[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 235 (Thursday, December 7, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 62702]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29884]
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APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION
5 CFR Part 1900
Repeal of Employee Responsibilities and Conduct Regulations for
Appalachian Regional Commission Federal Employees (Federal Staff)
AGENCY: Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC or Agency).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Appalachian Regional Commission is issuing as a final rule
regulations for the officers and employees of the Agency's Federal
staff which repeal its superseded employee standards of conduct and
cross-reference the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the
Executive Branch (Standards) and Executive Branch Financial Disclosure,
Qualified Trusts, and Certificates of Divestiture Regulations
(Regulations) issued by the Office of Government Ethics (OGE).
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 7, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Guy Paul Land, Counsel to the Federal Co-Chairman, Appalachian Regional
Commission, 1666 Connecticut Avenue NW., Washington DC 20235, 202-884-
7660.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 7, 1992, OGE published Standards
of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch. The
Standards, which are codified at 5 CFR part 2635, became effective on
February 3, 1993. They established uniform ethical conduct standards
applicable to all executive branch personnel and hence are applicable
to ARC Federal employees. On April 7, 1993, OGE also published the
Executive Branch Financial Disclosure, Qualified Trusts, and
Certificates of Divestiture Regulations which are applicable to all
executive branch employees. The Financial Disclosure Regulations, which
are codified at 5 CFR part 2634, took effect upon publication except
for the rules on confidential disclosure which became effective on
October 5, 1992. These Regulations are also applicable to ARC Federal
employees. As a result of the implementation by OGE of the Standards of
Conduct and Financial Disclosure Regulations for executive branch
personnel, on the effective date of this final rule, the Agency's
regulations on employee Responsibilities and Conduct, 5 CFR part 1900,
will be amended to remove sections 1900.735-101 through 1900.735-108
and add a new section 1900.100 to provide a cross-reference to the
Executive Branch Standards and Financial Disclosure Regulations.
Administrative Procedure Act
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b), the Appalachian Regional Commission
finds good cause exists for waiving the general notice of proposed
rulemaking as to this final rule. The notice is being waived because
this rulemaking relating to ARC Federal employees concerns matters of
agency organization, practice and procedure. Further, it is in the
public interest that the final rule, which repeals superseded ARC
regulations and promulgates a cross-reference to the currently
effective branch-wide Standards and Financial Disclosure Regulations,
become effective upon publication in the Federal Register.
Executive Order 12866
In promulgating this final regulation, the Appalachian Regional
Commission adhered to the regulatory philosophy and the applicable
principles of regulation set forth in section 1 of Executive Order
12866, Regulatory Planning and Review. This final rule has not been
reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget under that Executive
order, since it deals with agency organization, management, and
personnel matters and is not in any event deemed ``significant''
thereunder.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
The Appalachian Regional Commission has determined under the
Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. chapter 6) that this regulation
will not have a significant impact on small business entities because
it affects only ARC Federal employees.
Paperwork Reduction Act
The Appalachian Regional Commission has determined that the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35) does not apply because
this regulation does not contain any information collection
requirements that require the approval of the Office of Management and
Budget.
List of Subjects in 5 CFR Part 1900
Conflict of interests, Government employees.
Approved: November 30, 1995.
Jesse L. White, Jr.,
Federal Co-Chairman, Appalachian Regional Commission.
For the reasons set forth in the preamble, the Appalachian Regional
Commission is revising part 1900 of title 5 of the Code of Federal
Regulations to read as follows:
PART 1900--EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBILITIES AND CONDUCT
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 7301, 40 U.S.C. App. 106.
Section 1900.100 Cross-references to employee ethical conduct
standards and financial disclosure regulations.
Officers and employees of the Appalachian Regional Commission
Federal Staff are subject to the Standards of Ethical Conduct for
Employees of the Executive Branch at 5 CFR part 3635 and the executive
branch-wide financial disclosure regulations at 5 CFR part 2634.
[FR Doc. 95-29884 Filed 12-6-95; 8:45 am]
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