Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 152 / Tuesday, August 7, 2018 / Proposed Rules 38669 

conditions for the hearing, as described 

in this notice, conflict with any 

provisions set out in part 15, this notice 

acts as a waiver of those provisions as 

specified in § 15.30(h). 

Transcripts 

Please be advised that as soon as a 

transcript is available, it will be 

accessible at https://

www.regulation.gov. It may be viewed at 

the Dockets Management Staff (see 

ADDRESSES). A transcript will also be 

available in either hardcopy or on CD– 

ROM, after submission of a Freedom of 

Information request. The Freedom of 

Information office address is available 

on the Agency’s website at https://

www.fda.gov. 

Dated: July 31, 2018. 

Leslie Kux, 

Associate Commissioner for Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2018–16807 Filed 8–6–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4164–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

22 CFR Chapter I 

48 CFR Chapter 6 

[Public Notice: 10489] 

Reducing Regulation and Public 

Burden, and Controlling Cost 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Request for comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing 

implementation of Executive Order 

13771, ‘‘Reducing Regulation and 

Controlling Regulatory Costs,’’ issued by 

the President on January 30, 2017, the 

Department of State (the Department) is 

seeking comments and information from 

interested parties to assist the 

Department in identifying existing 

regulations, paperwork requirements 

and other regulatory obligations that can 

be modified or repealed, consistent with 

law, to achieve meaningful burden 

reduction while continuing to achieve 

the Department’s statutory obligations. 

DATES: Written comments and related 

material must be received on or before 

September 6, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by email to the following address: 

RegsReform@state.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alice Kottmyer, Attorney-Adviser, 202– 

647–2318; or Janet Freer, Director of the 

Office of Directives Management. Both 

can be reached at RegsReform@

state.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

January 30, 2017, President Trump 

issued Executive Order 13771, Reducing 

Regulation and Controlling Regulatory 

Costs. Under that Executive Order, for 

every one new regulation issued, at least 

two prior regulations must be identified 

for elimination, and the cost of planned 

regulations must be prudently managed 

and controlled through a budgeting 

process. On February 24, 2017, the 

President issued Executive Order 13777, 

Enforcing the Regulatory Reform 

Agenda. That Executive Order directs 

agencies to take specific steps to 

identify and alleviate unnecessary 

regulatory burdens placed on the 

American people. We are seeking 

comments on Department regulations, 

guidance documents, and collections of 

information that you believe should be 

removed or modified to alleviate 

unnecessary burdens. The Department 

is also requesting economic data to 

support any proposed changes. 

The Regulatory Reform Task Force 

Executive Order 13777 directs 

agencies to designate a Regulatory 

Reform Officer (RRO) and to establish a 

Regulatory Reform Task Force (RRTF). 

The Deputy Secretary of State is the 

RRO. Other RRTF members include 

senior officials in the Department’s 

primary regulatory bureaus (Bureaus of 

Consular Affairs, Educational and 

Cultural Affairs, Political-Military 

Affairs, and Administration), as well as 

other Department officials with 

expertise in legal requirements, 

planning and budget. 

One of the duties of the RRTF is to 

evaluate existing regulations and make 

recommendations to the Secretary 

regarding their repeal, replacement, or 

modification. Executive Order 13777 

further directs that the RRTF attempt to 

identify regulations that: 

• Eliminate jobs, or inhibit job 

creation; 

• Are outdated, unnecessary, or 

ineffective; 

• Impose costs that exceed benefits; 

• Create a serious inconsistency or 

otherwise interfere with regulatory 

reform initiatives and policies; 

• Are inconsistent with the 

requirements of section 515 of the 

Treasury and General Government 

Appropriations Act, 2001 (44 U.S.C. 

3516 note), or the guidance issued 

pursuant to that provision, in particular 

those regulations that rely in whole or 

in part on data, information, or methods 

that are not publicly available or that are 

insufficiently transparent to meet the 

standard of reproducibility; or 

• Derive from or implement 

Executive Orders or other Presidential 

directives that have been subsequently 

rescinded or substantially modified. 

Section 3(e) of the Executive Order 

calls on the RRTF to ‘‘seek input and 

other assistance, as permitted by law, 

from entities significantly affected by 

Federal regulations, including State, 

local, and tribal governments, small 

businesses, consumers, 

nongovernmental organizations, and 

trade associations’’ on regulations that 

meet some or all of the criteria above. 

The Department sought input in 2017 

(see 82 FR 32493), and again solicits 

your comments. 

Location of Department Regulations 

Existing Department of State 

regulations can be found in the Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR) in two places: 

• 22 CFR Chapter I (parts 1 through 

199), which contains rules governing 

Department operations); and 

• 48 CFR Chapters VI (part 600), 

which contains the Department’s 

Acquisition Rules. 

In addition, guidance regarding 

Department grants can be found at 2 

CFR chapter VI. 

You may view the most up-to-date 

versions of these authorities in the 

electronic CFR, located at www.ecfr.gov. 

Location of Department Guidance 

Department guidance that relates to 

the missions of the rulemaking bureaus 

(identified above) can be found in a 

number of locations on the state.gov 

public website. The Department is 

interested in comments regarding any of 

the guidance located on its public site. 

For your convenience, the following 

sites cover specific missions: 

• For Consular Affairs, including 

passports and visas, please visit https:// 

travel.state.gov. 

• For Educational and Cultural 

Affairs, including the Exchange Visitor 

Program, please visit https://

exchanges.state.gov/. 

• For Defense Trade issues, please 

visit: https://www.pmddtc.state.gov/. 

You are invited to provide comment 

on any guidance published by the 

Department that you feel should be 

considered for modification or 

elimination, in accordance with E.O. 

13777. 

Location of the Department’s Unified 

Agenda Submission 

The Department’s most current 

submission to the Unified Agenda of 

Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions is 

located at https://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/eAgendaMain. Select 

‘‘Department of State’’ from the 

dropdown menu. The Agenda consists 

of regulatory and de-regulatory actions 

either in progress or contemplated by 

the Department. The rules are identified 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with PROPOSALS
38670 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 152 / Tuesday, August 7, 2018 / Proposed Rules 

by Regulatory Information Numbers 

(RINs), which for the Department all 

begin with ‘‘1400–’’. When commenting 

on a rule in the Agenda, please identify 

it by its RIN. 

Location of Approved Collections of 

Information 

You can find the Department’s 

approved collections of information at 

https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Please choose ‘‘Current 

Inventory’’ and pick ‘‘Department of 

State’’ from the dropdown menu. All 

approved collections of information 

have a Control Number issued by the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB). Department Control Numbers all 

begin with ‘‘1405–’’. When commenting 

on an information collection, please 

identify it by the OMB Control Number. 

Public Comments 

Please make your comments as 

specific as possible, and include any 

supporting data or other information, 

such as cost information, that you may 

have. Please note that all comments are 

publically available, so do not include 

any information in your comments that 

you would not want released to the 

public. We accept anonymous 

comments. The Department will not edit 

your comments to remove personal 

information; however, in our discretion, 

we might not post on regulations.gov 

any comments that contain personal 

information. If your submission cannot 

be made using www.regulations.gov, 

please submit using the email address 

listed in the ADDRESSES section, or 

contact the person in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

document for alternate instructions. 

The Executive Orders are at the 

following sites: 

• Executive Order 13771 is located at: 

http://bit.ly/2kx0TlY 

• Executive Order 13777 is located at: 

http://bit.ly/2lTZPIQ 

Although the Department will not 

respond to individual comments, we 

value your comments and will give 

careful consideration to them. 

Janet M. Freer, 

Director, Office of Directive Management, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2018–16843 Filed 8–6–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 100 

[Docket Number USCG–2018–0608] 

RIN 1625–AA08 

Special Local Regulation; Battle of the 

Bridges, Intracoastal Waterway, 

Venice, FL 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard proposes to 

establish a temporary special local 

regulation for certain waters of the 

Intracoastal Waterway. This action is 

necessary to provide for the safety of life 

on these navigable waters in Venice, FL, 

during the Battle of the Bridges on 

September 15, 2018. This proposed 

rulemaking would prohibit persons and 

vessels from being in the race area 

unless authorized by the Captain of the 

Port St. Petersburg (COTP) or a 

designated representative. We invite 

your comments on this proposed 

rulemaking. 

DATES: Comments and related material 

must be received by the Coast Guard on 

or before August 22, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by docket number USCG– 

2018–0608 using the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov. See the ‘‘Public 

Participation and Request for 

Comments’’ portion of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for 

further instructions on submitting 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions about this proposed 

rulemaking, call or email Marine 

Science Technician First Class Michael 

Shackleford, U.S. Coast Guard; 

telephone 813–228–2191, email 

Michael.D.Shackleford@uscg.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Table of Abbreviations 

CFR Code of Federal Regulations 

DHS Department of Homeland Security 

FR Federal Register 

NPRM Notice of proposed rulemaking 

§ Section 

U.S.C. United States Code 

II. Background, Purpose, and Legal 

Basis 

On November 7, 2017, the Sarasota 

Scullers Youth Rowing Program notified 

the Coast Guard that it will be 

conducting the Battle of the Bridges 

sculler race from 7 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on 

September 15, 2018. The race will take 

place in portions of the Intracoastal 

Waterway in Venice, FL. The Captain of 

the Port St. Petersburg (COTP) has 

determined that potential hazards 

associated with the race to be a safety 

concern for anyone within area where 

the race is taking place. 

The Coast Guard is requesting that 

interested parties provide comments 

within a shortened comment period of 

15 days instead of a standard 30 days for 

this notice of proposed rulemaking. The 

Coast Guard believes a shortened 

comment period is necessary and 

reasonable because the special local 

regulation is necessary to ensure the 

safety of vessels and the navigable 

waters within, or near the race area 

during the scheduled event. Any delay 

in making this final rule effective by 

allowing comments for more than 15 

days would not be in the best interest 

of public safety. 

The Coast Guard proposes this 

rulemaking under authority in 33 U.S.C. 

1233. 

III. Discussion of Proposed Rule 

The COTP proposes to establish a 

temporary special local regulation from 

7 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on September 15, 

2018. The regulation would cover a race 

which would take place on 

approximately 3.5 miles of the 

Intracoastal Waterway starting near the 

Shamrock Park & Nature Center and 

ending near the Tamiami Trail Bridge in 

Venice, FL. The duration of the 

regulation is intended to ensure the 

safety of vessels and these navigable 

waters during the scheduled 7 a.m. to 

7:30 p.m. race. No vessel or person 

would be permitted to enter the 

regulated area without obtaining 

permission from the COTP or a 

designated representative. Persons or 

vessels receiving permission to enter the 

regulated area must comply with the 

instructions of the COTP or a designated 

representative. The regulatory text we 

are proposing appears at the end of this 

document. 

IV. Regulatory Analyses 

We developed this proposed rule after 

considering numerous statutes and 

Executive orders related to rulemaking. 

Below we summarize our analyses 

based on a number of these statutes and 

Executive orders and we discuss First 

Amendment rights of protestors. 

A. Regulatory Planning and Review 

Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 

direct agencies to assess the costs and 

benefits of available regulatory 

alternatives and, if regulation is 

necessary, to select regulatory 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with PROPOSALS