[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 112 (Friday, June 10, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-14089]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

2 CFR Chapter XXVII

5 CFR Chapter XXVIII

8 CFR Chapter V

21 CFR Chapter II

27 CFR Chapter II

28 CFR Chapters I, III, V, and VI

31 CFR Chapter IX

40 CFR Chapter IV

41 CFR Chapter 128

45 CFR Chapter V

48 CFR Chapter 28

[FDMS Docket No. DOJ-LA-2011-0016]


Preliminary Plan for Retrospective Review Under E.O. 13563

AGENCY: Department of Justice.

ACTION: Request for comments.

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SUMMARY: As part of its implementation of Executive Order 13563, 
``Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review,'' issued by the President 
on January 18, 2011, the Department of Justice (the Department) 
encourages comments on its preliminary plan for the retrospective 
review of its existing regulations to determine whether any such 
regulations should be modified, streamlined, expanded, or repealed. The 
purpose of the Department's review is to make its regulatory program 
more effective and less burdensome in achieving its regulatory 
objectives.
    Comment Date: Written comments must be postmarked and electronic 
comments must be submitted on or before July 11, 2011. Commenters 
should be aware that the electronic Federal Docket Management System 
will not accept comments after 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the last day 
of the comment period.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to OLP Regulatory Docket Clerk, 
Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Room 4250, 
Washington, DC 20530. To ensure proper handling, please reference FDMS 
Docket No. DOJ-LA-2011-0016 on your correspondence. You may also submit 
comments electronically or view an electronic version of this notice 
and of the plan at http://www.regulations.gov, at Docket No. DOJ-LA-
2011-0016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Hinchman, Senior Counsel, 
Office of Legal Policy, Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, 
NW., Room 4252, Washington, DC 20530; Telephone (202) 514-8059.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Posting of Public Comments. Please note that all comments received 
are considered part of the public record and made available for public 
inspection online at http://www.regulations.gov. Such information 
includes personal identifying information (such as your name, address, 
etc.) voluntarily submitted by the commenter. Personal identifying 
information identified and located as set forth above will be placed in 
the agency's public docket file, but not posted online. If you wish to 
inspect the agency's public docket file in person by appointment, 
please see the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT paragraph.
    The Department understands that the public comment period set forth 
in this Request for comments is shorter than the 60-day comment period 
normally given for proposed rules. However, in this Request for 
comments (which is not, of course, a proposed rule), the Department is 
not asking for detailed, lengthy comments on its regulations, but only 
on matters pertaining to the Department's preliminary retrospective 
review plan.

 Overview

    On January 18, 2011, the President issued Executive Order 13563, 
``Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review,'' to ensure that Federal 
regulations seek more affordable, less intrusive means to achieve 
policy goals, and that agencies give careful consideration to the 
benefits and costs of those regulations. As part of the Department's 
implementation of the Executive Order, on March 1, 2011, it published a 
Request for Information (RFI) seeking public comment on how best to 
review its existing regulations and to identify whether any of its 
existing regulations should be modified, streamlined, expanded, or 
repealed. (76 FR 11163) Before the comment period closed on March 30, 
2011, the Department received ten comments. The comments are summarized 
in the Department's Preliminary Plan for Retrospective Review of 
Existing Regulations (May 18, 2011), which is posted on http://www.regulations.gov at Docket No. DOJ-LA-2011-0016, and is also 
available on the Department's main Web site at http://www.justice.gov/.
    Consistent with the Department's commitment to public participation 
in the rulemaking process, the Department is now by this Request for 
comments soliciting views from the public on its Preliminary Plan for 
Retrospective Review of its regulations. The Department is also 
soliciting additional candidate rules for review, and specifically 
inviting comments that identify why particular rules should be 
prioritized for review under the standards we lay out in the plan.
    To comment on the Justice Department's preliminary plan, visit 
http://www.regulations.gov and insert DOJ-LA-2011-0016 in the ``Enter 
Keyword or ID'' box. Once you are taken to the docket for the plan, 
click on the ``Submit a Comment'' bubble to open the comment form. We 
look forward to hearing from you.
    The Department notes that this Request for comments is issued 
solely for information and program-planning purposes. The Department 
will give careful consideration to the responses, and may use them as 
appropriate during the retrospective review, but we do not anticipate 
providing a point-by-point response to each comment submitted. While 
responses to this Request for comments do not bind the Department to 
any further actions related to the response, all submissions will be 
made publically available on http://www.regulations.gov.

    Dated: June 2, 2011.
Christopher H. Schroeder,
Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Policy.
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