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scheduling action is not a ‘‘rule’’ as 

defined by 5 U.S.C. 601(2), and, 

accordingly, is not subject to the 

requirements of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act (RFA). The requirements 

for the preparation of an initial 

regulatory flexibility analysis in 5 U.S.C. 

603(a) are not applicable where, as here, 

the DEA is not required by section 553 

of the APA or any other law to publish 

a general notice of proposed 

rulemaking. 

Additionally, this action is not a 

significant regulatory action as defined 

by Executive Order 12866 (Regulatory 

Planning and Review), section 3(f), and, 

accordingly, this action has not been 

reviewed by the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB). 

This action 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 Executive Order 13132 

(Federalism) it is determined that this 

action does not have sufficient 

federalism implications to warrant the 

preparation of a Federalism Assessment. 

Pursuant to section 808(2) of the 

Congressional Review Act (CRA), ‘‘any 

rule for which an agency for good cause 

finds * * * that notice and public 

procedure thereon are impracticable, 

unnecessary, or contrary to the public 

interest, shall take effect at such time as 

the Federal agency promulgating the 

rule determines.’’ 5 U.S.C. 808(2). It is 

in the public interest to maintain the 

temporary placement of UR–144, 

XLR11, and AKB48 in schedule I 

because they pose a public health risk. 

The temporary scheduling action was 

taken pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 811(h), 

which is specifically designed to enable 

the DEA to act in an expeditious manner 

to avoid an imminent hazard to the 

public safety. 21 U.S.C. 811(h) 

exempted the temporary scheduling 

order from standard notice and 

comment rulemaking procedures to 

ensure that the process moved swiftly, 

and this extension of the temporary 

scheduling order continues to serve that 

purpose. For the same reasons that 

underlie 21 U.S.C. 811(h), that is, the 

DEA’s need to place these substances in 

schedule I because they pose an 

imminent hazard to public safety, it 

would be contrary to the public interest 

to delay implementation of this 

extension of the temporary scheduling 

order. Therefore, in accordance with 

section 808(2) of the CRA, this final 

order extending the temporary 

scheduling order shall take effect 

immediately upon its publication. 

Pursuant to the Small Business 

Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 

1996 (Congressional Review Act) (5 

U.S.C. 801–808), the DEA has submitted 

a copy of this final order to both Houses 

of Congress and to the Comptroller 

General. 

Dated: May 12, 2015. 

Michele M. Leonhart, 

Administrator. 

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BILLING CODE 4410–09–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

22 CFR Part 51 

[Public Notice: 9133] 

RIN 1400–AD83 

Passports: Official Passports for 

Officials or Employees of State, Local, 

Tribal or Territorial Governments 

Traveling Abroad and Carrying Out 

Official Duties in Support of the U.S. 

Government 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Interim final rule. 

SUMMARY: This rule amends the passport 

rules for the Department of State to 

authorize issuing an official passport to 

an official or employee of a state, local, 

tribal, or territorial government traveling 

abroad to carry out official duties in 

support of the U.S. government. 

DATES: This rule is effective May 15, 

2015. 

The Department of State will accept 

comments until July 14, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may make comments 

by any of the following methods, and 

you must include the RIN in the subject 

line of your message. 

• Mail (paper, disk, or CD–ROM 

submissions): ATTN: RIN 1400–AD83, 

Alice Kottmyer, Attorney-Adviser, 

Office of the Legal Adviser (L/M), U.S. 

Department of State, Room 4325, 2201 

C Street NW., Washington, DC 20520. 

• Email: kottmyeram@state.gov. 

• Persons with access to the Internet 

may view this rule and submit 

comments by going to 

www.regulations.gov, and searching for 

the rule by its RIN, 1400–AD83. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alice Kottmyer, Attorney-Adviser, 

kottmyeram@state.gov, 202–647–2318. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 22 CFR 

51.3(b) provides that an ‘‘official 

passport’’ may be issued to: An official 

or employee of the U.S. government 

traveling abroad to carry out official 

duties; spouses and family members of 

such persons; and, when authorized by 

the Department of State, U.S. 

government contractors traveling abroad 

to carry out official duties on behalf of 

the U.S. government. 

Increasingly, the federal government 

utilizes officials or employees of state, 

local, tribal, and territorial governments 

in support of federal activities, both 

domestically and overseas, such as the 

Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Joint 

Terrorism Task Force. When required to 

travel internationally in support of such 

federal activities, these individuals are 

not currently eligible for official 

passports. Issuance of an official 

passport to such individuals signifies to 

foreign governments that they are 

carrying out official duties in support of 

the U.S. government. The activities 

undertaken by these officials are often of 

pressing national security, law 

enforcement, or humanitarian 

importance and occur with little 

advance notice. It is in the U.S. 

government’s interest to provide these 

individuals the travel documents 

necessary to allow them to travel in a 

timely manner. 

Under 22 U.S.C. 211a et seq., the 

Secretary of State has the authority to 

make rules for the granting and issuance 

of passports. The Department is 

amending section 51.3(b) of 22 CFR to 

authorize issuing official passports to an 

official or employee of a state, local, 

tribal, or territorial government traveling 

abroad to carry out official duties in 

support of the U.S. government. 

Regulatory Findings 

Administrative Procedure Act 

The Department is publishing this 

rule as an interim final rule, effective on 

the date of publication, pursuant to the 

‘‘good cause’’ exemption of the 

Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 

U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B). The Department 

finds that delaying the effect of this rule 

until after notice and comment would 

be impractical, unnecessary, and 

contrary to public interest. The 

Department finds that providing the 

necessary travel documents to these 

individuals to allow them to travel in 

support of U.S. government interests 

provides a compelling justification for 

immediate approval of this rule. 

Therefore, this rule is effective on the 

date of publication. See 5 U.S.C. 553(d). 

However, the Department solicits—and 

welcomes—comments on this 

rulemaking, and will address relevant 

comments in a final rule. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

The Department, in accordance with 

the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 

605(b), has reviewed this rule and, by 

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1Appendix B to PBGC’s regulation on Allocation 

of Assets in Single-Employer Plans (29 CFR part 

4044) prescribes interest assumptions for valuing 

benefits under terminating covered single-employer 

plans for purposes of allocation of assets under 

ERISA section 4044. Those assumptions are 

updated quarterly. 

approving it, certifies that the rule will 

not have a significant economic impact 

on a substantial number of small entities 

as defined in 5 U.S.C. 601(6). 

Unfunded Mandates Act of 1995 

This rule will not result in the 

expenditure by state, local, tribal, or 

territorial governments, in the aggregate, 

or by the private sector, of $100 million 

or more in any 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, 2 U.S.C. 1501 et seq. 

Small Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act of 1996 

This rule is not a major rule as 

defined by section 804 of the Small 

Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act of 1996, since it will not 

result in an annual effect on the 

economy of $100 million or more. See 

5 U.S.C. 804(2). 

Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 

This rule is not economically 

significant under Executive Order 

12866, section 3(f)(1), because it will not 

have an annual effect on the economy 

of $100 million or more. The 

Department expects the rule’s impact on 

the public to be minimal. The 

Department has reviewed this rule to 

ensure its consistency with the 

regulatory philosophy and principles set 

forth in the Executive Orders. 

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 has 

determined that this rule does not have 

sufficient federalism implications to 

require consultations or warrant the 

preparation of a federalism summary 

impact statement. 

Executive Order 13175—Effect on Tribes 

The Department of State has 

determined that this rulemaking will 

not have tribal implications, will not 

impose substantial direct compliance 

costs on Indian tribal governments, and 

will not preempt tribal law. 

Accordingly, Executive Order 13175 

does not apply to this rulemaking. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

This rule does not impose or alter any 

reporting or record-keeping 

requirements under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. 

List of Subjects in 22 CFR Part 51 

Passports. 

Accordingly, for the reasons stated in 

the preamble, 22 CFR part 51 is 

amended as follows: 

PART 51—PASSPORTS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 51 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1504; 18 U.S.C. 1621; 

22 U.S.C. 211a, 212, 213, 213n (Pub. L. 106– 

113 Div. B, Sec. 1000(a)(7) [Div. A, Title II, 

Sec. 236], 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–430); 214, 

214a, 217a, 218, 2651a, 2671(d)(3), 2705, 

2714, 2721, & 3926; 26 U.S.C. 6039E; 31 

U.S.C. 9701; 42 U.S.C. 652(k) [Div. B, Title 

V of Pub. L. 103–317, 108 Stat. 1760]; E.O. 

11295, Aug. 6, 1966, FR 10603, 3 CFR, 1966– 

1970 Comp., p. 570; Sec. 1 of Pub. L. 109– 

210, 120 Stat. 319; Sec. 2 of Pub. L. 109–167, 

119 Stat. 3578; Sec. 5 of Pub. L. 109–472, 120 

Stat. 3554; Pub. L. 108–447, Div. B, Title IV, 

Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 2809; Pub. L. 108–458, 

118 Stat. 3638, 3823 (Dec. 17, 2004). 

■ 2. Revise paragraph (b) of § 51.3 to 

read as follows: 

§ 51.3 Types of passports. 

* * * * * 

(b) Official passport. When authorized 

by the Department, an official passport 

may be issued to: 

(1) An official or employee of the U.S. 

government traveling abroad to carry 

out official duties, and family members 

of such persons; 

(2) A U.S. government contractor 

traveling abroad to carry out official 

duties on behalf of the U.S. government; 

or 

(3) An official or employee of a state, 

local, tribal, or territorial government 

traveling abroad to carry out official 

duties in support of the U.S. 

government. 

* * * * * 

Patrick F. Kennedy, 

Undersecretary For Management. 

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BILLING CODE 4710–24–P 

PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY 

CORPORATION 

29 CFR Part 4022 

Benefits Payable in Terminated SingleEmployer Plans; Interest Assumptions 

for Paying Benefits 

AGENCY: Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This final rule amends the 

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s 

regulation on Benefits Payable in 

Terminated Single-Employer Plans to 

prescribe interest assumptions under 

the regulation for valuation dates in 

June 2015. The interest assumptions are 

used for paying benefits under 

terminating single-employer plans 

covered by the pension insurance 

system administered by PBGC. 

DATES: Effective June 1, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Catherine B. Klion (Klion.Catherine@

pbgc.gov), Assistant General Counsel for 

Regulatory Affairs, Pension Benefit 

Guaranty Corporation, 1200 K Street 

NW., Washington, DC 20005, 202–326– 

4024. (TTY/TDD users may call the 

Federal relay service toll-free at 1–800– 

877–8339 and ask to be connected to 

202–326–4024.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PBGC’s 

regulation on Benefits Payable in 

Terminated Single-Employer Plans (29 

CFR part 4022) prescribes actuarial 

assumptions—including interest 

assumptions—for paying plan benefits 

under terminating single-employer 

plans covered by title IV of the 

Employee Retirement Income Security 

Act of 1974. The interest assumptions in 

the regulation are also published on 

PBGC’s Web site (http://www.pbgc.gov). 

PBGC uses the interest assumptions in 

Appendix B to Part 4022 to determine 

whether a benefit is payable as a lump 

sum and to determine the amount to 

pay. Appendix C to Part 4022 contains 

interest assumptions for private-sector 

pension practitioners to refer to if they 

wish to use lump-sum interest rates 

determined using PBGC’s historical 

methodology. Currently, the rates in 

Appendices B and C of the benefit 

payment regulation are the same. 

The interest assumptions are intended 

to reflect current conditions in the 

financial and annuity markets. 

Assumptions under the benefit 

payments regulation are updated 

monthly. This final rule updates the 

benefit payments interest assumptions 

for June 2015.1

The June 2015 interest assumptions 

under the benefit payments regulation 

will be 0.75 percent for the period 

during which a benefit is in pay status 

and 4.00 percent during any years 

preceding the benefit’s placement in pay 

status. In comparison with the interest 

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