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. 76, No. 181 

Monday, September 19, 2011 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Commodity Credit Corporation 

7 CFR Part 1493 

RIN 0551–AA74 

CCC Export Credit Guarantee (GSM– 

102) Program 

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service 

and Commodity Credit Corporation, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: The Commodity Credit 

Corporation (CCC) published a proposed 

rule on July 27, 2011 (76 FR 44836– 

44855), revising and amending the 

regulations that administer the Export 

Credit Guarantee (GSM–102) Program. 

Changes in this proposed rule 

incorporate program operational 

changes and information from press 

releases and notices to participants that 

have been implemented since the 

publication of the current rule, and 

include other administrative revisions 

to enhance clarity and program 

integrity. CCC is extending the comment 

period for the proposed rule to give the 

public more time to provide input and 

recommendations on the proposed rule. 

The original comment period would 

have closed on September 26, 2011; 

CCC is extending the comment period 

for 30 additional days. With this 

extension, the public may submit 

comments through October 26, 2011. 

DATES: Comments concerning this 

proposed rule must be received by 

October 26, 2011, to be assured 

consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

online instructions to submit comments. 

• E-Mail: GSMregs@fas.usda.gov. 

• Fax: (202) 720–2495, Attention: 

‘‘GSM102 Proposed Rule Comments’’. 

• Hand Delivery, Courier, or U.S. 

Postal delivery: Amy Slusher, Deputy 

Director, Credit Programs Division, c/o 

Public Affairs Division, Foreign 

Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, 1400 Independence Ave., 

SW., Stop 1004, Room 5076, 

Washington, DC 20250–1004. 

Comments may be inspected at 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC, between 8 a.m. and 

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except holidays. A copy of this 

proposed rule is available through the 

Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) 

homepage at: http://www.fas.usda.gov/ 

excredits/exp-cred-guar-new.asp. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Slusher, Deputy Director, Credit 

Programs Division; by phone at (202) 

720–6211; or by e-mail at: 

Amy.Slusher@fas.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On July 27, 2011, CCC published a 

proposed rule titled ‘‘CCC Export Credit 

Guarantee (GSM–102) Program’’ in the 

Federal Register (76 FR 44836–44855). 

The GSM–102 Program is administered 

by the Foreign Agricultural Service 

(FAS) of the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) on behalf of CCC, 

pursuant to program regulations 

codified at 7 CFR part 1493 and through 

the issuance of ‘‘Program 

Announcements’’ and ‘‘Notices to 

Participants’’ that are consistent with 

this program regulation. The current 

regulations became effective on 

November 18, 1994. Since that time, 

CCC has implemented numerous 

operational changes to improve the 

efficiency of the program, including 

revised program controls to improve 

program quality, reduce costs, and 

protect against waste and fraud. Also 

since that time, agricultural trade and 

finance practices have evolved. This 

proposed rule is intended to reflect 

these changes and to enhance the 

overall clarity and integrity of the 

program. In addition, the Food, 

Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 

repealed the authority to operate the 

GSM–103 Program, and this change is 

reflected in the proposed rule. 

CCC has received comments from a 

number of organizations requesting that 

the comment period for the proposed 

rule be extended to allow industry and 

other affected parties, both in the United 

States and abroad, to carefully analyze 

changes in the proposed rule and 

provide thorough comments. In 

response to this request, CCC is 

extending the comment period by 30 

days to give the public more time to 

provide input and to make 

recommendations on the proposed rule. 

With this extension, the public may 

submit comments through October 26, 

2011. 

Dated: September 9, 2011. 

Suzanne E. Heinen, 

Acting Vice President, Commodity Credit 

Corporation, and Acting Administrator, 

Foreign Agricultural Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

28 CFR Part 16 

[OAG Docket No. 140; AG Order No. 3296– 

2011] 

RIN 1105–AB27 

Revision of Department of Justice 

Freedom of Information Act 

Regulations 

AGENCY: Department of Justice. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; 

reopening of comment period. 

SUMMARY: On March 21, 2011, the 

Department of Justice published a 

proposed rule revising its existing 

regulations under the Freedom of 

Information Act. The comment period 

for that rule closed on April 20, 2011. 

The Department is reopening the 

comment period for an additional 30- 

day period. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

NRPM published on March 21, 2011 (76 

FR 15236), closed on April 20, 2011. 

This document reopens the comment 

period. Written comments must be 

postmarked and electronic comments 

must be submitted on or before October 

19, 2011. Commenters should be aware 

that the electronic Federal Docket 

Management System will not accept 

comments after Midnight Eastern Time 

on the last day of the comment period. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http// 

www.regulations.gov. 


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• FAX: (202) 514–1009. Send your 

comments to the attention of Caroline A. 

Smith. 

• Mail: Caroline A. Smith, Office of 

Information Policy, U.S. Department of 

Justice, 1425 New York Ave, Suite 

11050, Washington, DC 20530–0001. 

To ensure proper handling, please 

reference OAG Docket No. 140 on your 

correspondence. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for further instructions for 

submitting comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Caroline Smith ((202) 514–3642). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Posting of Public Comments 

Please note that all comments 

received are considered part of the 

public record and made available for 

public inspection online at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Such information 

includes personal identifying 

information (such as your name and 

address) voluntarily submitted by the 

commenter. 

You are not required to submit 

personal identifying information in 

order to comment on this rule. 

Nevertheless, if you want to submit 

personal identifying information (such 

as your name and address) as part of 

your comment, but do not want it to be 

posted online, you must include the 

phrase ‘‘PERSONAL IDENTIFYING 

INFORMATION’’ in the first paragraph 

of your comment. You also must locate 

all the personal identifying information 

you do not want posted online in the 

first paragraph of your comment and 

identify what information you want 

redacted. 

If you want to submit confidential 

business information as part of your 

comment but do not want it to be posted 

online, you must include the phrase 

‘‘CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS 

INFORMATION’’ in the first paragraph 

of your comment. You also must 

prominently identify confidential 

business information to be redacted 

within the comment. If a comment has 

so much confidential business 

information that it cannot be effectively 

redacted, all or part of that comment 

may not be posted on http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

Personal identifying information and 

confidential business information 

identified and located as set forth above 

will be placed in the agency’s public 

docket file, but not posted online. If you 

wish to inspect the agency’s public 

docket file in person by appointment, 

please see the paragraph above entitled 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Discussion 

On March 21, 2011, the Department of 

Justice published a proposed rule 

revising its existing regulations under 

the FOIA. (See 76 FR 15236.) The rule 

proposed to amend the Department’s 

regulations under the Freedom of 

Information Act (FOIA). The regulations 

will be revised to update and streamline 

the language of several procedural 

provisions, and to incorporate certain of 

the changes brought about by the 

amendments to the FOIA under the 

OPEN Government Act of 2007. 

Additionally, the regulations will be 

updated to reflect developments in the 

case law and to include current cost 

figures to be used in calculating and 

charging fees. 

The Department received a number of 

comments while the comment period on 

the proposed rule was open, but has 

decided to reopen the comment period 

in order to ensure that it receives, 

reviews, and considers as wide a range 

of comments as possible. Accordingly, 

the Department is reopening the 

comment period and will accept 

comments for an additional 30 days 

after publication of this notice of 

proposed rulemaking. 

Dated: September 12, 2011. 

Eric H. Holder, Jr., 

Attorney General. 

[FR Doc. 2011–23903 Filed 9–16–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4110–BE–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

46 CFR Parts 381 and 382 

[Docket No. MARAD 2011–0121] 

Retrospective Review Under E.O. 

13563: Cargo Preference 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Transportation (Department or DOT) has 

been engaged for several years in an 

interagency discussion of its existing 

Cargo Preference regulations. In 

accordance with Executive Order 13563, 

‘‘Improving Regulation and Regulatory 

Review,’’ the Maritime Administration 

(MarAd) is evaluating the rules’ 

continued validity and whether they 

effectively address current issues. As 

part of this review, MarAd invites the 

public to participate in a comment 

process designed to help it provide for 

a more easily administered system of 

regulations to benefit shippers and 

shipper agencies in meeting cargo 

preference requirements pursuant to the 

Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended 

(the Act) and Maritime Administration 

implementing regulations. 

DATES: The public meeting will be held 

from 1 to 4 p.m. on October 3, 2011. 

Other important dates: 

Deadline to register to attend the public meeting in person [See also Registration] .................................................... September 23, 2011. 

Deadline to register to speak in person, speak by calling in, or to listen only by phone [See also Registration] ........ September 23, 2011. 

Agenda released on regs.dot.gov and MarAd Web site ................................................................................................ September 28, 2011. 

Call-in and Listen-only info distributed to registrants ..................................................................................................... September 28, 2011. 

Deadline to submit any digital presentation materials ................................................................................................... September 28, 2011. 

Public Meeting ................................................................................................................................................................ October 3, 2011— 

1 p.m.–4 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be 

held in the DOT Conference Center 

rooms 8–10, located on the ground floor 

of 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. The conference 

rooms will be open at noon to 

accommodate early arrivals. Overflow 

seating will be available in the adjacent 

conference room 6. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christine S. Gurland, Assistant Chief 

Counsel for Legislation and Regulations, 

Office of the Chief Counsel, Mar 225, 

Maritime Administration, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue, Washington, DC 20590; 

(202) 366–5157; e-mail: 

Christine.Gurland@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On January 18, 2011, President 

Obama issued Executive Order 13563, 

which outlined a plan to improve 

regulation and regulatory review (76 FR 

3821, 1/21/11). Executive Order 13563 

reaffirms and builds upon governing 

principles of contemporary regulatory 

review, including Executive Order 

12866, ‘‘Regulatory Planning and 


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