Draft Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulations

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

Draft Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal

Regulations

AGENCY: Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the

President.

ACTION: Notice of extension of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: On August 17, 1998, OMB published for comment the draft report

to Congress on the costs and benefits of Federal regulation. The

comment period was scheduled to end on September 16, 1998. This notice

extends the public comment period on the draft report to October 16,

1998.

DATES: Comment Due Date: October 16, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this draft report should be addressed to John F.

Morrall III, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of

Management and Budget, NEOB, Room 10235, 725 17th Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20503.

Comments may also be submitted by facsimile to (202) 395-6974, or

by electronic mail to MORRALL [email protected] (please note that the

``1'' in ``A1'' is the number one and not the letter ``l''). Be sure to

include your name and complete postal mailing address in the comments

sent by electronic mail. If you submit comments by facsimile or

electronic, please do not submit them by regular mail.

Electronic availability and addresses: The August 17, 1998 Federal

Register Notice is available electronically from the OMB homepage on

the World Wide Web: ``http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/EOP/OMB/html/

fedreg.html.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John F. Morrall III, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget,

NEOB, Room 10235, 725 17th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 10503.

Telephone (202) 395-7316.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 17, 1998 (63 FR 44034), OMB

published the draft report to Congress on costs and benefits of Federal

regulations. The comment period on the draft report was scheduled to

end September 16, 1998. Members of the public and Congress have asked

for additional time to allow the public a better opportunity to

participate in the comment process. Accordingly, OMB has decided to

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extend the public comment period on the draft report to October 16,

1998.

Donald R. Arbuckle,

Acting Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.

[FR Doc. 98-25060 Filed 9-17-98; 8:45 am]

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