[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 78 (Monday, April 22, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 17564-17565]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9703]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
14 CFR Part 311
[Docket No. OST-96-1259; Notice 96-9]
RIN 2105-AC40
National Security Information; Removal of Regulations
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: DOT is removing regulations regarding National Security
Information that it inherited from the Civil Aeronautics Board because
they merely reference DOT's own rules on the same subject. This action
is taken on the Department's initiative in response to the President's
Regulatory Reinvention Initiative.
EFFECTIVE DATE: May 22, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert I. Ross, Office of the General
Counsel, C-10, Department of Transportation, Washington, DC 20590,
telephone (202) 366-9156, FAX (202) 366-9170.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1985, the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB)
ceased to exist and many of its functions and resources were
transferred to DOT. Since both CAB and DOT had administrative
regulations on many common subjects, as a service to persons accustomed
to using the CAB regulations, those regulations were revised to
reference the DOT regulations. Enough time has passed that the
duplicative references can be removed. This document removes 14 CFR
Part 311, CAB's regulatory part covering classification and
declassification of national security information and materials, in
favor of DOT's at 49 CFR Part 8, to which Part 311 has referred for
many years. As part of the President's Regulatory Reinvention
Initiative, we will be removing other duplicative or obsolete parts in
separate rulemakings. Because these changes are editorial in nature and
do not change the substantive requirements, the Department finds that
notice and comment are unnecessary and contrary to the public interest.
Analysis of Regulatory Impacts
This rule is not a ``significant regulatory action'' within the
meaning of Executive Order 12866. It is also not significant within the
definition in DOT's Regulatory Policies and Procedures, 49 FR 11034
(1979), in part because it does not involve any change in important
Departmental policies. There is no economic impact as a result of this
change. Moreover, I certify that this rule will not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
This rule does not significantly affect the environment, and
therefore an environmental impact statement is not required under the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. It has also been reviewed
under Executive Order 12612, Federalism, and it has been determined
that it does not have sufficient implications for federalism to warrant
preparation of a Federalism Assessment.
Finally, the rule does not contain any collection of information
requirements, requiring review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1980.
List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 311
Classified information.
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PART 311--[REMOVED]
In accordance with the above and under the authority of 49 U.S.C.
40113, DOT removes 14 CFR Part 311.
Issued in Washington, DC, on this 1st day of April, 1996.
Federico Pena,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-9703 Filed 4-19-96; 8:45 am]
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