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Executive Order 12866, this final rule is 

not subject to Executive Order 13211, 

entitled Actions Concerning Regulations 

That Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 

Distribution, or Use (66 FR 28355, May 

22, 2001) or Executive Order 13045, 

entitled Protection of Children from 

Environmental Health Risks and Safety 

Risks (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997). 

This final rule does not contain any 

information collections subject to OMB 

approval under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501 et 

seq., nor does it require any special 

considerations under Executive Order 

12898, entitled Federal Actions to 

Address Environmental Justice in 

Minority Populations and Low-Income 

Populations (59 FR 7629, February 16, 

1994). 

Since tolerances and exemptions that 

are established on the basis of a petition 

under section 408(d) of FFDCA, such as 

the tolerance in this final rule, do not 

require the issuance of a proposed rule, 

the requirements of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act (RFA) (5 U.S.C. 601 et 

seq.) do not apply. 

This final rule directly regulates 

growers, food processors, food handlers, 

and food retailers, not States or tribes, 

nor does this action alter the 

relationships or distribution of power 

and responsibilities established by 

Congress in the preemption provisions 

of section 408(n)(4) of FFDCA. As such, 

the Agency has determined that this 

action will not have a substantial direct 

effect on States or tribal governments, 

on the relationship between the national 

government and the States or tribal 

governments, or on the distribution of 

power and responsibilities among the 

various levels of government or between 

the Federal Government and Indian 

tribes. Thus, the Agency has determined 

that Executive Order 13132, entitled 

Federalism (64 FR 43255, August 10, 

1999) and Executive Order 13175, 

entitled Consultation and Coordination 

with Indian Tribal Governments (65 FR 

67249, November 9, 2000) do not apply 

to this final rule. In addition, this final 

rule does not impose any enforceable 

duty or contain any unfunded mandate 

as described under Title II of the 

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 

(UMRA) (Pub. L. 104–4). 

This action does not involve any 

technical standards that would require 

Agency consideration of voluntary 

consensus standards pursuant to section 

12(d) of the National Technology 

Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 

(NTTAA), Public Law 104–113, section 

12(d) (15 U.S.C. 272 note). 

VII. Congressional Review Act 

The Congressional Review Act, 5 

U.S.C. 801 et seq., generally provides 

that before a rule may take effect, the 

agency promulgating the rule must 

submit a rule report to each House of 

the Congress and to the Comptroller 

General of the United States. EPA will 

submit a report containing this rule and 

other required information to the U.S. 

Senate, the U.S. House of 

Representatives, and the Comptroller 

General of the United States prior to 

publication of this final rule in the 

Federal Register. This final rule is not 

a ‘‘major rule’’ as defined by 5 U.S.C. 

804(2). 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 180 

Environmental protection, 

Administrative practice and procedure, 

Agricultural commodities, Pesticides 

and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

Dated: August 17, 2012. 

Daniel J. Rosenblatt, 

Acting Director, Registration Division, Office 

of Pesticide Programs. 

Therefore, 40 CFR chapter I is 

amended as follows: 

PART 180—[AMENDED] 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 180 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321(q), 346a and 371. 

■ 2. Section 180.586 is amended by 

revising paragraph (a)(1) introductory 

text, and by alphabetically adding the 

commodity ‘‘rice, grain’’ in the table in 

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

§ 180.586 Clothianidin; tolerances for 

residues. 

(a) General. (1) Tolerances are 

established for residues of the 

insecticide clothianidin, including its 

metabolites and degradates. Compliance 

with the tolerance levels specified 

below is to be determined by measuring 

only clothianidin, (E)-N-[(2-Chloro-5- 

thiazolyl)methyl]-N′ -methyl-N′′ 

-nitroguanidine, in or on the following 

raw agricultural commodities: 

Commodity Parts per million 

*******

Rice, grain 0.01 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

48 CFR Parts 201 and 212 

RIN 0750–AH65 

Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement: Inflation 

Adjustment of Threshold for 

Acquisition of Right-Hand Drive 

Passenger Sedans (DFARS Case 2012– 

D016) 

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Department of 

Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: DoD is adopting as final, 

without change, an interim rule 

amending the Defense Federal 

Acquisition Regulation Supplement 

(DFARS) to implement a section of the 

National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2012 that requires 

adjustment of the statutory dollar 

limitation on the acquisition of righthand drive passenger sedans. 

DATES: Effective Date: August 29, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Amy Williams, telephone 571–372– 

6106. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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I. Background 

DoD published an interim rule in the 

Federal Register at 77 FR 19127 on 

March 30, 2012, to implement section 

814(b) of the National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 

(Pub. L. 112–81). The interim rule 

adjusted the dollar limitation on the 

acquisition of right-hand drive 

passenger sedans from $30,000 per 

vehicle to $40,000 per vehicle, and 

included this dollar limitation on the 

list of statutory acquisition-related 

dollar thresholds subject to inflation 

adjustment in accordance with the 

requirements of 41 U.S.C. 1908. One 

respondent submitted a public comment 

in response to the interim rule. 

II. Discussion and Analysis of the 

Public Comments 

The respondent concurred with the 

inflation threshold increase listed at 

DFARS 212.271. There were no 

comments suggesting changes to the 

interim rule. Therefore, DoD is 

finalizing the interim rule without 

change. 

III. Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 

Executive Orders (E.O.s) 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). E.O. 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 

E.O. 12866, Regulatory Planning and 

Review, dated September 30, 1993. This 

rule is not a major rule under 5 U.S.C. 

804. 

IV. Regulatory Flexibility Act 

DoD 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 it merely adjusts upward the 

current limitation for acquisition of 

right-hand drive passenger vehicles 

from $30,000 to $40,000 due to 

inflation. 

V. Paperwork Reduction Act 

The rule does not contain any 

information collection requirements that 

require the approval of the Office of 

Management and Budget under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35). 

List of Subjects in 48 CFR Parts 201 and 

212 

Government procurement. 

Manuel Quinones, 

Editor, Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System. 

Interim Rule Adopted as Final Without 

Change 

■ Accordingly, the interim rule 

amending 48 CFR parts 201 and 212, 

which was published at 77 FR 19127 on 

March 30, 2012, is adopted as a final 

rule without change. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

48 CFR Parts 209, 210, 215, 217, 230, 

237, 245, and 252 

Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement; Technical 

Amendments 

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Department of 

Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: DoD is making technical 

amendments to the Defense Federal 

Acquisition Regulation Supplement 

(DFARS) to provide needed editorial 

changes. 

DATES: Effective Date: August 29, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Manuel Quinones, Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, 

OUSD(AT&L)DPAP(DARS), Room 

3B855, 3060 Defense Pentagon, 

Washington, DC 20301–3060. 

Telephone 571–372–6088; facsimile 

571–372–6094. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This final 

rule amends the DFARS as follows: 

1. Clarifies the designation at 

209.403(1) for the Department of Army 

debarring and suspending official. 

2. Revises codes of offices designated 

to receive reports referenced at 215.403– 

1(c)(3)(B) and 230.201–5. 

3. Directs contracting officers to 

additional DFARS procedures, 

guidance, and information by adding 

references at 210.002, 217.7404, 

237.102–77, and 237.102–78. 

4. Corrects a form title at 245.7001–6. 

6. Corrects a typographical error in 

clause 252.219–7003, paragraph (f), and 

revises the clause date. 

7. Makes a conforming change to 

clause 252.225–7017(a) to add Armenia 

to the definition of ‘‘Designated 

country’’, which was inadvertently 

omitted from publication of the final 

rule under DFARS Case 2011–D046 (77 

FR 30368). The final rule for DFARS 

Case 2011–D057 (77 FR 4631) had 

previously added Armenia as a World 

Trade Organization Government 

Procurement Agreement country and a 

designated county. 

List of Subjects in 48 CFR Parts 209, 

210, 215, 217, 230, 237, 245, and 252 

Government procurement. 

Manuel Quinones, 

Editor, Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System. 

Therefore, 48 CFR parts 209, 210, 215, 

217, 230, 237, 245, and 252 are 

amended as follows: 

■ 1. The authority citation for 48 CFR 

parts 209, 215, 217, 245, and 252 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 1303 and 48 CFR 

chapter 1. 

PART 209—CONTRACTOR 

QUALIFICATIONS 

209.403 [Amended] 

■ 2. Section 209.403(1) is amended by 

removing ‘‘Director, Soldier & Family 

Legal Services’’ and adding in its place 

‘‘Army—Director, Soldier & Family 

Legal Services’’. 

PART 210—MARKET RESEARCH 

■ 3. The authority citation for 48 CFR 

210 is revised to read as follows: 

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 1303 and 48 CFR 

chapter 1. 

■ 4. Section 210.002 is added to read as 

follows: 

210.002 Procedures. 

When contracting for services, see the 

market research report guide for 

improving the tradecraft in services 

acquisition at PGI 210.070. 

PART 215—CONTRACTING BY 

NEGOTIATION 

215.403–1 [Amended] 

■ 5. Section 215.403–1(c)(3)(B) is 

amended by removing ‘‘ATTN: DPAP/ 

CPF’’ and adding in its place ‘‘ATTN: 

DPAP/CPIC’’. 

PART 217—SPECIAL CONTRACTING 

METHODS 

■ 6. Section 217.7404 is amended by 

adding introductory text to read as 

follows: 

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