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This final rule amends 32 CFR part 701 by removing a subsection which is entirely internal to the Department of the Navy (DON). 32 CFR part 701 contains both the DON Privacy and Freedom of Information Act rules, as well subparagraph E, which delineates DON responsibilities regarding "Indexing, Public Inspection, and Federal Register Publication of Department of the Navy Directives and Other Documents Affecting the Public." Specifically, this section prescribes instructions for making available, for public inspection and copying, certain classes of documents having precedential effect on decisions concerning members of the public; maintaining current indexes of documents having precedential effect on decisions concerning members of the public, and publishing such indexes or making them available by other means; receiving and considering petitions of members of the public for the issuance, revision, or cancellation of regulatory documents of some classes; and distributing the Federal Register for official use within the DON. These internal procedures will continue to be available at https://doni.documentservices.dla.mil/default.aspx.