[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 7, 2001)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 9187]
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[FR Doc No: 01-3104]



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Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 26 / Wednesday, February 7, 2001 / 
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

5 CFR Part 537

RIN 3206-AJ12


Repayment of Student Loans: Delay of Effective Date

AGENCY: U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION: Final rulemaking; delay of effective date.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the memorandum of January 20, 2001, from 
the Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff, entitled 
``Regulatory Review Plan,'' published in the Federal Register on 
January 24, 2001, this action temporarily delays for 60 days the 
effective date of the rule entitled Repayment of Student Loans, 
published in the Federal Register on January 11, 2001, [66 FR 2790]. 
That rule authorizes Federal agencies to repay federally insured 
student loans when necessary to recruit or retain highly qualified 
professional, technical, or administrative personnel. To the extent 
that 5 U.S.C. section 553 applies to this action, it is exempt from 
notice and comment because it constitutes a rule of procedure under 5 
U.S.C. 553(b)(A). Alternately, the Agency's implementation of this 
action without opportunity for public comment, effective immediately 
upon publication today in the Federal Register, is based on the good 
cause exceptions in 5 U.S.C. section 552(b)(B) and 553(d)(3) seeking 
public comment is impracticable, unnecessary and contrary to the public 
interest. The temporary 60-day delay in effective date is necessary to 
give Department officials the opportunity for further review and 
consideration of new regulations, consistent with the Assistant to the 
President's memorandum of January 20, 2001. Given the imminence of the 
effective date, seeking prior public comment on this temporary delay 
would have been impractical, as well as contrary to the public interest 
in the orderly promulgation and implementation of regulations. The 
imminence of the effective date is also good cause for making this 
action effective immediately upon publication.

DATES: The effective date of the Repayment of Student Loans, published 
in the Federal Register on January 11, 2001, at 66 FR 2790, is delayed 
for 60 days, from February 12, 2001, to a new effective date of April 
12, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael J. Mahoney, Personnel Staffing 
Specialist, Office of Personnel Management, Theodore Roosevelt 
Building, 1900 E St. NW., Washington, DC 20415 (202) 606-0830 (FAX 202-
606-0390).

U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Steven R. Cohen,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. 01-3104 Filed 2-6-01; 8:45 am]
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