41478 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 149 /Tuesday, August 4, 1998 / Proposed Rules

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Immigration and Naturalization Service

8 CFR Part 208

[INS No. 1865–97; AG No. 2164–98]

RIN 1115–AE93

Executive Office for Immigration

Review; New Rules Regarding

Procedures for Asylum and

Withholding of Removal

AGENCY: Immigration and Naturalization

Service, Executive Office for

Immigration Review, Justice.

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of

comment period.

SUMMARY: On June 11, 1998, at 63 FR

31945, the Immigration and

Naturalization Service and the

Executive Office for Immigration

Review proposed amendments to the

Department of Justice regulations

governing asylum and withholding of

removal. The amendments are intended

to establish new guidelines regarding

cases where the applicant has establish

past persecution or where the applicant

may be able to avoid persecution in his

or her home country by relocating to

another area of that country. The

proposed rule also provides further

clarification regarding the exercise of

discretion by the Attorney General in

cases where past persecution is

established and about the

considerations relevant to whether an

applicant has a well-founded fear of

future persecution. The proposed rule

makes similar changes to regulations

governing withholding of deportation.

The rule also identifies new factors that

may be considered in the exercise of

discretion in asylum cases where the

applicant has established past

persecution but may not have a wellfounded fear of future persecution. The

rule further provides that the asylum

and withholding standards require a

showing that a risk of harm exists

throughout the country in question.

This notice changes the deadline for

submitting public comments from July

13, 1998, to September 11, 1998.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before September 11,

1998.

ADDRESSES: Please submit written

comments, in triplicate, to the Director,

Policy Directives and Instructions

Branch, Immigration and Naturalization

Service, 425 I Street, NW., Room 5307,

Washington, DC 20536. To ensure

proper handling, please reference INS

number 1865–97 on your

correspondence. Comments are

available for public inspection at the

above-noted address by calling (202)

514–3048 to arrange an appointment.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Christine Davidson, Senior Policy

Analyst, Asylum Division, Immigration

and Naturalization Service, 425 I Street,

NW, Washington DC 20536, Attn.

ULLICO Bldg, 3rd Floor, telephone

(202) 305–2663; Margaret M. Philbin,

General Counsel, Executive Office for

Immigration Review, Suite 2400, 5107

Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, Virginia

22041, telephone (703) 305–0470.

Dated: July 27, 1998.

Doris Meissner,

Commissioner, Immigration and

Naturalization Service.

[FR Doc. 98–20666 Filed 8–3–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–10–M

EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE

UNITED STATES

12 CFR Part 404

Comprehensive Revision of ExportImport Bank of the United States

Freedom of Information Act, Privacy

Act, and Other Information Disclosure

Regulations and Implementation of

Electronic Freedom of Information Act

Amendments of 1996

AGENCY: Export-Import Bank of the

United States.

ACTION: Supplemental notice of

proposed rulemaking.

SUMMARY: This document sets forth one

proposed section that was not included

in the Export-Import Bank’s original

proposed rule, published on December

4, 1997 (62 FR 64177). This section will

notify interested parties that disclosures

of information in connection with

program development, asset disposition,

debt collection, and risk reduction

efforts may take place when the Ex-Im

Bank President determines that

disclosure is needed to support the

Bank’s promotion of policy and

programmatic objectives and that

disclosure in such limited

circumstances will not subject the

submitter of the information to

commercial harm.

DATES: Submit comments on or before

September 3, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Address all comments

concerning this proposed rule to

Howard A. Schweitzer, Counsel for

Administration, Export-Import Bank of

the United States, 811 Vermont Avenue,

NW, Room 951, Washington, DC 20571.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Howard A. Schweitzer, (202) 565–3229.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Export-Import Bank of the U.S. (‘‘Ex-Im

Bank’’ or ‘‘the Bank’’) is proposing the

following amendment under the

authority of the Export-Import Bank Act

of 1945, 12 U.S.C. 635. The purpose of

the proposed amendment is to ensure

that necessary disclosures of

information in connection with

developing Bank programs are

consistent with relevant law and

regulation. The following proposed

section provides for disclosure of such

information only when the disclosure is

necessary to support the Bank’s

promotion of policy and programmatic

objectives and only if Ex-Im Bank’s

President determines that the disclosure

will not subject the submitter of the

information to commercial harm.

The determinations concerning the

Regulatory Flexibility Act, Executive

Order 12866, the Unfunded Mandates

Reform Act, and the Small Business

Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 that

Ex-Im Bank made in connection with

publication of the original proposed rule

apply to this supplemental notice of

proposed rulemaking.

List of Subjects in 12 CFR Part 404

Administrative practice and

procedure, Confidential business

information, Freedom of information,

Privacy.

For the reasons stated in the

preamble, Ex-Im Bank proposes to

amend 12 CFR chapter IV as follows:

PART 404—INFORMATION

DISCLOSURE

1. The authority citation for part 404

is revised to read as follows:

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552 and 552a. Section

404.7 also issued under E.O. 12600, 52 FR

23781, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 235. Section

404.21 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 552a note.

Section 404.70 issued under 12 U.S.C. 635.

2. Part 404, as proposed to be revised

at 62 FR 64178, is further amended by

adding and reserving subparts C and D

and adding subpart E to read as follows: