[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 78 (Monday, April 22, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 17564-17565]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9703]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary

14 CFR Part 311

[Docket No. OST-96-1259; Notice 96-9]
RIN 2105-AC40


National Security Information; Removal of Regulations

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: DOT is removing regulations regarding National Security 
Information that it inherited from the Civil Aeronautics Board because 
they merely reference DOT's own rules on the same subject. This action 
is taken on the Department's initiative in response to the President's 
Regulatory Reinvention Initiative.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 22, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert I. Ross, Office of the General 
Counsel, C-10, Department of Transportation, Washington, DC 20590, 
telephone (202) 366-9156, FAX (202) 366-9170.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1985, the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) 
ceased to exist and many of its functions and resources were 
transferred to DOT. Since both CAB and DOT had administrative 
regulations on many common subjects, as a service to persons accustomed 
to using the CAB regulations, those regulations were revised to 
reference the DOT regulations. Enough time has passed that the 
duplicative references can be removed. This document removes 14 CFR 
Part 311, CAB's regulatory part covering classification and 
declassification of national security information and materials, in 
favor of DOT's at 49 CFR Part 8, to which Part 311 has referred for 
many years. As part of the President's Regulatory Reinvention 
Initiative, we will be removing other duplicative or obsolete parts in 
separate rulemakings. Because these changes are editorial in nature and 
do not change the substantive requirements, the Department finds that 
notice and comment are unnecessary and contrary to the public interest.

Analysis of Regulatory Impacts

    This rule is not a ``significant regulatory action'' within the 
meaning of Executive Order 12866. It is also not significant within the 
definition in DOT's Regulatory Policies and Procedures, 49 FR 11034 
(1979), in part because it does not involve any change in important 
Departmental policies. There is no economic impact as a result of this 
change. Moreover, I certify that this rule will not have a significant 
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
    This rule does not significantly affect the environment, and 
therefore an environmental impact statement is not required under the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. It has also been reviewed 
under Executive Order 12612, Federalism, and it has been determined 
that it does not have sufficient implications for federalism to warrant 
preparation of a Federalism Assessment.
    Finally, the rule does not contain any collection of information 
requirements, requiring review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1980.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 311

    Classified information.

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PART 311--[REMOVED]

    In accordance with the above and under the authority of 49 U.S.C. 
40113, DOT removes 14 CFR Part 311.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on this 1st day of April, 1996.
Federico Pena,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-9703 Filed 4-19-96; 8:45 am]
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