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substantial direct costs on Tribal 

governments or preempt Tribal law. 

The Congressional Review Act, 5 

U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small 

Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides 

that before a rule may take effect, the 

agency promulgating the rule must 

submit a rule report, which includes a 

copy of the rule, to each House of the 

Congress and to the Comptroller General 

of the United States. EPA will submit a 

report containing this action and other 

required information to the U.S. Senate, 

the U.S. House of Representatives, and 

the Comptroller General of the United 

States prior to publication of the rule in 

the Federal Register. A major rule 

cannot take effect until 60 days after it 

is published in the Federal Register. 

This action is not a ‘‘major rule’’ as 

defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2). 

Under section 307(b)(1) of the CAA, 

petitions for judicial review of this 

action must be filed in the United States 

Court of Appeals for the appropriate 

circuit by May 1, 2015. Filing a petition 

for reconsideration by the Administrator 

of this final rule does not affect the 

finality of this action for the purposes of 

judicial review nor does it extend the 

time within which a petition for judicial 

review may be filed, and shall not 

postpone the effectiveness of such rule 

or action. This action may not be 

challenged later in proceedings to 

enforce its requirements. See section 

307(b)(2). 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Intergovernmental relations, 

Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Volatile 

organic compounds. 

Dated: February 11, 2015. 

V. Anne Heard, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4. 

40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows: 

PART 52—APPROVAL AND 

PROMULGATION OF 

IMPLEMENTATION PLANS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 52 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 

Subpart PP—South Carolina 

■ 2. Section 52.2120(e), is amended by 

adding a new entry ‘‘110(a)(1) and (2) 

Infrastructure Requirements for the 2008 

8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards’’ at the end of the 

table to read as follows: 

§ 52.2120 Identification of plan. 

* * * * * 

(e) * * * 

EPA-APPROVED SOUTH CAROLINA NON-REGULATORY PROVISIONS

Provision State effective 

date 

EPA Approval 

date Explanation 

*******

110(a)(1) and (2) Infrastructure Requirements for the 2008 8-Hour 

Ozone National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards.

7/17/2012 3/2/2015 [Insert 

citation of publication].

With the exception of PSD permitting requirements for major sources 

of sections 110(a)(2)(C) and (J); interstate transport requirements of 

section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I) and (II), and the visibility requirements of 

section 110(a)(2)(J). 

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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

48 CFR Parts 1803, 1816, and 1852 

RIN 2700–AE08 

NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation 

Supplement (NFS); Contractor 

Whistleblower Protections 

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: NASA has adopted, without 

change, an interim rule amending the 

NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) to 

implement Contractor Whistleblower 

Protections. 

DATES: Effective date: April 1, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Leigh Pomponio, NASA, Office of 

Procurement, Contract and Grant Policy 

Division, 300 E Street SW. (Suite 5K32), 

Washington, DC 20546; (202) 358–0592; 

email: leigh.pomponio@NASA.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Background 

An interim rule was published on July 

29, 2014 (79 FR 43958) implementing 10 

U.S.C. 2409, as amended by section 846 

of the national Defense Authorization 

Act for FY 2008 (Pub. L. 110–181) and 

section 827 of the National Defense 

Authorization Act for FY 2013 (Pub. L. 

112–239). The interim rule 

implemented Whistleblower protections 

for contractor employees performing 

under contracts with NASA. 

On August 29, 2014, technical 

amendments to the interim rule were 

published in the Federal Register (79 

FR 51501). The technical amendments 

corrected the numbering of two 

sections. NASA received no comments 

on the interim rule and has adopted the 

interim rule as a final rule without 

change. 

B. 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 rule is not a major rule 

under 5 U.S.C. 804. 

C. Regulatory Flexibility Act 

NASA certifies that this final rule will 

not have a significant economic impact 

on a substantial number of small entities 

within the meaning of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act, at 5 U.S.C. 601, et seq., 

because it does not alter the solicitation 

or contract polices or procedures, nor 

does it create whistleblower protections 

for contractor employees. Such 

protections currently exist and this case 

sets forth requirements for contractors to 

notify employees of their rights and 

includes procedures and processes for 

contractor employees to exercise their 

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D. Paperwork Reduction Act 

This final rule does not contain any 

information collection requirements that 

require the approval of the Office of 

Management and Budget under 44 

U.S.C. 3501, et seq. in accordance with 

The Paperwork Reduction Act. 

List of Subjects in 48 CFR Parts 1803, 

1816, and 1852 

Government procurement. 

Cynthia D. Boots, 

Alternate Federal Register Liaison. 

PARTS 1803, 1816, AND 1852— 

[AMENDED] 

■ Accordingly, the interim rule 

amending 48 CFR parts 1803, 1816, and 

1852 which was published at 79 FR 

43958 on July 29, 2014, and technically 

amended by publication at 79 FR 51501, 

is adopted as a final rule without 

change. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 648 

[Docket No. 140117052–4402–02] 

RIN 0648–XD778 

Fisheries of the Northeastern United 

States; Summer Flounder Fishery; 

Quota Transfer 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; quota transfer. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the 

State of North Carolina is transferring a 

portion of its 2015 commercial summer 

flounder quota to the Commonwealth of 

Virginia and the State of New Jersey. 

These quota adjustments are necessary 

to comply with the Summer Flounder, 

Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery 

Management Plan quota transfer 

provision. This announcement is 

intended to inform the public of the 

revised commercial quota for each state 

involved. 

DATES: Effective February 25, 2015, 

through December 31, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Reid 

Lichwell, Fishery Management 

Specialist, 978–281–9112. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Regulations governing the summer 

flounder fishery are in 50 CFR 648.100 

through 648.110. These regulations 

require annual specification of a 

commercial quota that is apportioned 

among the coastal states from North 

Carolina through Maine. The process to 

set the annual commercial quota and the 

percent allocated to each state are 

described in § 648.10(c)(1)(i). 

The final rule implementing 

Amendment 5 to the Summer Flounder, 

Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery 

Management Plan provided a 

mechanism for summer flounder quota 

to be transferred from one state to 

another (December 17, 1993; 58 FR 

65936). Two or more states, under 

mutual agreement and with the 

concurrence of the NMFS Greater 

Atlantic Regional Administrator, can 

transfer or combine summer flounder 

commercial quota under § 648.102(c)(2). 

The Regional Administrator is required 

to consider the criteria in 

§ 648.102(c)(2)(i) when evaluating 

requests for quota transfers or 

combinations. 

North Carolina has agreed to transfer 

23,480 lb (10,650 kg) of its 2015 

commercial quota to Virginia. This 

transfer was prompted by landings of 

the F/V Illusion and the F/V Jo Ann B, 

North Carolina vessels that were granted 

safe harbor in Virginia due to hazardous 

weather, medical emergencies, and 

mechanical failure on January 5 and 15, 

2015. As a result of these landings, a 

quota transfer is necessary to account 

for an increase in Virginia’s landings 

that would have otherwise accrued 

against the North Carolina quota. North 

Carolina has also agreed to transfer 

9,062 lb (4,110 kg) of its 2015 

commercial quota to New Jersey. This 

transfer was prompted by summer 

flounder landings of the F/V Bella Sky, 

a North Carolina vessel that was granted 

safe harbor in New Jersey due to 

mechanical failure on January 29, 2015. 

The quota transfer is necessary to 

account for an increase in New Jersey’s 

landings that would have otherwise 

accrued against the North Carolina 

quota. 

The Regional Administrator has 

determined that the criteria set forth in 

§ 648.102(c)(2)(i) have been met. These 

transfers are consistent with the criteria 

because they will not preclude the 

overall annual quota from being fully 

harvested, the transfers address an 

unforeseen variation or contingency in 

the fishery, and the transfers are 

consistent with the objectives of the 

FMP and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act. The 

revised summer flounder commercial 

quotas for calendar year 2015 are: New 

Jersey, 1,860,420 lb (843,872 kg); 

Virginia, 2,383,120 lb (1,080,965 kg); 

and North Carolina, 3,005,551 lb 

(1,363,295 kg). 

Classification 

This action is taken under 50 CFR 

part 648 and is exempt from review 

under Executive Order 12866. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: February 24, 2015. 

Emily H. Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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