48178 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 178 / Monday, September 15, 1997 / Rules and Regulations

1601-1641, 1701–1706; Pub. L. 101–410,

104 Stat. 890 (28 U.S.C. 2461 note); E.O.

12978, 60 FR 54579, 3 CFR, 1995

Comp., p. 415, with respect to the SDNT

entries, and (2) 3 U.S.C. 301; 18 U.S.C.

2332d; 22 U.S.C. 287c, 2349aa–8 and

2349aa–9; 31 U.S.C. 321(b); 49 U.S.C.

App. 1514; 50 U.S.C. 1601–1651, 1701–

1706; Pub. L. 101–410, 104 Stat. 890 (28

U.S.C. 2461 note); E.O. 12543, 51 FR

875, 3 CFR, 1986 Comp., p. 181; E.O.

12544, 51 FR 1235, 3 CFR, 1986 Comp.,

p. 183; E.O. 12801, 57 FR 14319, 3 CFR,

1992 Comp., p. 294, with respect to the

Libyan entries, appendices A and B to

31 CFR chapter V are amended as set

forth below:

1. Appendices A and B to 31 CFR

chapter V are amended by adding the

following names inserted in

alphabetical order (1) in appendix A,

section I, and (2) under the heading

‘‘Italy’’ in appendix B:

BORTOLOTTI PETROLI S.p.A., Via San

Desiderio, 11, 25020 Flero, Italy;

Magazzino con Vendita Ingrosso, Via

Garibaldi, 51, 25030 Paratico, Italy;

Deposito, Via Zette, 14/A, 25087 Salo,

Italy [SDN]

GIOVANNI IANORA, D.O.B. June 5, 1943,

Via A. Costa 17, Milan, Italy;

(individual)[SDN]

2. Appendices A and B to 31 CFR

chapter V are amended by (1) removing

the entries in the names ‘‘RODRIGUEZ

MORENO, Stephanie (Stethanine)’’ and

‘‘SANTACRUZ CASTRO, Sandra’’ from

appendix A and (2) under the heading

‘‘Colombia’’ in appendix B, removing

the entries in the names ‘‘RODRIGUEZ

MORENO, Stephanie (Stethanine); and

‘‘Santacruz Castro, Sandra’’.

Dated: August 22, 1997.

R. Richard Newcomb,

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.

Approved: August 29, 1997.

James E. Johnson,

Assistant Secretary (Enforcement).

[FR Doc. 97–24276 Filed 9–9–97; 4:20 pm]

BILLING CODE 4810–25–P

PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION

35 CFR Part 104

RIN 3207–AA40

Vessel Transit Reservation System

AGENCY: Panama Canal Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: This document announces the

final rule constituting the Panama Canal

Vessel Transit Reservation System,

which allows vessels to reserve transit

slots in advance of arrival at the Panama

Canal and be moved through the Canal

on pre-assigned dates.

DATES: The effective time and date of

the final rule is 12:00 Midnight (2400

hrs) (Panama time), September 30, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Chief of the Economic Research and

Market Development Division, Panama

Canal Commission, Unit 2300, APO AA

34011–2300, Telephone 011–507–272–

3586; Fax 011–507–272–1622; E-mail:

pcc.epem@pananet.com

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April

15, 1997, the Panama Canal Commission

(PCC) published in the Federal Register

(Volume 62, Number 72, Pages 18275–

18277), an interim rule to test a revised

vessel transit reservation system, which

test commenced at 2:00 P.M. (1400 hrs),

April 21, 1997. The 120-day test period

ended on August 20, 1997. The test

comment period, however, pursuant to

Marine Director’s Notice To Shipping

Nos. N–7–97, Rev. 3 (dtd 8/8/97) and N–

7–97, Rev. 4 (dtd 8/22/97), was

extended to close of business,

September 5, 1997.

Throughout the comment period, PCC

received both formal and informal

comments, in writing and orally, from

ship agents, owners and operators and

maritime industry trade groups. These

comments included proposals that PCC

abolish the vessel transit reservation

system and revert to a first come-first

serve system, that PCC delay full

implementation of the system for cruise

line customers, complaints about

various components of the test system,

and suggestions and proposals to

improve and facilitate implementation

of the test system on a permanent basis.

During the test, PCC gained valuable

hands-on experience with all

operational aspects of the test system.

The empirical, statistical and other data

gathered during the test was beneficial

in assessing the actual impact of the test

system on a representative cross-section

of Canal customers.

Specifically, the test revealed that

overall utilization of the 21 reserved

transit slots available for all three

booking periods did not appreciably

change in the second and third booking

periods. The (new) first booking period

was utilized principally by passenger

vessels. The test also revealed that,

based on current Canal capacity, 21

reserved transit slots is the maximum

number that the system can

accommodate, consistent with safe and

efficient operation of the Canal. On the

other hand, allocation of the 21 reserved

transit slots among the three booking

periods is an area in which operational

considerations afford PCC some

flexibility. PCC, therefore, will continue

to monitor and, where appropriate, may

periodically change the number of

reserved transit slots allocated among

the three booking periods, as well as

allocations among various vessel types.

Any such changes will be announced in

future Marine Director’s notices to

shipping.

Changing the number of days that

comprise each of the three booking

periods, as some customers urged,

would not have any foreseeable adverse

impact on Canal operations. Any such

changes, however, while no doubt

benefiting some customers, would

negatively impact others. Balancing

fairness and equity for all Canal

customers, the final rule does not

change the length of any of the three

booking periods.

Missing from the interim rule was

criteria for canceling transit ‘‘condition

3’’, which triggers the additional

booking fee whenever the total number

of vessels awaiting transit at both

termini of the Canal is projected by

Canal authorities to be, within 2 days,

90 or more vessels for at least 2

consecutive days (hereafter, ‘‘premium

booking fee’’). Seesaw declarations and

cancellations of condition 3 in response

to fluctuating vessel arrivals/departures

disrupted orderly operation of the

system and, on occasion, resulted in

hardship for some customers required to

pay the premium fee. PCC, therefore,

will adopt an implementation provision

(to be announced in a Marine Director’s

notice to shipping), stating that,

following invocation, Canal authorities

will revoke condition 3 whenever the

number of vessels awaiting transit is

projected to be reduced to 80 or fewer

vessels.

Concerning the premium booking fee,

this feature of the test, by far, generated

the most comment and criticism from

Canal customers. Consideration was

given to eliminating or reducing the

amount of the fee. After careful review

and reconsideration, however, PCC

reaffirms its original assessment, made

on the basis of objective economic data,

that payment of the current premium

booking fee to secure expeditious transit

of the Canal during periods when

condition 3 is in effect, affords

customers who utilize this service

tangible economic benefits, when

compared to the high costs of transit

delays of uncertain duration during

such periods. Nevertheless, PCC is

sensitive to customer complaints that

the factors which cause condition 3 to

be invoked are largely beyond their

control. Consequently, PCC will

redouble efforts to schedule

maintenance, Canal improvement

projects and other activities that

adversely impact transit operations, to

the extent practicable, so as to minimize
Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 178 / Monday, September 15, 1997 / Rules and Regulations 48179

the number of occasions when

condition 3 is actually invoked,

including, giving notice to Canal

customers as far in advance as

reasonably possible. In addition, PCC

will guarantee a vessel booked for

transit a reserved transit slot at the

booking fee rate in effect at the time of

booking, irrespective of any premium

booking fee that may be in effect at the

time of actual transit.

The test revealed certain deficiencies

in the schedule of cancellation fees

reflected in section 104.9 of the interim

rule. The revised cancellation fee

schedule set forth in the final rule tracks

the prescribed booking periods and

provides for progressive cancellation

fees for vessels booked for transit in all

three booking periods. The restructured

cancellation fees, especially those for

cancellations made upon short notice,

are expected to increase booking

opportunities for Canal customers,

particularly in the third booking period.

Based upon historical criteria no

longer relevant, commercial passenger

vessels had previously been afforded a

transit preference, without being

subjected to the terms and costs of the

vessel transit reservation system.

Commencing with the test, passenger

vessels were required to reserve transit

slots, the same as other vessels, in order

to obtain transit preference. During the

test period, however, passenger vessels

booked for transit were afforded

transitional relief by not having to pay

the prescribed booking and other fees

paid by other vessels. PCC provided

these vessels a statement, however,

showing what the booking fee for the

reserved transit would have been had

transitional relief not been in effect.

Commencing on the effective date of the

final rule, passenger vessels will be

subject to all requirements of the

system, including payment of the

prescribed fees.

Cruise line customers stated that the

test did not afford them sufficient time

to build the additional costs of the final

rule into their business plans and fee

schedules, thereby justifying an

extension of transitional relief through

the remainder of the 1997 and the 1998

cruise seasons. It is noted, however, that

the standard industry practice of cruise

lines is to reserve the right to change

published passenger fee schedules

without notice. This protects cruise

lines from having to absorb

unanticipated higher operating costs

that might be incurred after publication.

Moreover, cruise line customers had a

full 6 months to make whatever

operational and financial adjustments

might be necessary by reason of PCC’s

implementation of the final rule.

Specifically, throughout the 184-day

comment period, that commenced on

March 5, 1997 and ended on September

5, 1997, cruise line customers were

provided financial and other data that

should have enabled them to calculate

their higher costs by reason of their

being subjected to the requirements of

the vessel transit reservation system.

Given the extraordinary length of the

comment period, the right of cruise

lines to adjust fee schedules and the

data provided throughout the test, PCC

believes the test period was sufficient to

enable cruise line customers to

familiarize themselves adequately with

all operational and financial

components of the test system, thus

making additional transitional relief

unnecessary.

This final rule involves public

property, the Panama Canal, and,

therefore, is excluded from coverage of

the Administrative Procedures Act

(APA). 5 USC 553(a)(2). Nevertheless, in

testing the interim rule, PCC elected

generally to follow the notice-andcomment rule-making procedures of

section 553. In establishing the effective

date of the final rule, however, PCC

elected not to follow the delayed

effective date provision of section

553(d). The effective date of this final

rule, therefore, is 12:00 Midnight (2400

hrs) (Panama time), September 30, 1997.

Until the final rule announced in this

document takes effect, the interim rule

published in the Federal Register

(Volume 62, Number 72, Pages 18275–

18277) and implementation provisions

announced in Marine Director’s notices

to shipping, will continue to govern

vessel transit reservations at the Panama

Canal.

The final rule announced in this

document constitutes the Panama Canal

Vessel Transit Reservation System that,

based on the subject test, PCC believes

best serves the needs of PCC,

commensurate with safety and

efficiency, and the world shipping

industry.

PCC is exempt from Executive Order

12866. The provisions of that directive,

therefore, do not apply to this final rule.

Even if the Order was applicable, this

final rule would not have any

significant economic impact on any

substantial number of small entities

under the Regulatory Flexibility Act of

1980.

Additionally, PCC has determined

that implementation of this final rule

will not have an adverse effect on

competition, employment, investment,

productivity, innovation, or the ability

of U.S.-based enterprises to compete

with foreign-based enterprises in

domestic or foreign markets.

The Secretary of PCC certifies that

these regulatory changes meet the

applicable standards contained in

sections 3(a) and 3(b)(2) of Executive

Order No. 12988 of February 7, 1996.

List of Subjects in 35 CFR Part 104

Panama Canal, Reporting and

recordkeeping requirements, Vessels.

Accordingly, Part 104 is revised to

read as follows:

PART 104—VESSEL TRANSIT

RESERVATION SYSTEM

Sec.

104.1 Applicability and scope.

104.2 Definitions.

104.3 Booking periods; allocation of

reserved slots.

104.4 Booked transits.

104.5 Passenger vessel preference; priority

transits.

104.6 Booking fees.

104.7 Penalties.

104.8 Re-scheduling.

104.9 Cancellations.

104.10 Regular transits.

104.11 Temporary suspension of system.

104.12 Further implementation.

Authority: 22 U.S.C. 3811.

§ 104.1 Applicability and scope.

Subject to the limitations imposed by

Article III of the 1901 Treaty to

Facilitate the Construction of a Ship

Canal, entered into by the United States

and Great Britain, and by Articles II and

VI of the 1977 Treaty concerning the

Permanent Neutrality and Operation of

the Panama Canal, between the United

States and the Republic of Panama, and

subject to compliance with the

provisions of this part, the Panama

Canal Vessel Transit Reservation System

allows vessels, including certain

commercial passenger vessels, desiring

transit of the Panama Canal, to reserve

transit slots in advance of arrival at the

Canal and be moved through the Canal

on pre-assigned dates.

§ 104.2 Definitions.

(a) Booked for transit means that a

vessel, in advance of arriving at the

Canal, has been assigned a specific date

by Canal authorities on which it will be

moved through the Canal and that the

vessel has otherwise complied with the

provisions of this part.

(b) Commercial passenger vessel

means a vessel that principally

transports passengers, as opposed to

cargo, and runs on fixed published

schedules.

(c) Regular transit means movement

through the Canal of a vessel that has

not been booked for transit.

(d) Required arrival time means the

date and the hour of the day established

by Canal authorities as the deadline by
48180 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 178 / Monday, September 15, 1997 / Rules and Regulations

which a vessel booked for transit must

arrive at a terminus of the Canal in order

to transit on its reserved transit date.

(e) Vessel agent means a person or

entity that has been authorized by a

vessel owner or operator, in the manner

prescribed by Canal authorities, to book

vessels for transit in accordance with

this part.

§ 104.3 Booking periods; allocation of

reserved slots.

(a) Vessel agents only may request

reserved transit slots for vessels during

the following booking periods:

(1) First period—365 to 22 days prior

to the requested transit date.

(2) Second period—21 to 4 days prior

to the requested transit date.

(3) Third period—3 to 2 days prior to

the requested transit date.

(b) A total of 21 reserved transit slots

will be made available for all three

booking periods, allocation of which

among the booking periods is to be

determined by Canal authorities. Canal

authorities, from time to time, may

adjust the total number of available

reserved transit slots, commensurate

with continued safe and efficient

operation of the Canal.

§ 104.4 Booked transits.

(a) The specific daily order of vessels

and mix of vessel types transiting the

Canal, whether booked or regular

transits, shall be determined by Canal

authorities. Except as provided in this

part, a vessel booked for transit may not

transit prior to its reserved transit date,

unless Canal authorities determine that

assigning the vessel an earlier transit

slot would not impair safe and efficient

operation of the Canal.

(b) Notwithstanding assignment of an

earlier reserved transit slot by Canal

authorities, all vessels booked for transit

will be charged the prescribed booking

fee.

(c) Substitution of reserved transit

slots between or among vessels booked

for transit will be permitted only on

conditions specified by Canal

authorities.

§ 104.5 Passenger vessel preference;

priority transits.

(a) Subject to being booked for transit

and to the extent Canal authorities

determine preference does not impair

safe and efficient operation of the Canal,

commercial passenger vessels running

on fixed published schedules will be

given preference over other vessels in

transiting.

(b) Notwithstanding any contrary

provision, from time to time, any vessel,

whether or not subject to the vessel

transit reservation system (including,

but not limited to certain warships), as

determined by Canal authorities, may be

moved through the Canal on a priority

basis.

§ 104.6 Booking fees.

(a) The booking fee for reserving a

transit slot for a vessel measured in

accordance with § 135.13(a) of this

chapter, shall be $0.26 per PC/UMS Net

Ton, or $1500, whichever is greater.

(b) The booking fee for reserving a

transit slot for a vessel subject to

transitional relief measures and

measured in accordance with

§ 135.13(b) of this chapter, shall be

$0.23 per Panama Canal Gross Ton, as

specified on the last tonnage certificate

issued to the vessel by Canal authorities

between March 23, 1976 and September

30, 1994, inclusive, plus $0.26 per PC/

UMS Net Ton of on-deck capacity, or

$1500, whichever is greater.

(c) Whenever the total number of

vessels awaiting transit at both termini

of the Canal is projected by Canal

authorities to be, within 2 days, 90 or

more vessels for at least 2 consecutive

days, any vessel booked for transit that

transits the Canal while this condition

is in effect, shall automatically be

assessed a booking fee of $0.69 per PC/

UMS Net Ton, or $4000, whichever is

greater.

(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of

paragraph (c) of this section or any other

contrary provision of this part, Canal

authorities will guarantee a vessel

booked for transit, a reserved transit slot

at the booking fee rate in effect at the

time the vessel is booked for transit,

irrespective of any premium booking fee

rate that may be in effect at the time the

vessel actually transits the Canal.

§ 104.7 Penalties.

(a) The reserved transit slot of a vessel

booked for transit will be canceled by

Canal authorities and a penalty fee

assessed in a sum equal to the

prescribed booking fee, or $1500,

whichever is greater, in the following

situations:

(1) When a vessel that is subject to

transit restrictions (e.g., clear cut, clear

cut daylight) has been booked for transit

and does not arrive at a terminus of the

Canal by 0200 hours of the day of the

scheduled transit;

(2) When a vessel that is not subject

to transit restrictions has been booked

for transit and does not arrive at a

terminus of the Canal by 1400 hours of

the day of the scheduled transit; or

(3) When a vessel booked for transit

arrives on time but cannot or, at the

vessel operator’s election, does not

transit as scheduled, despite the

readiness of Canal authorities to

proceed.

(b) Canal authorities may waive

assessment of a penalty fee if the vessel

agent presents acceptable proof that late

arrival of the vessel was due to a

medical or humanitarian emergency

arising during the voyage, or a naturally

occurring, extraordinary phenomenon

or event of major proportions that could

not have been reasonably predicted in

advance.

(c) Failure of the vessel agent to

provide complete and accurate

information required by Canal

authorities when requesting transit

bookings may result in rejection of the

booking request or cancellation of the

vessel’s reserved transit slot.

(d) When a vessel’s reserved transit

slot is canceled, and unless otherwise

directed by the vessel agent, upon

arrival, Canal authorities will reschedule the vessel for regular transit.

§ 104.8 Re-scheduling.

(a) Except as otherwise provided and

without the vessel booked for transit

being assessed a penalty fee, the vessel

agent may request cancellation of a

vessel’s reserved transit slot and

rescheduling of the vessel for regular

transit or, alternatively, may request

assignment of an alternate reserved

transit slot, in the following situations:

(1) If for whatever reason Canal

authorities cancel the transit of a vessel

booked for transit that is otherwise

ready to proceed as scheduled; or

(2) If for whatever reason Canal

authorities delay the transit of a vessel

booked for transit to such a degree that

the delay is likely to cause the vessel to

be unable to meet its required arrival

time for a later, second reserved transit,

booked before the delay of the first

reserved transit occurred.

(b) A vessel booked for transit will be

deemed to have transited the Canal on

its reserved transit date if the vessel

arrives at the first set of locks at either

terminus of the Canal prior to 2400

hours that day and its in-transit time

(ITT) is 18 hours or less. ITT begins

when the vessel enters the first set of

locks at either Canal terminus and ends

when the vessel departs the last set of

locks at the opposite terminus. No

booking fee will be charged if, due to

events that are beyond the control of the

vessel booked for transit, as determined

by Canal authorities, ITT exceeds 18

hours; except that this provision shall

not apply in the case of a turn-around

transit, where the vessel enters and exits

the same set of locks at either Canal

terminus.
Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 178 / Monday, September 15, 1997 / Rules and Regulations 48181

§ 104.9 Cancellations.

(a) A vessel agent may cancel the

transit reservation of a vessel by giving

notice prescribed by Canal authorities.

In such event, and except as otherwise

provided, a cancellation fee will be

charged. The amount of the fee will

depend on the amount of notice (days

or hours) received by Canal authorities

in advance of the vessel’s required

arrival time, according to the following

schedule:

Notice periods

(in advance of required arrival time)

Cancellation fee

(the greater of)

31 to 364 days .......... 10% of booking fee or

$500.

22 to 30 days ............ 40% of booking fee or

$750.

4 to 21 days .............. 60% of booking fee or

$1000.

3 days to 8 hours ...... 80% of booking fee or

$1,250.

Less than 8 hours ..... 100% of booking fee.

(b) Receipt of notice of cancellation of

a transit reservation by Canal authorities

after the vessel’s required arrival time

will result in levy of a cancellation fee

equal to the entire prescribed booking

fee.

§ 104.10 Regular transits.

Vessels that are not booked for transit

will be scheduled for movement

through the Canal on the date and in the

order determined by Canal authorities.

In establishing the daily schedule of

vessels to be moved through the Canal,

the order in which vessels arrive is only

one of several considerations. In

general, regular transits will equal or

exceed in number, one-half the total

number of daily vessel transits.

§ 104.11 Temporary suspension of system.

(a) Canal authorities may temporarily

suspend, in whole or in part, for

whatever period of time deemed

necessary, the vessel transit reservation

system established by this part,

whenever Canal authorities determine

that such action is necessary to ensure

continued safe and efficient operation of

the Canal.

(b) No penalty or fee will be levied

against any vessel booked for transit

whose reserved transit slot is canceled

by reason of a temporary suspension of

the system pursuant to this section.

§ 104.12 Further implementation.

(a) To facilitate safe and efficient

operation of the system, Canal

authorities may establish additional

policies and procedures, define

additional terms and issue clarifications

and interpretations not inconsistent

with the provisions of this part. Such

further implementation will be

published and distributed to Canal

customers through notices to shipping

or other appropriate means determined

by Canal authorities.

(b) In the event any provision of this

part conflicts with any implementation

provision issued pursuant to this

section, the provisions of this part shall

govern.

Dated: September 9, 1997.

John A. Mills,

Secretary, Panama Canal Commission.

[FR Doc. 97–24310 Filed 9–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3640–04–U

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

48 CFR Parts 204 and 253

[DFARS Case 97–D019]

Defense Federal Acquisition

Regulation Supplement; Data

Universal Numbering System Number

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Director of Defense

Procurement has issued a final rule

amending the Defense Federal

Acquisition Regulation Supplement

(DFARS) to revise guidance on the use

of Data Universal Number System

(DUNS) numbers for contractor

identification.

DATES: Effective October 1, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ms. Sandra Haberlin, PDUSD (A&T) DP

(DAR), IMD 3D139, 3062 Defense

Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301–3062.

Telephone (703) 602–0131; telefax (703)

602–0350. Please cite DFARS Case 97–

D019.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Background

This final rule places DFARS

guidance on the use of DUNS numbers

with references to the FAR guidance on

that subject; and removes DFARS

guidance on locally developed coding

systems.

B. Regulatory Flexibility Act

The final rule does not constitute a

significant revision within the meaning

of FAR 1.501 and Public Law 98–577,

and publication for public comment is

not required. However, comments from

small entities concerning the affected

DFARS subparts will be considered in

accordance with 5 U.S.C. 610. Such

comments should be submitted

separately and should cite DFARS Case

97–D019 in correspondence.

C. Paperwork Reduction Act

The Paperwork Reduction Act does

not apply, because the final rule does

not impose any reporting or

recordkeeping requirements which

require Office of Management and

Budget approval under 44 U.S.C. 3501,

et seq.

List of Subjects in 48 CFR Parts 204 and

253

Government procurement.

Michele P. Peterson,

Executive Editor Defense Acquisition

Regulations Council.

Therefore, 48 CFR Parts 204 and 253

are amended as follows:

1. The authority citation for 48 CFR

Parts 204 and 253 continues to read as

follows:

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 241 and 48 CFR

Chapter 1.

PART 204—ADMINISTRATIVE

MATTERS

2. Section 204.7201 is amended in

paragraph (b) by revising the second

sentence to read as follows:

§ 204.7201 Definitions.

* * * * *

(b) * * * CAGE codes and Data

Universal Numbering System (DUNS)

numbers are two examples of contractor

identification codes.

3. Section 204.7202–2 is revised to

read as follows:

§ 204.7202–2 DUNS numbers.

Requirements for use of DUNS

numbers are contained in FAR 4.602(d)

and 4.603.

§ 204.7202–4 [Removed]

4. Section 204.7202–4 is removed.

5. Section 204.7204 is revised to read

as follows:

§ 204.7204 Maintenance of the CAGE file.

(a) Changes, except name changes,

may be submitted in writing—

(1) By the entity identified by the

code, using company letterhead,

through the contract administration

office;

(2) By the contracting office; or

(3) By the contract administration

office (see also FAR subpart 42.12,

Novation and Change-of-Name

Agreements);

(4) Using the DD Form 2051, facsimile

or electronic equivalent, to: Defense

Logistics Services Center, DLSC–SBB,

Federal Center, 74 N. Washington,

Battle Creek, MI 49017–3084, Telephone

Numbers: DSN 932–4358, FTS 552–

4358, commercial (616) 961–4358,

Facsimile: (616) 961–4528, 4388,