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Vol. 80, No. 196 

Friday, October 9, 2015 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

2 CFR Part 1500 

40 CFR Parts 30, 31, 33, 35, 40, 45, 46, 

and 47 

[FRL–9926–01–OARM] 

RIN 2030–AA99 

Governmentwide Uniform 

Administrative Requirements, Cost 

Principles, and Audit Requirements for 

Federal Awards 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) has adopted as final, with 

changes, the interim final rule outlining 

uniform administrative requirements, 

cost principles, and audit requirements 

for federal awards. 

DATES: This final rule is effective on 

October 9, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alexandra Raver, National Policy 

Training and Compliance Division in 

the Office of Grants and Debarment 

(3903R), Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: 202–564–5296; fax number: 

202–565–2470; email address: 

raver.alexandra@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

Affected Entities 

Entities affected by this action are 

those that apply for and/or receive 

Federal financial assistance (grants, 

cooperative agreements or fellowships) 

from EPA including but not limited to: 

State and local governments, Indian 

tribes, intertribal consortia, institutions 

of higher education, hospitals, and other 

non-profit organizations, and 

individuals. 

II. Background 

This final rule implements for the 

Environmental Protection Agency the 

final guidance Uniform Administrative 

Requirements, Cost Principles, and 

Audit Requirements for Federal Awards 

published by the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) on December 26, 

2013 in 2 CFR part 200 (Uniform 

Guidance—available at 78 FR 78589) 

and amended in the joint interim final 

rule published on December 19, 2014 

(Interim Final Rule—available at 79 FR 

75867). The Uniform Guidance followed 

on a notice of proposed guidance issued 

February 1, 2013 (available at 78 FR 

7282), and an advanced notice of 

proposed guidance issued February 28, 

2012 (available at 77 FR 11778). 

The final guidance incorporated 

feedback received from the public in 

response to those earlier issuances. 

Additional supporting resources are 

available from the Council on Financial 

Assistance Reform at www.cfo.gov/

COFAR. 

The Uniform Guidance delivered on 

two presidential directives; Executive 

Order 13520 on Reducing Improper 

Payments (74 FR 62201; November 15, 

2009), and February 28, 2011 

Presidential Memorandum on 

Administrative Flexibility, Lower Costs, 

and Better Results for State, Local, and 

Tribal Governments, (Daily Comp. Pres. 

Docs.; http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/

DCPD-201100123/pdf/DCPD201100123.pdf). It reflected more than 

two years of work by the Council on 

Financial Assistance Reform to improve 

the efficiency and effectiveness of 

Federal financial assistance. For a 

detailed discussion of the reform and its 

impacts, please see the Federal Register 

notice for the issuance of the final 

guidance (78 FR 78589). 

EPA’s final rule incorporates minor 

changes to address a typographical error 

identifying the standard for quality 

management systems for environmental 

information and technology programs 

and to add 5 U.S.C. 301 to the authority 

citations in the regulation text. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 42 U.S.C. 241, 

242b, 243, 246, 1857 et seq., 33 U.S.C. 1251 

et seq., 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq., 42 U.S.C. 6901 

et seq., 42 U.S.C. 300f et seq., 7 U.S.C. 136 

et seq., 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq., 42 U.S.C. 9601 

et seq., 20 U.S.C. 4011 et seq., and 33 U.S.C. 

1401 et seq.; 2 CFR 200. 

III. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory 

Planning and Review and Executive 

Order 13563: Improving Regulation and 

Regulatory Review 

This action is not a significant 

regulatory action and was therefore not 

submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review. 

B. Paperwork Reduction Act 

This action does not impose any new 

information collection burden under the 

PRA. OMB has previously approved the 

information collection activities 

contained in the existing regulations 

and has assigned OMB control number 

2030–0020. The OMB control numbers 

for EPA’s regulations in 40 CFR are 

listed in 40 CFR part 9. 

C. Regulatory Flexibility Act 

This action is not subject to the RFA. 

The RFA applies only to rules subject to 

notice and comment rulemaking 

requirements under the Administrative 

Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. 553, or 

any other statute. This rule is not 

subject to notice and comment 

requirements under the APA or any 

other statute because this rule pertains 

to grants, which the APA expressly 

exempts from notice and comment 

rulemaking requirements. 5 U.S.C. 

553(a)(2). 

D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

This action does not contain any 

unfunded mandate as described in 

UMRA, 2 U.S.C. 1531–1538, and does 

not significantly or uniquely affect small 

governments. UMRA does not apply to 

this action because it requires 

compliance with accounting and 

auditing procedures for grants, other 

money or property provided by the 

federal government. 

E. Executive Order 13132 (Federalism) 

This action does not have federalism 

implications. It will not have substantial 

direct effects on the States, on the 

relationship between the national 

government and the States, or on the 

distribution of power and 

responsibilities among the various 

levels of government. 

F. Executive Order 13175 

This action does not have tribal 

implications as specified in Executive 


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Order 13175. This action affects all 

applicants and recipients of EPA 

financial federal assistance and 

therefore no one entity type will be 

impacted disproportionally. Thus, 

Executive Order 13175 does not apply 

to this action. Although Executive Order 

13175 does not apply to this action, EPA 

has made a conscious effort to engage 

tribal entities on changes to federal 

financial assistance requirements. EPA 

published materials summarizing these 

changes which can be found at http:// 

www.epa.gov/ogd/grants/

regulations.htm. EPA intends to host 

informational sessions tailored to tribal 

entities. 

G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of 

Children From Environmental Health 

Risks and Safety Risks 

The EPA interprets Executive Order 

13045 as applying only to those 

regulatory actions that concern 

environmental health or safety risks that 

the EPA has reason to believe may 

disproportionately affect children, per 

the definition of ‘‘covered regulatory 

action’’ in section 2–202 of the 

Executive Order. This action is not 

subject to Executive Order 13045 

because it does not concern an 

environmental health risk or safety risk. 

H. Executive Order 13211: Actions 

Concerning Regulations That 

Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 

Distribution, or Use 

This action is not subject to Executive 

Order 13211, because it is not a 

significant regulatory action under 

Executive Order 12866. 

I. National Technology Transfer and 

Advancement Act 

This action does not involve technical 

standards. 

J. Executive Order 12898: Federal 

Actions To Address Environmental 

Justice in Minority Populations and 

Low-Income Populations 

The EPA believes that it is not feasible 

to determine whether the human health 

or environmental risk addressed by this 

action will have potential 

disproportionately high and adverse 

effects on minority, low-income or 

indigenous populations. 

K. Congressional Review Act 

This action is subject to the CRA, and 

the EPA will submit a rule report to 

each House of the Congress and to the 

Comptroller General of the United 

States. This action is not a ‘‘major rule’’ 

as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2). 

List of Subjects 

2 CFR Part 1500 

Environmental protection, 

Accounting, Administrative practice 

and procedure, Colleges and 

universities, Grant programs, Hospitals, 

Indians, Intergovernmental relations, 

Loan programs, Nonprofit organizations, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

40 CFR Part 30 

Environmental protection, 

Accounting, Colleges and universities, 

Grant programs, Hospitals, Nonprofit 

organizations, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

40 CFR Part 31 

Environmental protection, 

Accounting, Administrative practice 

and procedure, Grant programs, Indians, 

Intergovernmental relations, Loan 

programs, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

40 CFR Part 33 

Environmental protection, Grant 

programs, Minority businesses, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

40 CFR Part 35 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Coastal zone, Grant 

programs, Hazardous waste, Indians, 

Intergovernmental relations, Pesticides 

and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Technical assistance, 

Waste treatment and disposal, Water 

pollution control, Water supply. 

40 CFR Part 40 

Environmental protection, Grant 

programs, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

40 CFR Part 45 

Environmental protection, Education, 

Grant programs, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

40 CFR Part 46 

Environmental protection, Education, 

Grant programs, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, 

Scholarships and fellowships. 

40 CFR Part 47 

Environmental protection, Education, 

Grant programs, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

Dated: September 30, 2015. 

Gina McCarthy, 

Administrator. 

Accordingly, the interim rule 

amending 2 CFR part 1500 and 40 CFR 

parts 30, 31, 33, 35, 40, 45, 46, and 47 

which was published in the Federal 

Register at 79 FR 75867 on December 

19, 2014, is adopted as final with the 

following changes: 

Title 2—Grants and Agreements 

CHAPTER XV—ENVIRONMENTAL 

PROTECTION AGENCY 

PART 1500—UNIFORM 

ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS, 

COST PRINCIPLES, AND AUDIT 

REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL 

AWARDS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 1500 

is revised to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 42 U.S.C. 241, 

242b, 243, 246, 1857 et seq., 33 U.S.C. 1251 

et seq., 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq., 42 U.S.C. 6901 

et seq., 42 U.S.C. 300f et seq., 7 U.S.C. 136 

et seq., 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq., 42 U.S.C. 9601 

et seq., 20 U.S.C. 4011 et seq., and 33 U.S.C. 

1401 et seq.; 2 CFR part 200. 

Subpart D—Post Federal Award 

Requirements 

§ 1500.11 [Amended] 

■ 2. In § 1500.11, paragraphs (c) and 

(f)(1)(i) are amended by removing 

‘‘ANSI/ASQ’’ and adding ‘‘ASQ/ANSI’’ 

in its place. 

[FR Doc. 2015–25833 Filed 10–8–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2015–0677; Directorate 

Identifier 2013–NM–244–AD; Amendment 

39–18289; AD 2015–20–10] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; Gulfstream 

Aerospace Corporation Airplanes 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: We are adopting a new 

airworthiness directive (AD) for all 

Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation 

Model GVI airplanes. This AD was 

prompted by reports of corrosion on inservice air non-return valves. This AD 

requires a revision to the Emergency 

Procedures section of the airplane flight 

manual (AFM). This AD also requires a 

revision to the maintenance or 

inspection program, as applicable, to 

incorporate airworthiness limitations for 

the high pressure (HP) Stage 5 air nonreturn valves. We are issuing this AD to 

ensure the flightcrew is provided with 


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