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(1) Implement and administer the 

Privacy Act program throughout the 

region. 

(2) Ensure that the collection, 

maintenance, use, or dissemination of 

records of identifiable personal 

information is in compliance with this 

part to assure that such action is for a 

necessary and lawful purpose; that the 

information is timely and accurate for 

its intended use; and that adequate 

safeguards are provided to prevent 

misuse of such information. 

(3) Prepare input for the annual 

Privacy Act Report when requested by 

the DCAA Information and Privacy 

Advisor. 

(4) Conduct training on the Privacy 

Act program for regional and FAO 

personnel. 

(5) Provide recommendations to the 

Regional Director through the Regional 

Resources Manager regarding the 

releasability of DCAA records to 

members of the public. 

(h) Managers, Field Audit Offices 

(FAOs) will: 

(1) Ensure that the provisions of this 

part are followed in processing requests 

for records. 

(2) Forward to the Regional Privacy 

Act Officer, any Privacy Act requests 

received directly from a member of the 

public, so that the request may be 

administratively controlled and 

processed. 

(3) Ensure the prompt review of all 

Privacy Act requests, and when 

required, coordinating those requests 

with other organizational elements. 

(4) Provide recommendation to the 

Regional Privacy Act Officer regarding 

the releasability of DCAA records to 

members of the public, along with the 

responsive documents. 

(5) Provide the appropriate 

documents, along with a written 

justification for any denial, in whole or 

in part, of a request for records to the 

Regional Privacy Act Officer. Those 

portions to be excised should be 

bracketed in red pencil, and the specific 

exemption or exemptions cited which 

provide the basis for denying the 

requested records. 

(i) DCAA Employees will: 

(1) Not disclose any personal 

information contained in any system of 

records, except as authorized by this 

part. 

(2) Not maintain any official files 

which are retrieved by name or other 

personal identifier without first 

ensuring that a notice for the system has 

been published in the Federal Register. 

(3) Report any disclosures of personal 

information from a system of records or 

the maintenance of any system of 

records that are not authorized by this 

part to the appropriate Privacy Act 

officials for their action. 

§ 317.5 Procedures. 

Procedures for processing material in 

accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974 

are outlined in DoD 5400.11–R, DoD 

Privacy Program (32 CFR part 310). 

§ 317.6 Procedures for exemptions. 

(a) General information. There are two 

types of exemptions, general and 

specific. The general exemption 

authorizes the exemption of a system of 

records from all but a few requirements 

of the Privacy Act. The specific 

exemption authorizes exemption of a 

system of records or portion thereof, 

from only a few specific requirements. 

If a new system of records originates for 

which an exemption is proposed, or an 

additional or new exemption for an 

existing system of records is proposed, 

the exemption shall be submitted with 

the system of records notice. No 

exemption of a system of records shall 

be considered automatic for all records 

in the system. The systems manager 

shall review each requested record and 

apply the exemptions only when this 

will serve significant and legitimate 

Government purposes. 

(b) Specific exemptions. (1) System 

identifier and name: RDCAA 900.1, 

DCAA Internal Review Case Files 

(i) Exemption: Any portions of this 

system of records which fall under the 

provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(2) and 

(k)(5) may be exempt from the following 

subsections of 5 U.S.C. 552a: (c)(3), (d), 

(e)(1), (e)(4)(G), (H), and (f). 

(ii) Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(2) and 

(k)(5) 

(iii) Reason: (A) From subsection 

(c)(3) because disclosures from this 

system could interfere with the just, 

thorough and timely resolution of the 

complaint or inquiry, and possibly 

enable individuals to conceal their 

wrongdoing or mislead the course of the 

investigation by concealing, destroying 

or fabricating evidence or documents. 

(B) From subsection (d) because 

disclosures from this system could 

interfere with the just, thorough and 

timely resolution of the complaint or 

inquiry, and possibly enable individuals 

to conceal their wrongdoing or mislead 

the course of the investigation by 

concealing, destroying or fabricating 

evidence or documents. Disclosures 

could also subject sources and witnesses 

to harassment or intimidation which 

jeopardize the safety and well-being of 

themselves and their families. 

(C) From subsection (e)(1) because the 

nature of the investigation functions 

creates unique problems in prescribing 

specific parameters in a particular case 

as to what information is relevant or 

necessary. Due to close liaison and 

working relationships with other 

Federal, state, local, foreign country law 

enforcement agencies, and other 

governmental agencies, information may 

be received which may relate to a case 

under the investigative jurisdiction of 

another government agency. It is 

necessary to maintain this information 

in order to provide leads for appropriate 

law enforcement purposes and to 

establish patterns of activity which may 

relate to the jurisdiction of other 

cooperating agencies. 

(D) From subsection (e)(4)(G) through 

(H) because this system of records is 

exempt from the access provisions of 

subsection (d). 

(E) From subsection (f) because the 

agency’s rules are inapplicable to those 

portions of the system that are exempt 

and would place the burden on the 

agency of either confirming or denying 

the existence of a record pertaining to a 

requesting individual might in itself 

provide an answer to that individual 

relating to an on-going investigation. 

The conduct of a successful 

investigation leading to the indictment 

of a criminal offender precludes the 

applicability of established agency rules 

relating to verification of record, 

disclosure of the record to that 

individual, and record amendment 

procedures for this record system. 

(2) [Reserved] 

Dated: March 4, 2015. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R01–OAR–2014–0275; A–1–FRL– 

9924–17–Region 1] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; Rhode 

Island; Transportation Conformity 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is approving a State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) revision 

submitted by the State of Rhode Island 

on February 21, 2014. This revision 

includes a regulation adopted by Rhode 

Island that establishes procedures to 

follow for transportation conformity 

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determinations. Conformity to the 

purpose of the SIP means that 

transportation activities will not cause 

new air quality violations, worsen 

existing violations, or delay timely 

attainment of the national ambient air 

quality standards. The intended effect of 

this action is to approve Rhode Island’s 

transportation conformity regulation 

into the Rhode Island SIP. This action 

is being taken in accordance with the 

Clean Air Act. 

DATES: This direct final rule will be 

effective May 11, 2015, unless EPA 

receives adverse comments by April 9, 

2015. If adverse comments are received, 

EPA will publish a timely withdrawal of 

the direct final rule in the Federal 

Register informing the public that the 

rule will not take effect. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID Number EPA– 

R01–OAR–2014–0275 by one of the 

following methods: 

1. www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

2. Email: arnold.anne@epa.gov 

3. Fax: (617) 918–0047. 

4. Mail: ‘‘Docket Identification 

Number EPA–R01–OAR–2014–0275, 

Anne Arnold, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, EPA New England 

Regional Office, Office of Ecosystem 

Protection, Air Quality Planning Unit, 5 

Post Office Square—Suite 100, (Mail 

code OEP05–2), Boston, MA 02109– 

3912. 

5. Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver 

your comments to: Anne Arnold, 

Manager, Air Quality Planning Unit, 

Office of Ecosystem Protection, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, EPA 

New England Regional Office, 5 Post 

Office Square—Suite 100, (Mail code 

OEP05–2), Boston, MA 02109–3912. 

Such deliveries are only accepted 

during the Regional Office’s normal 

hours of operation. The Regional 

Office’s official hours of business are 

Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., excluding legal holidays. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No EPA–R01–OAR–2014– 

0275. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit through 

www.regulations.gov, or email, 

information that you consider to be CBI 

or otherwise protected. The 

www.regulations.gov Web site is an 

‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an email comment directly 

to EPA without going through 

www.regulations.gov your email address 

will be automatically captured and 

included as part of the comment that is 

placed in the public docket and made 

available on the Internet. If you submit 

an electronic comment, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. 

Docket: All documents in the 

electronic docket are listed in the 

www.regulations.gov index. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, i.e., CBI or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

is not placed on the Internet and will be 

publicly available only in hard copy 

form. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either 

electronically in www.regulations.gov or 

in hard copy at U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, EPA New England 

Regional Office, Office of Ecosystem 

Protection, 5 Post Office Square—Suite 

100, Boston, MA. EPA requests that if at 

all possible, you contact the contact 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section to schedule your 

inspection. The Regional Office’s 

official hours of business are Monday 

through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

excluding legal holidays. 

In addition, copies of the state 

submittal are also available for public 

inspection during normal business 

hours, by appointment at the State Air 

Agency; Office of Air Resources, 

Department of Environmental 

Management, 235 Promenade Street, 

Providence, RI 02908–5767. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anne Arnold, Air Quality Unit, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, EPA 

New England Regional Office, 5 Post 

Office Square—Suite 100, (Mail code 

OEP05–2), Boston, MA 02109–3912, 

telephone number (617) 918–1047, fax 

number (617) 918–1047, email 

arnold.anne@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document whenever 

‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean 

EPA. 

Organization of this document. The 

following outline is provided to aid in 

locating information in this preamble. 

I. Background 

A. What is transportation conformity? 

B. What are the transportation conformity 

provisions of SAFETEA–LU (Safe, 

Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 

Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 

Users)? 

II. Rhode Island’s SIP Revision 

III. EPA’s Evaluation of Rhode Island’s SIP 

Revision 

IV. Final Action 

V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

I. Background 

A. What is transportation conformity? 

Transportation conformity is required 

under Section 176(c) of the Clean Air 

Act (CAA) to ensure that Federally 

supported highway, transit projects, and 

other activities are consistent with 

(‘‘conform to’’) the purpose of the SIP. 

Conformity currently applies to areas 

that are designated nonattainment, and 

those redesignated to attainment after 

1990 (maintenance areas) with plans 

developed under section 175A of the 

Clean Air Act, for the following 

transportation related criteria 

pollutants: Ozone, particulate matter 

(PM2.5 and PM10), carbon monoxide 

(CO), and nitrogen dioxide (NO2). 

Conformity to the purpose of the SIP 

means that transportation activities will 

not cause new air quality violations, 

worsen existing violations, or delay 

timely attainment of the relevant 

national ambient air quality standards 

(NAAQS). The transportation 

conformity regulation is found in 40 

CFR part 93, subpart A and provisions 

related to conformity SIPs are found in 

40 CFR 51.390. 

In the CAA, Congress recognized that 

actions taken by Federal agencies could 

affect State, Tribal, and local agencies’ 

ability to attain and maintain the 

NAAQS. Congress added section 176(c) 

(42 U.S.C. 7506) to the CAA to ensure 

Federal agencies’ proposed actions 

conform to the applicable SIP, Tribal 

Implementation Plan (TIP) or Federal 

Implementation Plan (FIP) for attaining 

and maintaining the NAAQS. That 

section requires Federal entities to find 

that the emissions from the Federal 

action will conform with the purposes 

of the SIP, TIP, or FIP, or not otherwise 

interfere with the State’s or Tribe’s 

ability to attain and maintain the 

NAAQS. 

The CAA Amendments of 1990 

clarified and strengthened the 

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1Specifically, those sections are: 51.392, 51.394, 

51.398, 51.400, 51.404, 51.410, 51.412, 51.414, 

51.416, 51.418, 51.420, 51.422, 51.424, 51.426, 

51.428, 51.430, 51.432, 51.434, 51.436, 51.438, 

51.440, 51.442, 51.444, 51.446, 51,448, 51.450, 

51.460, and 51.462. 

provisions in section 176(c). Because 

certain provisions of section 176(c) 

apply only to highway and mass transit 

funding and approval actions, EPA 

published two set of regulations to 

implement section 176(c). The 

Transportation Conformity Regulations 

(40 CFR 51, Subpart T, and 40 CFR 93, 

Subpart A), first published on 

November 24, 1993 (58 FR 62188), 

address Federal actions related to 

highway and mass transit funding and 

approval actions. The General 

Conformity Regulations (40 CFR 51, 

Subpart W, and 40 CFR 93, Subpart B), 

published on November 30, 1993 (58 FR 

63214), cover all other Federal actions. 

These two conformity regulations have 

been revised numerous times. Today’s 

action focuses only on transportation 

conformity. 

When promulgated in 1993, the 

Federal transportation conformity rule 

at 40 CFR 51.395 mandated that the 

transportation conformity SIP revision 

incorporate several provisions 1 of the 

rule in verbatim form, except in so far 

as needed to give effect to a stated intent 

to establish criteria and procedures 

more stringent than the requirements 

stated in these sections. 

B. What are the transportation 

conformity provisions of SAFETEA–LU? 

On August 10, 2005, SAFETEA–LU 

was signed into law streamlining the 

requirements for conformity SIPs. Prior 

to SAFETEA–LU being signed into law, 

states were required to address all of the 

Federal conformity rule’s provisions in 

their conformity SIPs. 

Under SAFETEA–LU, states are 

required to address and tailor only three 

sections of the conformity rule in their 

conformity SIPs. These three sections of 

the Federal rule which must meet a 

state’s individual circumstances are: 40 

CFR 93.105, which addresses 

consultation procedures; 40 CFR 

93.122(a)(4)(ii), which requires that 

written commitments be obtained for 

control measures that are not included 

in a Metropolitan Planning 

Organization’s transportation plan and 

transportation improvement program 

prior to a conformity determination, and 

that such commitments be fulfilled; and, 

40 CFR 93.125(c) which requires that 

written commitments be obtained for 

mitigation measures prior to a project 

level conformity determination, and that 

project sponsors must comply with such 

commitments. In general, states are no 

longer required to submit conformity 

SIP revisions that address the other 

sections of the conformity rule. This 

provision took effect on August 10, 

2005, when SAFETEA–LU was signed 

into law. 

II. Rhode Island’s SIP Revision 

On February 21, 2014, the Rhode 

Island Department of Environmental 

Management (RI DEM) submitted a SIP 

revision to EPA. This SIP revision 

includes Rhode Island’s Air Pollution 

Control Regulation No. 49, 

‘‘Transportation Conformity.’’ The 

stated purpose of this regulation is to 

fulfill the requirement to establish a SIP 

revision that addresses the three 

sections of the Federal transportation 

conformity rule discussed above. 

III. EPA’s Evaluation of Rhode Island’s 

SIP Revision 

We have reviewed Rhode Island’s SIP 

submittal to ensure consistency with the 

Clean Air Act, as amended by 

SAFETEA–LU, and EPA regulations 

governing state procedures for 

transportation conformity and 

interagency consultation (40 CFR part 

93, subpart A and 40 CFR 51.390) and 

have concluded that the SIP submittal is 

approvable. Specifically, Rhode Island’s 

Regulation No. 49, ‘‘Transportation 

Conformity,’’ adequately addresses the 

three sections of the Federal 

transportation conformity rule 

discussed above (consultation 

procedures, written commitments for 

control measures and mitigation 

measures, and project sponsors’ 

compliance with such commitments). 

In addition, Rhode Island’s February 

21, 2014 SIP revision meets the 

requirements set forth in section 110 of 

the CAA with respect to adoption and 

submission of SIP revisions. The 

approval of Rhode Island’s 

transportation conformity SIP revision 

will strengthen the Rhode Island SIP 

and will assist the state in complying 

with the Federal NAAQS. Therefore, 

EPA is approving Rhode Island’s 

transportation conformity SIP revision 

to comply with the most recent Federal 

transportation conformity requirements. 

IV. Final Action 

EPA is approving, and incorporating 

into the Rhode Island SIP, Rhode 

Island’s Air Pollution Control 

Regulation No. 49, ‘‘Transportation 

Conformity.’’ 

The EPA is publishing this action 

without prior proposal because the 

Agency views this as a noncontroversial 

amendment and anticipates no adverse 

comments. However, in the proposed 

rules section of this Federal Register 

publication, EPA is publishing a 

separate document that will serve as the 

proposal to approve the SIP revision 

should relevant adverse comments be 

filed. This rule will be effective May 11, 

2015 without further notice unless the 

Agency receives relevant adverse 

comments by April 9, 2015. 

If the EPA receives such comments, 

then EPA will publish a notice 

withdrawing the final rule and 

informing the public that the rule will 

not take effect. All public comments 

received will then be addressed in a 

subsequent final rule based on the 

proposed rule. The EPA will not 

institute a second comment period on 

the proposed rule. All parties interested 

in commenting on the proposed rule 

should do so at this time. If no such 

comments are received, the public is 

advised that this rule will be effective 

on May 11, 2015 and no further action 

will be taken on the proposed rule. 

Please note that if EPA receives adverse 

comment on an amendment, paragraph, 

or section of this rule and if that 

provision may be severed from the 

remainder of the rule, EPA may adopt 

as final those provisions of the rule that 

are not the subject of an adverse 

comment. 

V. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

Under the Clean Air Act, the 

Administrator is required to approve a 

SIP submission that complies with the 

provisions of the Act and applicable 

Federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 

40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, in reviewing SIP 

submissions, EPA’s role is to approve 

state choices, provided that they meet 

the criteria of the Clean Air Act. 

Accordingly, this action merely 

approves state law as meeting Federal 

requirements and does not impose 

additional requirements beyond those 

imposed by state law. For that reason, 

this action: 

• Is not a significant regulatory action 

subject to review by the Office of 

Management and Budget under 

Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735, 

October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821, 

January 21, 2011); 

• Does not impose an information 

collection burden under the provisions 

of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.); 

• Is certified as not having a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities 

under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 

U.S.C. 601 et seq.); 

• Does not contain any unfunded 

mandate or significantly or uniquely 

affect small governments, as described 

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in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4); 

• Does not have Federalism 

implications as specified in Executive 

Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 

1999); 

• Is not an economically significant 

regulatory action based on health or 

safety risks subject to Executive Order 

13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997); 

• Is not a significant regulatory action 

subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 

28355, May 22, 2001); 

• Is not subject to requirements of 

Section 12(d) of the National 

Technology Transfer and Advancement 

Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because 

application of those requirements would 

be inconsistent with the Clean Air Act; 

and 

• Does not provide EPA with the 

discretionary authority to address, as 

appropriate, disproportionate human 

health or environmental effects, using 

practicable and legally permissible 

methods, under Executive Order 12898 

(59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). 

In addition, the SIP is not approved 

to apply on any Indian reservation land 

or in any other area where EPA or an 

Indian tribe has demonstrated that a 

tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of 

Indian country, the rule does not have 

tribal implications and will not impose 

substantial direct costs on tribal 

governments or preempt tribal law as 

specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 

FR 67249, November 9, 2000). 

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 Clean 

Air Act, petitions for judicial review of 

this action must be filed in the United 

States Court of Appeals for the 

appropriate circuit by May 11, 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. Parties with 

objections to this direct final rule are 

encouraged to file a comment in 

response to the parallel notice of 

proposed rulemaking for this action 

published in the proposed rules section 

of today’s Federal Register, rather than 

file an immediate petition for judicial 

review of this direct final rule, so that 

EPA can withdraw this direct final rule 

and address the comment in the 

proposed rulemaking. 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, Carbon monoxide, 

Incorporation by reference, 

Intergovernmental relations, Lead, 

Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate 

matter, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile 

organic compounds. 

Dated: February 4, 2015. 

H. Curtis Spalding, 

Regional Administrator, EPA New England. 

Part 52 of chapter I, title 40 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations 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 OO—Rhode Island 

■ 2. In § 52.2070 the table in paragraph 

(c) is amended by adding a new entry 

entitled ‘‘Air Pollution Control 

Regulation 49’’ after the entry for ‘‘Air 

Pollution Control Regulation 45’’ to read 

as follows: 

§ 52.2070 Identification of plan. 

* * * * * 

(c) EPA Approved regulations. 

EPA-APPROVED RHODE ISLAND REGULATIONS

State citation Title/subject State effective 

date EPA approval date Explanations 

*******

Air Pollution Control Regulation 

49. 

Transportation Conformity ............ 10/20/2011 3/10/2015 [Insert Federal Register citation].

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

48 CFR Part 819 

RIN 2900–AM92 

Department of Veterans Affairs 

Acquisition Regulation: ServiceDisabled Veteran-Owned and VeteranOwned Small Business Status Protests 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This document adopts as a 

final rule, without change, the interim 

final rule published in the Federal 

Register on September 30, 2013. This 

document implements a portion of the 

Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and 

Information Technology Act of 2006, 

which requires the Department of 

Veterans Affairs (VA) to verify 

ownership and control of Veteranowned small businesses (VOSBs), 

including service-disabled Veteranowned small businesses (SDVOSBs), in 

order for these firms to participate in 

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