15856 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 55 / Tuesday, March 22, 2011 / Rules and Regulations 

Transportation and Air Quality at (202) 

564–1123 or 

argyropoulos.paul@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 

24, 2010, the Clean Air Task Force 

(CATF), the National Wildlife 

Federation, the World Wildlife Fund 

and the Friends of the Earth petitioned 

the Administrator to reconsider an EPA 

rule, published on March 26, 2010 (75 

FR 14670), which amended the 

Renewable Fuel Standard Program. This 

amendment (commonly referred to as 

RFS2) was adopted in response to Clean 

Air Act Section 211(o) as amended by 

the Energy Independence and Security 

Act of 2007 (EISA). The petitioners 

alleged that EPA failed to properly 

require producers of renewable fuels to 

verify domestic crops and crop residues 

used to produce the renewable fuels 

complied with the land use restrictions 

in EISA. The petitioners other than 

CATF requested a stay of the aggregate 

compliance portion of the RFS2 rules. 

Additionally, the CATF alleged that in 

this rule, EPA did not properly account 

for the ‘‘global rebound effect’’ in the 

final analysis of the lifecycle greenhouse 

gas (GHG) emission impacts of 

renewable fuel production and use. 

CATF requested a stay of the entire 

RFS2 final rule. 

The EPA considers the lifecycle GHG 

emission assessment of renewable fuels 

and the land use restrictions applicable 

to renewable biomass provisions to be 

important parts of the RFS2 program 

and carefully reviewed the arguments 

and information provided by the 

petitioners on these two issues. On 

February 17, 2011, the Administrator 

responded by denying the petitions to 

reconsider. The EPA also denied all 

requests for a stay of implementation of 

the RFS2 regulations. The letters of 

denial and the supporting rationale have 

been posted on the EPA Web site at: 

http://www.epa.gov/otaq/fuels/ 

renewablefuels/notices.htm. 

Dated: March 14, 2011. 

Margo Tsirigotis Oge, 

Director, Office of Transportation and Air 

Quality, Office of Air and Radiation. 

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ADMINISTRATION 

41 CFR Part 105–735 

[GSA Case 2011–01; Docket 2011–0007; 

Sequence 1] 

RIN 3090–AJ10 

Standards of Conduct 

AGENCY: General Services 

Administration (GSA). 

ACTION: Final Rule. 

SUMMARY: The General Services 

Administration (GSA) is removing a part 

from the Code of Federal Regulations 

because it no longer provides employees 

with guidance on employee standards of 

conduct. 

DATES: Effective Date: This final rule is 

effective March 22, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Eugenia D. Ellison, Office of General 

Counsel, General Services 

Administration, 1275 First Street, NE., 

Room 528, Washington, DC 20417, (202) 

501–0765, FAX (202) 208–0085. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Background 

The General Services Administration 

(GSA) published a final rule at 61 FR 

56399, November 1, 1995 which 

codified GSA’s supplemental standards 

of ethical conduct in the new 5 CFR part 

6701. At that time, GSA removed from 

the CFR its old standards of conduct, 

which had been codified at 41 CFR part 

105–735 and provided a number of 

cross-references to the new 

Government-wide standards of ethical 

conduct regulations and GSA’s new 

supplemental regulations. GSA is 

removing part 105–735 because the 

cross-reference to the GSA Order is no 

longer applicable and employees are 

familiar with the remaining crossreferenced provisions and no longer 

refer to 41 CFR part 105–735 for 

guidance on employee standards of 

conduct. 

B. Administrative Procedure Act 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b) and (d), 

GSA has determined that good cause 

exists for waiving the general notice of 

proposed rulemaking and 30-day delay 

in effectiveness as to these minor 

revisions. This action is being taken 

because this rule concerns matters of 

agency organization, practice and 

procedure and merely serves to remove 

a part of the Code of Federal Regulations 

which no longer provides guidance to 

GSA employees. 

C. Executive Order 12866 and 13563 

GSA has determined that this final 

rule is not a significant rule for the 

purposes of Executive Order 12866, 

Regulatory Planning and Review, dated 

September 30, 1993. 

In accordance with Executive Order 

13563, Improving Regulation and 

Regulatory Review, dated January 18, 

2011, GSA determined that this rule is 

not excessively burdensome to the 

public, and is consistent with 5 U.S.C. 

7301. 

D. Regulatory Flexibility Act 

GSA has determined under the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 

et seq.) that this rulemaking will not 

have significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities 

because it relates solely to agency 

management and personnel. 

E. Paperwork Reduction Act 

The Paperwork Reduction Act does 

not apply because this rulemaking does 

not impose recordkeeping or 

information collection requirements, or 

the collection of information from 

offerors, contractors, or members of the 

public that require the approval of the 

Office of Management and Budget under 

44 U.S.C. chapter 35. 

F. Small Business Regulatory 

Enforcement Fairness Act 

This final rule is also exempt from 

congressional review prescribed under 5 

U.S.C. 801 since it relates solely to 

agency management and personnel. 

List of Subjects in 41 CFR Part 105–735 

Conflict of interests, Ethical 

standards, Executive branch standards 

of conduct. Government Employees. 

Dated: February 1, 2011. 

Martha Johnson, 

Administrator of General Services. 

Accordingly, under the authority of 5 

U.S.C. 7301 and for the reasons set forth 

in the preamble, the General Services 

Administration is amending title 41, 

chapter 105, of the Code of Federal 

Regulations by removing part 105–735. 

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