80 FR 11334 - Retrospective Review and Regulatory Flexibility

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 41 (March 3, 2015)

Page Range		11334-11334
FR Document		2015-04362

On February 3, 2015, the Department of Labor (DOL or the Department) published a Request for Information (RFI) in response to Executive Order 13563 on improving regulation and regulatory review, and Executive Order 13610 on identifying and reducing regulatory burden. The RFI invited public comment on how the Department can improve any of its significant regulations by modifying, streamlining, expanding, or repealing them, and the comment period ended on February 25, 2015. This extension reopens and extends the date to comment on the RFI.

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

5 CFR Chapter XLII

20 CFR Chapters IV, V, VI, VII, and IX

29 CFR Subtitle A and Chapters II, IV, V, XVII, and XXV

30 CFR Chapter I

41 CFR Chapters 50, 60, and 61

48 CFR Chapter 29


Retrospective Review and Regulatory Flexibility

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Labor.

ACTION: Request for information; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On February 3, 2015, the Department of Labor (DOL or the 
Department) published a Request for Information (RFI) in response to 
Executive Order 13563 on improving regulation and regulatory review, 
and Executive Order 13610 on identifying and reducing regulatory 
burden. The RFI invited public comment on how the Department can 
improve any of its significant regulations by modifying, streamlining, 
expanding, or repealing them, and the comment period ended on February 
25, 2015. This extension reopens and extends the date to comment on the 
RFI.

DATES: The comment period for the Request for Information published on 
February 3, 2015, at 80 FR 5715, is extended. The comment period ended 
on February 25, 2015. Comments must be received on or before March 18, 
2015. The Department is accepting all comments.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments through the Department's Regulations 
Portal at http://www.dol.gov/regulations/regreview.
    All comments will be available for public inspection at http://www.dol.gov/regulations/regreview.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pamela Peters, Program Analyst, Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 
Constitution Avenue NW., Room S-2312, Washington, DC 20210, 
[email protected] (202) 693-5959 (this is not a toll-free number). 
Individuals with hearing impairments may call 1-800-877-8339 (TTY/TDD).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 18, 2011, President Obama issued 
Executive Order 13563, ``Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review.'' 
The Order explains the Administration's goal of creating a regulatory 
system that protects ``public health, welfare, safety, and our 
environment while promoting economic growth, innovation, 
competitiveness, and job creation'' while using ``the best, most 
innovative, and least burdensome tools to achieve regulatory ends.'' 
After receipt and consideration of comments, the Department issued its 
Plan for Retrospective Analysis of Existing Rules in August 2011. On 
May 12, 2012, President Obama issued Executive Order 13610, 
``Identifying and Reducing Regulatory Burdens.'' This Order explained 
that ``it is particularly important for agencies to conduct 
retrospective analyses of existing rules to examine whether they remain 
justified and whether they should be modified or streamlined in light 
of changed circumstances, including the rise of new technologies.''

Request for Comments

    The Department recognizes the importance of conducting 
retrospective review of regulations and is once again seeking public 
comment on how the Department can increase the effectiveness of its 
significant regulations while minimizing the burden on regulated 
entities. The Department recognizes that the regulated community, 
academia, and the public at large have an understanding of its programs 
and their implementing regulations, and therefore is requesting public 
comment on how the Department can prepare workers for better jobs, 
improve workplace safety and health, promote fair and high-quality work 
environments, and secure a wide range of benefits for employees and 
those who are seeking work, all in ways that are more effective and 
least burdensome.
    This request for public input will inform development of the 
Department's future plans to review its existing significant 
regulations. To facilitate receipt of the information, the Department 
has created an Internet portal specifically designed to capture your 
input and suggestions, http://www.dol.gov/regulations/regreview/. The 
portal contains a series of questions to gather information on how DOL 
can best meet the requirements of the Executive Order. The portal will 
be open to receive comments until March 18, 2015.
    Please note that these questions do not pertain to DOL rulemakings 
currently open for public comment. To comment on an open rulemaking, 
please visit regulations.gov and submit comments by the deadline 
indicated in that rulemaking. Comments that pertain to rulemakings 
currently open for public comment will not be addressed by the 
Department in this venue, which focuses on retrospective review.
    The Department will consider public comments as we update our plan 
to review the Department's significant rules. The Department is issuing 
this request solely to seek useful information as we update our review 
plan. While responses to this request do not bind the Department to any 
further actions related to the response, all submissions will be made 
available to the public on http://www.dol.gov/regulations/regreview/.

    Authority: E.O. 13653, 76 FR 3821, Jan. 21, 2011; E.O. 12866, 58 
FR 51735, Oct. 4, 1993.

    Dated: February 25, 2015.
Mary Beth Maxwell,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy.
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: This request for public input will
contains notices to the public of the proposed Pamela Peters, Program Analyst, Office inform development of the Department’s
issuance of rules and regulations. The of the Assistant Secretary for Policy, future plans to review its existing
purpose of these notices is to give interested U.S. Department of Labor, 200 significant regulations. To facilitate
persons an opportunity to participate in the Constitution Avenue NW., Room S–
rule making prior to the adoption of the final receipt of the information, the
rules.
2312, Washington, DC 20210, Department has created an Internet
peters.pamela@dol.gov (202) 693–5959 portal specifically designed to capture
(this is not a toll-free number). your input and suggestions, http://www.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Individuals with hearing impairments dol.gov/regulations/regreview/. The
may call 1–800–877–8339 (TTY/TDD). portal contains a series of questions to
5 CFR Chapter XLII SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On gather information on how DOL can best
January 18, 2011, President Obama meet the requirements of the Executive
20 CFR Chapters IV, V, VI, VII, and IX issued Executive Order 13563, Order. The portal will be open to
‘‘Improving Regulation and Regulatory receive comments until March 18, 2015.
29 CFR Subtitle A and Chapters II, IV, Review.’’ The Order explains the
V, XVII, and XXV Administration’s goal of creating a Please note that these questions do
regulatory system that protects ‘‘public not pertain to DOL rulemakings
30 CFR Chapter I health, welfare, safety, and our currently open for public comment. To
environment while promoting economic comment on an open rulemaking, please
41 CFR Chapters 50, 60, and 61 growth, innovation, competitiveness, visit regulations.gov and submit
and job creation’’ while using ‘‘the best, comments by the deadline indicated in
48 CFR Chapter 29 most innovative, and least burdensome that rulemaking. Comments that pertain
tools to achieve regulatory ends.’’ After to rulemakings currently open for public
Retrospective Review and Regulatory receipt and consideration of comments, comment will not be addressed by the
Flexibility the Department issued its Plan for Department in this venue, which
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Labor. Retrospective Analysis of Existing Rules focuses on retrospective review.
in August 2011. On May 12, 2012, The Department will consider public
ACTION: Request for information; President Obama issued Executive
extension of comment period. comments as we update our plan to
Order 13610, ‘‘Identifying and Reducing
review the Department’s significant
Regulatory Burdens.’’ This Order
SUMMARY: On February 3, 2015, the rules. The Department is issuing this
explained that ‘‘it is particularly
Department of Labor (DOL or the important for agencies to conduct request solely to seek useful information
Department) published a Request for retrospective analyses of existing rules as we update our review plan. While
Information (RFI) in response to to examine whether they remain responses to this request do not bind the
Executive Order 13563 on improving justified and whether they should be Department to any further actions
regulation and regulatory review, and modified or streamlined in light of related to the response, all submissions
Executive Order 13610 on identifying changed circumstances, including the will be made available to the public on
and reducing regulatory burden. The rise of new technologies.’’ http://www.dol.gov/regulations/
RFI invited public comment on how the regreview/.
Department can improve any of its Request for Comments
Authority: E.O. 13653, 76 FR 3821, Jan. 21,
significant regulations by modifying, The Department recognizes the 2011; E.O. 12866, 58 FR 51735, Oct. 4, 1993.
streamlining, expanding, or repealing importance of conducting retrospective
them, and the comment period ended review of regulations and is once again Dated: February 25, 2015.
on February 25, 2015. This extension seeking public comment on how the Mary Beth Maxwell,
reopens and extends the date to Department can increase the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for
comment on the RFI. effectiveness of its significant Policy.
DATES: The comment period for the regulations while minimizing the [FR Doc. 2015–04362 Filed 3–2–15; 8:45 am]
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February 3, 2015, at 80 FR 5715, is Department recognizes that the
extended. The comment period ended regulated community, academia, and
on February 25, 2015. Comments must the public at large have an
be received on or before March 18, 2015. understanding of its programs and their
implementing regulations, and therefore
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comments. is requesting public comment on how
the Department can prepare workers for
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments better jobs, improve workplace safety
through the Department’s Regulations and health, promote fair and high-
Portal at http://www.dol.gov/ quality work environments, and secure
regulations/regreview. a wide range of benefits for employees
All comments will be available for and those who are seeking work, all in
public inspection at http://www.dol.gov/ ways that are more effective and least
regulations/regreview. burdensome.

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Proposed Rules
Action		Request for information; extension of comment period.
Dates		The comment period for the Request for Information published on February 3, 2015, at 80 FR 5715, is extended. The comment period ended on February 25, 2015. Comments must be received on or before March 18, 2015. The Department is accepting all comments.
Contact		Pamela Peters, Program Analyst, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Room S-2312, Washington, DC 20210, [email protected] (202) 693-5959 (this is not a toll-free number). Individuals with hearing impairments may call 1-800-877-8339 (TTY/TDD).
FR Citation		80 FR 11334
CFR Citation		20 Title 20 CFR Chapter IV 30 Title 30 CFR Chapter I 41 Title 41 CFR Chapter 50 41 Title 41 CFR Chapter 60 41 Title 41 CFR Chapter 61 48 Title 48 CFR Chapter 29 5 Title 5 CFR Chapter XLII