I believe this was published too soon for the
President (that was painful to type) to stop via this method.
According to the Federal Register, it was published on Dec. 10, 2008 and became effective on Jan. 9, 2009.
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-29249.pdf
Scroll down the right side on the first page.
The regulation
should have to be reversed by the same process which it was changed.