44014 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 168 / Wednesday, August 29, 2018 / Proposed Rules 

Public Availability of Comments 

Before including your address, phone 

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personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

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be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Public Hearing 

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hearing, contact the person listed under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT by 

4:00 p.m., CST on September 13, 2018. 

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. We 

will arrange the location and time of the 

hearing with those persons requesting 

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copy of his or her comments. The public 

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has been given an opportunity to be 

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speak after those who have been 

scheduled. We will end the hearing after 

everyone scheduled to speak and others 

present in the audience who wish to 

speak, have been heard. 

Public Meeting 

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CONTACT. All such meetings are open to 

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notices of meetings at the locations 

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part of the administrative record. 

IV. Procedural Determinations 

Executive Order 12866—Regulatory 

Planning and Review 

Pursuant to Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) Guidance and dated 

October 12, 1993, the approval of state 

program amendments is exempted from 

OMB review under Executive Order 

12866. 

Other Laws and Executive Orders 

Affecting Rulemaking 

When a State submits a program 

amendment to OSMRE for review, our 

regulations at 30 CFR 732.17(h) require 

us to publish a notice in the Federal 

Register indicating receipt of the 

proposed amendment, its text or a 

summary of its terms, and an 

opportunity for public comment. We 

conclude our review of the proposed 

amendment after the close of the public 

comment period and determine whether 

the amendment should be approved, 

approved in part, or not approved. At 

that time, we will also make the 

determinations and certifications 

required by the various laws and 

executive orders governing the 

rulemaking process and include them in 

the final rule. 

List of Subjects in 30 CFR Part 943 

Intergovernmental relations, Surface 

mining, Underground mining. 

Dated: August 14, 2018. 

Alfred L. Clayborne, 

Regional Director, Mid-Continent Region. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

48 CFR Parts 212, 219, and 252 

[Docket DARS–2018–0035] 

RIN 0750–AJ21 

Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement: Inapplicability 

of Certain Laws and Regulations to 

Commercial Items (DFARS Case 2017– 

D010); Reopening of Comment Period 

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Department of 

Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: DoD is proposing to amend 

the Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to 

implement sections of the National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2017 that addresses the 

inapplicability of certain laws and 

regulations to the acquisition of 

commercial items, including 

commercially available off-the-shelf 

items. The comment period on the 

proposed rule is reopened for 60 days. 

DATES: For the proposed rule published 

on June 29, 2018 (83 FR 30646), submit 

comments by October 28, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

identified by DFARS Case 2017–D010, 

using any of the following methods: 

Æ Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Search for 

‘‘DFARS Case 2017–D010.’’ Select 

‘‘Comment Now’’ and follow the 

instructions provided to submit a 

comment. Please include ‘‘DFARS Case 

2017–D010’’ on any attached 

documents. 

Æ Email: osd.dfars@mail.mil. Include 

DFARS Case 2017–D010 in the subject 

line of the message. 

Æ Fax: 571–372–6094. 

Æ Mail: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Attn: Ms. Barbara J. 

Trujillo, OUSD(D&S)DPC/DARS, Room 

3B941, 3060 Defense Pentagon, 

Washington, DC 20301–3060. 

Comments received generally will be 

posted without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. To 

confirm receipt of your comment(s), 

please check www.regulations.gov, 

approximately two to three days after 

submission to verify posting (except 

allow 30 days for posting of comments 

submitted by mail). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Barbara J. Trujillo, telephone 571–372– 

6102. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

On June 29, 2018, DoD published a 

proposed rule in the Federal Register at 

83 FR 30646 to implement the 

requirement of section 874 of the 

National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2017 (Pub. L. 114–328). 

Section 874 requires DoD to address the 

inapplicability of certain laws and 

regulations to the acquisition of 

commercial items, including 

commercially available off-the-shelf 

items. 

The comment period for the proposed 

rule is reopened 60 days, from August 

28, 2018, to October 28, 2018, to provide 

additional time for interested parties to 

comment on the proposed DFARS 

changes. 

48 CFR Parts 212, 219, and 252 

Government procurement. 

Jennifer Lee Hawes, 

Regulatory Control Officer, Defense 

Acquisition Regulations System. 

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