53732 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 200 / Thursday, October 16, 1997 / Rules and Regulations

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service

9 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 97–032–1]

Commuted Traveltime Periods:

Overtime Services Relating to Imports

and Exports

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: We are amending the

regulations concerning overtime

services provided by employees of

Veterinary Services by changing the

commuted traveltime allowance for

travel between Champlain, NY, and

Highgate, VT. Commuted traveltime

allowances are the periods of time

required for Veterinary Services

employees to travel from their dispatch

points and return there from the places

where they perform Sunday, holiday, or

other overtime duty. The Government

charges a fee for certain overtime

services provided by Veterinary

Services employees and, under certain

circumstances, the fee may include the

cost of commuted traveltime. This

action is necessary to inform the public

of commuted traveltime for this

location.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 16, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Louise Rakestraw Lothery, Director,

Resource Management Support, VS,

APHIS, suite 3B08, 4700 River Road

Unit 44, Riverdale, MD 20737–1231,

(301) 734–7517; or e-mail:

llothery@aphis.usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The regulations in 9 CFR, chapter I,

subchapter D, and 7 CFR, chapter III,

require inspection, laboratory testing,

certification, or quarantine of certain

animals, animal products, plants, plant

products, or other commodities

intended for importation into, or

exportation from, the United States.

When these services must be provided

by an employee of Veterinary Services

(VS) on a Sunday or holiday, or at any

other time outside the VS employee’s

regular duty hours, the Government

charges a fee for the services in

accordance with 9 CFR part 97. Under

circumstances described in § 97.1(a),

this fee may include the cost of

commuted traveltime. Section 97.2

contains administrative instructions

prescribing commuted traveltime

allowances, which reflect, as nearly as

practicable, the periods of time required

for VS employees to travel from their

dispatch points and return there from

the places where they perform Sunday,

holiday, and other overtime duty.

We are amending § 97.2 of the

regulations by changing the commuted

traveltime allowances for travel between

Champlain, NY, and Highgate, VT. The

amendment is set forth in the rule

portion of this document. This action is

necessary to inform the public of the

commuted traveltime between the

dispatch and service locations.

Effective Date

The commuted traveltime allowances

appropriate for employees performing

services at ports of entry, and the

features of the reimbursement plan for

recovering the cost of furnishing port of

entry services, depend upon facts

within the knowledge of the Department

of Agriculture. It does not appear that

public participation in this rulemaking

proceeding would make additional

relevant information available to the

Department.

Accordingly, pursuant to the

administrative procedure provisions in

5 U.S.C. 553, we find upon good cause

that prior notice and other public

procedure with respect to this rule are

impracticable and unnecessary; we also

find good cause for making this rule

effective less than 30 days after

publication of this document in the

Federal Register.

Executive Order 12866 and Regulatory

Flexibility Act

This final rule has been reviewed

under Executive Order 12866. For this

action, the Office of Management and

Budget has waived its review process

required by Executive Order 12866.

The number of requests for overtime

services of a VS employee at the

locations affected by our rule represents

an insignificant portion of the total

number of requests for these services in

the United States.

Under these circumstances, the

Administrator of the Animal and Plant

Health Inspection Service has

determined that this action will not

have a significant economic impact on

a substantial number of small entities.

Executive Order 12372

This program/activity is listed in the

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

under No. 10.025 and is subject to

Executive Order 12372, which requires

intergovernmental consultation with

State and local officials. (See 7 CFR part

3015, subpart V.)

Executive Order 12988

This final rule has been reviewed

under Executive Order 12988, Civil

Justice Reform. This rule is intended to

have a preemptive effect with respect to

any State or local laws, regulations, or

policies that conflict with its provisions

or that would otherwise impede its full

implementation. This rule is not

intended to have retroactive effect.

There are no administrative procedures

that must be exhausted prior to any

judicial challenge to the provisions of

this rule or the application of its

provisions.

Paperwork Reduction Act

This rule contains no new

information collection or recordkeeping

requirements under the Paperwork

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

et seq.).

List of Subjects in 9 CFR Part 97

Exports, Government employees,

Imports, Livestock, Poultry and poultry

products, Travel and transportation

expenses.

Accordingly, 9 CFR part 97 is

amended as follows:

PART 97—OVERTIME SERVICES

RELATING TO IMPORTS AND

EXPORTS

1. The authority citation for part 97

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 2260; 49 U.S.C. 1741;

7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.2(d).

2. Section 97.2 is amended in the

table, under New York, by revising the

following entry to read as follows:

§ 97.2 Administrative instructions

prescribing commuted traveltime.

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COMMUTED TRAVELTIME ALLOWANCES

[In hours]

Locations covered Served from

Metropolitan area

Within Outside

* * * * * * *

New York:

* * * * * * *

Champlain .................................................................. Highgate, VT ..................................................................... 2 ....................

* * * * * * *

Done in Washington, DC, this 9th day of

October 1997.

Craig A. Reed,

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant

Health Inspection Service.

[FR Doc. 97–27426 Filed 10–15–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

12 CFR Part 213

[Regulation M; Docket Nos. R–0892, R–

0952, and R–0961]

Consumer Leasing; Delay of

Compliance Date; Correction

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the

Federal Reserve System.

ACTION: Final rule; delay of compliance

date; correction.

SUMMARY: This document corrects the

preamble to the document published in

the Federal Register on September 30,

1997 (62 FR 51006), regarding the delay

of the mandatory compliance date for

Regulation M, which implements the

Consumer Leasing Act. This correction

clarifies that the delay of the mandatory

compliance date for the revised

regulation applies not only to the final

rule published in the Federal Register

in October 1996, but also to an

amendment published on April 1, 1997

(62 FR 15364), and the official staff

commentary published on April 4, 1997

(62 FR 16053).

DATES: The date for mandatory

compliance with the final rule

published on October 7, 1996 (61 FR

52246), an amendment published on

April 1, 1997 (62 FR 15364), and the

official staff commentary published on

April 4, 1997 (62 FR 16053), is delayed

until January 1, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kyung H. Cho-Miller or Obrea O.

Poindexter, Staff Attorneys, Division of

Consumer and Community Affairs,

Board of Governors of the Federal

Reserve System, Washington, DC 20551,

at (202) 452–2412 or 452–3667. For

users of Telecommunications Devices

for the Deaf (TDDs), please contact

Diane Jenkins at (202) 452–3544.

Correction

In the Board document for Docket R–

0892 published on September 30, 1997,

beginning on page 51006 in the Federal

Register, the Dates section is corrected

to read:

Dates: The date for mandatory compliance

with the final rule published on October 7,

1996 (61 FR 52246), an amendment

published on April 1, 1997 (62 FR 15364),

and the official staff commentary published

on April 4, 1997 (62 FR 16053), is delayed

until January 1, 1998.

By order of the Board of Governors of the

Federal Reserve System, acting through the

Secretary of the Board under delegated

authority, October 8, 1997.

William W. Wiles,

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–27276 Filed 10–15–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 23

[Docket No. 136CE, Special Condition 23–

ACE–88]

Special Conditions; Ballistic Recovery

Systems Cirrus SR–20 Installation

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final special conditions.

SUMMARY: These special conditions are

being issued to become part of the type

certification basis for the Ballistic

Recovery Systems, Inc., (BRS) parachute

recovery system installed in the Cirrus

SR–20 Model airplane. This system is

referred to as the General Aviation

Recovery Device (GARD). Airplanes

modified to use this system will

incorporate novel or unusual design

features for which the applicable

airworthiness regulations do not contain

adequate or appropriate safety

standards. These special conditions

contain the additional airworthiness

standards that the Administrator

considers necessary to establish a level

of safety equivalent to the original

certification basis for these airplanes.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 17, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Lowell Foster, Aerospace Engineer,

Standards Office (ACE–110), Small

Airplane Directorate, Aircraft

Certification Service, Federal Aviation

Administration, 601 East 12th Street,

Kansas City, Missouri 64106; telephone

(816) 426–5688.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On March 7, 1996, Cirrus Design,

4515 Taylor Circle, Duluth, MN 55811,

filed an application for a type certificate

(TC). Included in this TC application

was the provision to install the BRS

GARD parachute recovery system as

standard equipment on each Cirrus

Model SR–20 airplane. The parachute

recovery system is intended to recover

an airplane in emergency situations

such as mid-air collision, loss of engine

power, loss of airplane control, severe

structural failure, pilot disorientation, or

pilot incapacitation with a passenger on

board. The GARD system, which is only

used as a last resort, is intended to

prevent serious injuries to the airplane

occupants by parachuting the airplane

to the ground.

The parachute recovery system

consists of a parachute packed in a

canister mounted on the airframe. A

solid propellant rocket motor deploys

the canopy and is located on the side of

the canister. A door positioned above

the canister seals the canister, parachute

canopy, and rocket motor from the

elements and provides free exit when

the canopy is deployed. The system is

deployed by a mechanical pull handle

mounted so that the pilot and passenger

can reach it. At least two separate and