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.

Proposed Rules Federal Register

18954 

Vol. 76, No. 66 

Wednesday, April 6, 2011 

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. 

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: 

Regulatory.Review@hq.doe.gov. 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: 

Regulatory.Review@hq.doe.gov. 

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. 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Office of the Secretary 

6 CFR Part 5 

[Docket No. DHS–2011–0016] 

Privacy Act of 1974: Implementation of 

Exemptions; Department of Homeland 

Security Federal Emergency 

Management Agency DHS/FEMA–011 

Training and Exercise Program 

Records System of Records 

AGENCY: Privacy Office, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security is giving concurrent notice of a 

newly established system of records 

pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974 for 

the ‘‘Department of Homeland Security 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency—011 Training and Exercise 

Program Records System of Records’’ 

and this proposed rulemaking. In this 

proposed and consolidating rulemaking, 

the Department proposes to exempt 

portions of the system of records from 

one or more provisions of the Privacy 

Act in order to preserve the objectivity 

and fairness of testing and examination 

material. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before May 6, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number DHS– 

2011–0016, by one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 703–483–2999. 

• Mail: Mary Ellen Callahan, Chief 

Privacy Officer, Privacy Office, 

Department of Homeland Security, 

Washington, DC 20528. 

• Instructions: All submissions 

received must include the agency name 


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