83_FR_58980 83 FR 58755 - Notice of Public Meeting of the Assembly of the Administrative Conference of the United States

83 FR 58755 - Notice of Public Meeting of the Assembly of the Administrative Conference of the United States

ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 225 (November 21, 2018)

Page Range58755-58756
FR Document2018-25401

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Assembly of the Administrative Conference of the United States will hold a meeting to consider five proposed recommendations and to conduct other business. This meeting will be open to the public.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 225 (Wednesday, November 21, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 225 (Wednesday, November 21, 2018)]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-25401]


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or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings 
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ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES


Notice of Public Meeting of the Assembly of the Administrative 
Conference of the United States

AGENCY: Administrative Conference of the United States.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Assembly 
of the Administrative Conference of the United States will hold a 
meeting to consider five proposed recommendations and to conduct other 
business. This meeting will be open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will take place on Thursday, December 13, 2018, 1:00 
p.m. to 5:15 p.m., and Friday, December 14, 2018, 9:00 a.m. to 11:45 
a.m. The meeting may adjourn early if all business is finished.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the George Washington University 
Law School, Jacob Burns Moot Court Room, 2000 H Street NW, Washington, 
DC 20052.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shawne McGibbon, General Counsel 
(Designated Federal Officer), Administrative Conference of the United 
States, Suite 706 South, 1120 20th Street NW, Washington, DC 20036; 
Telephone 202-480-2080; email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Administrative Conference of the United 
States makes recommendations to federal agencies, the President, 
Congress, and the Judicial Conference of the United States regarding 
the improvement of administrative procedures (5 U.S.C. 594). The 
membership of the Conference, when meeting in plenary session, 
constitutes the Assembly of the Conference (5 U.S.C. 595).
    Agenda: The Assembly will consider five proposed recommendations as 
described below:
    Recusal Rules for Administrative Adjudicators. This proposed 
recommendation urges agencies to adopt procedural regulations governing 
the recusal of adjudicators--as distinct from the ethics laws and 
regulations generally applicable to all federal employees--and provides 
guidance on how such regulations should be promulgated and enforced. 
The proposed recommendation expands upon ACUS Recommendation 2016-4, 
Evidentiary Hearings Not Required by the Administrative Procedure Act, 
and revisits parts of the recommendation proposed by the Committee on 
Adjudication entitled Administrative Judges. Unlike these earlier 
recommendations, the proposed recommendation covers both administrative 
law judges (ALJs) and non-ALJ adjudicators.
    Public Availability of Adjudication Rules. This proposed 
recommendation offers best practices to agencies for enhancing the 
accessibility of the procedural rules that govern the adjudications 
they conduct. Among other things, it encourages agencies to make 
procedural rules for adjudications and related guidance documents 
available on their websites and to organize those materials in a way 
that allows both parties appearing before the agencies and members of 
the public to easily access the documents and understand their legal 
significance.
    Regulations.gov and the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS). 
This proposed recommendation offers suggested improvements to 
Regulations.gov, the website that allows the public to comment on many 
federal agencies' rulemaking proposals. It provides recommendations to 
the governing body of Regulations.gov, called the eRulemaking Program, 
and to agencies that participate in Regulations.gov for ensuring that 
rulemaking materials on Regulations.gov are easily searchable and 
categorized consistently and clearly.
    Public Engagement in Rulemaking. This proposed recommendation 
offers strategies for agencies to enhance public engagement prior to 
and during informal rulemaking. It encourages agencies to invest 
resources in a way that maximizes the probability that rule-writers 
obtain high quality public information as early in the process as 
possible. It recommends expanding the use of requests for information 
and advance notices of proposed rulemaking, targeting outreach to reach 
individuals who might otherwise be unlikely to participate, and taking 
advantage of in-person engagement opportunities to solicit stakeholder 
input and support future informed participation.
    Public-Private Partnerships. This proposed recommendation offers 
agencies guidance on legal and other considerations for participating 
in public-private partnerships. It commends to agencies a Guide to 
Legal Issues Encountered in Public-Private Partnerships, published by 
an interagency working group convened by the Office of the Chairman of 
the Administrative Conference, and proposes mechanisms that allow 
agencies to share resources and best practices with one another for 
purposes of creating and maintaining public-private partnerships.
    Additional information about the proposed recommendations and the 
order of the agenda, as well as other materials related to the meeting, 
can be found at the 70th Plenary Session page on the Conference's 
website: https://www.acus.gov/meetings-and-events/plenary-meeting/70th-plenary-session.
    Public Participation: The Conference welcomes the attendance of the 
public at the meeting, subject to space limitations, and will make 
every effort to accommodate persons with disabilities or special needs. 
Members of the public who wish to attend in person are asked to RSVP 
online at the 70th Plenary Session web page shown above, no later than 
two days before the meeting, in order to facilitate entry. Members of 
the public who attend the meeting may be permitted to speak only with 
the consent of the Chairman and the unanimous approval of the members 
of the Assembly. If you need special accommodations due to disability, 
please inform the Designated Federal Officer noted above at least 7 
days in advance of the meeting. The public may also view the meeting 
through a live webcast, which will be available at https://www.youtube.com/user/gwlawschool during the course of the event. At the 
conclusion of the event,

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the webcast will be archived and available for later viewing on the 
70th Plenary Session web page.
    Written Comments: Persons who wish to comment on any of the 
proposed recommendations may do so by submitting a written statement 
either online by clicking ``Submit a Comment'' on the 70th Plenary 
Session web page shown above or by mail addressed to: December 2018 
Plenary Session Comments, Administrative Conference of the United 
States, Suite 706 South, 1120 20th Street NW, Washington, DC 20036. 
Written submissions must be received no later than 10:00 a.m. (EDT), 
Friday, December 7, 2018, to assure consideration by the Assembly.

    Dated: November 16, 2018.
Shawne McGibbon,
General Counsel.
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58755 Notices Federal Register Vol. 83, No. 225 Wednesday, November 21, 2018 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER Agenda: The Assembly will consider that maximizes the probability that rule- contains documents other than rules or five proposed recommendations as writers obtain high quality public proposed rules that are applicable to the described below: information as early in the process as public. Notices of hearings and investigations, Recusal Rules for Administrative possible. It recommends expanding the committee meetings, agency decisions and Adjudicators. This proposed use of requests for information and rulings, delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency recommendation urges agencies to advance notices of proposed statements of organization and functions are adopt procedural regulations governing rulemaking, targeting outreach to reach examples of documents appearing in this the recusal of adjudicators—as distinct individuals who might otherwise be section. from the ethics laws and regulations unlikely to participate, and taking generally applicable to all federal advantage of in-person engagement employees—and provides guidance on opportunities to solicit stakeholder ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF how such regulations should be input and support future informed THE UNITED STATES promulgated and enforced. The participation. proposed recommendation expands Public-Private Partnerships. This Notice of Public Meeting of the upon ACUS Recommendation 2016–4, proposed recommendation offers Assembly of the Administrative Evidentiary Hearings Not Required by agencies guidance on legal and other Conference of the United States the Administrative Procedure Act, and considerations for participating in revisits parts of the recommendation public-private partnerships. It AGENCY: Administrative Conference of proposed by the Committee on commends to agencies a Guide to Legal the United States. Adjudication entitled Administrative Issues Encountered in Public-Private ACTION: Notice. Judges. Unlike these earlier Partnerships, published by an recommendations, the proposed interagency working group convened by SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal recommendation covers both the Office of the Chairman of the Advisory Committee Act, the Assembly administrative law judges (ALJs) and Administrative Conference, and of the Administrative Conference of the non-ALJ adjudicators. proposes mechanisms that allow United States will hold a meeting to Public Availability of Adjudication agencies to share resources and best consider five proposed Rules. This proposed recommendation practices with one another for purposes recommendations and to conduct other offers best practices to agencies for of creating and maintaining public- business. This meeting will be open to enhancing the accessibility of the private partnerships. the public. procedural rules that govern the Additional information about the DATES: The meeting will take place on adjudications they conduct. Among proposed recommendations and the Thursday, December 13, 2018, 1:00 p.m. other things, it encourages agencies to order of the agenda, as well as other to 5:15 p.m., and Friday, December 14, make procedural rules for adjudications materials related to the meeting, can be 2018, 9:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. The and related guidance documents found at the 70th Plenary Session page meeting may adjourn early if all available on their websites and to on the Conference’s website: https:// business is finished. organize those materials in a way that www.acus.gov/meetings-and-events/ ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at allows both parties appearing before the plenary-meeting/70th-plenary-session. the George Washington University Law agencies and members of the public to Public Participation: The Conference School, Jacob Burns Moot Court Room, easily access the documents and welcomes the attendance of the public 2000 H Street NW, Washington, DC understand their legal significance. at the meeting, subject to space 20052. Regulations.gov and the Federal limitations, and will make every effort Docket Management System (FDMS). to accommodate persons with FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: This proposed recommendation offers disabilities or special needs. Members of Shawne McGibbon, General Counsel suggested improvements to the public who wish to attend in person (Designated Federal Officer), Regulations.gov, the website that allows are asked to RSVP online at the 70th Administrative Conference of the the public to comment on many federal Plenary Session web page shown above, United States, Suite 706 South, 1120 agencies’ rulemaking proposals. It no later than two days before the 20th Street NW, Washington, DC 20036; provides recommendations to the meeting, in order to facilitate entry. Telephone 202–480–2080; email governing body of Regulations.gov, Members of the public who attend the smcgibbon@acus.gov. called the eRulemaking Program, and to meeting may be permitted to speak only SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The agencies that participate in with the consent of the Chairman and Administrative Conference of the Regulations.gov for ensuring that the unanimous approval of the members United States makes recommendations rulemaking materials on of the Assembly. If you need special to federal agencies, the President, Regulations.gov are easily searchable accommodations due to disability, Congress, and the Judicial Conference of and categorized consistently and please inform the Designated Federal khammond on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES the United States regarding the clearly. Officer noted above at least 7 days in improvement of administrative Public Engagement in Rulemaking. advance of the meeting. The public may procedures (5 U.S.C. 594). The This proposed recommendation offers also view the meeting through a live membership of the Conference, when strategies for agencies to enhance public webcast, which will be available at meeting in plenary session, constitutes engagement prior to and during https://www.youtube.com/user/ the Assembly of the Conference (5 informal rulemaking. It encourages gwlawschool during the course of the U.S.C. 595). agencies to invest resources in a way event. At the conclusion of the event, VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:08 Nov 20, 2018 Jkt 247001 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\21NON1.SGM 21NON1

58756 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 225 / Wednesday, November 21, 2018 / Notices the webcast will be archived and and to Departmental Clearance Office, Total Burden Hours: 5,115. available for later viewing on the 70th USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Ruth Brown, Plenary Session web page. Washington, DC 20250–7602. Copies of Written Comments: Persons who wish Departmental Information Collection the submission(s) may be obtained by to comment on any of the proposed Clearance Officer. calling (202) 720–8958. recommendations may do so by [FR Doc. 2018–25395 Filed 11–20–18; 8:45 am] An agency may not conduct or submitting a written statement either BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P sponsor a collection of information online by clicking ‘‘Submit a Comment’’ on the 70th Plenary Session web page unless the collection of information shown above or by mail addressed to: displays a currently valid OMB control DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE December 2018 Plenary Session number and the agency informs potential persons who are to respond to Submission for OMB Review; Comments, Administrative Conference the collection of information that such Comment Request of the United States, Suite 706 South, 1120 20th Street NW, Washington, DC persons are not required to respond to November 16, 2018. 20036. Written submissions must be the collection of information unless it received no later than 10:00 a.m. (EDT), displays a currently valid OMB control The Department of Agriculture has Friday, December 7, 2018, to assure number. submitted the following information consideration by the Assembly. collection requirement(s) to OMB for Food Safety and Inspection Service review and clearance under the Dated: November 16, 2018. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Shawne McGibbon, Title: Notice of Request for a New Public Law 104–13. Comments are General Counsel. Information Collection: (Consumer requested regarding (1) whether the [FR Doc. 2018–25401 Filed 11–20–18; 8:45 am] Research on the Safe Handling collection of information is necessary Instructions Label for Raw and Partially for the proper performance of the BILLING CODE 6110–01–P Cooked Meat and Poultry Products and functions of the agency, including Labeling Statements for Ready-to-Eat whether the information will have and Not-Ready-to-Eat Products). practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OMB Control Number: 0583-New. agency’s estimate of burden including Submission for OMB Review; Summary of Collection: The Food the validity of the methodology and Comment Request Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance been delegated the authority to exercise the quality, utility and clarity of the November 16, 2018. information to be collected; and (4) The Department of Agriculture has the functions of the Secretary as ways to minimize the burden of the submitted the following information provided in the Federal Meat Inspection collection of information on those who collection requirement(s) to OMB for Act (FMIA) (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), the are to respond, including through the review and clearance under the Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA) use of appropriate automated, Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, (21 U.S.C. 451, et seq.), and the Egg electronic, mechanical, or other Public Law 104–13. Comments are Products Inspection Act (EPIA) (21 technological collection techniques or requested regarding (1) whether the U.S.C. 1031). These statues mandate other forms of information technology. collection of information is necessary that FSIS protect the public by ensuring for the proper performance of the that meat, poultry, and egg products are Comments regarding this information functions of the agency, including safe, wholesome, unadulterated, and collection received by December 21, whether the information will have properly labeled and packaged. 2018 will be considered. Written practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the comments should be addressed to: Desk Need and Use of the Information: Officer for Agriculture, Office of agency’s estimate of burden including FSIS is announcing its intention to the validity of the methodology and Information and Regulatory Affairs, collect information in the form of Office of Management and Budget assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance consumer research that will include a (OMB), New Executive Office Building, the quality, utility and clarity of the web-based experimental study and a 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC information to be collected; and (4) behavior change study to help inform 20502. Commenters are encouraged to ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who potential revisions to the current Safe submit their comments to OMB via are to respond, including through the Handling Instructions (SHI) label and email to: OIRA_Submission@ use of appropriate automated, assess whether a label revision would OMB.EOP.GOV or fax (202) 395–5806 electronic, mechanical, or other improve consumer food safety and to Departmental Clearance Office, technological collection techniques or behaviors. FSIS also will collect USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, other forms of information technology. information on consumer use and Washington, DC 20250–7602. Copies of Comments regarding this information understanding of the labeling on ready- the submission(s) may be obtained by collection received by December 21, to-eat (RTE) and not-ready-to-eat (NRTE) calling (202) 720–8958. 2018 will be considered. Written meat and poultry products, in particular An agency may not conduct or comments should be addressed to: Desk consumers’ ability to discern between sponsor a collection of information Officer for Agriculture, Office of the two types of products and to ensure unless the collection of information Information and Regulatory Affairs, that NRTE products that may appear to displays a currently valid OMB control khammond on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES Office of Management and Budget be ready to eat are thoroughly cooked. number and the agency informs (OMB), New Executive Office Building, Description of Respondents: potential persons who are to respond to 725-17th Street NW, Washington, DC Individuals or households. the collection of information that such 20502. Commenters are encouraged to persons are not required to respond to submit their comments to OMB via Number of Respondents: 73,395. the collection of information unless it email to: OIRA_Submission@ Frequency of Responses: Reporting: displays a currently valid OMB control OMB.EOP.GOV or fax (202) 395–5806 On occasion. number. VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:08 Nov 20, 2018 Jkt 247001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\21NON1.SGM 21NON1


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ActionNotice.
DatesThe meeting will take place on Thursday, December 13, 2018, 1:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m., and Friday, December 14, 2018, 9:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. The meeting may adjourn early if all business is finished.
ContactShawne McGibbon, General Counsel (Designated Federal Officer), Administrative Conference of the United States, Suite 706 South, 1120 20th Street NW, Washington, DC 20036; Telephone 202-480-2080; email [email protected]
FR Citation83 FR 58755 
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