[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 114 (Wednesday, June 12, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 29678-29679]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14846]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

43 CFR Part 8000

[WO-340-1220-00-24 1A]
RIN 1004-AC51


Recreation Programs

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Final Rule; removal.

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SUMMARY: This final rule removes 43 CFR Part 8000--Recreation Programs 
regarding recreation programs on public lands, in its entirety. 43 CFR 
Part 8000--Recreation Programs contains no substantive material that is 
not repeated in subsequent sections of 43 CFR. The Bureau of Land 
Management (BLM) will

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provide the public with any necessary policy and practices for the 
administration of recreation program through procedural guidance.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 12, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edna Taylor, (202) 452-5068.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This final regulation removes 43 CFR Part 
8000--Recreation Programs from BLM's regulatory program as part of its 
effort to eliminate unnecessary and inappropriate material in the Code 
of Federal Regulations.
    BLM published a proposed rule on the removal of 43 CFR Part 8000--
Recreation Programs in the Federal Register of April 9, 1996 (61 FR 
15753), requesting comments by May 9, 1996. During the 30-day comment 
period, BLM did not receive any comments.
    This rule is not subject to the Office of Management and Budget 
review under Executive Order 12866.
    BLM has determined that this final rule is categorically excluded 
from environmental review under section 102(2)(C) of the National 
Environmental Policy Act, pursuant to 516 Departmental Manual (DM), 
Chapter 2, Appendix I, Item 1.10, and that the final rule does not meet 
any of the 10 criteria for exceptions to categorical exclusion listed 
in 516 DM, Chapter 2, Appendix 2. Pursuant to Council on Environmental 
Quality regulations (40 CFR 1508.4) and the environmental policies and 
procedures of the Department of the Interior, the term ``categorical 
exclusions'' means a ``category of actions that do not individually or 
cumulatively have a significant effect on the human environment and 
that have been found to have no such effect in procedures adopted by 
the Federal agency and for which neither an environmental assessment 
nor an environmental impact statement is required.''
    The final rule will not have a significant economic impact on a 
substantial number of small entities under the Regulatory Flexibility 
Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). The rule does not contain information 
collection requirements that need approval by the Office of Management 
and Budget under 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
    The principal author of this final rule is Edna Taylor, Regulatory 
Management Team, BLM.
    Accordingly, under the authority of 5 U.S.C. 301, 43 CFR Part 
8000--Recreation Programs is removed.

    Dated: June 5, 1996.
Sylvia V. Baca,
Acting Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 96-14846 Filed 6-11-96; 8:45 am]
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