[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 66 (Wednesday, April 6, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 18954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-8228]
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Proposed Rules
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of
the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The 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.
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Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 66 / Wednesday, April 6, 2011 /
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
5 CFR Chapters XXIII and XXIV
10 CFR Chapters II, III, and X
18 CFR Chapter I
41 CFR Chapter 109
48 CFR Chapter 9
Reducing Regulatory Burden; Retrospective Review Under E.O. 13563
AGENCY: Office of the General Counsel, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Request for information; extension of public comment period.
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SUMMARY: On February 3, 2011, the Department of Energy (DOE) published
a request for information (RFI) issued as part of its implementation of
Executive Order 13563, ``Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review.''
This document announces that the period for submitting reply comments
is extended to April 15, 2011. The February 3 document incorrectly
published in the Notices section of the Federal Register.
DATES: DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding the
RFI received no later than April 15, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are encouraged to submit comments,
identified by ``Regulatory Burden RFI,'' by any of the following
methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
E-mail: [email protected]. Include ``Regulatory Burden
RFI'' in the subject line of the message.
Mail: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of the General Counsel,
1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 6A245, Washington, DC 20585.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel Cohen, Assistant General
Counsel for Legislation, Regulation, and Energy Efficiency, U.S.
Department of Energy, Office of the General Counsel, 1000 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585. E-mail:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 18, 2011, the President issued
Executive Order 13563, ``Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review,''
to ensure that Federal regulations seek more affordable, less intrusive
means to achieve policy goals, and that agencies give careful
consideration to the benefits and costs of those regulations.
Additionally, the Executive Order directs agencies to consider how best
to promote retrospective analyses of existing rules. Specifically,
Agencies must develop a preliminary plan under which the agency will
periodically review existing regulations to determine which should be
maintained, modified, strengthened, or repealed to increase the
effectiveness and decrease the burdens of the agency's regulatory
program.
DOE took a number of steps to implement the Executive Order,
including issuance of an RFI seeking public comment on how best to
review its existing regulations and to identify whether any of its
existing regulations should be modified, streamlined, expanded, or
repealed. (76 FR 6123, Feb. 3, 2011) DOE sought comment on the RFI
until March 21, 2011, and allowed for reply comments to be filed until
April 4, 2011. DOE posted comments received during the initial comment
period on its Web site: http://www.gc.energy.gov/1705.htm, but
encountered technical difficulties and was unable to post all of the
comments until March 30, 2011. DOE also received a request from a
member of the public to extend the reply comment period given these
technical difficulties. As a result, in this notice, DOE extends the
reply comment period until April 15, 2011. While the intent of the
reply comment period is to foster constructive dialogue on DOE's
regulatory review process, DOE notes that it is not necessary to have
filed comments during the initial comment period to file reply
comments, and that the substance of comments filed during the reply
comment period need not relate to comments filed during the initial
comment period. DOE will consider any comments received by April 15,
2011 and deems any comments received between March 21, 2011 and April
15, 2011 to be timely submitted.
Issued in Washington, DC, on March 31, 2011.
Sean A. Lev,
Acting General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2011-8228 Filed 4-5-11; 8:45 am]
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