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

11334 

Vol. 80, No. 41 

Tuesday, March 3, 2015 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

5 CFR Chapter XLII 

20 CFR Chapters IV, V, VI, VII, and IX 

29 CFR Subtitle A and Chapters II, IV, 

V, XVII, and XXV 

30 CFR Chapter I 

41 CFR Chapters 50, 60, and 61 

48 CFR Chapter 29 

Retrospective Review and Regulatory 

Flexibility 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Labor. 

ACTION: Request for information; 

extension of comment period. 

SUMMARY: On February 3, 2015, the 

Department of Labor (DOL or the 

Department) published a Request for 

Information (RFI) in response to 

Executive Order 13563 on improving 

regulation and regulatory review, and 

Executive Order 13610 on identifying 

and reducing regulatory burden. The 

RFI invited public comment on how the 

Department can improve any of its 

significant regulations by modifying, 

streamlining, expanding, or repealing 

them, and the comment period ended 

on February 25, 2015. This extension 

reopens and extends the date to 

comment on the RFI. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

Request for Information published on 

February 3, 2015, at 80 FR 5715, is 

extended. The comment period ended 

on February 25, 2015. Comments must 

be received on or before March 18, 2015. 

The Department is accepting all 

comments. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

through the Department’s Regulations 

Portal at http://www.dol.gov/

regulations/regreview. 

All comments will be available for 

public inspection at http://www.dol.gov/ 

regulations/regreview. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pamela Peters, Program Analyst, Office 

of the Assistant Secretary for Policy, 

U.S. Department of Labor, 200 

Constitution Avenue NW., Room S– 

2312, Washington, DC 20210, 

peters.pamela@dol.gov (202) 693–5959 

(this is not a toll-free number). 

Individuals with hearing impairments 

may call 1–800–877–8339 (TTY/TDD). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

January 18, 2011, President Obama 

issued Executive Order 13563, 

‘‘Improving Regulation and Regulatory 

Review.’’ The Order explains the 

Administration’s goal of creating a 

regulatory system that protects ‘‘public 

health, welfare, safety, and our 

environment while promoting economic 

growth, innovation, competitiveness, 

and job creation’’ while using ‘‘the best, 

most innovative, and least burdensome 

tools to achieve regulatory ends.’’ After 

receipt and consideration of comments, 

the Department issued its Plan for 

Retrospective Analysis of Existing Rules 

in August 2011. On May 12, 2012, 

President Obama issued Executive 

Order 13610, ‘‘Identifying and Reducing 

Regulatory Burdens.’’ This Order 

explained that ‘‘it is particularly 

important for agencies to conduct 

retrospective analyses of existing rules 

to examine whether they remain 

justified and whether they should be 

modified or streamlined in light of 

changed circumstances, including the 

rise of new technologies.’’ 

Request for Comments 

The Department recognizes the 

importance of conducting retrospective 

review of regulations and is once again 

seeking public comment on how the 

Department can increase the 

effectiveness of its significant 

regulations while minimizing the 

burden on regulated entities. The 

Department recognizes that the 

regulated community, academia, and 

the public at large have an 

understanding of its programs and their 

implementing regulations, and therefore 

is requesting public comment on how 

the Department can prepare workers for 

better jobs, improve workplace safety 

and health, promote fair and highquality work environments, and secure 

a wide range of benefits for employees 

and those who are seeking work, all in 

ways that are more effective and least 

burdensome. 

This request for public input will 

inform development of the Department’s 

future plans to review its existing 

significant regulations. To facilitate 

receipt of the information, the 

Department has created an Internet 

portal specifically designed to capture 

your input and suggestions, http://www.

dol.gov/regulations/regreview/. The 

portal contains a series of questions to 

gather information on how DOL can best 

meet the requirements of the Executive 

Order. The portal will be open to 

receive comments until March 18, 2015. 

Please note that these questions do 

not pertain to DOL rulemakings 

currently open for public comment. To 

comment on an open rulemaking, please 

visit regulations.gov and submit 

comments by the deadline indicated in 

that rulemaking. Comments that pertain 

to rulemakings currently open for public 

comment will not be addressed by the 

Department in this venue, which 

focuses on retrospective review. 

The Department will consider public 

comments as we update our plan to 

review the Department’s significant 

rules. The Department is issuing this 

request solely to seek useful information 

as we update our review plan. While 

responses to this request do not bind the 

Department to any further actions 

related to the response, all submissions 

will be made available to the public on 

http://www.dol.gov/regulations/

regreview/. 

Authority: E.O. 13653, 76 FR 3821, Jan. 21, 

2011; E.O. 12866, 58 FR 51735, Oct. 4, 1993. 

Dated: February 25, 2015. 

Mary Beth Maxwell, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Policy. 

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