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.

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Tuesday, September 12, 2017 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

8 CFR Chapter I 

19 CFR Chapter I 

[USCBP–2017–0035] 

Reducing Regulation and Controlling 

Regulatory Costs 

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection, Department of Homeland 

Security. 

ACTION: Request for information. 

SUMMARY: As part of its implementation 

of Executive Order 13771, ‘‘Reducing 

Regulation and Controlling Regulatory 

Costs,’’ issued by the President on 

January 30, 2017, and Executive Order 

13777, ‘‘Enforcing the Regulatory 

Reform Agenda,’’ issued by the 

President on February 24, 2017, U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 

within the Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS) is seeking comments and 

information from interested parties to 

assist CBP in identifying existing 

regulations, paperwork requirements, 

and other regulatory obligations that can 

be modified or repealed, consistent with 

law, to achieve savings of time and 

money while continuing to achieve 

CBP’s statutory obligations. 

DATES: Written comments and 

information are requested on or before 

December 11, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit 

suggestions identified by docket number 

by submitting them to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

via docket number USCBP–2017–0035. 

All submissions received must include 

the agency name and docket number for 

this rulemaking. All suggestions 

received will be posted without change 

to http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information provided. Any 

member of the public may access the 

docket to read suggestions received. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elena Ryan, Special Advisor, Programs 

and Policy Analysis, U.S. Department of 

Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection, Office of Trade, 

Regulations and Rulings, 90 K Street 

NE., 10th Floor, MS1177, Washington, 

DC 20229. Telephone: 202–325–0004. 

Email: regulatoryreformsuggestion@

cbp.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

January 30, 2017, the President issued 

Executive Order 13771, ‘‘Reducing 

Regulation and Controlling Regulatory 

Costs.’’ That Executive Order stated that 

the policy of the executive branch is to 

be prudent and financially responsible 

in the expenditure of funds, from both 

public and private sources. The 

Executive Order also stated that it is 

essential to manage the costs associated 

with the governmental imposition of 

private expenditures required to comply 

with Federal regulations. Toward that 

end, for fiscal year 2017, the Executive 

Order requires that: 

(a) ‘‘Unless prohibited by law, 

whenever an executive department or 

agency publicly proposes for notice and 

comment or otherwise promulgates a 

new regulation, it shall identify at least 

two existing regulations to be repealed.’’ 

Sec. 2(a). 

(b) ‘‘For fiscal year 2017 the total 

incremental cost of all new regulations, 

including repealed regulations, to be 

finalized this year shall be no greater 

than zero, unless otherwise required by 

law or consistent with advice provided 

in writing by the Director of the Office 

of Management and Budget.’’ Sec. 2(b); 

and 

(c) ‘‘Any new incremental costs 

associated with new regulations shall, to 

the extent permitted by law, be offset by 

the elimination of existing costs 

associated with at least two prior 

regulations.’’ Sec. 2(c). 

Further, the Executive Order requires 

that for fiscal year 2018, and for each 

fiscal year thereafter, the head of each 

agency shall identify, for each 

regulation that increases incremental 

cost, offsetting regulations, and provide 

the agency’s best approximation of the 

total costs or savings associated with 

each new regulation or repealed 

regulation. 

Additionally, on February 24, 2017, 

the President issued Executive Order 

13777, ‘‘Enforcing the Regulatory 

Reform Agenda’’. The Executive Order 

established a Federal policy to alleviate 

unnecessary regulatory burdens placed 

on the American people. Section 3(a) of 

the Executive Order directs Federal 

agencies to establish a Regulatory 

Reform Task Force (Task Force). One of 

the duties of the Task Force is to 

evaluate existing regulations and make 

recommendations to the agency head 

regarding their repeal, replacement, or 

modification. The Executive Order 

further asks that each Task Force 

attempt to identify regulations that: 

(i) Eliminate jobs, or inhibit job 

creation; 

(ii) Are outdated, unnecessary, or 

ineffective; 

(iii) Impose costs that exceed benefits; 

(iv) Create a serious inconsistency or 

otherwise interfere with regulatory 

reform initiatives and policies; 

(v) Are inconsistent with the 

requirements of section 515 of the 

Treasury and General Government 

Appropriations Act, 2001 (44 U.S.C. 

3516 note), or the guidance issued 

pursuant to that provision in particular 

those regulations that rely in whole or 

in part on data, information, or methods 

that are not publicly available or that are 

insufficiently transparent to meet the 

standard of reproducibility; or 

(vi) Derive from or implement 

Executive Orders or other Presidential 

directives that have been subsequently 

rescinded or substantially modified. 

The Office of Management and Budget 

has directed that agency policies (such 

as guidance and interpretative 

documents) and information collections 

that impose costs on the public may also 

be identified under the above criteria, in 

addition to regulations. 

Section 3(e) of the Executive Order 

calls on the Task Force to seek input 

and other assistance on this task, as 

permitted by law, from entities 

significantly affected by Federal 

regulations, including State, local, and 

Tribal governments, small businesses, 

consumers, non-governmental 

organizations, and trade associations. 

Request for Suggestions 

CBP is, through this document, 

seeking input from entities affected by 

CBP, including state, local, and tribal 

governments, small businesses, 

consumers, non-governmental 

organizations, manufacturers, and their 

trade associations. These entities are in 


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the best position to help CBP identify 

rules that are obsolete, unnecessary, 

unjustified, or simply no longer make 

sense, or rules that could be better 

modernized to accomplish their 

objectives. 

Consistent with CBP’s commitment to 

public participation in the rulemaking 

process, CBP is soliciting views from the 

public on specific regulations or 

paperwork requirements that could be 

altered or eliminated to reduce burdens 

while still allowing CBP to meet its 

mission. 

While CBP promulgates rules in 

accordance with the law and to the best 

of its analytic capability, it is difficult to 

be certain of the consequences of a rule, 

including its costs and benefits, until it 

has been tested. Because knowledge 

about the full effects of a rule is widely 

dispersed in society, members of the 

public are likely to have useful 

information and perspectives on the 

benefits and burdens of existing 

requirements and how regulatory 

obligations may be updated, 

streamlined, revised, or repealed to 

better achieve regulatory objectives, 

while minimizing regulatory burdens, 

consistent with applicable law. 

Accordingly, CBP is asking you to 

consider the following questions when 

providing your input: 

(1) Are there CBP rules or reporting 

requirements that have become outdated 

and, if so, how can they be modernized 

to better accomplish their objective? 

(2) Are there CBP rules that are still 

necessary, but have not operated as well 

as expected such that a modified, or 

slightly different approach at lower cost 

is justified? 

(3) Are there CBP rules that 

unnecessarily obstruct, delay, curtail, or 

otherwise impose significant costs on 

the secure flow of legitimate trade and 

travel to and from the United States? 

(4) Does CBP currently collect 

information that it does not need or use 

effectively? 

(5) Are there regulations, reporting 

requirements, or regulatory processes 

that are unnecessarily complicated or 

could be streamlined to achieve 

statutory obligations in more efficient 

ways? 

(6) Are there rules or reporting 

requirements that have been overtaken 

by technological developments? Can 

new technologies be leveraged to 

modify, streamline, or do away with 

existing regulatory or reporting 

requirements? 

To allow CBP to more effectively 

evaluate suggestions, CBP requests that 

commenters identify with specificity the 

regulation (in either Title 19 CFR 

Chapter I, or Title 8 CFR, Chapter I) or 

reporting requirement at issue, and 

provide the legal citation where 

available. Please note that certain 

regulations which reflect statutory 

requirements cannot be eliminated until 

the statute is amended or repealed to 

eliminate that requirement. CBP also 

requests that the submitter provide, in 

as much detail as possible, an 

explanation why a regulation or 

reporting requirement should be 

modified, streamlined, or repealed, as 

well as specific suggestions of ways CBP 

can do so while achieving its regulatory 

objectives. In addition, supporting data 

or other information, such as cost 

information, for any suggestions would 

be useful. 

Comments from the public are crucial 

to understanding regulatory burden and 

helping CBP find solutions that are cost 

effective, facilitate legitimate trade and 

travel, and enhance homeland security. 

While CBP intends to fully consider all 

input received in response to this 

notice, CBP will not respond 

individually to comments and none of 

the comments submitted will bind CBP 

to take any further action. 

Dated: September 6, 2017. 

Mark Koumans, 

Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner, 

Operations Support, U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection. 

[FR Doc. 2017–19167 Filed 9–11–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FA–2017–0668; Product 

Identifier 2017–NE–17–AD] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; General 

Electric Company Turbofan Engines 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: We propose to adopt a new 

airworthiness directive (AD) for all 

General Electric Company (GE) CF6– 

80A, –80A1, –80A2, and –80A3 

turbofan engines. This proposed AD was 

prompted by high cycle fatigue (HCF) 

cracking of the low-pressure turbine 

(LPT) stage 3 nozzles. This proposed AD 

would require replacement of the LPT 

stage 3 nozzles. We are proposing this 

AD to address the unsafe condition on 

these products. 

DATES: We must receive comments on 

this proposed AD by October 27, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, 

using the procedures found in 14 CFR 

11.43 and 11.45, by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

• Mail: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, 

M–30, West Building Ground Floor, 

Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: Deliver to Mail 

address above between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

For service information identified in 

this NPRM, contact General Electric 

Company, GE-Aviation, Room 285, 1 

Neumann Way, Cincinnati, OH 45215, 

phone: 513–552–3272; fax: 513–552– 

3329; email: geae.aoc@ge.com. You may 

view this service information at the 

FAA, Engine and Propeller Standards 

Branch, Policy and Innovation Division, 

1200 District Avenue, Burlington, MA. 

For information on the availability of 

this material at the FAA, call 781–238– 

7125. 

Examining the AD Docket 

You may examine the AD docket on 

the Internet at http://

www.regulations.gov by searching for 

and locating Docket No. FAA–2017– 

0668; or in person at the Docket 

Management Facility between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. The AD docket 

contains this NPRM, the regulatory 

evaluation, any comments received, and 

other information. The street address for 

the Docket Office (phone: 800–647– 

5527) is in the ADDRESSES section. 

Comments will be available in the AD 

docket shortly after receipt. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Herman Mak, Aerospace Engineer, FAA, 

ECO Branch, Compliance and 

Airworthiness Division, 1200 District 

Avenue, Burlington, MA 01803; phone: 

781–238–7147; fax: 781–238–7199; 

email: herman.mak@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

We invite you to send any written 

relevant data, views, or arguments about 

this proposal. Send your comments to 

an address listed under the ADDRESSES

section. Include ‘‘Docket No. FAA– 

2017–0668; Product Identifier 2017– 

NE–17–AD’’ at the beginning of your 

comments. We specifically invite 

comments on the overall regulatory, 


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