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Vol. 89, No. 179 

Monday, September 16, 2024 

GULF COAST ECOSYSTEM 

RESTORATION COUNCIL 

2 CFR Part 5900 

[Docket Number: 109092024–1111–04] 

Uniform Administrative Requirements, 

Cost Principles, and Audit 

Requirements for Federal Awards 

AGENCY: Gulf Coast Ecosystem 

Restoration Council. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Gulf Coast Ecosystem 

Restoration Council (Council) publishes 

this rule to supersede the Council’s 

regulation for Uniform Administrative 

Requirements, Cost Principles, and 

Audit Requirements for Federal Awards, 

in connection with the Office of 

Management and Budget’s (OMB) recent 

revisions to its guidance on Grants and 

Agreements. 

DATES: This rule is effective October 1, 

2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joshua Easton at 504–252–7717 or 

joshua.easton@restorethegulf.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 

22, 2024, OMB issued a final rule 

revising its Guidance for Grants and 

Agreements, henceforth to be known as 

the OMB Guidance for Federal Financial 

Assistance, effective October 1, 2024 (89 

FR 30046, April 22, 2024). The Council 

publishes this final rule to adopt OMB’s 

revisions to 2 CFR part 200, except for 

2 CFR 200.322(c). 

Classification 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

This rule contains no collections of 

information subject to the requirements 

of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 

U.S.C. 3506). Notwithstanding any other 

provision of law, no person is required 

to respond to, nor shall any person be 

subject to a penalty for failure to comply 

with, a collection of information subject 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act unless 

that collection displays a currently valid 

OMB Control Number. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

Because notice and opportunity for 

comment are not required pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 553 or any other law, the 

analytical requirements of the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 

et seq.) are inapplicable. Therefore, a 

regulatory flexibility analysis is not 

required and has not been prepared. 

List of Subjects in 2 CFR Part 5900 

Accounting, Administrative practice 

and procedure, Education, Grant 

programs, Grants administration. 

For the reasons set forth above, part 

5900 of title 2, chapter LIX of the Code 

of Federal Regulations is amended as 

follows: 

PART 5900—UNIFORM 

ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS, 

COST PRINCIPLES, AND AUDIT 

REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL 

AWARDS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 5900 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 33 U.S.C. 

1321(t)(2); 2 CFR part 200. 

■ 2. Section 5900.101 is revised to read 

as follows: 

§ 5900.101 Adoption of 2 CFR part 200. 

The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration 

Council adopts the Office of 

Management and Budget guidance in 2 

CFR part 200, as revised effective 

October 1, 2024, except for 2 CFR 

200.322(c) (collectively, OMB 

guidance). This part gives regulatory 

effect to the OMB guidance. 

Keala Hughes, 

Director of External Affairs & Tribal Relations 

Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council. 

[FR Doc. 2024–20667 Filed 9–13–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–58–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

7 CFR Part 1205 

[Doc. No. AMS–CN–24–0008] 

Cotton Board Rules and Regulations: 

Adjusting Supplemental Assessment 

on Imports (2024 Amendments) 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

Department of Agriculture (USDA). 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing 

Service (AMS) is amending the Cotton 

Board Rules and Regulations, decreasing 

the value assigned to imported cotton 

for the purposes of calculating 

supplemental assessments collected for 

use by the Cotton Research and 

Promotion Program. This amendment is 

required each year to ensure that 

assessments collected on imported 

cotton and the cotton content of 

imported products will be the same as 

those paid on domestically produced 

cotton. In addition, AMS is updating the 

Import Assessment Table to account for 

changes since the last assessment 

adjustment in 2023. 

DATES: This direct final rule is effective 

November 15, 2024, without further 

action or notice, unless significant 

adverse comment is received by October 

16, 2024. If significant adverse comment 

is received, AMS will publish a timely 

withdrawal of the amendment in the 

Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments 

concerning this direct final rule. 

Comments may be submitted by mail or 

hand delivery to Cotton Research and 

Promotion, Cotton and Tobacco 

Program, AMS, USDA, 100 Riverside 

Parkway, Suite 101, Fredericksburg, 

Virginia 22406 or via the internet at: 

https://www.regulations.gov. All 

comments should reference the 

document number and the date and 

page number of this issue of the Federal 

Register. All comments submitted in 

response to this direct final rule will be 

included in the record and will be made 

available to the public and can be 

viewed at: https://www.regulations.gov. 

Please be advised that the identity of the 

individuals or entities submitting the 

comments will be made public on the 

internet at the address provided above. 


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