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Federal Register :: Organization, Functions, and Procedures
A Rule by the Federal Transit Administration on 11/04/2005
The effective date of this rule is November 4, 2005.
67317-67322 (6 pages)
Docket FTA-2005-22705
2132-AA79
III. Regulatory Process Matters
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/05-22052 https://www.federalregister.gov/d/05-22052
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Bonnie L. Graves, Attorney-Advisor, Legislation and Regulations Division, Office of Chief Counsel, Federal Transit Administration, 400 Seventh Street SW., Room 9316, Washington, DC 20590, phone: (202) 366-4011, fax: (202) 366-3809, or e-mail, Bonnie.Graves@fta.dot.gov.
You may download this rule from the Department's Docket Management System (http://dms.dot.gov) by entering docket number 22705 in the search field or from Government Printing Office's Federal Register Main Page at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/​fr/​index.html. Users may also download an electronic copy of this document using a modem and suitable communications software from the GPO Electronic Bulletin Board Service at (202) 512-1661.
This final rule is ministerial in nature and relates only to agency management, organization, procedure, and practice. This is not a regulation or rule for the purposes of Executive Order No. 12866. Therefore, under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(A), this rule is exempt from notice and comment rulemaking requirements. The changes made will have no substantive effect on the public; therefore, under 5 U.S.C. 553(d), this rule may become effective less than 30 days after publication in the Federal Register.
With passage of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) on August 10, 2005 (Pub. L. 109-59; 119 Stat. 1144), Congress directed FTA to engage in significant rulemaking activities. To date, FTA has not formally outlined its procedures for rulemaking. Adopting these procedures gives the public knowledge of the rulemaking process and how to participate in that process. Part 601 will specify the procedures for notices of proposed rulemaking and adoption of final rules, as well as procedures by which FTA may expedite the processing of non-controversial changes to its regulations. Rules that the Administrator of FTA judges to be unlikely to result in public comment would be published as direct final rules. Such direct final rules would advise the public that no adverse comment is anticipated and that, unless written adverse comment or notice of intent to submit such comment is received within a specified number of days, the rule will become effective 60 days from the date of publication in the Federal Register. The rulemaking procedures adopted by FTA today are consistent with other DOT modal administrations' rulemaking procedures.
Initiation of rulemaking. Start Printed Page 67319
Authority: 5 U.S.C. § 552; 49 U.S.C. 5334; 49 U.S.C. 1657, 1659; Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1968 (82 Stat. 1369); 49 CFR 1.51.
(c) Office of Chief Counsel. Directed by a Chief Counsel, this office provides legal advice and support to the Administrator and FTA management. The office is responsible for reviewing development and management of FTA-sponsored projects; representing the Administration before civil courts and administrative agencies; drafting and reviewing legislation and regulations to implement the Administration's programs; and working to ensure that the agency upholds the highest ethical standards. The office coordinates with and supports the U.S. Department of Start Printed Page 67320Transportation's General Counsel on FTA legal matters.
(3) Single copies of any guidance document may also be obtained without charge upon written request to the Associate Administrator for Administration, Federal Transit Administration, 400 7th Street SW., Room 9107, Washington, DC, 20590, or to any FTA regional office listed in § 601.2.
(4) Petitions for rulemaking and reconsideration; Start Printed Page 67321
§ 601.21
(b) For rules for which the Administrator determines that notice is unnecessary because no adverse public comment is anticipated, the direct final rulemaking procedure described in § 601.36 of this subpart may be followed.
§ 601.23
§ 601.24
(b) In his/her discretion, the Administrator may invite any interested person to participate in the rulemaking procedures described in § 601.29.
§ 601.27
§ 601.30
§ 601.31
§ 601.32
(2) State the name, street and mailing addresses, and telephone number of the petitioner; if the petitioner is not an individual, state the name, street and mailing addresses and telephone number of an individual designated as an agent of the petitioner for all purposes related to the petition; Start Printed Page 67322
§ 601.33
(a) Each petition received under § 601.32 of this part is referred to the head of the office responsible for the subject matter of that petition. Unless the Administrator otherwise specifies, no public hearing, argument or other proceeding is held directly on a petition before its disposition under this section.
§ 601.34
(a) Any interested person may petition the Administrator for reconsideration of a final rule issued under this part. The petition must be in English and submitted in duplicate to the Administrator, Federal Transit Administration, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, 20590, and received not later than thirty (30) days after publication of the final rule in the Federal Register. Petitions filed after that time will be considered as petitions filed under § 601.32. The petition must contain a brief statement of the complaint and an explanation as to why compliance with the final rule is not practicable, is unreasonable, or is not in the public interest.
§ 601.35
Issued in Washington, DC, this 1st day of November 2005.
[FR Doc. 05-22052 Filed 11-3-05; 8:45 am]