[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 160 (Tuesday, August 19, 2003)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 49712-49713]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-21222]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

49 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. OST-2003-15945]
RIN 2105-AD32


Establishment of the Chamorro Standard Time Zone

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), (DOT).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: By statute, Congress established the Chamorro standard time 
zone. Geographically this time zone includes Guam and the Commonwealth 
of the Northern Mariana Islands. This final rule revises the Department 
of Transportation's regulations to reference the new time zone.

DATES: This rule is effective on August 19, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joanne Petrie, Office of the Assistant 
General Counsel for Regulation and Enforcement, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Room 10424, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20590, (202) 366-9315.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Background

    On January 24, 2000, Congress passed the Guam and the Northern 
Mariana Islands Standard Time Zone Act [Pub. L. 106-564, 114 Stat. 
2811], which amended title 15 of the United States Code. The Act 
established the Chamorro standard time zone for Guam and the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The term Chamorro refers 
to the culture and people of that area.
    This final rule is ministerial in nature and is meant to 
incorporate the statutory change into the Department's regulations for 
reader convenience. As such, notice and comment are unnecessary and 
contrary to the public interest. Further, because this rule does not 
impose substantive requirements on the public, the Department finds 
that there is good cause to make this rule effective on the date of 
publication in the Federal Register because it is merely referencing a 
statutory change that is already in effect.

Regulatory Analysis and Notices

A. Executive Order 12866 and DOT Regulatory Policies and Procedures

    This rule is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under section 
3(f) of Executive Order 12866 and was not reviewed by the Office of 
Management and Budget. Similarly, the rule is not significant under the 
criteria of the Regulatory Policies and Procedures of the Department of 
Transportation (44 FR 11034). There are no costs associated with this 
rule.

B. Federalism

    This action has been analyzed in accordance with the principles and 
criteria contained in Executive Order 13132, dated August 4, 1999. This 
final rule does not have a substantial direct effect on States.

C. Indian Tribal Governments

    This final rule has been analyzed in accordance with the principles 
and criteria contained in Executive Order 13084 (``Consultation with 
Indian Tribal Governments''). Because this final rule does not 
significantly or uniquely affect the communities of the Indian tribal 
governments and does not impose substantial direct compliance costs, 
the funding and consultation requirements of Executive Order 13084 do 
not apply.

D. Regulatory Flexibility Act

    The Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) requires an 
agency to review regulations to assess their impact on small entities 
unless the agency determines that a rule is not expected to have a 
significant impact on a substantial number of small entities. The 
Department of Transportation hereby certifies that this final rule will 
not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small 
entities.

E. Paperwork Reduction Act

    This rule contains no information collection requirements under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520).

F. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

    The Department has determined that the requirements of Title II of 
the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1531-1538) do not 
apply to this rulemaking.

G. Environment

    We considered the environmental impact of this final rule and have 
determined that this rule has no environmental implications.

Final Rule

List of Subjects in 49 CFR Part 71

    Time zones.

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For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Department of 
Transportation amends 49 CFR part 71 as follows:

PART 71--STANDARD TIME ZONE BOUNDARIES

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1. The authority citation for part 71 is revised to read as follows:

    Authority: Secs. 1-4, 40 Stat. 450, as amended; sec. 1, 41 Stat. 
1446, as amended; secs. 2-7, 80 Stat. 107, as amended; 100 Stat. 
764; Act of Mar. 19, 1918, as amended by the Uniform Time Act of 
1966 and Pub. L. 97-449, 15 U.S.C. 260-267; Pub. L. 99-359; Pub. L. 
106-564, 15 U.S.C. 263, 114 Stat. 2811; 49 CFR 1.59(a), unless 
otherwise noted.

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2. Add Sec.  71.14 to read as follows:


Sec.  71.14  Chamorro Zone.

    The ninth zone, the Chamorro standard time zone, includes the 
Island of Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.


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    Issued in Washington, DC on June 24, 2003.
Norman Y. Mineta,
Secretary of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 03-21222 Filed 8-18-03; 8:45 am]
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