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Commission (Commission) released a 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

(NPRM), FCC 12–77, seeking comment 

on proposals to reform the 

Commission’s policies and procedures 

for assessing and collecting regulatory 

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Federal Register, establishing a 

comment deadline of September 17, 

2012 and reply comment deadline of 

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2012, the Government Accountability 

Office (GAO) released a report entitled, 

Federal Communications Commission, 

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Updated. 

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Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

48 CFR Part 1552 

[EPA–HQ–OARM–2012–0196] 

EPAAR Clause for Printing 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) amends the EPA 

Acquisition Regulation (EPAAR) to 

update policy, procedures, and contract 

clauses. The proposed rule provides 

updates to outdated information 

currently in the Printing clause. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 5, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OARM–2012–0196, by one of the 

following methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: valentino.thomas@epa.gov. 

• Mail: EPA–HQ–OARM–2012–0196, 

OEI Docket, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 


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NW., Washington, DC 20460. Please 

include a total of three (3) copies. 

• Hand Delivery: EPA Docket CenterAttention OEI Docket, EPA West, Room 

B102, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20004. Such deliveries 

are only accepted during the Docket’s 

normal hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OARM–2012– 

0196. 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 information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through www.regulations.gov 

or email. 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. For 

additional information about EPA’s 

public docket, visit the EPA Docket 

Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the www.regulations.gov 

index. Although listed in the index, 

some information is not publicly 

available, e.g., CBI or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, will be publicly 

available only in hard copy. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

either electronically in 

www.regulations.gov, or in hard copy at 

the Office of Environmental Information 

(OEI) Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West, Room 

3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC. The Public Reading 

Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 

legal holidays. The telephone number 

for the Public Reading Room is (202) 

566–1744, and the telephone number for 

the EPA Docket Center is (202) 566– 

1752. This Docket Facility is open from 

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through 

Friday, excluding legal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas Valentino, Policy, Training, and 

Oversight Division, Office of 

Acquisition Management (3802R), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: 202–564– 

4522; email address: 

valentino.thomas@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this 

information to EPA through 

www.regulations.gov or email. Clearly 

mark the part or all of the information 

that you claim to be CBI. For CBI 

information in a disk or CD ROM that 

you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the 

disk or CD ROM as CBI, and then 

identify electronically within the disk or 

CD ROM the specific information that is 

claimed as CBI. In addition to one 

complete version of the comment that 

includes information claimed as CBI, a 

copy of the comment that does not 

contain the information claimed as CBI 

must be submitted for inclusion in the 

public docket. Information so marked 

will not be disclosed except in 

accordance with procedures set forth in 

40 CFR part 2. 

2. Tips for Preparing Your Comments. 

When submitting comments, remember 

to: 

• Identify the rulemaking by docket 

number and other identifying 

information (subject heading, Federal 

Register date and page number). 

• Follow directions—The agency may 

ask you to respond to specific questions 

or organize comments by referencing a 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 

or section number. 

• Explain why you agree or disagree, 

suggest alternatives, and substitute 

language for your requested changes. 

• Describe any assumptions and 

provide any technical information and/ 

or data that you used. 

• If you estimate potential costs or 

burdens, explain how you arrived at 

your estimate in sufficient detail to 

allow for it to be reproduced. 

• Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns, and suggest 

alternatives. 

• Explain your views as clearly as 

possible, avoiding the use of profanity 

or personal threats. 

• Make sure to submit your 

comments by the comment period 

deadline identified. 

II. Background 

In 2011 the EPA reviewed EPAAR 

clause 1552.208–70, Printing. Review 

was performed to reconsider the 

electronic reproduction threshold under 

which vendors may provide contract 

deliverables without violating 

mandatory printing source 

requirements. Reconsideration of the 

reproduction threshold was warranted 

given the ease with which electronic 

media may be reproduced. The clause is 

also being updated to clarify that EPA’s 

Print Management Team is the 

processing office responsible for clause 

printing requirement waivers provided 

by the Joint Committee on Printing. 

Finally, the definition of non-paper 

copies that the contractor may provide 

has been expanded to include other 

types of portable electronic media in 

addition to compact discs. As such, the 

proposed updates to the clause raise the 

limit for contractor-provided non-paper 

copies from 100 to 500, and clarifies 

that EPA’s Print Management Team is 

the processing office responsible for 

clause printing requirement waivers. 

III. Proposed Rule 

This proposed rule amends the 

EPAAR to revise the following within 

the Printing clause: 

1. Paragraph (d)(2)—changed from 

‘‘the contracting officer must obtain a 

waiver from the U.S. Congress Joint 

Committee on Printing’’ to ‘‘Only the 

Joint Committee on Printing has the 

authority to grant waivers to the 

printing requirements. All Agency 

waiver requests must be coordinated 

with EPA’s Headquarters Printing 

Management Team, Facilities and 

Services Division, and with the Office of 

General Counsel.’’ 

2. Paragraph (d)(3)—changed from 

‘‘the contracting officer must obtain a 

waiver from the U.S. Congress Joint 

Committee on Printing’’ to ‘‘Only the 

Joint Committee on Printing has the 

authority to grant waivers to the 

printing requirements. All Agency 

waiver requests must be coordinated 

with EPA’s Headquarters Printing 

Management Team, Facilities and 

Services Division, and with the Office of 

General Counsel.’’ 

3. Paragraph (d)(4)—changed from 

‘‘the contracting officer must obtain a 

waiver from the U.S. Congress Joint 

Committee on Printing’’ to ‘‘Only the 

Joint Committee on Printing has the 


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authority to grant waivers to the 

printing requirements. All Agency 

waiver requests must be coordinated 

with EPA’s Headquarters Printing 

Management Team, Facilities and 

Services Division, and with the Office of 

General Counsel.’’ 

4. Paragraph (d)(4)—duplication limit 

changed from 100 to 500. 

5. Paragraph (d)(4)—examples of nonpaper duplication expanded from ‘‘CDs/ 

DVDs’’ to ‘‘electronic information 

storage device.’’ 

IV. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory 

Planning and Review 

This action is not a ‘‘significant 

regulatory action’’ under the terms of 

Executive Order (EO) 12866 (58 FR 

51735, October 4, 1993) and therefore, 

not subject to review under the EO. 

B. Paperwork Reduction Act 

This action does not impose an 

information collection burden under the 

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 

Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. No 

information is collected under this 

action. 

C. Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), as 

Amended by the Small Business 

Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 

1996 (SBREFA), 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq. 

The Regulatory Flexibility Act 

generally requires an agency to prepare 

a regulatory flexibility analysis of any 

rule subject to notice and comment 

rulemaking requirements under the 

Administrative Procedure Act or any 

other statute; unless the agency certifies 

that the rule will not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities. Small entities 

include small businesses, small 

organizations, and small governmental 

jurisdictions. 

For purposes of assessing the impact 

of today’s final rule on small entities, 

‘‘small entity’’ is defined as: (1) A small 

business that meets the definition of a 

small business found in the Small 

Business Act and codified at 13 CFR 

121.201; (2) a small governmental 

jurisdiction that is a government of a 

city, county, town, school district or 

special district with a population of less 

than 50,000; and (3) a small 

organization that is any not-for-profit 

enterprise which is independently 

owned and operated and is not 

dominant in its field. 

After considering the economic 

impacts of this rule on small entities, I 

certify that this action will not have a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

This action revises a current EPAAR 

provision and does not impose 

requirements involving capital 

investment, implementing procedures, 

or recordkeeping. This rule will not 

have a significant economic impact on 

small entities. 

D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

Title II of the Unfunded Mandates 

Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA), Public 

Law 104–4, establishes requirements for 

Federal agencies to assess the effects of 

their regulatory actions on State, Local, 

and Tribal governments and the private 

sector. 

This rule contains no Federal 

mandates (under the regulatory 

provisions of the Title II of the UMRA) 

for State, Local, and Tribal governments 

or the private sector. The rule imposes 

no enforceable duty on any State, Local 

or Tribal governments or the private 

sector. Thus, the rule is not subject to 

the requirements of Sections 202 and 

205 of the UMRA. 

E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism 

Executive Order 13132, entitled 

‘‘Federalism’’ (64 FR 43255, August 10, 

1999), requires EPA to develop an 

accountable process to ensure 

‘‘meaningful and timely input by State 

and Local officials in the development 

of regulatory policies that have 

federalism implications.’’ ‘‘Policies that 

have federalism implications’’ is 

defined in the Executive Order to 

include regulations that have 

‘‘substantial direct effects on the States, 

on the relationship between the national 

government and the States, or on the 

distribution of power and 

responsibilities among the various 

levels of government.’’ 

This rule does not have federalism 

implications. It will not have substantial 

direct effects on the States, on the 

relationship between the national 

government and the States, or on the 

distribution of power and 

responsibilities among the various 

levels of government as specified in 

Executive Order 13132. 

F. Executive Order 13175: Consultation 

and Coordination With Indian Tribal 

Goverments 

Executive Order 13175, entitled 

‘‘Consultation and Coordination with 

Indian Tribal Governments’’ (65 FR 

67249, November 9, 2000), requires EPA 

to develop an accountable process to 

ensure ‘‘meaningful and timely input by 

tribal officials in the development of 

regulatory policies that have tribal 

implications.’’ This rule does not have 

tribal implications as specified in 

Executive Order 13175. 

G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of 

Children From Environmental Health 

and Safety Risks 

Executive Order 13045, entitled 

‘‘Protection of Children from 

Environmental Health and Safety Risks’’ 

(62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997), applies 

to any rule that: (1) Is determined to be 

economically significant as defined 

under Executive Order 12886, and (2) 

concerns an environmental health or 

safety risk that may have a 

proportionate effect on children. This 

rule is not subject to Executive Order 

13045 because it is not an economically 

significant rule as defined by Executive 

Order 12866, and because it does not 

involve decisions on environmental 

health or safety risks. 

H. Executive Order 13211: Actions That 

Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 

Distribution, or Use 

This proposed rule is not subject to 

Executive Order 13211, ‘‘Actions 

Concerning Regulations That 

Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 

Distribution of Use’’ (66 FR 28335, May 

22, 2001), because it is not a significant 

regulatory action under Executive Order 

12866. 

I. National Technology Transfer and 

Advancement Act of 1995 (NTTAA) 

Section 12(d) (15 U.S.C. 272 note) of 

NTTA, Public Law 104–113, directs 

EPA to use voluntary consensus 

standards in it’s regulatory activities 

unless to do so would be inconsistent 

with applicable law or otherwise 

impractical. Voluntary consensus 

standards are technical standards (e.g., 

materials specifications, test methods, 

sampling procedures and business 

practices) that are developed or adopted 

by voluntary consensus standards 

bodies. The NTTA directs EPA to 

provide Congress, through OMB, 

explanations when the Agency decides 

not to use available and applicable 

voluntary consensus standards. 

This proposed rulemaking does not 

involve technical standards. Therefore, 

EPA is not considering the use of any 

voluntary consensus standards. 

J. Executive Order 12898: Federal 

Actions To Address Environmental 

Justice in Minority Populations and 

Low-Income Populations 

Executive Order (EO) 12898 (59 FR 

7629, Feb. 16, 1994) establishes federal 

executive policy on environmental 

justice. Its main provision directs 

federal agencies, to the greatest extent 

practicable and permitted by law, to 


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make environmental justice part of their 

mission by identifying and addressing, 

as appropriate, disproportionately high 

and adverse human health or 

environmental effects of their programs, 

policies, and activities on minority 

populations and low-income 

populations in the United States. 

EPA has determined that this 

proposed rule will not have 

disproportionately high and adverse 

human health or environmental effects 

on minority or low-income populations 

because it does not affect the level of 

protection provided to human health or 

the environment. This proposed 

rulemaking does not involve human 

health or environmental affects. 

List of Subjects in 48 CFR Part 1552 

Environmental Protection, Required 

Sources of Supply, Printing. 

Dated: September 18, 2012. 

John R. Bashista, 

Director, Office of Acquisition Management. 

Therefore, 48 CFR Chapter 15 is 

proposed to be amended as set forth 

below: 

PART 1552—SOLICITATION 

PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT 

CLAUSES 

1. The authority citation for part 1552 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; Sec. 205(c), 63 

Stat. 390, as amended, 40 U.S.C. 486(c); and 

41 U.S.C. 418b. 

2. Revise 1552.208–70 to read as 

follows: 

1552.208–70 Printing. 

As prescribed in 1508.870, insert the 

following clause: 

Printing (SEP 2012) 

(a) Definitions. ‘‘Printing’’ is the process of 

composition, plate making, presswork, 

binding and microform; or the end items 

produced by such processes and equipment. 

Printing services include newsletter 

production and periodicals which are 

prohibited under EPA contracts. 

‘‘Composition’’ applies to the setting of 

type by hot-metal casting, photo typesetting, 

or electronic character generating devices for 

the purpose of producing camera copy, 

negatives, a plate or image to be used in the 

production of printing or microform. 

‘‘Camera copy’’ (or ‘‘camera-ready copy’’) 

is a final document suitable for printing/ 

duplication. 

‘‘Desktop Publishing’’ is a method of 

composition using computers with the final 

output or generation of a camera copy done 

by a color inkjet or color laser printer. This 

is not considered ‘‘printing.’’ However, if the 

output from desktop publishing is being sent 

to a typesetting device (i.e., Linotronic) with 

camera copy being produced in either paper 

or negative format, these services are 

considered ‘‘printing.’’ 

‘‘Microform’’ is any product produced in a 

miniaturized image format, for mass or 

general distribution and as a substitute for 

conventionally printed material. Microform 

services are classified as printing services 

and include microfiche and microfilm. The 

contractor may make up to two sets of 

microform files for archival purposes at the 

end of the contract period of performance. 

‘‘Duplication’’ means the making of copies 

on photocopy machines employing 

electrostatic, thermal, or other processes 

without using an intermediary such as a 

negative or plate. 

‘‘Requirement’’ means an individual 

photocopying task. (There may be multiple 

requirements under a Work Assignment or 

Delivery Order. Each requirement would be 

subject to the duplication limitation of 5,000 

copies of one page or 25,000 copies of 

multiple pages in the aggregate per 

requirement). 

‘‘Incidental’’ means a draft and/or proofed 

document (not a final document) that is not 

prohibited from printing under EPA 

contracts. 

(b) Prohibition. (1) The contractor shall not 

engage in, nor subcontract for, any printing 

in connection with the performance of work 

under this contract. Duplication of more than 

5,000 copies of one page or more than 25,000 

copies of multiple pages in the aggregate per 

requirement constitutes printing. The intent 

of the printing limitation is to eliminate 

duplication of final documents. 

(2) In compliance with EPA Order 2200.4a, 

EPA Publication Review Procedure, the 

Office of Communications, Education, and 

Media Relations is responsible for the review 

of materials generated under a contract 

published or issued by the Agency under a 

contract intended for release to the public. 

(c) Affirmative Requirements. (1) Unless 

otherwise directed by the contracting officer, 

the contractor shall use double-sided copying 

to produce any progress report, draft report 

or final report. 

(2) Unless otherwise directed by the 

contracting officer, the contractor shall use 

recycled paper for reports delivered to the 

Agency which meet the minimum content 

standards for paper and paper products as set 

forth in EPA’s Web site for the 

Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines at: 

http://www.epa.gov/cpg/. 

(d) Permitted Contractor Activities. (1) The 

prohibitions contained in paragraph (b) do 

not preclude writing, editing, or preparing 

manuscript copy, or preparing related 

illustrative material to a final document 

(camera-ready copy) using desktop 

publishing. 

(2) The contractor may perform a 

requirement involving the duplication of less 

than 5,000 copies of only one page, or less 

than 25,000 copies of multiple pages in the 

aggregate, using one color (black), such pages 

shall not exceed the maximum image size of 

103⁄4 by 141⁄4 inches, or 11 by 17 paper stock. 

Duplication services below these thresholds 

are not considered printing. If performance of 

the contract will require duplication in 

excess of these thresholds, contractors must 

immediately notify the contracting officer in 

writing and a waiver must be obtained. Only 

the Joint Committee on Printing has the 

authority to grant waivers to the printing 

requirements. All Agency waiver requests 

must be coordinated with EPA’s 

Headquarters Printing Management Team, 

Facilities and Services Division, and with the 

Office of General Counsel. Duplication 

services of ‘‘incidentals’’ in excess of the 

thresholds are allowable. 

(3) The contractor may perform a 

requirement involving the multi-color 

duplication of no more than 100 pages in the 

aggregate using color copier technology, such 

pages shall not exceed the maximum image 

size of 103⁄4 by 141⁄4 inches, or 11 by 17 paper 

stock. Duplication services below these 

thresholds are not considered printing. If 

performance of the contract will require 

duplication in excess of these limits, 

contractors must immediately notify the 

contracting officer in writing and a waiver 

must be obtained. Only the Joint Committee 

on Printing has the authority to grant waivers 

to the printing requirements. All Agency 

waiver requests must be coordinated with 

EPA’s Headquarters Printing Management 

Team, Facilities and Services Division, and 

with the Office of General Counsel. 

(4) The contractor may perform the 

duplication of no more than a total of 500 

units of an electronic information storage 

device (e.g., CD–ROMs, DVDs, thumb 

drives*) (including labeling and packaging) 

per work assignment or task order/delivery 

order per contract year. Duplication services 

below these thresholds are not considered 

printing. If performance of the contract will 

require duplication in excess of these 

thresholds, contractors must immediately 

notify the contracting officer in writing and 

a waiver must be obtained. Only the Joint 

Committee on Printing has the authority to 

grant waivers to the printing requirements. 

All Agency waiver requests must be 

coordinated with EPA’s Headquarters 

Printing Management Team, Facilities and 

Services Division, and with the Office of 

General Counsel. 

(e) Violations. The contractor may not 

engage in, nor subcontract for, any printing 

in connection with the performance of work 

under the contract. The cost of any printing 

services in violation of this clause will be 

disallowed, or not accepted by the 

Government. 

(f) Flowdown Clause. The contractor shall 

include in each subcontract which may 

involve a requirement for any printing/ 

duplicating/copying a provision substantially 

the same as this clause. 

* Pursuant to the July 2008 guidance 

Promotional Communications for EPA, a 

thumb drive can be used as a promotional 

item, but it also must be an information 

medium in itself. Namely, it must have 

substantive EPA information already loaded 

into the drive. Due to its intrinsic material 

value, it may not be used simply or primarily 

to display an EPA message on the exterior of 

the drive. 

(End of clause) 

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