60100 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 196 / Tuesday, October 10, 2000 / Rules and Regulations 

Dated: September 26, 2000. 

Linda S. Kahan, Deputy Director for 

Regulations Policy center for Devices and 

Radiological Health. 

[FR Doc. 00–25811 Filed 10–6–00; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4160–01–F 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

28 CFR Part 0 

[AG Order No. 2328–2000] 

Delegation of Authority: Settlement 

Authority 

AGENCY: Department of Justice 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This rule delegates to the 

directors and commissioners of 

specified components of the Department 

of Justice authority to settle 

administrative claims presented 

pursuant to the Federal Tort claims Act 

(FTCA), where the amount of the 

settlement does not exceed $50,000. 

Currently, the directors and 

commissioners of the Bureau of Prisons, 

Federal Prison Industries, Immigration 

and Naturalization Service, Marshals 

Service, and the Drug Enforcement 

Administration have authority to settle 

FTCA claims not exceeding $10,000. 

This rule will alert the general public to 

the new authority of these officials and 

is being codified in the Code of Federal 

Regulations to provide a permanent 

record of this delegation. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 10, 2000. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeffrey Axelrad, Director, Torts Branch, 

Civil Division, U.S. Department of 

Justice, P.O. Box 888, Benjamin 

Franklin Station, Washington, DC 

20044, (202) 616–4400. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This rule 

has been issued to delegate settlement 

authority to various Department of 

Justice officials. It is a matter solely 

related to the division of responsibility 

within the Department of Justice. It 

relates to matters of agency policy, 

management, or personnel, and is 

therefore exempt from the usual 

requirements of prior notice and 

comment, and a 30-day delay in the 

effective date. See 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(2), 

(b)(A). 

Executive Order 12866 

This rule falls within a category of 

actions that the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) has determined do 

not constitute ‘‘significant regulatory 

actions‘‘ under section 3(f) of Executive 

Order 12866 and, accordingly, was not 

reviewed by OMB. 

Executive Order 13132 

This rule will not have substantial 

direct effects on the States, on the 

relationship between the national 

government and the States, or on the 

distribution of power and 

responsibilities among the various 

levels of government. Therefore, in 

accordance with section 6 of Executive 

Order 13132, the Department of Justice 

has determined that this rule does not 

have sufficient federalism implications 

to warrant the preparation of a 

federalism summary impact statement. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

The Attorney General, in accordance 

with the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 

U.S.C. 605(b), has reviewed this 

regulation and, by approving it, certifies 

that this regulation will not have a 

significant economic impact upon a 

substantial number of small entities. 

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 

1995 

This rule will not result in the 

expenditure by State, local, and tribal 

governments, in the aggregate, or by the 

private sector, of $100,000,000 or more 

in any one year, and it will not 

significantly or uniquely affect small 

governments. Therefore, no actions were 

deemed necessary under the provisions 

of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995. 

Small Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act of 1996 

This rule is not a major rule as 

defined section 251 of the Small 

Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act of 1996, 5 U.S.C. 804. 

This rule will not result in an annual 

effect on the economy of $100,000,000 

or more; a major increase in costs or 

prices; or significant adverse effects on 

competition, employment, investment, 

productivity, innovation, or on the 

ability of United States-based 

companies to compete with foreignbased companies in domestic and 

export markets. 

Plain Language Instructions 

We try to write clearly. If you can 

suggest how to improve the clarity of 

these regulations, call or write Jeffrey 

Axelrad at the address and telephone 

number given above. 

List of Subjects in 28 CFR Part 0 

Authority delegations (government 

agencies), Claims. 

Accordingly, Part 0 of Title 28 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations is amended 

as follows: 

PART 0—ORGANIZATION OF THE 

DEPARTMENT 

1. The authority citation for Part 0 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 28 U.S.C. 509, 

510, 515–519. 

2. Section 0.172 of Part 0, Subpart Y, 

is amended by revising paragraph (a) to 

read as follows: 

§ 0.172 Authority: Federal tort claims. 

(a) The Director of the Bureau of 

Prisons, the Commissioner of Federal 

Prison Industries, the Commissioner of 

the Immigration and Naturalization 

Service, the Director of the United 

States Marshals Service, and the 

Administrator of the Drug Enforcement 

Administration shall have authority to 

adjust, determine, compromise, and 

settle a claim involving the Bureau of 

Prisons, Federal Prison Industries, the 

Immigration and Naturalization Service, 

the United States Marshals Service, and 

the Drug Enforcement Administration, 

respectively, under section 2672 of title 

28, United States Code, relating to the 

administrative settlement of Federal tort 

claims, if the amount of a proposed 

adjustment, compromise, settlement, or 

award does not exceed $50,000. When, 

in the opinion of one of those officials, 

such a claim pending before him 

presents a novel question of law or a 

question of policy, he shall obtain the 

advice of the Assistant Attorney General 

in charge of the Civil Division before 

taking action on the claim. 

* * * * * 

Dated: October 2, 2000. 

Janet Reno, 

Attorney General. 

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BILLING CODE 4410–12–M 

SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM 

32 CFR Part 1615 

Additional Methods of Selective 

Service Registration 

AGENCY: Selective Service System (SSS). 

ACTION: Final rule; technical 

amendment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with 

Proclamation 7275 of February 22, 2000, 

this Final Rule amends the 

Administration of Registration rules by 

providing additional methods of 

registering with the Selective Service 

System. Proclamation 7275 amended 

Proclamation 4771 to allow for 

additional methods of registration. 

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the Selective Service Internet web site, 

telephonic registration, registration on 

approved Government forms, including 

the Selective Service reminder mailback 

card, and registration through school 

registrars. These amendments will 

reduce a burden on the public by 

informing it of the additional 

registration methods prescribed by the 

Director of Selective Service. 

DATES: Effective November 9, 2000. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rudy Sanchez, Office of the General 

Counsel, Selective Service System, 1515 

Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 

22209–2425. Telephone (703) 605–4071. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Military Selective Service Act (Act) 

requires that certain males register with 

the Selective Service System. 50 U.S.C. 

App. 451 et seq. The time, place and 

manner of registration is to be 

determined by proclamation of the 

President and by rules and regulations. 

50 U.S.C. App. 453(a). The President is 

permitted to delegate the authority to 

issue rules and regulations under the 

Act. 50 U.S.C. App. 460(c). On October 

12, 1971, E.O. 11623 was signed 

delegating the authority to issue rules 

and regulations under the Military 

Selective Service Act to the Director of 

the Selective Service System. 

Proclamation 4771 of July 2, 1980, 

provides for individuals to comply with 

the registration requirement of the 

Military Selective Service Act by 

completing a Registration Card at a 

classified Post Office. 

This Proclamation was amended by 

Proclamation 7275, February 22, 2000 

(65 FR 9199, February 24, 2000), to 

provide additional means to comply 

with the registration requirement. The 

rules are being amended to reflect 

additional registration methods 

prescribed by the Director of Selective 

Service as authorized by Proclamation 

7275. The technical amendments to the 

rules on registration and the duty to 

register will inform the public about the 

various means to comply with the 

registration requirement. 

The SSS considers this rule (32 CFR 

Part 1615) to be a procedural rule which 

is exempt from the notice and comment 

under 5 U.S.C. 533(b)(3)(A). This rule is 

not a significant rule for the purpose of 

Executive Order 12866 and has not been 

reviewed by the Office of Management 

and Budget. As required by the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act, SSS certifies 

that these regulatory amendments will 

not have a significant impact on small 

business entities. 

List of Subjects in 32 CFR Part 1615 

Selective Service System. 

For the reason set forth in the 

preamble amend part 1615 of title 32 of 

the Code of Federal Regulations as 

follows: 

PART 1615—ADMINISTRATION OF 

REGISTRATION 

1. The authority citation for part 1615 

is revised to read as follows: 

Authority: Military Selective Service Act, 

50 U.S.C. App. 451 et seq.; E.O. 11623, 36 FR 

19963, 3 CFR, 1971–1975 Comp., p. 614, as 

amended by E.O. 12608, 52 FR 34617, 3 CFR, 

1987 Comp., p. 245. 

2. Amend § 1615.1 to revise paragraph 

(a)(1), the first sentence of paragraph 

(a)(2), and the last sentence of paragraph 

(b), and to add paragraph (c) to read as 

follows: 

§ 1615.1 Registration. 

(a) * * * 

(1) Completing a registration card or 

other method of registration prescribed 

by the Director of Selective Service by 

a person required to register; and 

(2) The recording of the registration 

information furnished by the registrant 

in the records (master computer file ) of 

the Selective Service System. * * * 

(b) * * * If the registrant does not 

receive the verification notice within 90 

days after he completed a method of 

registration prescribed by the Director, 

he shall advise in writing the Selective 

Service System, P.O. Box 94638, 

Palatine, IL 60094–4638. 

(c) The methods of registration 

prescribed by the Director include 

completing a Selective Service 

Registration Card at a classified Post 

Office, registration on the Selective 

Service Internet web site (http:// 

www.sss.gov), telephonic registration, 

registration on approved Federal and 

State Government forms, registration 

through high school and college 

registrars, and Selective Service 

remainder mailback card. 

3. Amend § 1615.4 to remove the 

period at the end of the introductory 

text and add a colon in its place and to 

revise paragraph (a) and the first 

sentence of paragraph (b) to read as 

follows: 

§ 1615.4 Duty of persons required to 

register. 

* * * * * 

(a) To complete the registration 

process by a method prescribed by the 

Director of Selective Service and to 

record thereon his name, date of birth, 

sex, Social Security Account Number 

(SSAN), current mailing address, 

permanent residence, telephone 

number, date signed, and signature, if 

requested; and (b) To submit for 

inspection, upon request, evidence of 

his identity to a person authorized to 

accept the registration information. 

* * * * 

Gil Coronado, 

Director. 

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BILLING CODE 8015–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[NC–087–9939; FRL–6881–1] 

Approval and Promulgation of State 

Plans—North Carolina: Approval of 

Revisions to the North Carolina State 

Implementation Plan; Technical 

Correction 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Direct final rule; technical 

correction. 

SUMMARY: The United States 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

published in the Federal Register on 

November 10, 1999, a document 

approving revisions to clarify rules for 

the control of particulate emissions, add 

requirements for expedited permit 

processing, revise the Division name 

and address, and amend case-by-case 

MACT language. The State of North 

Carolina, through the North Carolina 

Department of Environment and Natural 

Resources (NCDENR) submitted these 

miscellaneous revisions to the North 

Carolina State Implementation Plan 

(SIP). The revisions are being clarified 

and corrected to add and revise entries 

that were inadvertently excluded in the 

Federal Register document. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: This correction is 

effective on October 10, 2000. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gregory Crawford at (404) 562–9046, 

crawford.gregory@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

November 10, 1999 (64 FR 61213– 

61217) document included amendatory 

language in the third full paragraph of 

the third column on page 61215 that 

reads ‘‘Section 52.1770 (c) is amended 

by revising the entries for Sections 2D 

Air Pollution Control Requirements and 

2Q Air Quality Permit Requirements.’’ 

Entries .0105, .0540, .0312, .0313 and 

.0607 cannot be revised, but must be 

added to the table under Subchapters 

2D Air Pollution Control Requirements 

and 2Q Air Quality Permit 

Requirements. Entries .0104, .0515, 

.0938, .0108, .0313, and .0607 were not 


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