47096 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 177 / Tuesday, September 15, 2009 / Rules and Regulations 

Note: The following Appendix will not be 

published in the Code of Federal 

Regulations. 

Appendix—List of Commenters 

Association of Public Agency Customers 

(APAC) 

Avista Corporation (Avista) 

Idaho Power Company (Idaho Power) 

Idaho Public Utilities Commission (Idaho 

PUC) 

PacifiCorp 

Pacific Northwest Investor-Owned Utilities 

(IOU) 

Portland General Electric Company (Portland 

General) 

Public Utility District No. 1 of Clark County, 

Washington and Public Utility District No. 

1 of Grays Harbor County, Washington, 

Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish 

County, Washington (Districts) 

Puget Sound Energy, Inc. (Puget Sound) 

Washington Utilities and Transportation 

Commission (WUTC) 

[FR Doc. E9–21946 Filed 9–14–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–C 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

28 CFR Part 0 

[Docket No. AG Order No. 3108–2009] 

The Attorney General’s Advisory 

Committee of United States Attorneys 

AGENCY: Department of Justice. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This rule amends the 

Department of Justice regulation 

concerning the Attorney General’s 

Advisory Committee of United States 

Attorneys. The amendments will 

provide the Attorney General greater 

flexibility in determining the size of the 

Committee, and will provide that the 

Attorney General will select the 

Committee’s leadership. 

DATES: Effective Date: September 15, 

2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Norman Wong, Deputy Director and 

Counsel to the Director, Executive 

Office for United States Attorneys, 

Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, Washington, DC 20530 (202) 

514–2121. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

regulation recognizes that the United 

States Attorneys, as Presidential 

appointees having responsibilities 

mandated by Congress (28 U.S.C. 547), 

should be afforded an appropriate and 

formal means for contributing to the 

development of Department of Justice 

policies and procedures. The Attorney 

General’s Advisory Committee of United 

States Attorneys (‘‘Committee’’) aids the 

improvement of communication 

between federal and state law 

enforcement officials, the promotion of 

greater consistency in the application of 

legal standards, and the improvement of 

the criminal justice system at all levels 

of government. Under the existing 

regulation, the Committee is composed 

of fifteen members designated by the 

Attorney General, and the Committee is 

charged with selecting its leadership. 

Under the revised regulation, the 

Attorney General will determine the 

number of Committee members and will 

select from the membership a 

chairperson and vice-chairperson. The 

United States Attorney for the District of 

Columbia will serve as an ex officio 

member. 

Administrative Procedure Act 

This rule is a rule of agency 

organization and procedure, and relates 

to the internal management of the 

Department of Justice. It is therefore 

exempt from the requirements of notice 

and comments and a delayed effective 

date. 5 U.S.C. 553(b), (d). 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

The Attorney General, in accordance 

with the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 

U.S.C. 605(b), has reviewed this 

regulation and by approving it certifies 

that this regulation will not have a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities 

because it pertains to personnel and 

administrative matters affecting the 

Department. Further, a Regulatory 

Flexibility Analysis was not required to 

be prepared for this final rule since the 

Department was not required to publish 

a general notice of proposed rulemaking 

for this matter. 


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Regulatory Order 12866—Regulatory 

Planning and Review 

This action has been drafted and 

reviewed in accordance with Executive 

Order 12866, Regulatory Planning and 

Review, § 1(b), Principles of Regulation. 

This rule is limited to agency 

organization, management and 

personnel as described by Executive 

Order 12866 § 3(d)(3) and, therefore, is 

not a ‘‘regulation’’ or ‘‘rule’’ as defined 

by that Executive Order. Accordingly, 

this action has not been reviewed by the 

Office of Management and Budget. 

Executive Order 12988—Civil Justice 

Reform 

This regulation meets the applicable 

standards set forth in sections 3(a) and 

3(b)(2) of Executive Order 12988. 

Executive Order 13132—Federalism 

This regulation will not 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. Therefore, in 

accordance with Executive Order 13132, 

it is determined that this rule does not 

have sufficient federalism implications 

to warrant the preparation of a Federal 

Assessment. 

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 

1995 

This rule will not 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 one year, and it will not 

significantly or uniquely affect small 

governments. Therefore, no actions were 

deemed necessary under the provisions 

of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995. 

Congressional Review Act 

This action pertains to agency 

management, personnel and 

organization and does not substantially 

affect the rights or obligations of nonagency parties and, accordingly, is not 

a ‘‘rule’’ as that term is used by the 

Congressional Review Act (Subtitle E of 

the Small Business Regulatory 

Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 

(SBREFA)). Therefore, the reporting 

requirement of 5 U.S.C. 801 does not 

apply. 

List of Subjects in 28 CFR Part 0 

Authority delegations (government 

agencies), Government employees, 

Organization and functions (government 

agencies), Whistleblowing. 

■ By virtue of the authority vested in me 

by 28 U.S.C. 509 and 510, and 5 U.S.C. 

301, Subpart B of Part 0 of Chapter I of 

Title 28, Code of Federal Regulations, is 

amended as follows: 

PART 0—ORGANIZATION OF THE 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

■ 1. The authority citation of Part 0 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 28 U.S.C. 209, 

510, 515–519. 

■ 2. In § 0.10, paragraphs (a) and (c) are 

revised to read: 

§ 0.10 Attorney General’s Advisory 

Committee of United States Attorneys. 

(a) The Attorney General’s Advisory 

Committee of United States Attorneys 

shall consist of an appropriate number 

of United States Attorneys, designated 

by the Attorney General. The 

membership shall be selected to 

represent the various geographic areas 

of the Nation and various sized United 

States Attorneys’ Offices. Members shall 

serve at the pleasure of the Attorney 

General, but such service normally shall 

not exceed three years and shall be 

subject to adjustment by the Attorney 

General so as to assure the annual 

rotation of approximately one-third of 

the Committee’s membership. The 

United States Attorney for the District of 

Columbia shall serve as an ex officio 

member of the Committee. The Attorney 

General may designate additional 

personnel from United States Attorneys’ 

Offices to serve as members of the 

Committee. 

* * * * * 

(c) The Attorney General will select 

from the Committee’s membership a 

chairperson and a vice-chairperson. The 

Attorney General may establish such 

subcommittees as deemed necessary to 

carry out the Committee’s objectives. 

The Committee, in consultation with the 

Director of the Executive Office for 

United States Attorneys, will select 

chairpersons for such subcommittees. 

United States Attorneys who are not 

members of the Committee may be 

included in the membership of 

subcommittees. 

* * * * * 

Dated: September 4, 2009. 

Eric H. Holder, Jr., 

Attorney General. 

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BILLING CODE P 

PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY 

CORPORATION 

29 CFR Parts 4022 and 4044 

Allocation of Assets in SingleEmployer Plans; Benefits Payable in 

Terminated Single-Employer Plans; 

Interest Assumptions for Valuing and 

Paying Benefits 

AGENCY: Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation’s regulations on Allocation 

of Assets in Single-Employer Plans and 

Benefits Payable in Terminated SingleEmployer Plans prescribe interest 

assumptions for valuing and paying 

certain benefits under terminating 

single-employer plans. This final rule 

amends the asset allocation regulation 

to adopt interest assumptions for plans 

with valuation dates in the fourth 

quarter of 2009 and amends the benefit 

payments regulation to adopt interest 

assumptions for plans with valuation 

dates in October 2009. Interest 

assumptions are also published on 

PBGC’s Web site (http://www.pbgc.gov). 

DATES: Effective October 1, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Catherine B. Klion, Manager, Regulatory 

and Policy Division, Legislative and 

Regulatory Department, Pension Benefit 

Guaranty Corporation, 1200 K Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20005, 202–326– 

4024. (TTY/TDD users may call the 

Federal relay service toll-free at 1–800– 

877–8339 and ask to be connected to 

202–326–4024.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PBGC’s 

regulations prescribe actuarial 

assumptions—including interest 

assumptions—for valuing and paying 

plan benefits of terminating singleemployer plans covered by title IV of 

the Employee Retirement Income 

Security Act of 1974. The interest 

assumptions are intended to reflect 

current conditions in the financial and 

annuity markets. 

These interest assumptions are found 

in two PBGC regulations: the regulation 

on Allocation of Assets in SingleEmployer Plans (29 CFR part 4044) and 

the regulation on Benefits Payable in 

Terminated Single-Employer Plans (29 

CFR part 4022). Assumptions under the 

asset allocation regulation are updated 

quarterly; assumptions under the benefit 

payments regulation are updated 

monthly. This final rule updates the 

assumptions under the asset allocation 

regulation for the fourth quarter 

(October through December) of 2009 and 

updates the assumptions under the 


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