[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 19 (Monday, January 29, 2001)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 8089-8090]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-2559]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 80

[FRL-6940-4]
RIN 2060-AI60


Petition by American Samoa for Exemption From Anti-Dumping 
Requirements for Conventional Gasoline: Delay of Effective Date

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Final rule; 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 Petition by American Samoa for 
Exemption from Anti-Dumping Requirements for Conventional Gasoline, 
published in the Federal Register on November 29, 2000, 65 FR 71067. 
That rule grants a petition by the Territory of American Samoa for 
exemption from the Clean Air Act's anti-dumping requirements for 
gasoline sold in the United States after January 1, 1995. To the extent 
that 5 U.S.C. 553 or 42 U.S.C. 7607(d) 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). Alternatively, the Agency's 
implementation of this rule 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. 553(b)(B) and 
553(d)(3), in that seeking public comment is impracticable, unnecessary 
and contrary to the public interest. The temporary 60-day delay in 
effective date is necessary to give Agency 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 
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this temporary delay would have been impractical, as well as contrary 
to the public interest in the orderly promulgation and implementation 
of regulations.

DATES: The effective date of the rule titled Petition by American Samoa 
for Exemption from Anti-Dumping Requirements for Conventional Gasoline, 
published in the Federal Register on November 29, 2000, at 65 FR 71067, 
is delayed for 60 days, from January 29, 2001 to a new effective date 
of March 30, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marilyn Winstead McCall at (202) 564-
9029, facsimile: (202) 565-2085, e-mail address: 
[email protected].

    Dated: January 25, 2001.
W. Michael McCabe,
Acting Administrator.
[FR Doc. 01-2559 Filed 1-26-01; 8:45 am]
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