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. 108 

Monday, June 6, 2011 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

[Docket ID DOD–2011–OS–0036] 

2 CFR Chapter XI 

5 CFR Chapter XXVI 

32 CFR Chapters I, V, VI, VII, XII, and 

Subtitle A 

33 CFR Chapter II 

36 CFR Chapter III 

40 CFR Chapter VII 

48 CFR Chapters 1, 2, 52, and 54 

Reducing Regulatory Burden; 

Retrospective Review Under E.O. 

13563 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DoD. 

ACTION: Request for information. 

SUMMARY: As part of its implementation 

of Executive Order 13563, ‘‘Improving 

Regulation and Regulatory Review,’’ 

issued by the President on January 18, 

2011, the Department of Defense is 

seeking comments and information from 

interested parties to assist DoD in 

reviewing its existing regulations to 

determine whether any such regulations 

should be modified, streamlined, 

expanded, or repealed. The purpose of 

the Department’s review is to make the 

agency’s regulatory program more 

effective and less burdensome in 

achieving its regulatory objectives. The 

Department of Defense will continue to 

work with the public and the business 

community to determine how its 

regulations can increase efficiency, 

transparency, and provide 

accountability. 

DATES: Comments are requested by July 

6, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by any of the following methods: 

Federal Rulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Mail: Federal Docket Management 

System Office, 1160 Defense Pentagon, 

OSD Mailroom 3C843, Washington, DC 

20301–1160. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number for this Federal Register 

document. The general policy for 

comments and other submissions from 

members of the public is to make these 

submissions available for public 

viewing on the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Cushing, Jr., 703–696–5282. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Executive 

Order 13563 recognizes the importance 

of maintaining a consistent culture of 

retrospective review and analysis 

throughout the executive branch. 

Pursuant to the Executive Order, the 

Department of Defense (DoD) is 

developing a preliminary plan for the 

periodic review of its existing 

regulations and reporting obligations. 

DoD’s plan is designed to create a 

defined method and schedule for 

identifying certain significant rules that 

are obsolete, unnecessary, unjustified, 

excessively burdensome, or 

counterproductive. Its review processes 

are intended to facilitate the 

identification of rules that warrant 

repeal or modification, or strengthening, 

complementing, or modernizing rules 

where necessary or appropriate. The 

preliminary plan, along with this 

request for information and previously 

received public comments, will be 

available on http://www.regulations.gov 

for public comment in the docket DOD– 

2011–OS–0036. 

The Department of Defense is 

committed to the principles of 

retrospective analysis in order to 

improve the effectiveness of the 

implementation of its regulations, 

improve transparency in the regulatory 

process through public participation, 

and to provide transparent 

documentation of its analysis. 

Consistent with the Department’s 

commitment to public participation in 

the rulemaking process, the Department 

is soliciting views from the public on 

how best to conduct its analysis of 

existing DoD rules and how best to 

identify those rules that might be 

modified, streamlined, expanded, or 

repealed. It is also seeking views from 

the public on specific rules or 

Department-imposed obligations that 

should be altered or eliminated. DoD 

regulations may be viewed by going to 

the eCFR at http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov 

and searching titles 2, 5, 32, 33, 36, 40, 

and/or 48. 

The Department notes that this 

request for information is issued solely 

for information and program-planning 

purposes. While responses to this 

request do not bind the Department of 

Defense to any further actions related to 

the response, all submissions will be 

made publically available on http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

Dated: May 27, 2011. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

5 CFR Chapter XLV 

21 CFR Chapter I 

25 CFR Chapter V 

42 CFR Chapters I and V 

45 CFR Subtitle A and Chapters II, III, 

IV, X, and XIII 

Reducing Regulatory Burden; 

Retrospective Review Under Executive 

Order 13563 

AGENCY: Department of Health and 

Human Services. 

ACTION: Request for information. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with Executive 

Order 13563, ‘‘Improving Regulation and 

Regulatory Review,’’ the Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS) seeks 

public comment from interested parties 

on its Preliminary Plan for Retrospective 

Review of Existing Regulations. The 

purpose of the Preliminary Plan is to 

identify a preliminary list of regulations 

that are appropriate candidates for 

review over the next two years and 

establish an ongoing process of 

retrospective review of existing 

regulations by which HHS can 

determine whether any should be 

modified, streamlined, expanded, or 

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