8686 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 25 / Tuesday, February 9, 2021 / Rules and Regulations 

III. Backfitting, Forward Fitting, and 

Issue Finality 

Issuance of NUREG/CR–7002, Rev. 1 

does not constitute backfitting as 

defined in 10 CFR 50.109, ‘‘Backfitting,’’ 

and as described in NRC Management 

Directive (MD) 8.4, ‘‘Management of 

Backfitting, Forward Fitting, Issue 

Finality, and Information Requests’’; 

affect issue finality of any approval 

issued under 10 CFR part 52, ‘‘Licenses, 

Certificates, and Approvals for Nuclear 

Power Plants’’; or constitute forward 

fitting as defined in MD 8.4, because, as 

explained in NUREG/CR–7002, Rev. 1, 

licensees are not required to comply 

with the positions set forth in that 

document. 

IV. Paperwork Reduction Act 

NUREG/CR–7002, Rev. 1, does not 

contain any new or amended collections 

of information subject to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 

et seq.). Existing collections of 

information were approved by the 

Office of Management and Budget, 

approval numbers 3150–0011 and 3150– 

0151. 

V. Congressional Review Act 

The NUREG/CR–7002, Rev. 1, is a 

rule as defined in the Congressional 

Review Act (5 U.S.C. 801–808). 

However, the Office of Management and 

Budget has not found it to be a major 

rule as defined in the Congressional 

Review Act. 

Dated: February 3, 2021. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Mark D. Lombard, 

Deputy Director, Office of Nuclear Security 

and Incident Response. 

[FR Doc. 2021–02584 Filed 2–8–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

17 CFR Part 210 

[Release No. 33–10876A; 34–90210A; FR– 

88A; IA–5613A; IC–34052A; File No. S7–26– 

19] 

RIN 3235–AM63 

Qualifications of Accountants 

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule; correction. 

SUMMARY: This document makes 

technical corrections to amendments to 

update certain auditor independence 

requirements adopted in Release No. 

33–10876 (October 16, 2020) (‘‘Adopting 

Release’’), which was published in the 

Federal Register on December 11, 2020. 

DATES: Effective June 9, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peggy Kim, Senior Special Counsel, 

Office of the Chief Accountant, at (202) 

551–5300, Securities and Exchange 

Commission, 100 F Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20549. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We are 

making technical amendments to correct 

§ 210.2–01. Specifically, this document 

amends Instruction 2 published in the 

Adopting Release. Instruction 2.c is 

amended to correct a citation to § 210.2– 

01. 

In document FR doc. 2020–23364, 

which was published in the Federal 

Register on Friday, December 11, 2020, 

at 85 FR 80508, the following correction 

is made: 

§ 210.2–01 [Corrected] 

■ 1. On page 80541, in the first column, 

under ‘‘§ 210.2–01’’ in Instruction 2.c, 

‘‘Revising paragraphs (c)(1)(ii)(A) 

introductory text’’ is corrected to read 

‘‘Revising paragraph (c)(1)(ii)(A)(1) 

introductory text.’’ 

Dated: February 4, 2021. 

Vanessa A. Countryman, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–02615 Filed 2–8–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of Workers’ Compensation 

Programs 

20 CFR Part 702 

RIN 1240–AA13 

Longshore and Harbor Workers’ 

Compensation Act: Electronic Filing, 

Settlement, and Civil Money Penalty 

Procedures 

AGENCY: Office of Workers’ 

Compensation Programs, Labor. 

ACTION: Withdrawal of direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: On December 14, 2020, the 

Office of Workers’ Compensation 

Programs (OWCP) published a direct 

final rule in the Federal Register 

revising regulations governing 

electronic filing and settlements, and 

establishing new procedures for 

assessing and adjudicating penalties 

under the Longshore and Harbor 

Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA). 

Consistent with the Presidential 

directive as expressed in the 

memorandum of January 20, 2021, from 

the Assistant to the President and Chief 

of Staff, entitled ‘‘Regulatory Freeze 

Pending Review,’’ OWCP is 

withdrawing the direct final rule. 

DATES: Effective February 9, 2021, the 

direct final rule published at 85 FR 

80601 on December 14, 2020, is 

withdrawn. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Antonio Rios, Director, Division of 

Federal Employees’, Longshore and 

Harbor Workers’ Compensation, Office 

of Workers’ Compensation Programs, 

(202)–693–0040, rios.antonio@dol.gov. 

TTY/TDD callers may dial toll free 

1–877–889–5627 for further 

information. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

December 14, 2020, OWCP published a 

direct final rule entitled Longshore and 

Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act: 

Electronic Filing, Settlement, and Civil 

Money Penalty Procedures, 85 FR 

80601. This rule would revise the 

LHWCA regulations governing 

electronic filing and settlements, and 

establish new procedures for assessing 

and adjudicating penalties under the 

LHWCA. The comment period for the 

rule expires on February 12, 2021, and 

the rule will become effective March 15, 

2021, unless OWCP withdraws it prior 

to then. OWCP stated that it would 

withdraw the rule if it received 

significant adverse public comment on 

either the direct final rule or a 

simultaneously published companion 

notice of proposed rulemaking. See 85 

FR 80698 (Dec. 14, 2020). 

A new administration assumed office 

on January 20, 2021. On that same date, 

the Assistant to the President and Chief 

of Staff issued a memorandum entitled 

‘‘Regulatory Freeze Pending Review’’ to 

the Heads of Executive Departments and 

Agencies. 86 FR 7424 (Jan. 28, 2021). 

The purpose of the memorandum was 

‘‘to ensure that the President’s 

appointees or designees have the 

opportunity to review any new or 

pending rules.’’ Id. The memorandum 

directs agencies to consider pausing or 

delaying certain regulatory actions for 

the purpose of reviewing questions of 

fact, law, and policy raised therein. 

OWCP believes that the most efficient 

way to implement the memorandum in 

this instance is to withdraw the rule 

rather than delay the effective date. The 

comment period is still open and if 

OWCP receives any significant adverse 

comment, it would have to withdraw 

the rule anyway. Withdrawing the rule 

will also give the new administration 

time to review the rule and consider the 

policies it implements. OWCP is 

simultaneously withdrawing the 

companion notice of proposed 

rulemaking. OWCP intends to offer the 


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