80 FR 42128 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Information on Meetings With Outside Parties Pursuant to Executive Order 12866

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 136 (July 16, 2015)

The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) within the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is proposing to collect information from members of the public who request a meeting with OIRA on rules under review at the time pursuant to E.O. 12866. The information collected would be subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) and this notice announces and requests comment on OIRA's proposal for such a collection.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 136 (Thursday, July 16, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42128-42129]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-17391]


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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Information on Meetings With Outside Parties Pursuant 
to Executive Order 12866

AGENCY: Office of Management and Budget.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) within 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is proposing to collect 
information from members of the public who request a meeting with OIRA 
on rules under review at the time pursuant to E.O. 12866. The 
information collected would be subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act 
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) and this notice announces and requests 
comment on OIRA's proposal for such a collection.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by 
September 14, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments by one of the following methods:
     Email: [email protected] Please include in the 
subject line of the email, ``Executive Order 12866 Information 
Collection.''
     Fax: 202-395-5806.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice may be made available 
to the public. For this reason, please do not include in your comments 
information of a confidential nature, such as sensitive personal 
information or proprietary information. If you send an email comment, 
your email address will be automatically captured and included as part 
of the comment that is placed in the public docket and made available 
on the Internet. Please note that responses to this public comment 
request containing any routine notice about the confidentiality of the 
communication will be treated as public comments that may be made 
available to the public notwithstanding the inclusion of the routine 
notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Information on Meetings with Outside Parties Pursuant to 
Executive Order 12866.
    Abstract: E.O. 12866, ``Regulatory Planning and Review,'' issued by 
President Clinton on September 30, 1993, establishes and governs the 
process under which OIRA reviews agency draft and proposed final 
regulatory actions. Consistent with the disclosure provisions of E.O. 
12866, OIRA provides information about its work related to regulatory 
reviews on Reginfo.gov at www.Reginfo.gov and on OIRA's Web site at 
https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/oira. OIRA makes public all substantive 
communications with any party outside the Executive Branch concerning 
regulatory actions under review. If the OIRA Administrator or his/her 
designee meets with outside parties during a review, the subject, date, 
and participants of the meeting are disclosed on the Reginfo.gov Web 
site, as well as any materials distributed at such meetings.
    These meetings occur at the initiative and request of an outside 
party. Any member of the public may request a meeting about a 
regulatory action under OIRA review, and may invite other outside 
parties to attend. OIRA's role in these meetings is limited to 
listening to feedback on the regulation under review. OIRA invites 
representatives from the agency or agencies issuing the regulatory 
action. OIRA and agency staff may ask clarifying questions, but do not 
take minutes. OIRA does, however, post on RegInfo.gov any written 
materials provided by outside parties, including the initial meeting 
request.

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    To ensure transparency associated with meetings pursuant to E.O. 
12866, OIRA is proposing to collect--and then post publicly--the 
following information from outside parties that request a meeting with 
OIRA to present their views on a regulatory action currently under 
review:
    1. Names of all attendees who will be present at the meeting from 
the outside party or parties. Each attendee's organization or 
affiliation. If an attendee is representing another organization, 
please provide the name of the organization the attendee is 
representing.
    2. The name of the regulatory action under review on which the 
party would like to present its views.
    3. Electronic copies of all of briefing materials that will be used 
during the presentation.
    4. An acknowledgment by the requesting party that all information 
submitted to OIRA pursuant to this collection and meeting request will 
be made publically available at Reginfo.gov.
    This effort will streamline the current process for outside parties 
when requesting a meeting and will ensure transparency and accuracy of 
the docket that OIRA keeps in accordance with the disclosure provisions 
of E.O. 12866. OIRA welcomes any and all public comments on the 
proposed collection of information such as the accuracy of OIRA's 
burden estimate, the practical utility of collecting this information, 
and whether there are additional pieces of information that should be 
collected from meeting requestors to further the disclosure provisions 
of E.O. 12866.
    Current actions: Proposal for new information collection 
requirement.
    Type of review: New.
    Affected public: Individuals and Households, Businesses and 
Organizations, State, Local or Tribal Governments.
    Expected average annual number of respondents: 200.
    Average annual number of responses per respondent: 2.
    Total number of responses annually: 400.
    Burden per response: 30 minutes.
    Total average annual burden: 200 hours.
    Request for comments: Comments submitted in response to this notice 
will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval. 
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the collection of 
information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology; and (e) estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of 
operation, maintenance, and purchase of services to provide 
information. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial 
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose 
or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the 
time needed to review instructions; to develop, acquire, install, and 
utilize technology and systems for the purpose of collecting, 
validating, and verifying information, processing and maintaining 
information, and disclosing and providing information; to train 
personnel and to be able to respond to a collection of information, to 
search data sources, to complete and review the collection of 
information; and to transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid OMB control number.

Dominic J. Mancini,
Deputy Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2015-17391 Filed 7-15-15; 8:45 am]
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