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

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Vol. 79, No. 241 

Tuesday, December 16, 2014 

ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE OF 

THE FEDERAL REGISTER 

1 CFR Chapter I 

[ACFR–2014–0001] 

RIN 3095–AB84 

Revision of Regulations 

AGENCY: Administrative Committee of 

the Federal Register. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: On October 28, 2014, the 

Administrative Committee of the 

Federal Register (ACFR) published a 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and 

requested comments through December 

29, 2014. The ACFR received a formal 

request to extend the comment period. 

The ACFR is, therefore, extending the 

comment period until January 28, 2015. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

proposed rule published on October 28, 

2014 (79 FR 64133), has been extended. 

The ACFR will accept comments until 

January 28, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified using the subject line of this 

document, by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Email: Fedreg.legal@nara.gov. 

Include the subject line of this 

document in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Mail: The Office of the Federal 

Register (F), The National Archives and 

Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi 

Road, College Park, MD 20740–6001. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Office of 

the Federal Register, 800 North Capitol 

Street NW., Suite 700, Washington, DC 

20002. 

Docket materials are available at the 

Office of the Federal Register, 800 North 

Capitol Street NW., Suite 700, 

Washington, DC 20002, 202–741–6030. 

Please contact the persons listed in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section to schedule your inspection of 

docket materials. The Office of the 

Federal Register’s official hours of 

business are Monday through Friday, 

8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m., excluding 

Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Miriam Vincent, Acting Director of 

Legal Affairs and Policy, Office of the 

Federal Register, at Fedreg.legal@

nara.gov, or 202–741–6030. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

October 28, 2014 (79 FR 64133), the 

Administrative Committee of the 

Federal Register (ACFR) published a 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and 

requested comments through December 

29, 2014. The ACFR proposed to update 

its regulations for the Federal Register 

system to clarify certain policies and to 

reflect current procedures and 

technological advances. The proposal 

would also revise the regulatory text to 

make it more readable and consistent 

with plain language principles. 

The ACFR received a formal request 

to extend the comment period on the 

petition for an additional 90 days, 

making the total time to comment 150 

days. After considering the request, the 

ACFR decided to extend the comment 

period an additional 30 days, to January 

28, 2015. This extension gives 

commenters additional time to consider 

the proposal and submit comments on 

its merits. 

By Order of the Committee. 

Amy P. Bunk, 

Acting Secretary, Administrative Committee 

of the Federal Register. 

[FR Doc. 2014–29415 Filed 12–15–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1505–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

7 CFR Part 27 

[Doc. #AMS–CN–14–0050] 

RIN 0581–AD38 

Defining Bona Fide Cotton Spot 

Markets for the World Cotton Futures 

Contract 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing 

Service (AMS) is proposing to amend 

the regulatory language to designate 

which bona fide cotton spot markets 

will be used to determine actual 

commercial differences in value for 

various grades above or below the basis 

grade in the settlement of World cotton 

futures contracts on the Intercontinental 

Exchange (ICE). Designating bona fide 

cotton spot markets for the World cotton 

futures contract in the regulatory 

language will allow for AMS to collect 

spot market price data and publish spot 

quotes for the settlement of these 

specific contracts. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before January 16, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons may 

comment on the proposed rule using the 

following procedures: 

• Internet: http://

www.regulations.gov. 

• Mail: Comments may be submitted 

by mail to: Darryl Earnest, Deputy 

Administrator, Cotton & Tobacco 

Program, AMS, USDA, 3275 Appling 

Road, Room 11, Memphis, TN 38133. 

Comments should be submitted in 

triplicate. All comments should 

reference the docket number and the 

date and the page of this issue of the 

Federal Register. All comments will be 

available for public inspection during 

regular business hours at Cotton & 

Tobacco Program, AMS, USDA, 3275 

Appling Road, Memphis, TN 38133. A 

copy of this notice may be found at: 

www.ams.usda.gov/cotton/

rulemaking.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Darryl Earnest, Deputy Administrator, 

Cotton & Tobacco Program, AMS, 

USDA, 3275 Appling Road, Room 11, 

Memphis, TN 38133. Telephone (901) 

384–3060, facsimile (901) 384–3021, or 

email darryl.earnest@ams.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Executive Order 12866 and Executive 

Order 13563 

Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 

direct agencies to access all costs and 

benefits of available regulatory 

alternatives and, if regulation is 

necessary, to select regulatory 

approaches that maximize net benefits 

(including potential economic, 

environmental, public health, and safety 

effects, distributive impacts and equity). 

Executive Order 13563 emphasizes the 

importance of quantifying both costs 

and benefits, reducing costs, 

harmonizing rules, and promoting 

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