[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 155 (Friday, August 9, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 41507]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20326]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

36 CFR Part 211


National Commission on Wildfire Disasters

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Final rule; technical amendment.

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SUMMARY: The National Wildfire Commission was established pursuant to 
the Wildfire Disaster Recovery Act of 1989 to study the effects of 
disastrous wildfires. The Act provided that the Commission would be 
dissolved following submission of the Commission's final report. The 
final report was filed in May 1994, and the commission dissolved; 
therefore, the regulation governing donations to support the work of 
the Commission is no longer needed and is being removed. The Agency 
identified the need to remove this obsolete regulation during a review 
of regulations undertaken as part of the President's Regulatory 
Reinvention Initiative.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 9, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurie Perrett, Fire and Aviation 
Management Staff, Forest Service, USDA, P.O. Box 96090, Washington, 
D.C. 20090-6090, (202) 205-1511.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Wildfire Disaster Recovery Act of 1989 (16 U.S.C. 551 note) 
directed the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a National 
Commission on Wildfire Disasters. Section 105 of the Act provided that 
the Secretary could receive donations to support the work of the 
Commission.
    The Department published an interim rule in the Federal Register on 
October 7, 1991, (56 FR 50512) to establish uniform administrative 
procedures for receiving and processing contributions to the 
Commission. Regulations were needed to assure adherence to the 
statutory limitation on contributions.
    The Commission completed its study and published its report in May 
1994. The Commission was disbanded following publication of its report.
    Following a review of Forest Service regulations under the 
President's Regulatory Reinvention Initiative, the Agency identified 
this regulation as no longer needed, and, accordingly, by this 
amendment, is removing the rule from the Code of Federal Regulations. 
Because of the narrow scope and limited effect of this action, the 
Agency has determined that this amendment is a technical amendment for 
which notice and comment pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act 
(5 U.S.C. 553) is neither practicable nor necessary.

Regulatory Impact

    This rule is a technical amendment to remove an obsolete regulation 
and, as such, has no substantive effect, nor is it subject to review 
under USDA procedures and Executive Order 12866 on Regulatory Planning 
and Review. Accordingly, this rule is not subject to OMB review under 
Executive Order 12866.
    Moreover, because good cause exists to exempt his rule from notice 
and comment pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553, this rule is exempt from further 
analysis under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995; Executive 
Order 12778, Civil Justice Reform; Executive Order 12630, Takings 
Implications; or the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

List of Subjects in 36 CFR Part 211

    Administrative practice and procedure, Fire prevention, 
Intergovernmental relations, National forests.

    Therefore, for the reasons set forth in the preamble, Part 211 of 
Title 36 of the Code of Federal Regulations is hereby amended as 
follows:

PART 211--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for Part 211 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 30 Stat. 35, as amended, sec. 1, 33 Stat. 628 (16 
U.S.C. 551, 472).


Sec. 211.6  [Removed]

    2. Remove section 211.6.

    Dated: August 6, 1996.
David G. Unger,
Associate Chief.
[FR Doc. 96-20326 Filed 8-8-96; 8:45 am]
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