Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 207 / Wednesday, October 25, 2000 / Rules and Regulations 63807

219.201 General policy.

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(d) For the defense agencies, the

director of the Office of Small and

Disadvantaged Business Utilization

must be appointed by, be responsible to,

and report directly to the director or

deputy director of the defense agency.

(8) The responsibility for assigning

small business technical advisors is

delegated to the head of the contracting

activity.

(10) Contracting activity small

business specialists perform this

function by—

(A) Reviewing and making

recommendations for all acquisition

over $10,000;

(B) Making the review before issue of

the solicitation or contract modification

and documenting it on DD Form 2579,

Small Business Coordination Record;

and

(C) Referring recommendations that

have been rejected by the contracting

officer to the Small Business

Administration (SBA) procurement

center representative. However, if an

SBA representative is not assigned or

available, the specialist refers the matter

to the specialist’s appointing authority.

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[FR Doc. 00–27244 Filed 10–24–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 5000–04–M

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

48 CFR Part 1842

Final Indirect Cost Rates

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: This is a final rule amending

the NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) to

provide guidance on when NASA

participation should occur in the

determination of final indirect cost

rates.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 25, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Joseph Le Cren, NASA Headquarters,

Office of Procurement, Contract

Management Division (Code HK),

Washington, DC 20546, telephone: (202)

358–0444, e-mail:

joseph.lecren@hq.nasa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Background

A NASA Office of Inspector General

report interpreted the coverage at NFS

1842.705–1 to always require NASA

participation in final indirect cost rate

determinations where the agency has a

major financial interest. The intent of

the coverage was that NASA should

participate in final indirect cost rate

determinations when invited by the

cognizant contracting officer, and the

issues involved would have a significant

financial impact on the agency. NASA

should not participate when the issues

would not have a significant impact on

the agency. The NFS revision more

clearly communicates this intent. The

NFS revision also specifies that, in cases

where the issues involved in the final

indirect cost rate determination would

have a significant financial impact on

the agency and a decision is made not

to participate, the decision needs to be

communicated to the cognizant

contracting officer.

B. Regulatory Flexibility Act

This final rule does not constitute a

significant revision within the meaning

of FAR 1.501 and Pub. L. 98–577, and

publication for public comments is not

required. However, comments from

small entities concerning the affected

NFS subpart will be considered in

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

comments must be submitted separately

and should cite 5 U.S.C. 601, et seq.

C. Paperwork Reduction Act

The Paperwork Reduction Act does

not apply because the changes to the

NFS do not impose recordkeeping or

information collection requirements, or

collections of information from offerors,

contractors, or members of the public

which require the approval of the Office

of Management and Budget under 44

U.S.C. 3501, et seq.

List of Subjects in 48 CFR Part 1842

Government procurement.

Tom Luedtke,

Associate Administrator for Procurement.

Accordingly, 48 CFR Part 1842 is

amended as follows:

1. The authority citation for 48 CFR

Part 1842 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2473 (c)(1).

PART 1842—CONTRACT

ADMINISTRATION AND AUDIT

SERVICES

2. Revise section 1842.705–1 to read

as follows:

1842.705–1 Contracting officer

determination procedure.

(b) Procedures.

(3)(i) When NASA is not the

cognizant Federal agency, NASA should

participate with the cognizant

contracting officer (or cognizant Federal

agency official) in the final indirect cost

rate determination procedure where the

issues involved would have a significant

financial impact on the agency. The

NASA participant should be a

representative from that installation

providing the preponderance of NASA

funding. If a determination is made that

NASA’s participation is not warranted,

that decision must be communicated to

the cognizant contracting officer (or

cognizant Federal agency official).

(ii) When NASA is the cognizant

Federal agency, settlement of indirect

costs should be conducted by the

cognizant NASA contracting officer

(normally from the installation

providing the preponderance of NASA

funding).

[FR Doc. 00–27294 Filed 10–24–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7510–01–U

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 635

[I.D. 101700B]

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species

Fisheries; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Retention limit adjustment.

SUMMARY: NMFS adjusts the daily

retention limit for the Angling category

fishery for Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT)

in all areas to two school BFT,

measuring 27 to less than 47 inches (69

to less than 119 cm) curved fork length,

and two BFT from either the large

school or small medium size class,

measuring 47 to less than 73 inches (119

to less than 150 cm) curved fork length,

per vessel from October 22, 2000,

through November 26, 2000. In

addition, NMFS is making subsequent

adjustments to the daily retention limit.

This action is being taken to provide

increased fishing and data collection

opportunities in all areas without

risking overharvest of this category.

DATES: Effective 1 a.m., local time,

October 22, 2000, until 11:30 p.m., local

time, November 26, 2000, the daily

retention limit in all areas is adjusted to

two school BFT and two large school or

small medium BFT.

Effective November 27, 2000, the

daily retention limit in all areas is

adjusted to one large school or small

medium BFT until May 31, 2001.