[Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions]
[Introduction to the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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Part II





Regulatory Information Service Center





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Introduction to the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and 
Deregulatory Actions

Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 80 / Monday, April 27, 1998 / Unified 
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Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 80 / Monday, April 27, 1998 / Unified 
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REGULATORY INFORMATION SERVICE CENTER



Introduction to the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and 
Deregulatory Actions



AGENCY: Regulatory Information Service Center.

ACTION: Introduction to the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and 
Deregulatory Actions.

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SUMMARY: The Regulatory Flexibility Act requires that agencies publish 
semiannual regulatory agendas describing regulatory actions they are 
developing (5 U.S.C. 602). Executive Order 12866 ``Regulatory Planning 
and Review'' (58 FR 51735; October 4, 1993) and Office of Management 
and Budget memoranda implementing section 4 of that Order establish 
minimum standards for agencies' agendas, including specific types of 
information for each entry.

    The Unified Agenda helps agencies fulfill all of these 
requirements. All Federal regulatory agencies have chosen to publish 
their regulatory agendas as part of this publication.

    Section 4 of Executive Order 12866 also directs that, as part of 
their submissions to the October edition of the Unified Agenda, 
agencies prepare a regulatory plan of the most important significant 
regulatory actions that the agency reasonably expects to issue in 
proposed or final form during the upcoming fiscal year. The agency 
plans appear only as part of the October publication. They are not 
included in the April publication.

    The following separate parts in this issue of the Federal Register 
are the agency agendas, followed by indexes to the entries. Together, 
these comprise the April 1998 edition of the semiannual Unified Agenda. 
We welcome your comments on this publication and your suggestions for 
improving future ones.

ADDRESSES: Regulatory Information Service Center (MI), General Services 
Administration, 1800 F Street NW., Suite 3033, Washington, DC 20405.



Electronic Availability

    All editions of the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and 
Deregulatory Actions and The Regulatory Plan since October 1995 are 
available in electronic form. You can search the Agenda and the Plan on 
the World Wide Web at:

http://reginfo.gov

or through the U.S. Business Advisor at:

http://www.business.gov

You may also search the Agenda and the Plan on the Government Printing 
Office's GPO Access, which is accessible through:

http://www.access.gpo.gov

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information about specific 
regulatory actions, please refer to the Agency Contact listed for each 
entry.

    To provide comment on or to obtain further information about this 
publication, contact: Mark G. Schoenberg, Executive Director, 
Regulatory Information Service Center (MI), General Services 
Administration, 1800 F Street NW., Suite 3033, Washington, DC 20405, 
(202) 482-7350. You may also send comments to us by e-mail at:

[email protected]



SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

                            TABLE OF CONTENTS                           
                                                                        
                                                                   Page 
                                                                        
                                                                        
      Introduction to the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and      
                                                                        
I. What Is the Unified Agenda?..................................   21677
  A. What Are the Limitations of the Information?...............   21677
II. Why Is the Unified Agenda Published?........................   21677
III. How Is the Unified Agenda Organized?.......................   21677
IV. What Information Appears for Each Entry?....................   21678
V. Abbreviations................................................   21679
VI. How Can Users Get Copies of the Agenda and the Plan?........   21680
                                                                        
                             AGENCY AGENDAS                             
                                                                        
                           Cabinet Departments                          
                                                                        
Department of Agriculture.......................................   21682
Department of Commerce..........................................   21786
Department of Defense...........................................   21862
Department of Education.........................................   21900
Department of Energy............................................   21910
Department of Health and Human Services.........................   21932
Department of Housing and Urban Development.....................   22044
Department of the Interior......................................   22080
Department of Justice...........................................   22164
Department of Labor.............................................   22218
Department of State.............................................   22278
Department of Transportation....................................   22286
Department of the Treasury......................................   22460
Department of Veterans Affairs..................................   22556
                                                                        
                        Other Executive Agencies                        
                                                                        
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.......................   22584
Agency for International Development............................   22586
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board......   22590
Commission on Civil Rights......................................   22596
Corporation for National and Community Service..................   22598
Environmental Protection Agency.................................   22602
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.........................   22746
Federal Emergency Management Agency.............................   22752
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service......................   22760
General Services Administration.................................   22762
National Aeronautics and Space Administration...................   22774
National Archives and Records Administration....................   22778
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities                      
  Institute of Museum and Library Services......................   22786
  National Endowment for the Arts...............................   22788
  National Endowment for the Humanities.........................   22792
National Science Foundation.....................................   22796
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight..................   22800
Office of Government Ethics.....................................   22804
Office of Management and Budget.................................   22812
Office of Personnel Management..................................   22818
Overseas Private Investment Corporation.........................   22842
Panama Canal Commission.........................................   22844
Peace Corps.....................................................   22848
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation............................   22852
Railroad Retirement Board.......................................   22858
Selective Service System........................................   22864
Small Business Administration...................................   22866
Social Security Administration..................................   22874
Tennessee Valley Authority......................................   22896
United States Information Agency................................   22898
                                                                        
                             Joint Authority                            
                                                                        
Department of Defense/General Services Administration/National          
 Aeronautics and Space Administration (Federal Acquisition              
 Regulation)....................................................   22902
                                                                        
                     Independent Regulatory Agencies                    
                                                                        
Commodity Futures Trading Commission............................   22918
Consumer Product Safety Commission..............................   22924
Farm Credit Administration......................................   22934
Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation........................   22942
Federal Communications Commission...............................   22944
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation...........................   22970
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission............................   22980
Federal Housing Finance Board...................................   22984
Federal Maritime Commission.....................................   22990
Federal Reserve System..........................................   22994
Federal Trade Commission........................................   23010
National Credit Union Administration............................   23022
National Indian Gaming Commission...............................   23030
National Labor Relations Board..................................   23036
Nuclear Regulatory Commission...................................   23040
Securities and Exchange Commission..............................   23060
Surface Transportation Board....................................   23084
                                                                        
                    INDEXES TO UNIFIED AGENDA ENTRIES                   
                                                                        
Small Entities Index............................................   23089
Government Levels Index.........................................   23103
Regulatory Flexibility Act Section 610 Review Index.............   23131
Subject Index...................................................   23133
                                                                        



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INTRODUCTION TO THE UNIFIED AGENDA OF FEDERAL REGULATORY AND 
DEREGULATORY ACTIONS



I. What Is the Unified Agenda?

    The Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 
(Unified Agenda) provides information, in a uniform format, about 
regulations that the Government is considering or reviewing. The 
Unified Agenda has appeared in the Federal Register twice each year 
since 1983. This edition includes regulatory agendas from 62 Federal 
departments and agencies. Agencies of the United States Congress are 
not included.

    The Regulatory Plan, required under Executive Order 12866, is part 
of the October edition of the Unified Agenda. The Plan provides 
additional information about the most important significant regulatory 
actions that agencies reasonably expect to issue in proposed or final 
form during the upcoming fiscal year.

    The Regulatory Information Service Center (the Center) compiles the 
Unified Agenda for the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs 
(OIRA), part of the Office of Management and Budget. OIRA is 
responsible for overseeing the Federal Government's regulatory, 
paperwork, and information resource management activities, including 
implementation of E.O. 12866. The Center also provides information 
about Federal regulatory activity to the President and his Executive 
Office, the Congress, agency managers, and the public.

    The activities included in the Agenda are, in general, those that 
will have a regulatory action within the next 12 months. Agencies may 
include activities that will have a longer timeframe than 12 months. 
Agency agendas also show actions or reviews completed or withdrawn 
since the last agenda. The agendas do not contain regulations that were 
excluded under Executive Order 12866, such as those concerning military 
or foreign affairs functions or regulations related to agency 
organization, management, or personnel matters.



A. What Are the Limitations of the Information?

    Agencies prepared entries for this publication to give the public 
notice of their plans to review, propose, and issue regulations. They 
have tried to predict their activities over the next 12 months as 
accurately as possible, but dates and schedules are subject to change. 
Agencies may withdraw some of the regulations now under development, 
and they may issue or propose other regulations not included in their 
agendas. Agency actions in the rulemaking process may occur before or 
after the dates they have listed.

    The Unified Agenda does not create a legal obligation on agencies 
to adhere to schedules within it or to confine their regulatory 
activities to those regulations that appear in this publication. The 
information in this edition is accurate as of April 1, 1998, in the 
judgment of the submitting agencies, except as otherwise noted by the 
agencies. In addition, some agencies submitted updates after that date.

    Where applicable, individual actions will be subject to review for 
compliance with applicable Executive orders, the Regulatory Flexibility 
Act, and the Paperwork Reduction Act at appropriate points in the 
regulatory process.



II. Why Is the Unified Agenda Published?

    The Unified Agenda helps agencies comply with their obligations 
under the Regulatory Flexibility Act and various Executive orders and 
other statutes.



Regulatory Flexibility Act

    The Regulatory Flexibility Act requires agencies to identify those 
rules that may have a significant economic impact on a substantial 
number of small entities (5 U.S.C. 602). Agencies meet that requirement 
by including the information in their submissions for the Unified 
Agenda. Agencies may also indicate those regulations that they are 
reviewing as part of their periodic review of existing rules under the 
Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 610).



Executive Order 12866

    Executive Order 12866 entitled ``Regulatory Planning and Review'' 
(September 30, 1993; 58 FR 51735) requires covered agencies to prepare 
an agenda of all regulations under development or review. The Order 
also requires that certain agencies prepare annually a regulatory plan 
of their ``most important significant regulatory actions,'' which 
appears part of the October Unified Agenda.



Executive Order 12875

    Executive Order 12875 entitled ``Enhancing the Intergovernmental 
Partnership'' (October 26, 1993; 58 FR 58093) directs agencies to 
reduce the imposition of unfunded mandates upon State, local, and 
tribal governments. The Order directs agencies that are proposing to 
impose nonstatutory unfunded mandates to consult with affected 
governmental officials and document their concerns, report those 
concerns to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and 
explain the agency's position supporting the continuing need to issue 
the regulation in light of those concerns. As part of this effort, 
agencies include in their submissions for the Unified Agenda 
information on whether their regulatory actions may have an effect on 
the various levels of government.



Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995

    The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (P.L. 104-4, title II) 
requires agencies to prepare written assessments of the costs and 
benefits of significant regulatory actions ``that may result in the 
expenditure by State, local, and tribal governments, in the aggregate, 
or by the private sector, of $100,000,000 or more . . . in any 1 year . 
. . .'' The requirement does not apply to independent regulatory 
agencies, nor does it apply to certain subject areas excluded by 
section 4 of the Act. Affected agencies identify in the Unified Agenda 
those regulatory actions they believe are subject to title II of the 
Act.



Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act

    The Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (P.L. 104-
121, title II) established a procedure for congressional review of 
rules (5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), which defers, unless exempted, the 
effective date of a ``major'' rule for at least 60 days from the 
publication of the final rule in the Federal Register. The Act 
specifies that a rule is ``major'' if it has resulted or is likely to 
result in an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more or 
meets other criteria specified in that Act. If the issuing agency 
believes that a rule may be major, it indicates this under the 
``Priority'' heading of the entry. The Act provides that the 
Administrator of OIRA will make the final determination as to whether a 
rule is major.



III. How Is the Unified Agenda Organized?

    Each agency's agenda appears as a separate part in this edition of 
the Federal Register. The parts of the Unified Agenda are organized 
alphabetically in four groups: Cabinet departments; other executive 
agencies; the Federal Acquisition Regulation, a joint authority; and 
independent

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regulatory agencies. Departments may in turn be divided into 
subagencies.

    Each department or agency introduces its part of the Agenda with a 
preamble providing information specific to that part. For each agency 
that requests it, the Center provides a table of contents that appears 
in the Agenda after the agency preamble.

    Each agency presents its entries under one of five headings 
according to the rulemaking stage of the entry. The stages are:

    1. Prerule Stage--actions agencies will undertake to determine 
whether or how to initiate rulemaking. Such actions occur prior to a 
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) and may include Advance Notices of 
Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRMs) and reviews of existing regulations.

    2. Proposed Rule Stage--actions for which agencies plan to publish 
a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking as the next step in their rulemaking 
process or for which the closing date of the NPRM Comment Period is the 
next step.

    3. Final Rule Stage--actions for which agencies plan to publish a 
final rule or an interim final rule or to take other final action as 
the next step in their rulemaking process.

    4. Long-Term Actions--items under development but for which the 
agency does not expect to have a regulatory action within the 12 months 
after publication of this edition of the Unified Agenda. Some of the 
entries in this section may contain abbreviated information.

    5. Completed Actions--actions or reviews the agency has completed 
or withdrawn since publishing its last agenda. This section also 
includes items the agency began and completed between issues of the 
Agenda.

    An agency may use subheadings to identify regulations that it has 
grouped according to particular topics. When these subheadings are 
used, they appear above the title of the first regulation in each 
group.

    A bullet () preceding an entry indicates that the entry 
appears in this publication for the first time.

    All entries are numbered sequentially from the beginning to the end 
of the Unified Agenda. The sequence number preceding the title of each 
entry identifies the location of the entry in this edition. The same 
number is used in the indexes to enable readers to find entries on 
specific subjects.

    This publication contains four indexes. The first two indexes list 
the regulatory actions that agencies believe may have effects on small 
entities or levels of government. The third index lists entries for 
which agencies have indicated that they are conducting a periodic 
review under section 610(c) of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. The 
fourth is a subject index based on the Federal Register Thesaurus of 
Indexing Terms.

    Congress generally authorizes a single Federal agency to implement, 
through regulation, a specific policy objective. Sometimes, however, a 
statute may require that several agencies issue regulations to 
accomplish the objective. In such cases, the agencies, working with a 
central coordinator, jointly publish the rulemaking documents. These 
regulations are known as Governmentwide common rules. Agencies 
participating in developing common rules report them in their 
individual sections of the Unified Agenda.

    This edition of the Unified Agenda contains two Governmentwide 
common rules:

 New Restrictions on Lobbying
 Administrative Requirements for Grantees To Reflect Single 
    Audit Act Amendments



IV. What Information Appears for Each Entry?

    All entries in the Unified Agenda contain uniform data elements 
including, at a minimum, the following information:

    Title of the Regulation. The notation ``Section 610 Review'' 
following the title indicates that the agency has selected the rule for 
its periodic review of existing rules under the Regulatory Flexibility 
Act (5 U.S.C. 610(c)).

    Priority. Agencies assign each entry to one of the following five 
categories of significance.

    (1) Economically Significant

  As defined in Executive Order 12866, a rulemaking action that will 
    have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more or 
    will adversely affect in a material way the economy, a sector of 
    the economy, productivity, competition, jobs, the environment, 
    public health or safety, or State, local, or tribal governments or 
    communities. The definition of an ``economically significant'' rule 
    is similar but not identical to the definition of a ``major'' rule 
    under 5 U.S.C. 801 (P.L. 104-121). (See below.)

    (2) Other Significant

  A rulemaking that is not economically significant but is considered 
    significant by the agency. This category includes rules that the 
    agency anticipates will be reviewed under E.O. 12866 or rules that 
    are a priority of the agency head. These rules may or may not be 
    included in the agency's regulatory plan.

    (3) Substantive, Nonsignificant

  A rulemaking that has substantive impacts but is neither Significant, 
    nor Routine and Frequent, nor Informational/Administrative/Other.

    (4) Routine and Frequent

  A rulemaking that is a specific case of a multiple recurring 
    application of a regulatory program in the Code of Federal 
    Regulations and that does not alter the body of the regulation.

    (5) Informational/Administrative/

    Other

  A rulemaking that is primarily informational or pertains to agency 
    matters not central to accomplishing the agency's regulatory 
    mandate but that the agency places in the Unified Agenda to inform 
    the public of the activity.

    In addition, if an agency believes that a rule may be ``major'' 
under 5 U.S.C. 801 (P.L. 104-121) because it has resulted or is likely 
to result in an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more or 
meets other criteria specified in that Act, the agency indicates this 
under the ``Priority'' heading. (The Act provides that the 
Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs will 
make the final determination as to whether a rule is major.)

    Unfunded Mandates--whether the rule is covered by section 202 of 
the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (P.L. 104-4). The Act requires 
that, before issuing an NPRM likely to result in a mandate that may 
result in expenditures by State, local, and tribal governments, in the 
aggregate, or by the private sector of more than $100 million in 1 
year, agencies, other than independent regulatory agencies, shall 
prepare a written statement containing an assessment of the anticipated 
costs and benefits of the Federal mandate. If the agency believes the 
entry is not subject to the Act, this data element will not be printed.

    Reinvention--whether the action is part of the Administration's 
Reinventing Government effort and, if so, whether the result will be 
elimination of existing

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text in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) or revision of text in 
the CFR to reduce burden or duplication or to streamline requirements. 
If the action is not specifically part of this effort, the data element 
will not be printed.

    Legal Authority--the section(s) of the United States Code (U.S.C.) 
or Public Law (P.L.) or the Executive order (E.O.) that authorize(s) 
the regulatory action. Agencies may provide popular name references to 
laws in addition to these citations.

    CFR Citation--the section(s) of the Code of Federal Regulations 
that will be affected by the action.

    Legal Deadline--whether the rule is subject to a statutory or 
judicial deadline, the date of that deadline, and whether the deadline 
pertains to an NPRM, a Final Action, or some other action.

    Abstract--a brief description of the problem the regulation will 
address; the need for a Federal solution; to the extent available, the 
alternatives that the agency is considering to address the problem; and 
the potential costs and benefits of the action.

    Timetable--the dates and citations (if available) for all past 
steps and a projected date for at least the next step for the 
regulatory action. If a date appears in this section as 00/00/00, the 
date of the action is currently undetermined. A date printed in the 
form 10/00/98 means the agency is predicting the month and year the 
action will take place but not the day it will occur. ``Undetermined'' 
indicates the agency does not know what action it will take next. Dates 
after 1999 are printed in the same form as other dates, using the last 
two digits of the year. (Note that 00/00/00 refers to an unspecified 
date some time in the future, with no specific relation to the year 
2000.)

    Small Entities Affected--whether the rule is expected to have a 
significant economic impact on a substantial number of ``small 
entities'' as defined by the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 
et seq.) and, if so, whether the small entities are businesses, 
governmental jurisdictions, or organizations.

    Government Levels Affected--whether the rule is expected to affect 
levels of government and, if so, whether the governments are State, 
local, tribal, or Federal.

    Agency Contact--the name, title, address, and phone number of a 
person in the agency who is knowledgeable about the regulation. If 
available, the agency may also provide the fax number, e-mail address, 
and TDD for the agency contact.

    Procurement--whether the action is related to procurement and, if 
so, whether it is required by statute and whether it involves a 
paperwork burden. The Procurement heading appears only if the entry is 
related to procurement.

    Some agencies have provided the following optional information:

    Compliance Cost to the Public--the estimated gross compliance cost 
of the action.

    Affected Sectors--the industrial sectors that the action may most 
affect, either directly or indirectly. Affected Sectors are identified 
by Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) numbers.

    Analysis--whether the agency is preparing a Regulatory Flexibility 
Analysis, within the meaning of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 
U.S.C. 601 et seq.), or any other kind of analysis or evaluation (e.g., 
an environmental impact statement).

    Some of the agencies that participated in the October 1997 edition 
of The Regulatory Plan have chosen to include the following information 
for those entries that appeared in the Plan:

    Statement of Need--a description of the need for the regulatory 
action.

    Summary of the Legal Basis--a description of the legal basis for 
the action, including whether any aspect of the action is required by 
statute or court order.

    Alternatives--a description of the alternatives the agency has 
considered or will consider as required by section 4(c)(1)(B) of E.O. 
12866.

    Anticipated Costs and Benefits--a description of preliminary 
estimates of the anticipated costs and benefits of the action.

    Risks--a description of the magnitude of the risk the action 
addresses, the amount by which the agency expects the action to reduce 
this risk, and the relation of the risk and this risk reduction effort 
to other risks and risk reduction efforts within the agency's 
jurisdiction.



V. Abbreviations

    The following abbreviations appear throughout this publication:

    ANPRM--An Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking is a preliminary 
notice, published in the Federal Register, announcing that an agency is 
considering a regulatory action. The agency issues an ANPRM before it 
develops a detailed proposed rule. The ANPRM describes the general area 
that may be subject to regulation and usually asks for public comment 
on the issues and options being discussed. An ANPRM is issued only when 
an agency believes it needs to gather more information before 
proceeding to a notice of proposed rulemaking.

    CFR--The Code of Federal Regulations is an annual codification of 
the general and permanent regulations published in the Federal Register 
by the departments and agencies of the Federal Government. The Code is 
divided into 50 titles, and each title covers a broad area subject to 
Federal regulation. The CFR is keyed to and kept up to date by the 
daily issues of the Federal Register.

    EO--An Executive order is a directive from the President to 
executive agencies, issued under constitutional or statutory authority. 
Executive orders are published in the Federal Register and in title 3 
of the Code of Federal Regulations.

    FR--The Federal Register is a daily Federal Government publication 
that provides a uniform system for publishing Presidential documents, 
all proposed and final regulations, notices of meetings, and other 
official documents issued by Federal departments and agencies.

    FY--The Federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30.

    NPRM--A Notice of Proposed Rulemaking is the document an agency 
issues and publishes in the Federal Register that describes and 
solicits public comments on a proposed regulatory action. Under the 
Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553), an NPRM must include, at a 
minimum:

 a statement of the time, place, and nature of the public 
    rulemaking proceeding;
 a reference to the legal authority under which the rule is 
    proposed; and
 either the terms or substance of the proposed rule or a 
    description of the subjects and issues involved.

    PL--A Public Law is a law passed by Congress and signed by the 
President or enacted over his veto. It has general applicability, 
unlike a private law that applies only to those persons or entities 
specifically designated. Public laws are numbered in sequence 
throughout the 2-year life of each Congress; for example, PL 105-4 is 
the fourth public law of the 105th Congress.

    RFA--A Regulatory Flexibility Analysis is a description and 
analysis of

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the impact of a rule on small entities, including small businesses, 
small governmental jurisdictions, and certain small not-for-profit 
organizations. The Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) 
requires each agency to prepare an initial RFA for public comment when 
it is required to publish an NPRM and to make available a final RFA 
when the final rule is published, unless the agency head certifies that 
the rule would not have a significant economic impact on a substantial 
number of small entities.

    RIN--The Regulation Identifier Number is assigned by the Regulatory 
Information Service Center to identify each regulatory action listed in 
the Unified Agenda and The Regulatory Plan, as directed by E.O. 12866 
(section 4(b)). Additionally, OMB has asked agencies to include RINs in 
the headings of their Rule and Proposed Rule documents when publishing 
them in the Federal Register, to make it easier for the public and 
agency officials to track the publication history of regulatory actions 
throughout their development.

    Seq. No.--The Sequence Number identifies the location of an entry 
in this publication. Note that a specific regulatory action will have 
the same RIN throughout its development but will generally have 
different sequence numbers in different editions of the Unified Agenda 
and The Regulatory Plan.

    USC--The United States Code is a consolidation and codification of 
all general and permanent laws of the United States. The USC is divided 
into 50 titles, and each title covers a broad area of Federal law.



VI. How Can Users Get Copies of the Agenda and the Plan?

    Printed copies of this edition of the Federal Register are 
available from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government 
Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402-9325, (202) 512-1800.

    Copies of individual agency materials may be available directly 
from the agency. Please contact the particular agency for further 
information.

    All editions of the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and 
Deregulatory Actions and The Regulatory Plan since October 1995 are 
also available in electronic form. You can search the Agenda and the 
Plan on the World Wide Web at:

http://reginfo.gov

or through the U.S. Business Advisor at:

http://www.business.gov

You may also search the Agenda and the Plan on the Goverment Printing 
Office's GPO Access, which is accessible through:

http://www.access.gpo.gov

Dated: April 15, 1998.

Ronald C. Kelly,
Acting Executive Director.

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