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1One exception allows a candidate for the office 

of President nominated by a political party to 

designate the national committee of the political 

party as the candidate’s principal campaign 

committee. 2 U.S.C. 432(e)(3)(A)(i); 11 CFR 

102.12(c)(1). The other exception allows two or 

more candidates to designate a political committee 

established solely for the purpose of joint 

fundraising by such candidates as an authorized 

committee. 2 U.S.C. 432(e)(3)(A)(ii) and 11 CFR 

102.13(c)(1). 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 

11 CFR Part 102 

[Notice 2006–17] 

Increase in Limitation on Authorized 

Committees Supporting Other 

Authorized Committees 

AGENCY: Federal Election Commission. 

ACTION: Final rules. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Election 

Commission (‘‘Commission’’) is 

amending its rules specifying the 

amount authorized committees of 

candidates may contribute to authorized 

committees of other candidates. The 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005, 

amended the Federal Election Campaign 

Act of 1971, as amended (‘‘the Act’’), by 

increasing this amount from $1,000 to 

$2,000. These final rules implement this 

increase. Further information is 

provided in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION that follows. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: These rules are effective 

on September 20, 2006. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

J. Duane Pugh Jr., Acting Assistant 

General Counsel, or Mr. Albert J. Kiss, 

Attorney, 999 E Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20463, (202) 694–1650 

or (800) 424–9530. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Explanation and Justification for 11 

CFR 102.12(c) and 102.13(c) 

Each candidate for Federal office 

(other than a nominee for Vice 

President) is required to designate in 

writing a political committee to serve as 

the candidate’s ‘‘principal campaign 

committee’’ under the Act and 

Commission regulations. 2 U.S.C. 

432(e)(1) and 431(5); 11 CFR 101.1(a) 

and 102.12(a). Candidates may also 

authorize additional political 

committees to receive contributions or 

make expenditures on their behalf. 2 

U.S.C. 432(e)(1) and 431(6); 11 CFR 

101.1(b) and 102.13(a)(1). These 

political committees are collectively 

known as the candidate’s ‘‘authorized 

committees.’’ 2 U.S.C. 431(6). 

Subject to two exceptions, no political 

committee that ‘‘supports’’ or has 

supported more than one candidate may 

be designated either as a principal 

campaign committee or as an authorized 

committee.1 2 U.S.C. 432(e)(3)(A); 11 

CFR 102.12(c)(1) and 102.13(c)(1). Prior 

to enactment of the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2005, Pub. L. 108–

447, 118 Stat. 2809 (2004) (‘‘2005 

Appropriations Act’’), FECA provided 

that ‘‘support’’ did not include 

contributions by any authorized 

committee in amounts of $1,000 or less 

to an authorized committee of any other 

candidate. 2 U.S.C. 432(e)(3)(B) (2004). 

Section 525 of the 2005 Appropriations 

Act amended 2 U.S.C. 432(e)(3)(B) by 

increasing this amount to $2,000. 118 

Stat. at 3271. To implement this 

statutory change, the Commission is 

amending 11 CFR 102.12(c)(2) and 

102.13(c)(2) to reflect the increased 

amount. 

The Commission is promulgating 

these rules without notice or an 

opportunity for comment (‘‘notice and 

comment’’) because the Administrative 

Procedure Act’s (‘‘APA’’) ‘‘good cause’’

exemption allows the Commission to 

dispense with notice and comment 

when ‘‘impracticable, unnecessary, or 

contrary to the public interest.’’ 5 U.S.C. 

553(b)(B). Notice and comment are 

unnecessary when regulations merely 

restate the statute they implement. Gray 

Panthers Advocacy Committee v. 

Sullivan, 936 F.2d 1284, 1291 (D.C. Cir. 

1991), citing Komjathy v. National 

Transportation Safety Board, 832 F.2d 

1294, 1296–97 (D.C. Cir. 1987). Because 

these final rules merely restate the 

amount limitation in section 

432(e)(3)(B), notice and comment are 

unnecessary and the ‘‘good cause’’

exemption applies to these final rules. 

For the same reasons, these final rules 

are not subject to the APA’s thirty-day 

delayed effective date requirement 

under the ‘‘good cause’’ exemption to 

the delayed effective date requirement. 

5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3). Thus, the 

Commission is making these final rules 

effective immediately upon publication 

in the Federal Register. 

The Commission is submitting these 

final rules to the Speaker of the House 

of Representatives and the President of 

the Senate pursuant to the 

Congressional Review of Agency 

Rulemaking Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., on 

September 14, 2006. 

Certification of No Effect Pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 605(b) (Regulatory Flexibility 

Act) 

The provisions of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act are not applicable to 

these rules because the Commission was 

not required to publish a notice of 

proposed rulemaking or to seek public 

comment under 5 U.S.C. 553 or any 

other laws. 5 U.S.C. 603(a) and 604(a). 

Therefore, no regulatory flexibility 

analysis is required. 

List of Subjects in 11 CFR Part 102 

Political committees and parties, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

■ For the reasons set out in the 

preamble, the Federal Election 

Commission is amending Subchapter A 

of Chapter I of Title 11 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations as follows: 

PART 102—REGISTRATION, 

ORGANIZATION, AND 

RECORDKEEPING BY POLITICAL 

COMMITTEES (2 U.S.C. 433) 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 102 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 2 U.S.C. 432, 433, 434(a)(11), 

438(a)(8), 441d. 

§ 102.12 [Amended] 

■ 2. In § 102.12(b), remove ‘‘that’’ and 

add in its place ‘‘than’’. 

■ 3. In § 102.12(c)(2), remove ‘‘$1,000’’

and add in its place ‘‘$2,000’’. 

§ 102.13 [Amended] 

■ 4. In § 102.13(c)(2), remove ‘‘$1,000’’

and add in its place ‘‘$2,000’’. 

Dated: September 14, 2006. 

Michael E. Toner, 

Chairman, Federal Election Commission. 

[FR Doc. E6–15565 Filed 9–19–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6715–01–P 

FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 

12 CFR Parts 603, 605, 608, and 611 

RIN 3052–AC34 

Privacy Act Regulations; Information; 

Collection of Claims Owed the United 

States; Organization; Privacy and 

Security Information 

AGENCY: Farm Credit Administration. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Farm Credit 

Administration (FCA or Agency) is 

issuing a final rule to update and amend 

its regulations regarding privacy and 

security information and other matters. 

This action is being taken to correct 

certain citations in the regulations and 

to conform the regulations to Executive 

order 13292. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: This regulation will 

become effective 30 days after 

publication in the Federal Register 

during which either one or both houses 

of Congress are in session. We will 


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publish a notice of the effective date in 

the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob 

Taylor, Attorney, Office of General 

Counsel, Farm Credit Administration, 

McLean, VA 22102–5090, (703) 883–

4129; TTY (703) 883–4020; or Mike 

Wilson, Policy Analyst, Office of 

Regulatory Policy, Farm Credit 

Administration, McLean, Virginia 

22102–5090, (703) 883–4414, TTY (703) 

883–4020. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We are 

amending our regulations to both 

correct citations in Agency regulations 

and update part 605 to conform to 

Executive order 13292. We have found 

incorrect regulatory citations in parts 

603, 608, and 611 of our regulations, 

and are revising our regulations to 

include the correct citations. Part 605 of 

our regulations defines the procedures 

for acting in matters relating to national 

security information for classified 

documents and outlines the basic 

requirements for obtaining access to 

classified documents. We are revising 

the definitions of procedures for 

‘‘Derivative classification’’ and 

‘‘Mandatory declassification review’’ in 

part 605 to make them consistent with 

Executive order 13292. 

In acting on this final regulation, the 

FCA Board determined that notice and 

public comment are neither required 

nor necessary under the Administrative 

Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 553(b). Section 

553(b)(A) provides that the notice and 

comment requirements do not apply to 

rules of Agency organization, procedure, 

or practice, and as such, the 

amendments that relate to Agency 

procedure and practice do not require 

notice and public comment. In addition, 

5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) provides that notice 

and comment requirements do not 

apply when the Agency for good cause 

finds that notice and public comment 

are impracticable, unnecessary, or 

contrary to the public interest. Notice 

and public comment are unnecessary 

and contrary to the public interest in 

this case because the amendments 

involve only technical revisions to 

regulatory citations and an update to 

part 605 to conform to Executive order 

13292. A comment period would only 

delay correction of inaccurate cites. 

Therefore, these regulations are 

published in final form. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

Pursuant to section 605(b) of the 

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

et seq.), the FCA hereby certifies that the 

final rule will not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities. Each of the 

banks in the Farm Credit System, 

considered together with its affiliated 

associations, has assets and annual 

income in excess of the amounts that 

would qualify them as small entities. 

Therefore, Farm Credit System 

institutions are not ‘‘small entities’’ as 

defined in the Regulatory Flexibility 

Act. 

List of Subjects 

12 CFR Part 603 

Privacy. 

12 CFR Part 605 

Classified information. 

12 CFR Part 608 

Claims, Government employees, 

Wages. 

12 CFR Part 611 

Agriculture, Banks, banking, Rural 

areas. 

■ As stated in the preamble, parts 603, 

605, 608, and 611 of chapter VI, title 12 

of the Code of Federal Regulations, are 

amended as follows: 

PART 603—PRIVACY ACT 

REGULATIONS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 603 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: Secs. 5.9, 5.17 of the Farm 

Credit Act (12 U.S.C. 2243, 2252); 5 U.S.C. 

app. 3, 5 U.S.C. 552a (j)(2) and (k)(2). 

§ 603.345 [Amended] 

■ 2. Amend § 603.345 by removing the 

reference, ‘‘§§ 602.267 and 602.269’’ and 

adding in its place ‘‘§§ 602.11 and 

602.12’’. 

§ 603.350 [Amended] 

■ 3. Amend § 603.350 by removing the 

reference, ‘‘Section 552a(1)(3)’’ the first 

place it appears and adding in its place 

‘‘Section 522a(i)(3)’’. 

PART 605—INFORMATION 

■ 4. The authority citation for part 605 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: Secs. 5.9, 5.12, 5.17 of the Farm 

Credit Act (12 U.S.C. 2243, 2246, 2252). 

§ 605.500 [Amended] 

■ 5. Amend § 605.500 by removing the 

reference, ‘‘12356’’ and adding in its 

place ‘‘13292’’. 

§ 605.501 [Amended] 

■ 6. Amend § 605.501(b) by removing 

the reference ‘‘2001.32(a)(2)(i)’’ and 

adding in its place ‘‘2001.33(a)(2)(i)’’. 

■ 7. Amend § 605.502 as follows: 

■ a. Revise paragraphs (b) and (c); 

■ b. Remove the words, ‘‘located in the 

Agency Services Branch’’ from the third 

sentence of paragraph (d); 

■ c. Remove the reference, ‘‘4.1(b)’’ and 

add in its place ‘‘4.2(g)’’ in the first 

sentence of paragraph (e); and 

■ d. Remove the reference, ‘‘189’’ in the 

first sentence and add in its place, 

‘‘312’’ and in the second sentence, 

remove the reference, ‘‘12356’’ and add 

in its place the reference ‘‘13292’’ in 

paragraph (i). 

§ 605.502 Programs and procedures. 

* * * * * 

(b) Derivative classification. 

‘‘Derivative classification’’ means the 

incorporating, paraphrasing, restating or 

generating in new form information that 

is already classified, and marking the 

newly developed material consistent 

with the classification markings that 

apply to the source information. 

Derivative classification includes the 

classification of information based on 

classification guidance. The duplication 

or reproduction of existing classified 

information is not derivative 

classification. 

(c) Mandatory declassification review. 

‘‘Mandatory declassification review’’

means the review for declassification of 

classified information in response to a 

request for declassification that meets 

the requirements under section 3.5 of 

the Executive order. All requests for 

review for declassification under the 

mandatory review provisions of the 

Executive order shall be handled by the 

Information Security Officer or his/her 

designee. 

* * * * * 

PART 608—COLLECTION OF CLAIMS 

OWED THE UNITED STATES 

■ 8. The authority citation for part 608 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: Sec. 5.17 of the Farm Credit Act 

(12 U.S.C. 2252); 31 U.S.C. 3701–3719; 5 

U.S.C. 5514; 4 CFR parts 101–105; 5 CFR part 

550. 

Subpart A—Administrative Collection 

of Claims 

§ 608.807 [Amended] 

■ 9. Amend § 608.807 by removing the 

reference, ‘‘§ 602.267’’ and adding in its 

place, ‘‘§§ 602.11 and 602.12’’. 

PART 611—ORGANIZATION 

■ 10. The authority citation for part 611 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: Secs. 1.3, 1.4, 1.13, 2.0, 2.1, 

2.10, 2.11, 3.0, 3.2, 3.21, 4.12, 4.15, 4.20, 

4.21, 5.9, 5.10, 5.17, 6.9, 6.26, 7.0–7.13, 8.5(e) 

of the Farm Credit Act (12 U.S.C. 2011, 2013, 

2021, 2071, 2072, 2091, 2092, 2121, 2123, 


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2142, 2183, 2203, 2208, 2209, 2243, 2244, 

2252, 2278a–9, 2278b–6, 2279a–2279f–1, 

2279aa–5(e)); secs. 411 and 412 of Pub. L. 

100–233, 101 Stat. 1568, 1638; secs. 409 and 

414 of Pub. L. 100–399, 102 Stat. 989, 1003, 

and 1004. 

Subpart G—Mergers, Consolidations, 

and Charter Amendments of 

Associations 

§ 611.1124 [Amended] 

■ 11. Amend § 611.1124 by removing 

the reference, ‘‘§ 611.1090 of this part’’

and adding in its place, ‘‘section 5.17(a) 

of the Act’’ in paragraph (n). 

Dated: September 14, 2006. 

Roland Smith, 

Secretary, Farm Credit Administration Board. 

[FR Doc. 06–7951 Filed 9–19–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6705–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2006–24955; Directorate 

Identifier 2006–CE–31–AD; Amendment 39–

14768; AD 2006–19–11] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; Gippsland 

Aeronautics Pty. Ltd. Model GA8 

Airplanes 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: We are adopting a new 

airworthiness directive (AD) for the 

products listed above. This AD results 

from mandatory continuing 

airworthiness information (MCAI) 

issued by an airworthiness authority of 

another country to identify and correct 

an unsafe condition on an aviation 

product. We are issuing this AD to 

require actions to correct the unsafe 

condition on these products. 

DATES: This AD becomes effective 

October 25, 2006. 

The Director of the Federal Register 

approved the incorporation by reference 

of certain publications listed in this AD 

as of October 25, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: You may examine the AD 

docket on the Internet at http:// 

dms.dot.gov or in person at the Docket 

Management Facility, U.S. Department 

of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, 

SW., Nassif Building, Room PL–401, 

Washington, DC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Doug Rudolph, Aerospace Engineer, 

FAA, Small Airplane Directorate, 901 

Locust, Room 301, Kansas City, 

Missouri 64106; telephone: (816) 329–

4059; facsimile: (816) 329–4090. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Discussion 

We issued a notice of proposed 

rulemaking (NPRM) to amend 14 CFR 

part 39 to include an AD that would 

apply to the specified products. That 

NPRM was published in the Federal 

Register on June 19, 2006 (71 FR 35223). 

That NPRM proposed to require 

relocating the seat stop of the pilot and 

second occupant seat. 

Comments 

We gave the public the opportunity to 

participate in developing this AD. We 

have considered the comments received. 

Jack Buster with the Modification and 

Replacement Parts Association 

(MARPA) provides comments on the 

MCAI AD process pertaining to how the 

FAA addresses publishing manufacturer 

service information as part of a 

proposed AD action. The commenter 

states that the proposed rule attempts to 

require compliance with a public law by 

reference to a private writing (as 

referenced in paragraph (e) of the 

proposed AD). The commenter would 

like the FAA to incorporate by reference 

(IBR) the Gippsland service bulletin. 

We agree with Mr. Buster. However, 

we do not IBR any document in a 

proposed AD action, instead we IBR the 

document in the final rule. Since we are 

issuing the proposal as a final rule AD 

action, Gippsland Aeronautics 

Mandatory Service Bulletin SB–GA8–

2005–29, Issue 2, dated February 14, 

2006, is incorporated by reference. 

Mr. Buster requests IBR documents be 

made available to the public by 

publication in the Federal Register or in 

the Docket Management System (DMS). 

We are currently reviewing issues 

surrounding the posting of service 

bulletins in the Department of 

Transportation’s DMS as part of the AD 

docket. Once we have thoroughly 

examined all aspects of this issue and 

have made a final determination, we 

will consider whether our current 

practice needs to be revised. 

Mr. Buster comments on the 

vagueness of paragraph (g)(2) of the 

proposed AD and states that the 

requirements may be unenforceable in a 

court of law. 

We partially agree with Mr. Buster. 

We are considering clarifying the text of 

paragraph (g)(2) in future ADs to more 

clearly remind operators they are 

required to assure a product is 

airworthy before it is returned to 

service. However, we consider the 

existing text to be legally enforceable 

since it requires performing FAAapproved corrective actions before 

returning the product to an airworthy 

condition. No change is required to this 

final rule in that regard. 

Conclusion 

We reviewed the available data, 

including the comments received, and 

determined that air safety and the 

public interest require adopting the AD 

as proposed. 

Differences Between This AD and the 

MCAI or Service Information 

We have reviewed the MCAI and 

related service information and, in 

general, agree with their substance. But 

we might have found it necessary to use 

different words from those in the MCAI 

to ensure the AD is clear for U.S. 

operators and is enforceable in a U.S. 

court of law. In making these changes, 

we do not intend to differ substantively 

from the information provided in the 

MCAI and related service information. 

We might also have required different 

actions in this AD from those in the 

MCAI in order to follow our FAA 

policies. Any such differences are 

described in a separate paragraph of the 

AD. These requirements, if any, take 

precedence over the actions copied from 

the MCAI. 

Costs of Compliance 

Based on the service information, we 

estimate that this AD will affect about 

22 products of U.S. registry. We also 

estimate that it will take about 2 workhours per product to do the action and 

that the average labor rate is $80 per 

work-hour. Required parts will cost 

about $20 per product. Where the 

service information lists required parts 

costs that are covered under warranty, 

we have assumed that there will be no 

charge for these costs. As we do not 

control warranty coverage for affected 

parties, some parties may incur costs 

higher than estimated here. Based on 

these figures, we estimate the cost of 

this AD on U.S. operators to be $7,920, 

or $360 per product ($180 per seat 

assembly). 

Authority for This Rulemaking 

Title 49 of the United States Code 

specifies the FAA’s authority to issue 

rules on aviation safety. Subtitle I, 

section 106, describes the authority of 

the FAA Administrator. ‘‘Subtitle VII: 

Aviation Programs,’’ describes in more 

detail the scope of the Agency’s 

authority. 

We are issuing this rulemaking under 

the authority described in ‘‘Subtitle VII, 

Part A, Subpart III, Section 44701: 


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