Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 190 / Wednesday, October 1, 1997 / Rules and Regulations 51379

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 43

Communications common carriers,

Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements.

Federal Communications Commission.

Shirley S. Suggs,

Chief, Publications Branch.

[FR Doc. 97–25680 Filed 9–30–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

48 CFR Parts 16, 36, 37, and 52

Federal Acquisition Regulation;

Corrections

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD),

General Services Administration (GSA),

and National Aeronautics and Space

Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Corrections and technical

amendments.

SUMMARY: The Civilian Agency

Acquisition Council and the Defense

Acquisition Regulations Council are

issuing corrections and technical

amendments to documents previously

published in the Federal Register in

order to meet the October 1, 1997,

deadline for issuance of title 48 of the

Code of Federal Regulations.

Corrections are being made to

provisions relating to the types of

contracts available to the Government

and contractors, construction and

architect-engineer contracts, and service

contracting.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Beverly Fayson at (202) 501–4786,

General Services Administration, FAR

Secretariat, Washington, DC 20405.

List of Subjects in 48 CFR Parts 16, 36,

37, and 52

Government procurement.

Corrections

The authority citation for 48 CFR part

16 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 40 U.S.C. 486(c); 10 U.S.C.

chapter 137; and 42 U.S.C. 2473(c).

PART 16—TYPES OF CONTRACTS

1. At 48 CFR 16.402–1, paragraph (b)

introductory text is corrected to read as

follows:

16.402–1 Cost incentives.

* * * * *

(b) Except for award-fee contracts (see

16.404 and 16.405–2), incentive

contracts include a target cost, a target

profit or fee, and a profit or fee

adjustment formula that (within the

constraints of a price ceiling or

minimum and maximum fee) provides

that—

* * * * *

PART 36—CONSTRUCTION AND

ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS

36.602–1 [Technical amendment]

2. At 62 FR 44812, August 22, 1997,

in the first column, instruction 18 is

corrected to read as follows:

18. Section 36.602–1 is amended by

revising paragraph (a)(2), and removing

paragraph (a)(6) and redesignating (a)(7)

as (a)(6) to read as follows:

PART 37—SERVICE CONTRACTING

37.103 [Corrected]

3. At 62 FR 44815, August 22, 1997,

in the second column, instruction 10 is

revised to read as follows:

10. Section 37.103 is amended by

redesignating paragraph (c) as (d) and

adding new paragraph (c) to read as

follows:

PART 52—SOLICITATION PROVISIONS

AND CONTRACT CLAUSES

52.247–64 [Corrected]

4. In the Editorial and Technical

Changes document appearing in the

issue of July 25, 1997 (62 FR 40238), in

the third column under section 52.247–

64, paragraph (f) is corrected to read as

follows:

(f) * * * Office of Costs and Rates,

Maritime Administration, 400 Seventh

Street, SW, Washington, DC 20590,

Phone: 202–366–4610.

Dated: September 22, 1997.

Edward C. Loeb,

Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division.

[FR Doc. 97–25684 Filed 9–30–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

49 CFR Part 571

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety

Standards

CFR Correction

In Title 49 of the Code of Federal

Regulations, parts 400 to 999, revised as

of October 1, 1996, make the following

correction:

On page 482, in § 571.208, in the first

column, paragraph S4.5.3.5 should be

added immediately following paragraph

S4.5.3.4 to read as follows:

S4.5.3.5 A replacement automatic belt

shall be meet the requirements of

S4.1(k) of Standard No. 209.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

49 CFR Part 1241

[Ex Parte No. 431 (Sub–No. 2)]

Review of the General Purpose

Costing System

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

ACTION: Policy Statement; Final Rules;

Request for Comments.

SUMMARY: The Surface Transportation

Board (Board) is modifying the

procedures used to determine the

variable costs associated with certain

types of rail movements; discontinuing

the collection of data on switching and

terminal companies; and requesting

comments on a modification of the

procedure for determining the variable

cost of using privately-owned rail cars.

DATES: The amendments to 49 CFR part

1241, and the policy statement revising

the procedures for costing intermodal

traffic and the train switching

conversion factor, are effective October

1, 1997. The policy statement modifying

the costing of privately-owned cars is

effective December 1, 1997; if this

effective date is delayed, timely notice

will be published in the Federal

Register.

Comments are due October 31, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send an original and 10

copies of comments referring to Ex Parte

No. 431 (Sub-No. 2) to: Surface

Transportation Board, Office of the

Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K

Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20423–

001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Thomas J. Stilling, (202) 565–1567.

[TDD for the hearing impaired: (202)

565–1695.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To

provide consistent and comparable

information on railroad costs, the Board

maintains a general purpose costing

system known as the Uniform Railroad

Costing System (URCS). This

rulemaking was instituted to review the

procedures used by the URCS to

develop the variable cost of providing