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Vol. 74, No. 112 

Friday, June 12, 2009 

ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 

11 CFR 9430 

Debt Collection 

AGENCY: United States Election 

Assistance Commission (EAC). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Debt Collection Act 

requires federal agencies to either adopt 

existing regulations or promulgate its 

own regulations governing the 

collection of debts owed to the federal 

government. The U.S. Election 

Assistance Commission (EAC) is a 

federal agency, and has decided to 

implement the regulations jointly issued 

by the Treasury Department and the 

Department of Justice entitled Federal 

Claims Collection Standards by cross 

referencing these regulations as 

discussed in this rule. 

DATES: This rule is effective on June 12, 

2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tamar Nedzar, Attorney, U.S. Election 

Assistance Commission, 1225 New York 

Avenue, NW., Suite 1100, Washington, 

DC 20005. Telephone (202) 566–3100. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Preamble Table of Contents 

The following is an outline of the 

preamble. 

I. Legal Basis for the Rulemaking 

II. Discussion of the Rulemaking 

III. Rulemaking Analyses and Notices 

I. Legal Basis for the Rulemaking 

This rulemaking action is taken in 

response to the Debt Collection Act, as 

amended, 31 U.S.C. 3701, et seq. The 

Debt Collection Act requires federal 

agencies to either adopt existing 

regulations or promulgate its own 

regulations governing the collection of 

debts owed to the federal government. 

U.S. Election Assistance Commission 

(EAC) is a federal agency, and has 

decided to implement the regulations 

jointly issued by the Treasury 

Department and the Department of 

Justice, at 31 CFR parts 900–904. The 

EAC is also reserving additional 

sections in 11 CFR part 9430 for 

possible supplemental debt collection 

regulations specific to EAC’s unique 

grant programs. 

II. Discussion of the Rulemaking 

The United States Election Assistance 

Commission was created by Congress in 

the Help America Vote Act of 2002. The 

Commission’s primary function is to 

serve as a national clearinghouse and 

resource for information on and 

procedures for federal elections. The 

EAC conducts studies on election 

administration and makes those studies 

available to the public. The EAC also 

has adopted Voluntary Voting System 

Guidelines; administers a voting system 

testing and certification program; 

allocates election-related federal 

funding to the States; and carries out 

administrative duties under the 

National Voter Registration Act of 1993 

(the Motor Voter Law), including 

developing and maintaining a mail voter 

registration application form for 

elections to federal office. 

The EAC is committed to 

administering funds in a financially 

responsible manner. To implement this 

goal, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3716(b), the 

EAC is cross-referencing existing 

regulations governing the collection of 

debts owed to the federal government. 

III. Regulatory Analyses and Notices 

Regulatory Flexibility Act, as Amended 

The Regulatory Flexibility Act, as 

amended by the Small Business 

Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act 

(SBREFA) of 1996 (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) 

generally requires an agency to prepare 

a regulatory flexibility analysis of any 

rule subject to notice and comment 

rulemaking requirements under the 

APA or any other statute, unless the 

agency certifies that the rule will not 

have a significant economic impact on 

a substantial number of small entities. 

Small entities include small businesses, 

small organizations, and small 

government jurisdictions. The EAC 

certifies that this rulemaking is not 

subject to notice and comment under 

the APA, and as a result, no regulatory 

flexibility analysis is required. 

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 

The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4; 2 U.S.C. 1532) 

requires each agency to assess the 

effects of its regulatory actions on State, 

local, and tribal governments and the 

private sector. Any agency promulgating 

a rule likely to result in a federal 

mandate requiring expenditures by a 

State, local, or tribal government or by 

the private sector of $120.7 million or 

more in any one year must prepare a 

written statement incorporating various 

assessments, estimates, and descriptions 

that are delineated in the Act. The EAC 

has determined that this action would 

create no unfunded mandates because it 

requires no expenditures by a State, 

local, or tribal government and will not 

have an impact of $120.7 million or 

more in any one year. 

Congressional Review Act 

The Congressional Review Act, 5 

U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by SBREFA, 

provides that before a rule may take 

effect, the agency promulgating the rule 

must submit a rule report, which 

includes a copy of the rule, to each 

House of the Congress and to the 

Comptroller General of the United 

States. If the rule meets the definition of 

a major rule, as defined in SBREFA, the 

Comptroller General must provide a 

report to Congress and the rule may not 

take effect until 60 days after it has been 

published in the Federal Register. The 

current action is a Final Rule that does 

not meet the definition of a major rule. 

The EAC is submitting the necessary 

rule report to the Congress and the 

Comptroller General of the United 

States. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

The EAC analyzed these rules for the 

purpose of the National Environmental 

Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 

4321 et seq.) and determined that this 

action includes no circumstances that 

would have any effect on the quality of 

the environment. These rules pertain 

solely to the collection of debts owed to 

the federal government. Thus, these 

actions do not require an environmental 

assessment or an environmental impact 

statement. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3507(d)) requires the EAC to 

consider the impact of paperwork and 

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other information collection burdens 

imposed on the public. This action does 

not impose any reporting or 

recordkeeping requirements. It pertains 

solely to the collection of debts owed to 

the federal government. 

Executive Order 12630 (Taking of 

Private Property) 

This action would not affect a taking 

of private property or otherwise have 

taking implications under Executive 

Order 12630, ‘‘Governmental Actions 

and Interference with Constitutionally 

Protected Property Rights.’’ 

Executive Order 12988 (Civil Justice 

Reform) 

This action meets applicable 

standards in sections 3(a) and 3(b)(2) of 

Executive Order 12988, ‘‘Civil Justice 

Reform,’’ to minimize litigation, 

eliminate ambiguity, and reduce 

burden. 

Executive Order 13045 (Protection of 

Children) 

Executive Order 13045, ‘‘Protection of 

Children from Environmental Health 

Risks and Safety Risks’’ (April 23, 1997, 

62 FR 19885), requires that agencies 

issuing economically significant rules, 

which also concern an environmental 

health or safety risk that an agency has 

reason to believe may 

disproportionately affect children, must 

include an evaluation of the 

environmental health and safety effects 

of the regulation on children. Section 5 

of Executive Order 13045 directs an 

agency to submit for a covered 

regulatory action an evaluation of its 

environmental health or safety effects 

on children. The EAC has determined 

that these rules are not covered 

regulatory actions as defined under 

Executive Order 13045. This 

determination is based upon the fact 

that this action is not economically 

significant under Executive Order 

12866, because the changes proposed 

would not have an impact of $100 

million or more in any one year, and do 

not constitute an environmental health 

risk or safety risk that would 

disproportionately affect children. 

Executive Order 12372 

(Intergovernmental Review) 

The regulations implementing 

Executive Order 12372 regarding 

intergovernmental consultation on 

federal programs and activities do not 

apply to this rulemaking. 

Executive Order 13211 (Energy Supply, 

Distribution, or Use) 

The EAC has analyzed this action 

under Executive Order 13211, ‘‘Actions 

Concerning Regulations That 

Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 

Distribution, or Use.’’ This proposal is 

not a significant energy action within 

the meaning of section 4(b) of the 

Executive Order. This rule involves 

internal procedures of the collection of 

debts owed to the federal government, is 

not economically significant, and will 

not have a significant adverse effect on 

the supply, distribution, or use of 

energy. 

List of Subjects 11 CFR Part 9430 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Debts, Claims. 

■ In consideration of the foregoing, EAC 

amends title 11, Code of Federal 

Regulations, chapter II, by adding Part 

9430 to read as follows: 

PART 9430—DEBT COLLECTION 

Sec. 

9430.1 Cross-reference to executive branchwide debt collection regulations 

9430.2 [Reserved] 

9430.3 [Reserved] 

9430.4 [Reserved] 

9430.5 [Reserved] 

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3716(b); 31 U.S.C. 

3711(d)(2); 31 CFR parts 900–904, 

§ 9430.1 Cross-reference to executive 

branch-wide debt collection regulations. 

The U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission adopts the regulations at 31 

CFR parts 900–904, governing 

administrative collection, offset, 

compromise, and the suspension or 

termination of collection activity for 

civil claims for money, funds, or 

property, as defined by 31 U.S.C. 

3701(b). 

§ 9430.2 [Reserved] 

§ 9430.3 [Reserved] 

§ 9430.4 [Reserved] 

§ 9430.5 [Reserved] 

Thomas R. Wilkey, 

Executive Director, U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. E9–13859 Filed 6–11–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–KF–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2009–0284; Directorate 

Identifier 2009–CE–016–AD; Amendment 

39–15939; AD 2009–12–16] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; Dornier 

Luftfahrt GmbH Models Dornier 228– 

100, Dornier 228–101, Dornier 228–200, 

Dornier 228–201, Dornier 228–202, and 

Dornier 228–212 Airplanes 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: We are superseding an 

existing airworthiness directive (AD) for 

the products listed above. This AD 

results from mandatory continuing 

airworthiness information (MCAI) 

issued by an aviation authority of 

another country to identify and correct 

an unsafe condition on an aviation 

product. The MCAI describes the unsafe 

condition as: 

The manufacturer reported findings of 

missing primer on the internal of the elevator 

and rudder of aircraft S/N 8200. The aircraft 

S/N 8200 was with RUAG for maintenance 

purposes. Investigation performed by RUAG 

showed that the paint removal procedure for 

the rudder and elevator was changed from a 

paint stripping with brush and scraper to a 

procedure where the parts were submerged 

in a tank filled with hot liquid stripper. The 

stripper is called TURCO 5669 from Henkel 

Surface Technologies. The stripping process 

is described in the Technical Process Bulletin 

No. 238799 dated 09/01/1999. This paint 

stripping process change was not 

communicated to and not approved by the 

TC–Holder. 

We are issuing this AD to require 

actions to correct the unsafe condition 

on these products. 

DATES: This AD becomes effective July 

17, 2009. 

On July 17, 2009, the Director of the 

Federal Register approved the 

incorporation by reference of certain 

publications listed in this AD. 

ADDRESSES: You may examine the AD 

docket on the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov or in person at the 

Docket Management Facility, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, Docket 

Operations, M–30, West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 

DC 20590. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg 

Davison, Glider Program Manager, 901 

Locust, Room 301, Kansas City,