[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 155 (Friday, August 9, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 41507]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20326]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
36 CFR Part 211
National Commission on Wildfire Disasters
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Final rule; technical amendment.
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SUMMARY: The National Wildfire Commission was established pursuant to
the Wildfire Disaster Recovery Act of 1989 to study the effects of
disastrous wildfires. The Act provided that the Commission would be
dissolved following submission of the Commission's final report. The
final report was filed in May 1994, and the commission dissolved;
therefore, the regulation governing donations to support the work of
the Commission is no longer needed and is being removed. The Agency
identified the need to remove this obsolete regulation during a review
of regulations undertaken as part of the President's Regulatory
Reinvention Initiative.
EFFECTIVE DATE: August 9, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurie Perrett, Fire and Aviation
Management Staff, Forest Service, USDA, P.O. Box 96090, Washington,
D.C. 20090-6090, (202) 205-1511.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Wildfire Disaster Recovery Act of 1989 (16 U.S.C. 551 note)
directed the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a National
Commission on Wildfire Disasters. Section 105 of the Act provided that
the Secretary could receive donations to support the work of the
Commission.
The Department published an interim rule in the Federal Register on
October 7, 1991, (56 FR 50512) to establish uniform administrative
procedures for receiving and processing contributions to the
Commission. Regulations were needed to assure adherence to the
statutory limitation on contributions.
The Commission completed its study and published its report in May
1994. The Commission was disbanded following publication of its report.
Following a review of Forest Service regulations under the
President's Regulatory Reinvention Initiative, the Agency identified
this regulation as no longer needed, and, accordingly, by this
amendment, is removing the rule from the Code of Federal Regulations.
Because of the narrow scope and limited effect of this action, the
Agency has determined that this amendment is a technical amendment for
which notice and comment pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act
(5 U.S.C. 553) is neither practicable nor necessary.
Regulatory Impact
This rule is a technical amendment to remove an obsolete regulation
and, as such, has no substantive effect, nor is it subject to review
under USDA procedures and Executive Order 12866 on Regulatory Planning
and Review. Accordingly, this rule is not subject to OMB review under
Executive Order 12866.
Moreover, because good cause exists to exempt his rule from notice
and comment pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553, this rule is exempt from further
analysis under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995; Executive
Order 12778, Civil Justice Reform; Executive Order 12630, Takings
Implications; or the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
List of Subjects in 36 CFR Part 211
Administrative practice and procedure, Fire prevention,
Intergovernmental relations, National forests.
Therefore, for the reasons set forth in the preamble, Part 211 of
Title 36 of the Code of Federal Regulations is hereby amended as
follows:
PART 211--[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for Part 211 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 30 Stat. 35, as amended, sec. 1, 33 Stat. 628 (16
U.S.C. 551, 472).
Sec. 211.6 [Removed]
2. Remove section 211.6.
Dated: August 6, 1996.
David G. Unger,
Associate Chief.
[FR Doc. 96-20326 Filed 8-8-96; 8:45 am]
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