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Flooding source(s) Location of referenced elevation 

* Elevation in feet 

(NGVD) 

+ Elevation in feet 

(NAVD) 

# Depth in feet 

above ground 

∧Elevation in meters (MSL) modified 

Communities 

affected 

ADDRESSES 

Unincorporated Areas of Polk County 

Maps are available for inspection at the Polk County Government Center, 100 Polk County Plaza, Balsam Lake, WI 54810. 

Village of Balsam Lake 

Maps are available for inspection at the Village Hall, 404 Main Street, Balsam Lake, WI 54810. 

Village of Luck 

Maps are available for inspection at 401 Main Street, Luck, WI 54853. 

Fremont County, Wyoming, and Incorporated Areas 

Docket No.: FEMA–B–1104 

Big (Middle) Popo Agie River ... Approximately 80 feet upstream of the confluence with the 

North Popo Agie River.

+ 5239 City of Lander, Unincorporated Areas of Fremont 

County. 

Approximately 6,030 feet upstream of Field Station Road + 5978 

Dickinson Creek ........................ Approximately 240 feet downstream of Fremont Street ..... + 5398 City of Lander, Unincorporated Areas of Fremont 

County. 

Approximately 3,360 feet upstream of Fremont Street ....... + 5438 

Fremont Street Split .................. Approximately 160 feet downstream of 3rd Street ............. + 5389 City of Lander. 

Approximately 380 feet upstream of 4th Street .................. + 5402 

* National Geodetic Vertical Datum. 

+ North American Vertical Datum. 

# Depth in feet above ground. 

∧ Mean Sea Level, rounded to the nearest 0.1 meter. 

ADDRESSES 

City of Lander 

Maps are available for inspection at 240 Lincoln Street, Lander, WY 82520. 

Unincorporated Areas of Fremont County 

Maps are available for inspection at 450 North 2nd Street, Room 360, Lander, WY 82520. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 

97.022, ‘‘Flood Insurance.’’) 

Dated: July 29, 2011. 

Sandra K. Knight, 

Deputy Federal Insurance and Mitigation 

Administrator, Mitigation, Department of 

Homeland Security, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

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GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

48 CFR Parts 6101, 6103, 6104, and 

6105 

[GSA BCA Amendment 2011–01, BCA Case 

2011–61–1; Docket Number 2011–001, 

Sequence 1] 

RIN 3090–AJ16 

Civilian Board of Contract Appeals; 

Rules of Procedure of the Civilian 

Board of Contract Appeals—Electronic 

Filing of Documents 

AGENCY: Civilian Board of Contract 

Appeals, General Services 

Administration (GSA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This document revises the 

rules governing proceedings before the 

Civilian Board of Contract Appeals 

(Board). The rules are amended to 

provide procedures for the electronic 

filing of documents in proceedings 

before the Board. Electronic filing is 

increasingly available in judicial and 

administrative tribunals to provide 

parties with a faster, more efficient, and 

less costly way to submit their 

documents. In addition, although 

electronically filed documents will be 

docketed as received only during Board 

working hours, they may be transmitted 

at any time from any location with 

Internet access. This amendment is a 

non-substantive change to the Rules that 

is intended to improve the efficiency 

and effectiveness of the Board’s 

programs by providing parties with an 

additional option for filing their 

documents with the Board. It does not 

affect any of the other methods 

currently available, including the 

delivery of documents in person, by 

courier or United States Postal Service, 

or by facsimile transmission. 

DATES: Effective Date: August 17, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

J. Gregory Parks, Chief Counsel, Civilian 

Board of Contract Appeals, telephone 

(202) 606–8800, e-mail address 

Greg.Parks@cbca.gov for clarification of 

content. For information pertaining to 

status or publication schedules, contact 


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the Regulatory Secretariat at (202) 501– 

4755. Please cite BCA Case 2011–61–01. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Regulatory Information 

The Board is issuing this final rule 

without prior notice and opportunity to 

comment pursuant to authority under 

section 4(a) of the Administrative 

Procedure Act (APA) (5 U.S.C. 553(b)). 

This provision authorizes an agency to 

issue a rule without prior notice and 

opportunity to comment when the 

agency for good cause finds that those 

procedures are ‘‘impracticable, 

unnecessary, or contrary to the public 

interest.’’ Under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), the 

Board finds that good cause exists for 

not publishing a notice of proposed 

rulemaking (NPRM) with respect to this 

rule because publishing a NPRM would 

be unnecessary. This amendment is a 

non-substantive change to the Rules, 

intended to improve the efficiency and 

effectiveness of the Board’s programs by 

providing parties with an additional 

option for filing their documents. This 

option of electronic filing does not affect 

any of the other methods currently 

available to parties for the delivery of 

documents, including in person, by 

United States Postal Service or other 

courier service, or by facsimile 

transmission. 

B. Background 

The Civilian Board of Contract 

Appeals was established within the 

General Services Administration (GSA) 

by Section 847 of the National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006, 

Public Law 109–163 (now codified at 41 

U.S.C. 7105(b)). In March 2011, the 

Civilian Board of Contract Appeals 

began accepting filings submitted by 

electronic mail (e-mail) under Section 

6101.1(b)(5) of the Board’s Rules of 

Procedure. However, appeal files 

submitted pursuant to Section 6101.4 of 

the Board’s Rules of Procedure may not 

be submitted by electronic mail due to 

the size and complexity of these filings, 

and classified documents and files 

submitted in camera or under protective 

order pursuant to Section 6101.9(c) of 

the Board’s Rules of Procedure may not 

be submitted by electronic mail due to 

the need to ensure their security. This 

final rule updates section 6101.1(b)(5) to 

include information regarding the filing 

of documents by e-mail and to provide 

direction concerning requirements for 

their submittal. Sections 6101.1(f), 

6101.2(a)(1)(ii)(C), 6101.2(a)(1)(ii)(D), 

6101.2(a)(2)(ii)(C), 6101.5(c), 

6103.302(a)(1), 6103.302(b), 

6104.402(a)(1)(i), 6104.402(a)(1)(ii), 

6104.402(a)(3), 6105.502(a)(2)(iii)(A), 

6105.502(a)(2)(iii)(B), and 

6105.502(a)(2)(iv) are also amended to 

provide the e-mail address for receipt of 

filings for the Clerk of the Board and to 

request additional contact information 

for parties and their agents or 

representatives. Sections 6101.25(a)(1), 

6103.306, 6104.406, and 6105.505 are 

amended to provide the current Internet 

address for the Board. In addition, 

section 6101.5(c) is amended to correct 

an error in printing by the Code of 

Federal Regulations. 

C. Regulatory Flexibility Act 

The General Services Administration 

certifies 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 does not impose any 

additional costs on large or small 

businesses. 

D. Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 

Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 

direct agencies to assess all costs and 

benefits of available regulatory 

alternatives and, if regulation is 

necessary, to select regulatory 

approaches that maximize net benefits 

(including potential economic, 

environmental, public health and safety 

effects, distributive impacts, and 

equity). Executive Order 13563 

emphasizes the importance of 

quantifying both costs and benefits, of 

reducing costs, of harmonizing rules, 

and of promoting flexibility. 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. 

E. Paperwork Reduction Act 

The Paperwork Reduction Act does 

not apply because the changes do not 

impose recordkeeping or information 

collection requirements, or otherwise 

collect information from offerors, 

contractors, or members of the public 

that require approval of the Office of 

Management and Budget under 44 

U.S.C. 3501, et seq. 

List of Subjects in 48 CFR Parts 6101, 

6103, 6104, and 6105 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Agriculture, Freight 

forwarders, Government procurement, 

Travel and relocation expenses. 

Dated: August 4, 2011. 

Stephen M. Daniels, 

Chairman, Civilian Board of Contract 

Appeals, General Services Administration. 

Therefore, GSA amends 48 CFR parts 

6101, 6103, 6104, and 6105 as set forth 

below: 

PART 6101—CONTRACT DISPUTE 

CASES 

■ 1. The authority citation for 48 CFR 

part 6101 is revised to read as follows: 

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 7101–7109. 

■ 2. Amend section 6101.1 by adding 

paragraph (b)(5)(iii); and by adding a 

new sentence at the end of paragraph (f) 

to read as follows: 

6101.1 Scope of rules; definitions; 

construction; rulings, orders, and 

directions; panels; location and address 

[Rule 1]. 

* * * * * 

(b) * * * 

(5) * * * 

(iii) Filings submitted by electronic 

mail (e-mail) are permitted, with the 

exception of appeal files submitted 

pursuant to 6101.4 (Rule 4), classified 

documents, and filings submitted in 

camera or under protective order 

pursuant to 6101.9(c) (Rule 9(c)). Filings 

by e-mail shall be submitted to: 

cbca.efile@cbca.gov. Filings must be in 

PDF format and may not exceed 18 

megabytes (MB) total. Filings that are 

not in PDF format or over 18 MB will 

not be accepted. The filing of a 

document by e-mail occurs upon receipt 

by the Board on a working day, as 

defined in 6101.1(b)(9) (Rule 1(b)(9)). 

All e-mail filings received by 4:30 p.m., 

Eastern Time, on a working day will be 

considered to be filed on that day. Email filings received after that time will 

be considered to be filed on the next 

working day. 

* * * * * 

(f) * * * The Clerk’s e-mail address 

for receipt of filings is: 

cbca.efile@cbca.gov. 

■ 3. Amend section 6101.2 by revising 

paragraphs (a)(1)(ii)(C), (a)(1)(ii)(D), and 

(a)(2)(ii)(C) to read as follows: 

6101.2 Filing cases; time limits for filing; 

notice of docketing; consolidation [Rule 2]. 

(a) * * * 

(1) * * * 

(ii) * * * 

(C) The name, address, telephone 

number, facsimile machine number, and 

e-mail address, if available, of the 

contracting officer whose decision is 

appealed and the date of the decision; 

(D) If the appeal is from the failure of 

the contracting officer to decide a claim, 

the name, address, telephone number, 


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facsimile machine number, and e-mail 

address, if available, of the contracting 

officer who received the claim; 

* * * * * 

(2) * * * 

(ii) * * * 

(C) The name, address, telephone 

number, facsimile machine number, and 

e-mail address, if available, of the 

contracting officer whose decision is 

sought. 

* * * * * 

■ 4. Amend section 6101.5 by revising 

paragraph (c) to read as follows: 

6101.5 Appearances; notice of appearance 

[Rule 5]. 

* * * * * 

(c) Withdrawal of appearance. Any 

person who has filed a notice of 

appearance and who wishes to 

withdraw from a case must file a motion 

which includes the name, address, 

telephone number, facsimile machine 

number, and e-mail address, if available, 

of the person who will assume 

responsibility for representation of the 

party in question. The motion shall state 

the grounds for withdrawal unless it is 

accompanied by a representation from 

the successor representative or existing 

co-counsel that the established case 

schedule will be met. 

■ 5. Amend section 6101.25 by adding 

two new sentences at the end of 

paragraph (a)(1) to read as follows: 

6101.25 Decisions; settlements [Rule 25]. 

(a) * * * 

(1) * * * In addition, all Board 

decisions are posted weekly on the 

Internet. The Board’s Internet address is: 

http://www.cbca.gov. 

* * * * * 

PART 6103—TRANSPORTATION RATE 

CASES 

■ 6. The authority citation for 48 CFR 

part 6103 is revised to read as follows: 

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3726(i)(1); 41 U.S.C. 

7101–7109; Sec. 201(o), Pub. L. 104–316, 110 

Stat. 3826. 

■ 7. Amend section 6103.302 by 

revising paragraph (a)(1); and by adding 

a new sentence after the fifth sentence 

in paragraph (b) to read as follows: 

6103.302 Filing claims [Rule 302]. 

(a) * * * 

(1) The name, address, telephone 

number, facsimile machine number, and 

e-mail address, if available, of the 

claimant; 

* * * * * 

(b) * * * The Clerk’s e-mail address 

for receipt of filings is: 

cbca.efile@cbca.gov. * * * 

* * * * * 

■ 8. Amend section 6103.306 by 

revising the fourth sentence to read as 

follows: 

6103.306 Decisions [Rule 306]. 

* * * The Board’s Internet address is: 

http://www.cbca.gov. 

PART 6104—TRAVEL AND 

RELOCATION EXPENSES CASES 

■ 9. The authority citation for 48 CFR 

part 6104 is revised to read as follows: 

Authority: Secs. 202(n), 204, Pub. L. 104– 

316, 110 Stat. 3826; Sec. 211, Pub. L. 104– 

53, 109 Stat. 535; 31 U.S.C. 3702; 41 U.S.C. 

7101–7109. 

■ 10. Amend section 6104.402 by 

revising paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and 

(a)(1)(ii); and by adding a new sentence 

after the fifth sentence of paragraph 

(a)(3) to read as follows: 

6104.402 Filing claims [Rule 402]. 

(a) * * * 

(1) * * * 

(i) The name, address, telephone 

number, facsimile machine number, and 

e-mail address, if available, of the 

claimant; 

(ii) The name, address, telephone 

number, facsimile machine number, and 

e-mail address, if available, of the 

agency employee who denied the claim; 

* * * * * 

(3) * * * The Clerk’s e-mail address 

for receipt of filings is: 

cbca.efile@cbca.gov. * * * 

* * * * * 

■ 11. Amend section 6104.406 by 

revising the fourth sentence to read as 

follows: 

6104.406 Decisions [Rule 406]. 

* * * The Board’s Internet address is: 

http://www.cbca.gov. 

PART 6105—DECISIONS AUTHORIZED 

UNDER 31 U.S.C. 3529 

■ 12. The authority citation for 48 CFR 

part 6105 is revised to read as follows: 

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3529; 31 U.S.C. 3702; 

41 U.S.C. 7101–7109; Secs. 202(n), 204, Pub. 

L. 104–316, 110 Stat. 3826; Sec. 211, Pub. L. 

104–53, 109 Stat. 535. 

■ 13. Amend section 6105.502 by 

revising paragraphs (a)(2)(iii)(A) and 

(a)(2)(iii)(B); and adding a new sentence 

after the fifth sentence of paragraph 

(a)(2)(iv) to read as follows: 

6105.502 Request for decision [Rule 502]. 

(a) * * * 

(2) * * * 

(iii) * * * 

(A) The name, address, telephone 

number, facsimile machine number, and 

e-mail address, if available, of the 

official making the request; 

(B) The name, address, telephone 

number, facsimile machine number, and 

e-mail address, if available, of the 

employee affected by the specific 

payment or voucher; and 

* * * * * 

(iv) * * * The Clerk’s e-mail address 

for receipt of filings is: 

cbca.efile@cbca.gov. * * * 

* * * * * 

■ 14. Amend section 6105.505 by 

revising the fourth sentence to read as 

follows: 

6105.505 Decisions [Rule 505]. 

* * * The Board’s Internet address is: 

http://www.cbca.gov. 

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