[Federal Register: September 17, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 181)]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
48 CFR Part 23
[FAC 2005-27; FAR Case 2006-025; Item X; Docket 2007-0001; Sequence 18]
RIN 9000-AK76
Federal Acquisition Regulation; FAR Case 2006-025, Online
Representations and Certifications Application Review
AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense
Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed to adopt as
final, without change, an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition
Regulation (FAR) to revise the prescription for use of clauses for the
use of Environmental Protection Agency-designated products and toxic
chemical release reporting.
DATES: Effective Date: September 17, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Mr. Ernest Woodson Procurement Analyst,
at (202) 501-3775 for clarification of content. For information
pertaining to status or publication schedules, contact the FAR
Secretariat at (202) 501-4755. Please cite FAC 2005-27, FAR case 2006-
025.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Background
DoD, GSA, and NASA published an interim rule in the Federal
Register at 72 FR 46359 on August 17, 2007, to amend FAR 23.406 and
23.906 to revise the prescriptions for the use of 52.223-9 and 52.223-
14 to provide for their use under the same circumstances as the
prescription for use of their associated provisions. These revisions
ensure compliance with the requirements of 40 CFR part 247 and 42
U.S.C. 11023. The comment period closed October 16, 2007. No public
comments were received on the rule. The Councils have determined to
adopt the interim rule as final, without change.
This is not a significant regulatory action and, therefore, was not
subject to review under Section 6(b) of Executive Order 12866,
Regulatory Planning and Review, dated September 30, 1993. This rule is
not a major rule under 5 U.S.C. 804.
B. Regulatory Flexibility Act
The Department of Defense, the General Services Administration, and
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration certify that this
final rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities within the meaning of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601, et seq., because the rule revises
language that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has already
approved for obtaining representations and certifications under OMB
Control Numbers 9000-0134 and 9000-0139 for compliance with Section
6002 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and the requirements
of Executive Order 12969, Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-
Know Act of 1986. No comments were received with regard to an impact on
small entities.
C. Paperwork Reduction Act
The Paperwork Reduction Act does apply; however, these changes to
the FAR do not impose additional information collection requirements to
the paperwork burden previously approved under OMB Control Numbers
9000-0134 and 9000-0139.
List of Subjects in 48 CFR Part 23
Government procurement.
Dated: September 9, 2008.
Al Matera,
Director, Office of Acquisition Policy.
Interim Rule Adopted as Final Without Change
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Accordingly, under the authority of 40 U.S.C. 121, the interim rule
amending 48 CFR part 23 which was published in the Federal Register at
72 FR 46359, August 17, 2007, is adopted as a final rule without
change.
[FR Doc. E8-21378 Filed 9-16-08; 8:45 am]
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