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Vol. 78, No. 97 

Monday, May 20, 2013 

ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF 

THE UNITED STATES 

Notice of Public Meeting of the 

Assembly of the Administrative 

Conference of the United States 

AGENCY: Administrative Conference of 

the United States. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463), the Assembly of the 

Administrative Conference of the 

United States will hold a meeting to 

consider four proposed 

recommendations and to conduct other 

business. This meeting will be open to 

the public. 

DATES: The meeting will take place on 

Thursday, June 13, 2013, 2:00 p.m. to 

6:00 p.m., and on Friday, June 14, 2013, 

9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. The meeting 

may adjourn early if all business is 

finished. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 

1155 21st Street NW., Washington, DC 

20581 (Main Conference Room). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shawne McGibbon, General Counsel 

(Designated Federal Officer), 

Administrative Conference of the 

United States, Suite 706 South, 1120 

20th Street NW., Washington, DC 20036; 

Telephone 202–480–2088; email 

smcgibbon@acus.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Administrative Conference of the 

United States makes recommendations 

to administrative agencies, the 

President, Congress, and the Judicial 

Conference of the United States 

regarding the improvement of Federal 

administrative procedures (5 U.S.C. 

594). The membership of the 

Conference, when meeting in plenary 

session, constitutes the Assembly of the 

Conference (5 U.S.C. 595). 

Agenda: The Assembly will discuss 

and consider the following 

recommendations: 

• Improving Consistency in Social 

Security Disability Adjudications. This 

recommendation identifies ways to 

improve the adjudication process for 

Social Security disability claims at the 

administrative law judge hearing stage 

and at the Appeals Council, and 

suggests changes to the evaluation of 

opinion evidence from medical 

professionals. 

• Benefit-Cost Analysis at 

Independent Regulatory Agencies. This 

recommendation highlights a series of 

best practices directed at independent 

regulatory agencies in the preparation of 

benefit-cost analyses that accompany 

proposed and final rules. 

• Science in the Administrative 

Process. This recommendation offers 

several proposals to promote 

transparency in agencies’ scientific 

decisionmaking, including: articulation 

of questions to be informed by science 

information; attribution for agency 

personnel who contributed to scientific 

analyses; public access to underlying 

data and literature; and conflict of 

interest disclosures for privately funded 

research used by the agencies in 

licensing, rulemaking, or other 

administrative processes. 

• The Administrative Record in 

Informal Rulemaking. This 

recommendation offers best practices for 

agencies in the compilation, 

preservation, and certification of records 

in informal rulemaking, and supports 

the judicial presumption of regularity 

for agency administrative records except 

in certain limited circumstances. 

Additional information about the 

proposed recommendations, as well as 

other materials related to the meeting, 

can be found at the 58th Plenary Session 

page on the Conference’s Web site 

(http://www.acus.gov/meetings-andevents/plenary-meeting/58th-plenarysession). 

Public Participation: The Conference 

welcomes the attendance of the public 

at the meeting, subject to space 

limitations, and will make every effort 

to accommodate persons with 

disabilities or special needs. Members of 

the public who wish to attend in person 

are asked to RSVP online at the 58th 

Plenary Session Web page listed above, 

no later than two business days before 

the meeting, in order to facilitate entry. 

Members of the public who attend the 

meeting may be permitted to speak only 

with the consent of the Chairman and 

the unanimous approval of the 

members. If you need special 

accommodations due to disability, 

please inform the Designated Federal 

Officer noted above at least 7 days in 

advance of the meeting. The public may 

also view the meeting through a live 

webcast of the meeting, which will be 

available at: http://acus.granicus.com/ 

ViewPublisher.php?view_id=2. In 

addition, the public may follow the 

meeting on our Twitter feed @acusgov 

or hashtag #58thPlenary. 

Written Comments: Persons who wish 

to comment on any of the proposed 

recommendations may do so by 

submitting a written statement either 

online by clicking ‘‘Submit a Comment’’ 

on the 58th Plenary Session Web page 

listed above or by mail addressed to: 

June 2013 Plenary Session Comments, 

Administrative Conference of the 

United States, Suite 706 South, 1120 

20th Street NW., Washington, DC 20036. 

Written submissions must be received at 

least 5 business days prior to the 

meeting to assure consideration by the 

Assembly. 

Dated: May 14, 2013. 

Shawne McGibbon, 

General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2013–11880 Filed 5–17–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6110–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Pike and San Isabel National Forests 

and Cimarron and Comanche National 

Grasslands, Colorado and Kansas, Oil 

and Gas Leasing Environmental 

Impact Statement 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: The Pike and San Isabel 

National Forests and Cimarron and 

Comanche National Grasslands (PSICC) 

are initiating the preparation of an 

environmental impact statement (EIS). 

The EIS will disclose the effects of 

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