This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

Proposed Rules Federal Register

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Vol. 80, No. 66 

Tuesday, April 7, 2015 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

13 CFR Parts 121, 124, 125, 126, 127, 

and 134 

RIN 3245–AG24 

Small Business Mentor Prote ́ge ́

Program; Small Business Size 

Regulations; Government Contracting 

Programs; 8(a) Business Development/ 

Small Disadvantaged Business Status 

Determinations; HUBZone Program; 

Women-Owned Small Business 

Federal Contract Program; Rules of 

Procedure Governing Cases Before the 

Office of Hearings and Appeals 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Small Business 

Administration (SBA) is extending the 

comment period for the proposed rule 

published in the Federal Register on 

February 5, 2015. The comment period 

is scheduled to close on April 6, 2015. 

SBA is extending the comment period 

an additional 30 days in response to the 

significant level of interest generated by 

the proposed rule and requests from 

multiple stakeholders for an extension. 

Given the scope of the proposed rule 

and the nature of the issues raised by 

the comments received to date, SBA 

believes that affected businesses need 

more time to review the proposal and 

prepare their comments. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

proposed rule published on February 5, 

2015 is extended to May 6, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by RIN: 3245–AG24, by any of 

the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• For mail, paper, disk, or CD/ROM 

submissions: Brenda Fernandez, U.S. 

Small Business Administration, Office 

of Policy, Planning and Liaison, 409 

Third Street SW., 8th Floor, 

Washington, DC 20416. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Brenda 

Fernandez, U.S. Small Business 

Administration, Office of Policy, 

Planning and Liaison, 409 Third Street 

SW., 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20416. 

SBA will post all comments on 

www.regulations.gov. If you wish to 

submit confidential business 

information (CBI) as defined in the User 

Notice at www.regulations.gov, you 

must submit such information to Brenda 

Fernandez, U.S. Small Business 

Administration, Office of Policy, 

Planning and Liaison, 409 Third Street 

SW., 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20416, 

or send an email to brenda.fernandez@

sba.gov. Highlight the information that 

you consider to be CBI and explain why 

you believe SBA should hold this 

information as confidential. SBA will 

review your information and determine 

whether it will make the information 

public. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brenda Fernandez, Office of Policy, 

Planning and Liaison, 409 Third Street 

SW., Washington, DC 20416; (202) 207– 

7337; brenda.fernandez@sba.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the rule 

published on February 5, 2015 at 80 FR 

6618, SBA proposed to implement 

provisions of the Small Business Jobs 

Act of 2010 and the National Defense 

Authorization Act of 2013, which 

pertain to the establishment of a 

Government-wide mentor prote ́ge ́

program for all small business concerns. 

The rule would also make minor 

changes to the mentor-prote ́ge ́

provisions for the 8(a) Business 

Development program in order to make 

the mentor-prote ́ge ́ rules for each of the 

programs as consistent as possible. The 

rule would amend the current joint 

venture provisions to clarify the 

conditions for creating and operating 

joint venture partnerships, including the 

effect of such partnerships on any 

mentor-prote ́ge ́ relationships. Finally, 

the rule would make several additional 

changes to current size, 8(a) Office of 

Hearings and Appeals or HUBZone 

regulations, concerning among other 

things, ownership and control, changes 

in primary industry, standards of review 

and interested party status for some 

appeals. 

Sean F. Crean, 

Director, Office of Government Contracting. 

[FR Doc. 2015–07887 Filed 4–6–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

16 CFR Part 1422 

[Docket No. CPSC–2009–0087] 

Recreational Off-Highway Vehicles 

(ROVs); Notice of Extension of 

Comment Period 

AGENCY: U.S. Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Extension of comment period. 

SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety 

Commission (Commission or CPSC) 

published a notice of proposed 

rulemaking (NPR) in the Federal 

Register on November 19, 2014, 

concerning recreational off-highway 

vehicles (ROVs). The NPR invited the 

public to submit written comments by 

February 2, 2015. In response to two 

requests for an extension, the 

Commission extended the comment 

period to April 8, 2015. In response to 

two requests for an additional 

extension, the Commission is extending 

the comment period to June 19, 2015. 

DATES: Submit comments by June 19, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CPSC–2009– 

0087, by any of the following methods: 

Electronic Submissions 

Submit electronic comments in the 

following way: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

The Commission does not accept 

comments submitted by electronic mail 

(email), except through: http://

www.regulations.gov. The Commission 

encourages you to submit electronic 

comments by using the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal, as described above. 

Written Submissions 

Submit written submissions in the 

following way: 

Mail/Hand delivery/Courier to: Office 

of the Secretary, Consumer Product 

Safety Commission, Room 820, 4330 

East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 

20814; telephone (301) 504–7923. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number for this notice. All 

comments received may be posted 

without change, including any personal 


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identifiers, contact information, or other 

personal information provided, to: 

http://www.regulations.gov. Do not 

submit confidential business 

information, trade secret information, or 

other sensitive or protected information 

electronically. Such information should 

be submitted in writing. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to: http://

www.regulations.gov and insert the 

Docket No. CPSC–2009–0087 into the 

‘‘Search’’ box and follow the prompts. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

November 19, 2014, the Commission 

published an NPR in the Federal 

Register proposing standards that would 

apply to ROVs. (79 FR 68964). The 

Commission issued the proposed rule 

under the authority of the Consumer 

Product Safety Act (CPSA). In response 

to requests for an extension of the 

comment period by the Recreational 

Off-Highway Vehicle Association 

(ROHVA) and the Outdoor Power 

Equipment Institute (OPEI), the 

Commission extended the comment 

period to April 8, 2015. (80 FR 3535 

(January 23, 2015)). ROHVA and OPEI 

have each requested another extension 

to the comment period. ROHVA asked 

for additional time to review documents 

provided by the Commission. OPEI 

noted a need for additional time for 

OPEI to complete and review ‘‘round 

robin’’ testing that OPEI is conducting to 

gauge the reproducibility and 

repeatability of tests the Commission 

proposed in the NPR. The Commission 

has considered the requests and is 

extending the comment period until 

June 19, 2015. 

Alberta E. Mills, 

Acting Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product 

Safety Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2015–07910 Filed 4–6–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6355–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 435 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2014–0598; FRL–9917–78– 

OW] 

RIN 2040–AF35 

Effluent Limitations Guidelines and 

Standards for the Oil and Gas 

Extraction Point Source Category 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA proposes a Clean Water 

Act (CWA) regulation that would better 

protect human health and the 

environment and protect the operational 

integrity of publicly owned treatment 

works (POTWs) by establishing 

pretreatment standards that would 

prevent the discharge of pollutants in 

wastewater from onshore 

unconventional oil and gas extraction 

facilities to POTWs. Unconventional oil 

and gas (UOG) extraction wastewater 

can be generated in large quantities and 

contains constituents that are 

potentially harmful to human health 

and the environment. Because they are 

not typical of POTW influent 

wastewater, some UOG extraction 

wastewater constituents can be 

discharged, untreated, from the POTW 

to the receiving stream; can disrupt the 

operation of the POTW (e.g., by 

inhibiting biological treatment); can 

accumulate in biosolids (sewage 

sludge), limiting their use; and can 

facilitate the formation of harmful 

disinfection by-products (DBPs). Based 

on the information collected by EPA, 

the requirements in this proposal reflect 

current industry practices for 

unconventional oil and gas extraction 

facilities, therefore, EPA does not 

project the proposed rule will impose 

any costs or lead to pollutant removals, 

but will ensure that such current 

industry best practice is maintained 

over time. 

DATES: Comments on this proposed rule 

must be received on or before June 8, 

2015. EPA will conduct a public hearing 

on the proposed pretreatment standards 

on May 29, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. in the EPA 

East Building, Room 1153, 1201 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments on 

the proposed rule, identified by Docket 

No. EPA–HQ–OW–2014–0598 by one of 

the following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: OW-Docket@epa.gov, 

Attention Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW– 

2014–0598. 

• Mail: Water Docket, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, Mail 

code: 4203M, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC 20460. Attention 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW–2014– 

0598. Please include three copies. 

• Hand Delivery: Water Docket, EPA 

Docket Center, EPA West Building 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC, Attention Docket 

ID No. EPA–HQ–OW–2014–0598. Such 

deliveries are only accepted during the 

Docket’s normal hours of operation, and 

you should make special arrangements 

for deliveries of boxed information by 

calling 202–566–2426. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket No. EPA–HQ–OW–2014–0598. 

EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and can be made 

available online at http://

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 http://

www.regulations.gov or email. The 

http://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 http://

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 will 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 docket 

are listed in the http://

www.regulations.gov index. A detailed 

record index, organized by subject, is 

available on EPA’s Web site at http://

water.epa.gov/scitech/wastetech/guide/

oilandgas/unconv.cfm. 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 http://

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Water Docket in EPA Docket Center, 

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, 


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