WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Federal Maritime Commission has issued a proposed rule called: Rulemaking Procedures.
The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on May 13 by David Eng, Secretary.
Summary: The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC or the Commission) is proposing to revise its rulemaking procedures. The changes would: consolidate informal rulemaking and rulemaking petition requirements into subpart D, clarify ambiguities, remove unnecessary, overly restrictive requirements (such as ex parterequirements), and allow for the FMC to integrate its rulemaking procedures into the Executive Order 12866 centralized regulatory review process, as directed by Executive Order 14215. This proposal would also make conforming changes associa...