[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 27 (Thursday, February 8, 2001)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 9533-9534]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3224]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 86

RIN 1018-AF38


Boating Infrastructure Grant Program: Delay of Effective Date

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

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 (66 FR 7701), this document temporarily delays for 60 
days the effective date of the rule entitled ``Boating Infrastructure 
Grant Program,'' published in the Federal Register on January 18, 2001 
(66 FR 5282). This rule provides for the uniform administration of the 
national Boating Infrastructure Grant Program and survey authorized by 
Section 7404 of the Sportfishing and Boating Safety Act of 1998. 
Through this program, the

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will provide funds to States to install 
or upgrade tie-up facilities for transient recreational boats 26 feet 
or more in length.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the Boating Infrastructure Grant 
Program rule, adding 50 CFR part 86, published in the Federal Register 
on January 18, 2001, at 66 FR 5282, is delayed for 60 days, from 
February 20, 2001, to a new effective date of April 21, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Farrell, Project Officer, U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Federal Aid, 4401 North Fairfax 
Drive, Suite 140, Arlington, VA 22203; telephone (703) 358-2156; fax 
(703) 358-1705; email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To the extent that 5 U.S.C. section 553 
applies to this action, this action is exempt from notice and comment 
because it constitutes a rule of procedure under 5 U.S.C. section 
553(b)(A). Alternatively, the Department's implementation of this 
action 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. sections 553(b)(3)(B) and 553(d)(3), in 
that seeking public comment is impractical, unnecessary and contrary to 
the public interest. The temporary 60-day delay in effective date is 
necessary to give Department 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 on this 
temporary delay would have been impractical, as well as contrary to the 
public interest in the orderly promulgation and implementation of 
regulations.

    Dated: February 2, 2001.
Timothy S. Elliott,
Acting Deputy Solicitor.
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