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How does ATF inform people of proposed and final changes to the regulations? Like all Federal agencies, ATF publishes official notices of its actions in the Federal Register, a publication of the Government Printing Office. The Federal Register is published daily, both on paper and online. Here is the address of the Federal Register online: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html. When you access the Federal Register online, you can search by subject or use their "Browse Feature," to view the Table of Contents of any recent issue. Using either of these means, you can view a document as either a text file or as a PDF file, using Adobe Acrobat. In addition, we place a copy of these documents on the ATF web site (http://www.atf.treas.gov/) shortly after the Federal Register makes the documents available through their web site. When you access a notice of proposed rulemaking on our website, you will have an opportunity to e-mail a comment to us. As part of publishing a document, the Federal Register places a copy of the manuscript "on file" in their offices the day before it is printed. Members of the public may view the document at that time. Call the Federal Register for details. Their number is (202) 741-6000. |