[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 14 (Monday, January 23, 2012)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 3211]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-1269]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers

33 CFR Chapter II


USACE's Plan for Retrospective Review Under E.O. 13563

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.

ACTION: Extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On November 16, 2011, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) 
issued a Notice of Intent and Request for Comments on its plan to 
retrospectively review its Regulations implementing the USACE 
Regulatory Program at 33 CFR 320-332 and 334 in accordance with 
Executive Order 13563, ``Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review'' 
(E.O.), issued on January 18, 2011, directs federal agencies to review 
existing significant regulations and identify those that can be made 
more effective or less burdensome in achieving regulatory objectives. 
The Regulations are essential for implementation of the Regulatory 
mission; thus, USACE believes they are a significant rule warranting 
review pursuant to E.O. 13563. The E.O. further directs each agency to 
periodically review its existing significant regulations to determine 
whether any such regulations should be modified, streamlined, expanded, 
or repealed so as to make the agency's regulatory program more 
effective or less burdensome in achieving the regulatory objectives. 
The original comment period ended on January 17, 2012. As a result of 
the request for time extensions, we have extended the comment period 45 
days.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before March 2, 2012.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number COE-
2011-0028, by any of the following methods:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
    Email: [email protected]. Include the docket number, 
COE-2011-0028, in the subject line of the message.
    Mail: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ATTN: CECW-CO-R (Ms. Amy S. 
Klein), 441 G Street NW., Washington, DC 20314-1000.
    Hand Delivery/Courier: Due to security requirements, we cannot 
receive comments by hand delivery or courier.
    Instructions: Instructions for submitting comments are provided in 
the original notice published on November 16, 2011 (76 FR 70927).
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to www.regulations.gov. All documents in the 
docket are listed. Although listed in the index, some information is 
not publicly available, such as CBI or other information whose 
disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as 
copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet and will be 
publicly available only in hard copy form.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Amy S. Klein, Headquarters, U.S. 
Army Corps of Engineers, Operations and Regulatory Community of 
Practice, Washington, DC 20314-1000, by phone at (202) 761-4559 or by 
email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Please refer to the original notice 
published on November 16, 2011 (76 FR 70927) for additional details. 
The original notice solicits comments regarding eight questions. These 
questions are not intended to be exhaustive, and respondents are 
encouraged to raise additional issues or make suggestions unrelated to 
these questions.

    Dated: January 17, 2012.
Richard C. Lockwood,
Acting Chief, Operations and Regulatory Directorate of Civil Works.
[FR Doc. 2012-1269 Filed 1-20-12; 8:45 am]
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