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Act. For purposes of complying with 

any applicable requirement that is 

triggered by, implemented or calculated 

from the PSD major source baseline 

date, such requirement, increment, or 

calculation shall, for sources located 

within the Commonwealth of the 

Northern Mariana Islands, use January 

13, 1997 as the PSD major source 

baseline date and trigger date for sulfur 

dioxide, PM10, and nitrogen dioxide. 

(b) [Reserved] 

[FR Doc. 2014–08611 Filed 4–18–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

48 CFR Part 201 

RIN 0750–AI21 

Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement: Contracting 

Officer’s Representative (DFARS Case 

2013–D023) 

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Department of 

Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: DoD is issuing a final rule 

amending the Defense Federal 

Acquisition Regulation Supplement 

(DFARS) to remove coverage concerning 

contracting officer’s representative 

responsibilities that is procedural in 

nature. 

DATES: Effective April 21, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Janetta Brewer, telephone 571–372– 

6104. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Discussion 

DoD is revising DFARS 201.602–2 to 

remove guidance that is internal to DoD 

concerning contracting officer’s 

representative (COR) responsibilities. 

COR responsibilities, addressed at 

DFARS Procedures, Guidance, and 

Information (PGI) 201.602–2, are also 

being revised in conjunction with this 

DFARS change. Included in the PGI 

update is a link to the DoD COR 

Handbook, dated March 22, 2012, which 

provides detailed guidance on COR 

appointments and duties. 

II. Publication of This Final Rule for 

Public Comment Is Not Required by 

Statute 

Publication of proposed regulations, 

41 U.S.C. 1707, is the statute which 

applies to the publication of the Federal 

Acquisition Regulation. Paragraph (a)(1) 

of the statute requires that a 

procurement policy, regulation, 

procedure or form (including an 

amendment or modification thereof) 

must be published for public comment 

if it relates to the expenditure of 

appropriated funds, and has either a 

significant effect beyond the internal 

operating procedures of the agency 

issuing the policy, regulation, procedure 

or form, or has a significant cost or 

administrative impact on contractors or 

offerors. This final rule is not required 

to be published for public comment, 

because the change is not substantive 

and only modifies the internal operating 

procedures of DoD. 

III. Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 

Executive Orders (E.O.s) 12866 and 

13563 direct agencies to assess all costs 

and benefits of available regulatory 

alternatives and, if regulation is 

necessary, to select regulatory 

approaches that maximize net benefits 

(including potential economic, 

environmental, public health and safety 

effects, distributive impacts, and 

equity). E.O. 13563 emphasizes the 

importance of quantifying both costs 

and benefits, of reducing costs, of 

harmonizing rules, and of promoting 

flexibility. This is not a significant 

regulatory action and, therefore, was not 

subject to review under section 6(b) of 

E.O. 12866, Regulatory Planning and 

Review, dated September 30, 1993. This 

rule is not a major rule under 5 U.S.C. 

804. 

IV. Regulatory Flexibility Act 

The Regulatory Flexibility Act does 

not apply to this rule because this final 

rule does not constitute a significant 

DFARS revision within the meaning of 

FAR 1.501–1, and 41 U.S.C. 1707 does 

not require publication for public 

comment. 

V. Paperwork Reduction Act 

The rule does not contain any 

information collection requirements that 

require the approval of the Office of 

Management and Budget under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35). 

List of Subjects in 48 CFR Part 201 

Government procurement. 

Manuel Quinones, 

Editor, Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System. 

Therefore, 48 CFR part 201 is 

amended as follows: 

PART 201—FEDERAL ACQUISITION 

REGULATIONS SYSTEM 

■ 1. The authority citation for 48 CFR 

201 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 1303 and 48 CFR 

chapter 1. 

■ 2. Section 201.602–2 is revised to read 

as follows: 

201.602–2 Responsibilities. 

(d) Follow the procedures at PGI 

201.602–2 regarding designation, 

assignment, and responsibilities of a 

contracting officer’s representative 

(COR). 

(1) A COR shall be an employee, 

military or civilian, of the U.S. 

Government, a foreign government, or a 

North Atlantic Treaty Organization/

coalition partner. In no case shall 

contractor personnel serve as CORs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

48 CFR Parts 212, 216, 247, and 252 

RIN 0750–AH90 

Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement: Clauses With 

Alternates—Transportation (DFARS 

Case 2012–D057) 

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Department of 

Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: DoD is issuing a final rule 

amending the Defense Federal 

Acquisition Regulation Supplement 

(DFARS) to revise and update 

transportation-related clauses and their 

prescriptions to create basic and 

alternate clauses structured in a manner 

to facilitate use of automated contract 

writing systems. The rule also includes 

the full text of each alternate, rather 

than only showing the paragraphs that 

differ from the basic clause. 

DATES: Effective April 21, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Annette Gray, telephone 571–372–6093. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

DoD published a proposed rule in the 

Federal Register at 78 FR 48397 on 

August 8, 2013, to revise the 

presentation of DFARS part 247 clauses 

with alternates and their prescriptions 

in the DFARS. One respondent 

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