Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 30 / Tuesday, February 16, 2016 / Proposed Rules 7721 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R07–OAR–2015–0840; FRL–9942–38– 

Region 7] 

Approval of Iowa’s Air State 

Implementation Plan (SIP); Electronic 

Reporting Consistent With the Cross 

Media Electronic Reporting Rule 

(CROMERR) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a 

SIP revision submitted by the State of 

Iowa. The revision pertains to the 

approval of Iowa’s CROMERR 

submission which was published in the 

Federal Register on December 9, 2015, 

and will revise the Iowa SIP to provide 

for electronic submittal of emission 

inventory data. 

DATES: Comments on this proposed 

action must be received in writing by 

March 17, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R07– 

OAR–2015–0840, to http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or removed from Regulations.gov. 

The EPA may publish any comment 

received to its public docket. Do not 

submit electronically any information 

you consider to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Multimedia 

submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be 

accompanied by a written comment. 

The written comment is considered the 

official comment and should include 

discussion of all points you wish to 

make. The EPA will generally not 

consider comments or comment 

contents located outside of the primary 

submission (i.e. on the web, cloud, or 

other file sharing system). For 

additional submission methods, the full 

EPA public comment policy, 

information about CBI or multimedia 

submissions, and general guidance on 

making effective comments, please visit 

http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/

commenting-epa-dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Heather Hamilton, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Air Planning and 

Development Branch, 11201 Renner 

Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 66219 at 

913–551–7039, or by email at 

Hamilton.heather@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

final rules section of this Federal 

Register, EPA is approving the state’s 

SIP revision as a direct final rule 

without prior proposal because the 

Agency views this as a noncontroversial 

revision amendment and anticipates no 

relevant adverse comments to this 

action. A detailed rationale for the 

approval is set forth in the direct final 

rule. If no relevant adverse comments 

are received in response to this action, 

no further activity is contemplated in 

relation to this action. If EPA receives 

relevant adverse comments, the direct 

final rule will be withdrawn and all 

public comments received will be 

addressed in a subsequent final rule 

based on this proposed action. EPA will 

not institute a second comment period 

on this action. Any parties interested in 

commenting on this action should do so 

at this time. Please note that if EPA 

receives adverse comment on part of 

this rule and if that part can be severed 

from the remainder of the rule, EPA may 

adopt as final those parts of the rule that 

are not the subject of an adverse 

comment. For additional information, 

see the direct final rule which is located 

in the rules section of this Federal 

Register. 

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 1, 2016. 

Mark Hague, 

Regional Administrator, Region 7. 

[FR Doc. 2016–02958 Filed 2–12–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

48 CFR Parts 231 

[Docket DARS–2015–0070] 

RIN 0750–AI81 

Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement: Enhancing the 

Effectiveness of Independent Research 

and Development (DFARS Case 2016– 

D002) 

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Department of 

Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: DoD is proposing to amend 

the Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to 

improve the effectiveness of 

independent research and development 

investments by the defense industrial 

base that are reimbursed as allowable 

costs. 

DATES: Comments on the proposed rule 

should be submitted in writing to the 

address shown below on or before April 

18, 2016, to be considered in the 

formation of a final rule. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

identified by DFARS Case 2016–D002, 

using any of the following methods: 

• Regulations.gov: http://

www.regulations.gov. Submit comments 

via the Federal eRulemaking portal by 

entering ‘‘DFARS Case 2016–D002’’ 

under the heading ‘‘Enter keyword or 

ID’’ and selecting ‘‘Search.’’ Select the 

link ‘‘Submit a Comment’’ that 

corresponds with ‘‘DFARS Case 2016– 

D002.’’ Follow the instructions provided 

at the ‘‘Submit a Comment’’ screen. 

Please include your name, company 

name (if any), and ‘‘DFARS Case 2016– 

D002’’ on your attached document. 

• Email: osd.dfars@mail.mil. Include 

DFARS Case 2016–D002 in the subject 

line of the message. 

• Fax: 571–372–6094. 

• Mail: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Attn: Mr. Mark 

Gomersall, OUSD(AT&L)DPAP/DARS, 

Room 3B941, 3060 Defense Pentagon, 

Washington, DC 20301–3060. 

Comments received generally will be 

posted without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. To 

confirm receipt of your comment(s), 

please check www.regulations.gov, 

approximately two to three days after 

submission to verify posting (except 

allow 30 days for posting of comments 

submitted by mail). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Mark Gomersall, telephone 571–372– 

6099. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Better Buying Power (BBP) is the 

implementation of best practices to 

strengthen DoD’s buying power, 

improve industry productivity, and 

provide an affordable, value-added 

military capability to the warfighter (see 

http://bbp.dau.mil/.) Launched in 2010, 

BBP encompasses a set of fundamental 

acquisition principles to achieve greater 

efficiencies through affordability, cost 

control, elimination of unproductive 

processes and bureaucracy, and 

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