2. Proposed Rule Stage -- actions for which agencies plan to publish a
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking as the next step in their rulemaking
process or for which the closing date of the NPRM Comment Period is
the next step.
3. Final Rule Stage -- actions for which agencies plan to publish a
final rule or an interim final rule or to take other final action
as the next step in their rulemaking process.
4. Long-Term Actions -- items under development but for which the
agency does not expect to have a regulatory action within the 12
months after publication of this edition of the Unified Agenda.
Some of the entries in this section may contain abbreviated
information.
5. Completed Actions -- actions or reviews the agency has completed or
withdrawn since publishing its last agenda. This section also
includes items the agency began and completed between issues of the
Agenda.
An agency may use subheadings to identify regulations that it has
grouped according to particular topics. When these subheadings are
used, they appear above the title of the first regulation in each
group.
A bullet ([sbull]) preceding the title of an entry indicates that
the entry appears in this publication for the first time.
All entries are numbered sequentially from the beginning to the
end of the publication. The sequence number preceding the title of each
entry identifies the location of the entry in this edition. This
sequence number is used as the reference in the table of contents and
in all indexes to enable readers to find entries.
This publication contains six indexes. Index A lists entries for
which agencies have indicated that they are conducting a periodic
review under section 610(c) of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. Index B
lists the regulatory actions for which agencies believe that the
Regulatory Flexibility Act may require a Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis. Index C lists additional regulatory actions for which
agencies have chosen to indicate that some impact on small entities is
likely even though a Regulatory Flexibility Analysis may not be
required. Index D lists entries that agencies believe may have effects
on levels of government. Index E lists entries that agencies believe
may have federalism implications as defined in Executive Order 13132.
Index F is a subject index based on the Federal Register Thesaurus of
Indexing Terms.
IV. What Information Appears for Each Entry?
All entries in the Unified Agenda contain uniform data elements
including, at a minimum, the following information:
Title of the Regulation -- a brief description of the subject of
the regulation, possibly including section 610 review designation. The
notation ``Section 610 Review'' following the title indicates that the
agency has selected the rule for its periodic review of existing rules
under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 610(c)). Some agencies
have indicated completions of section 610 reviews or rulemaking actions
resulting from completed section 610 reviews
Priority -- an indication of the significance of the regulation.
Agencies assign each entry to one of the following five categories of
significance.
(1) Economically Significant
As defined in Executive Order 12866, a rulemaking action that will
have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more or
will adversely affect in a material way the economy, a sector of
the economy, productivity, competition, jobs, the environment,
public health or safety, or State, local, or tribal governments or
communities. The definition of an ``economically significant'' rule
is similar but not identical to the definition of a ``major'' rule
under 5 U.S.C. 801 (P. L. 104-121). (See below.)
(2) Other Significant
A rulemaking that is not Economically Significant but is considered
significant by the agency. This category includes rules that the
agency anticipates will be reviewed under E.O. 12866 or rules that
are a priority of the agency head. These rules may or may not be
included in the agency's regulatory plan.
(3) Substantive, Nonsignificant
A rulemaking that has substantive impacts but is neither Significant,
nor Routine and Frequent, nor Informational/Administrative/Other.
(4) Routine and Frequent
A rulemaking that is a specific case of a multiple recurring
application of a regulatory program in the Code of Federal
Regulations and that does not alter the body of the regulation.
(5) Informational/Administrative/Other
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A rulemaking that is primarily informational or pertains to agency
matters not central to accomplishing the agency's regulatory
mandate but that the agency places in the Unified Agenda to inform
the public of the activity.
In addition, if an agency believes that a rule may be ``major''
under 5 U.S.C. 801 (P.L. 104-121) because it has resulted or is likely
to result in an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more or
meets other criteria specified in that Act, the agency indicates this
under the ``Priority'' heading. (The Act provides that the
Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs will
make the final determination as to whether a rule is major.)
Unfunded Mandates -- whether the rule is covered by section 202 of
the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (P.L. 104-4). The Act requires
that, before issuing an NPRM likely to result in a mandate that may
result in expenditures by State, local, and tribal governments, in the
aggregate, or by the private sector of more than $100 million in 1
year, agencies, other than independent regulatory agencies, shall
prepare a written statement containing an assessment of the anticipated
costs and benefits of the Federal mandate. If the agency believes the
entry is not subject to the Act, this data element will not be printed.
Legal Authority -- the section(s) of the United States Code
(U.S.C.) or Public Law (P.L.) or the Executive order (E.O.) that
authorize(s) the regulatory action. Agencies may provide popular name
references to laws in addition to these citations.
CFR Citation -- the section(s) of the Code of Federal Regulations
that will be affected by the action.
Legal Deadline -- whether the action is subject to a statutory or
judicial deadline, the date of that deadline, and whether the deadline
pertains to an NPRM, a Final Action, or some other action.
Abstract -- a brief description of the problem the regulation will
address; the need for a Federal solution; to the extent available,
alternatives that the agency is considering to address the problem; and
potential costs and benefits of the action.
Timetable -- the dates and citations (if available) for all past
steps and a projected date for at least the next step for the
regulatory action. A date printed in the form 12/00/01 means the agency
is predicting the month and year the action will take place but not the
day it will occur. In some instances, agencies may indicate what the
next action will be, but the date of that action is ``To Be
Determined.'' ``Next Action Undetermined'' indicates the agency does
not know what action it will take next.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required -- whether an analysis is
required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.)
because the rulemaking action is likely to have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small entities as defined by the Act.
Small Entities Affected -- the types of small entities
(businesses, governmental jurisdictions, or organizations) on which the
rulemaking action is likely to have an impact as defined by the
Regulatory Flexibility Act. Some agencies have chosen to indicate
likely effects on small entities even though they believe that a
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis will not be required.
Government Levels Affected -- whether the action is expected to
affect levels of government and, if so, whether the governments are
State, local, tribal, or Federal.
Federalism -- whether the action has ``federalism implications''
as defined in Executive Order 13132. This term refers to actions ``that
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.''
If the action does not have federalism implications, this data element
will not be printed. Independent regulatory agencies are not required
to supply this information.
Agency Contact -- the name and phone number of one or more persons
in the agency who is knowledgeable about the rulemaking action. The
agency may also provide the title, address, fax number, e-mail address,
and TDD for each agency contact.
Some agencies have provided the following optional information:
URL for More Information -- the Internet address of a site that
provides more information about the entry.
URL for Public Comments and Additional Information -- the Internet
address of a site that will accept public comments on the entry.
Alternatively, timely public comments may be submitted at the
Governmentwide e-rulemaking site, http://www.regulations.gov/.
Compliance Cost to the Public -- the estimated gross compliance
cost of the action.
Affected Sectors -- the industrial sectors that the action may
most affect, either directly or indirectly. Affected sectors are
identified by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
codes.
Energy Effects -- an indication of whether the agency has prepared
or plans to prepare a Statement of Energy Effects for the action, as
required by Executive Order 13211 ``Actions Concerning Regulations That
Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use,'' signed May
18, 2001 (66 FR 28355).
Related RINs -- one or more past or current RIN(s) associated with
activity related to this action, such as merged RINs, split RINs, new
activity for previously completed RINs, or duplicate RINs.
Some agencies that participated in the October 2002 edition of The
Regulatory Plan have chosen to include the following information for
those entries that appeared in the Plan:
Statement of Need -- a description of the need for the regulatory
action.
Summary of the Legal Basis -- a description of the legal basis for
the action, including whether any aspect of the action is required by
statute or court order.
Alternatives -- a description of the alternatives the agency has
considered or will consider as required by section 4(c)(1)(B) of E.O.
12866.
Anticipated Costs and Benefits -- a description of preliminary
estimates of the anticipated costs and benefits of the action.
Risks -- a description of the magnitude of the risk the action
addresses, the amount by which the agency expects the action to reduce
this risk, and the relation of the risk and this risk reduction effort
to other risks and risk reduction efforts within the agency's
jurisdiction.
V. Abbreviations
The following abbreviations appear throughout this publication:
ANPRM -- An Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking is a preliminary
notice, published in the Federal Register,
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announcing that an agency is considering a regulatory action. An agency
may issue an ANPRM before it develops a detailed proposed rule. An
ANPRM describes the general area that may be subject to regulation and
usually asks for public comment on the issues and options being
discussed. An ANPRM is issued only when an agency believes it needs to
gather more information before proceeding to a notice of proposed
rulemaking.
CFR -- The Code of Federal Regulations is an annual codification
of the general and permanent regulations published in the Federal
Register by the departments and agencies of the Federal Government. The
Code is divided into 50 titles, each title covering a broad area
subject to Federal regulation. The CFR is keyed to and kept up to date
by the daily issues of the Federal Register.
EO -- An Executive order is a directive from the President to
executive agencies, issued under constitutional or statutory authority.
Executive orders are published in the Federal Register and in title 3
of the Code of Federal Regulations.
FR -- The Federal Register is a daily Federal Government
publication that provides a uniform system for publishing Presidential
documents, all proposed and final regulations, notices of meetings, and
other official documents issued by Federal departments and agencies.
FY -- The Federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30.
NPRM -- A Notice of Proposed Rulemaking is the document an agency
issues and publishes in the Federal Register that describes and
solicits public comments on a proposed regulatory action. Under the
Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553), an NPRM must include, at a
minimum:
[sbull] a statement of the time, place, and nature of the public
rulemaking proceeding;
[sbull] a reference to the legal authority under which the rule is
proposed; and
[sbull] either the terms or substance of the proposed rule or a
description of the subjects and issues involved.
PL -- A public law is a law passed by Congress and signed by the
President or enacted over his veto. It has general applicability,
unlike a private law that applies only to those persons or entities
specifically designated. Public laws are numbered in sequence
throughout the 2-year life of each Congress; for example, PL 105-4 is
the fourth public law of the 105th Congress.
RFA -- A Regulatory Flexibility Analysis is a description and
analysis of the impact of a rule on small entities, including small
businesses, small governmental jurisdictions, and certain small not-
for-profit organizations. The Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601
et seq.) requires each agency to prepare an initial RFA for public
comment when it is required to publish an NPRM and to make available a
final RFA when the final rule is published, unless the agency head
certifies that the rule would not have a significant economic impact on
a substantial number of small entities.
RIN -- The Regulation Identifier Number is assigned by the
Regulatory Information Service Center to identify each regulatory
action listed in the Unified Agenda, as directed by E.O. 12866 (section
4(b)). Additionally, OMB has asked agencies to include RINs in the
headings of their Rule and Proposed Rule documents when publishing them
in the Federal Register, to make it easier for the public and agency
officials to track the publication history of regulatory actions
throughout their development.
Seq. No. -- The sequence number identifies the location of an
entry in this publication. Note that a specific regulatory action will
have the same RIN throughout its development but will generally have
different sequence numbers in different editions of the Unified Agenda.
USC -- The United States Code is a consolidation and codification
of all general and permanent laws of the United States. The USC is
divided into 50 titles, each covering a broad area of Federal law.
VI. How Can Users Get Copies of the Agenda?
Printed copies of this edition of the Federal Register are
available from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government
Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402-9325, (202) 512-1800.
Copies of individual agency materials may be available directly
from the agency. Please contact the particular agency for further
information.
All editions of The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of
Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions since October 1995 are also
available in electronic form. You can search the Agenda and the Plan
at:
http://reginfo.gov
This site also contains links to a variety of other sources of
information about government regulatory activities.
You may also search the Agenda and the Plan on the Government
Printing Office's GPO Access, which is accessible through:
http://www.access.gpo.gov
Dated: May 7, 2003.
Ronald C. Kelly,
Executive Director.
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