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repealed. HHS anticipates that such 

reviews will make its regulatory 

program more effective and flexible and 

reduce unnecessary burdens on the 

regulated communities. 

DATES: Submit electronic or written 

comments by June 30, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: To facilitate the receipt and 

processing of comments, HHS 

encourages interested persons to submit 

their comments electronically to the 

HHS Open Government Portal at 

http://www.hhs.gov/open, or by using 

the Federal eRulemaking portal http:// 

www.regulations.gov (following 

instructions for submission of 

comments). Follow the instructions for 

submitting comments. Persons 

submitting comments electronically are 

encouraged not to submit paper copies. 

Persons interested in submitting 

comments on paper should send or 

deliver their comments (preferably three 

copies) to: Department of Health and 

Human Services, Office of Documents 

and Regulations Management, 200 

Independence Avenue, SW., Suite 639G, 

Washington, DC 20201. 

All comments will be available to the 

public, without charge, online at 

http://www.regulations.gov and http:// 

www.hhs.gov/open. 

Instructions: The HHS Preliminary 

Plan is available for review, download, 

and comment at http://www.hhs.gov/ 

open. You may also request a copy of 

the HHS Preliminary Plan, identified by 

Docket No. by writing to the address 

below. All comment submissions 

received must include the Agency name 

and Docket No. for this Notice: HHS– 

ES–2011–002. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Oliver Potts (202) 690–6392. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

January 18, 2011, President Obama 

issued Executive Order 13563 to 

improve regulation and regulatory 

review by requiring Federal agencies to 

design cost effective, evidence-based 

regulations that are compatible with 

economic growth, job creation, and 

competitiveness, and which rely on the 

best, most innovative, and least 

burdensome tools to achieve regulatory 

ends. To meet that objective, the 

President directed each Executive 

Branch agency to consider how best to 

promote periodic retrospective review 

of existing significant rules to determine 

if they are outmoded, ineffective, 

insufficient, or excessively burdensome. 

The President required each agency to 

submit its preliminary plan to the Office 

of Management and Budget’s Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs by 

May 18, 2011. 

HHS submitted its preliminary plan 

in compliance with the President’s 

Executive Order and now seeks public 

comment. The plan is available for 

viewing, downloading, and comment at 

the following Web site—http:// 

www.hhs.gov/open/The comment 

period will close on June 30, after which 

HHS will finalize its preliminary plan. 

HHS notes that this request for comment 

is issued solely for information and 

program-planning purposes and does 

not obligate the agency to take any 

further action. 

Dated: June 1, 2011. 

Barbara J. Holland, 

Deputy Executive Secretary to the 

Department. 

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BILLING CODE 4150–24–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

6 CFR Chapter I 

8 CFR Chapter I 

19 CFR Chapter I 

33 CFR Chapter I 

44 CFR Chapter I 

46 CFR Chapters I and III 

49 CFR Chapter XII 

[Docket No. DHS–2011–0015] 

Preliminary Plan for Retrospective 

Review of Existing Regulations 

AGENCY: Office of the General Counsel, 

DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS) announces the 

availability of its Preliminary Plan for 

Retrospective Review of Existing 

Regulations (Preliminary Plan). 

Pursuant to Executive Order 13563, 

‘‘Improving Regulation and Regulatory 

Review,’’ which the President issued on 

January 18, 2011, DHS developed its 

Preliminary Plan to facilitate the review 

of existing DHS regulations through the 

use of retrospective review. DHS is 

seeking public comment on its 

Preliminary Plan. 

DATES: Written comments are requested 

on or before June 25, 2011. Late-filed 

comments will be considered to the 

extent practicable. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number DHS– 

2011–0015, through the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christina E. McDonald, Acting 

Associate General Counsel for 

Regulatory Affairs, U.S. Department of 

Homeland Security, Office of the 

General Counsel. E-mail: 

Regulatory.Review@dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Public Participation 

Interested persons are invited to 

comment on this notice by submitting 

written data, views, or arguments using 

the method identified in the ADDRESSES

section. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and docket 

number for this notice. All comments 

received will be posted without change 

to http://www.regulations.gov. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

II. Background 

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. 76 FR 3821. The 

Executive Order requires each Executive 

Branch agency to develop a preliminary 

plan to periodically review its existing 

regulations to determine whether any 

regulations should be modified, 

streamlined, expanded, or repealed so 

as to make the agency’s regulatory 

program more effective or less 

burdensome in achieving its regulatory 

objectives. 

DHS’s approach to conducting 

retrospective review focuses on public 

openness and transparency and on the 

critical role of public input in 

conducting retrospective review. To that 

end, DHS published a notice and 

request for comments in the Federal 

Register on March 14, 2011, ‘‘Reducing 

Regulatory Burden; Retrospective 

Review Under Executive Order 13563.’’ 

76 FR 13526. In that notice, DHS 

solicited public input on how DHS 

should structure its retrospective review 

and which DHS rules would benefit 

from retrospective review. In addition, 

DHS launched an IdeaScale Web page; 

this social media tool provided an 

additional means for DHS to solicit 

input from the public, and more 

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importantly, to foster dialogue among 

members of the public. 

DHS has incorporated the public 

input in developing its Preliminary 

Plan. The Preliminary Plan establishes a 

process for identifying regulations that 

may be obsolete, unnecessary, 

unjustified, excessively burdensome, or 

counterproductive. The DHS 

retrospective review process will help 

identify rules that warrant repeal or 

modification, or strengthening, 

complementing, or modernizing, where 

necessary or appropriate. The DHS 

Preliminary Plan is available for 

viewing online at http://www.dhs.gov/ 

xabout/open-government.shtm and 

http://www.regulations.gov. We 

welcome public comment on its 

content. 

Ivan K. Fong, 

General Counsel. 

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BILLING CODE 9110–9B–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency 

12 CFR Parts 4, 5, 7, 8, 28, and 34 

[Docket ID OCC–2011–0006] 

RIN 1557–AD41 

Office of Thrift Supervision Integration; 

Dodd-Frank Act Implementation; 

Correction 

AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; 

correction. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the Comptroller 

of the Currency (OCC) published in the 

Federal Register on May 26, 2011, a 

notice of proposed rulemaking entitled 

‘‘Office of Thrift Supervision Integration; 

Dodd-Frank Act Implementation.’’ 

Inadvertently, an incorrect E-mail 

address was used in the ADDRESSES

caption for submission of public 

comments directly to the OCC via 

electronic mail. This document corrects 

that E-mail address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andra Shuster, Special Counsel, Heidi 

Thomas, Special Counsel, or Stuart 

Feldstein, Director, Legislative and 

Regulatory Activities Division, (202) 

874–5090; Timothy Ward, Deputy 

Comptroller for Thrift Supervision, 

(202) 874–4468; or Frank Vance, 

Manager, Disclosure Services and 

Administrative Operations, 

Communications Division, (202)–874– 

5378, Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency, 250 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20219. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OCC 

published a document in the Federal 

Register on May 26, 2011 (76 FR 30557) 

requesting comment on its notice of 

proposed rulemaking entitled ‘‘Office of 

Thrift Supervision Integration; DoddFrank Act Implementation.’’ The e-mail 

address for submission of comments 

was incorrectly included as 

‘‘regs.comments@occ.treas.gov’’. The 

correct address is 

‘‘regs.comments@occ.treas.gov’’. 

In FR Doc. 2011–12859, published on 

May 26, 2011 (76 FR 30557), make the 

following correction. On page 30557, in 

the second column, remove ‘‘E-mail: 

regs.comments@occ.gov’’ and replace it 

with ‘‘E-mail: 

regs.comments@occ.treas.gov’’. 

Dated: June 1, 2011. 

Julie L. Williams, 

First Senior Deputy Comptroller and Chief 

Counsel. 

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BILLING CODE 4810–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Food and Drug Administration 

21 CFR Part 573 

[Docket No. FDA–2011–F–0365] 

BASF Corp.; Filing of Food Additive 

Petition (Animal Use); Methyl Esters of 

Conjugated Linoleic Acid; Silicon 

Dioxide 

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, 

HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of petition. 

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA) is announcing 

that BASF Corp. has filed a petition 

proposing that the food additive 

regulations be amended to provide for 

the safe use of methyl esters of 

conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) as a 

source of fatty acids in lactating dairy 

cow diets and for use of silicon dioxide 

as a carrier for the methyl esters of CLA. 

DATES: Submit either electronic or 

written comments on the petitioner’s 

environmental assessment by July 6, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit electronic 

comments to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Submit written 

comments to the Division of Dockets 

Management (HFA–305), Food and Drug 

Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 

1061, Rockville, MD 20852. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Isabel W. Pocurull, Center for Veterinary 

Medicine, Food and Drug 

Administration, 7519 Standish Pl., 

Rockville, MD 20855, 240–453–6853, 

isabel.pocurull@fda.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 

(section 409(b)(5) (21 U.S.C. 348(b)(5))), 

notice is given that a food additive 

petition (FAP 2269) has been filed by 

BASF Corp. (BASF), 100 Campus Dr., 

Florham Park, NJ 07932. The petition 

proposes to amend the food additive 

regulations in part 573 Food Additives 

Permitted in Feed and Drinking Water of 

Animals (21 CFR part 573) to provide 

for the safe use of methyl esters of 

conjugated linoleic acid (cis-9, trans-11 

and trans-10, cis-12 octadecadienoic 

acids) as a source of fatty acids in 

lactating dairy cow diets. BASF’s FAP 

2269 further proposes the use of silicon 

dioxide as a carrier for methyl esters of 

CLA. 

The potential environmental impact 

of this action is being reviewed. To 

encourage public participation 

consistent with regulations issued under 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

(40 CFR 1501.4(b)), the Agency is 

placing the environmental assessment 

submitted with the petition that is the 

subject of this notice on public display 

at the Division of Dockets Management 

(see DATES and ADDRESSES) for public 

review and comment. 

Interested persons may submit to the 

Division of Dockets Management (see 

ADDRESSES) either electronic or written 

comments regarding this document. It is 

only necessary to send one set of 

comments. It is no longer necessary to 

send two copies of mailed comments. 

Identify comments with the docket 

number found in brackets in the 

heading of this document. Received 

comments may be seen in the Division 

of Dockets Management between 9 a.m. 

and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. 

FDA will also place on public display 

any amendments to, or comments on, 

the petitioner’s environmental 

assessment without further 

announcement in the Federal Register. 

If, based on its review, the Agency finds 

that an environmental impact statement 

is not required, and this petition results 

in a regulation, the notice of availability 

of the Agency’s finding of no significant 

impact and the evidence supporting that 

finding will be published with the 

regulation in the Federal Register in 

accordance with 21 CFR 25.51(b). 

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