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45 89 FR 17031. 

F. Executive Order 13175: Consultation 

and Coordination With Indian Tribal 

Governments 

This action does not have Tribal 

implications as specified in Executive 

Order 13175. This action addresses two 

discrete compliance requirement 

aspects of NSPS OOOOb and the model 

rules within EG OOOOc based on 

petitions for reconsideration received on 

the March 2024 final rule requirements. 

Thus, Executive Order 13175 does not 

apply to this action. 

G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of 

Children From Environmental Health 

Risks and Safety Risks 

The EPA interprets Executive Order 

13045 as applying only to those 

regulatory actions that concern 

environmental health or safety risks that 

the EPA has reason to believe may 

disproportionately affect children, per 

the definition of ‘‘covered regulatory 

action’’ in section 2–202 of the 

Executive Order. The EPA believes that 

it is not practicable to assess whether an 

environmental health risk or safety risk 

affecting children may exist prior to this 

action. This action addresses two 

discrete compliance requirement 

aspects of NSPS OOOOb and the model 

rules within EG OOOOc based on 

petitions for reconsideration received on 

the March 2024 final rule requirements 

and does not result in any changes to 

the BSER of NSPS OOOOb or EG 

OOOOc. The EPA believes that the 

EPA’s Policy on Children’s Health also 

does not apply. 

H. Executive Order 13211: Actions 

Concerning Regulations That 

Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 

Distribution, or Use 

This action is not a ‘‘significant 

energy action’’ because it is not likely to 

have a significant adverse effect on the 

supply, distribution or use of energy. 

Further, we have concluded that this 

action is not likely to have any adverse 

energy effects because this action 

addresses two discrete compliance 

requirement aspects of NSPS OOOOb 

and the model rules within EG OOOOc 

based on petitions for reconsideration 

received on the March 2024 final rule 

requirements and does not result in any 

changes to the BSER of NSPS OOOOb 

or EG OOOOc. 

I. National Technology Transfer and 

Advancement Act (NTTAA) and 1 CFR 

Part 51 

This action does not involve any new 

technical standards. Therefore, the 

NTTAA does not apply. 

J. Executive Order 12898: Federal 

Actions To Address Environmental 

Justice in Minority Populations and 

Low-Income Populations and Executive 

Order 14096: Revitalizing Our Nation’s 

Commitment to Environmental Justice 

for All 

The EPA believes that it is not 

practicable to assess whether the human 

health or environmental conditions that 

exist prior to this action result in 

disproportionate and adverse effects on 

communities with EJ concerns. This 

action addresses two discrete 

compliance requirement aspects of 

NSPS OOOOb and the model rules 

within EG OOOOc based on petitions 

for reconsideration received on the 

March 2024 final rule requirements and 

does not result in any changes to the 

BSER of NSPS OOOOb or EG OOOOc. 

The EPA lacks specific and 

representative data on the frequency of 

temporary or emergency flaring, the 

number of sources flaring, or the length 

of time temporary flaring occurs. This 

data limitation prevents the EPA from 

estimating the impacts of an extension 

of allowed flaring. The March 2024 final 

rule describes how the rule will result 

in reductions in VOCs, which are an 

important precursor contributing to 

ground-level ozone formation in many 

regions of the country and reduce 

methane pollution that contributes to 

climate change, which itself has 

substantial and adverse impacts on EJ 

communities.45 The information 

supporting this Executive Order review 

is contained in the docket for this action 

(see memorandum titled Economic 

Impact Analysis for 2024 NSPS & EG 

Reconsideration). 

Michael S. Regan, 

Administrator. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

45 CFR Parts 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 

307, 308, 309, and 310 

RIN 0970–AC96 

Parentage Establishment in the Child 

Support Services Program; Withdrawal 

AGENCY: Administration for Children 

and Families (ACF), HHS. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; withdrawal. 

SUMMARY: This document withdraws a 

proposed rule that was published in the 

Federal Register on September 26, 2023. 

The proposed rule would have amended 

the Child Support Services Program to 

be inclusive of all family structures 

served by the child support services 

program. 

DATES: The Administration for Children 

and Families is withdrawing the 

proposed rule published September 26, 

2023 (88 FR 65928) as of January 15, 

2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kimberly Curtis, Division of Policy and 

Training, OCSS, telephone (202) 690– 

6614. Email inquiries to ocss.dpt@

acf.hhs.gov. Telecommunications Relay 

users may dial 711 first. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Administration for Children and 

Families (ACF) published a notice of 

proposed rulemaking (NPRM) related to 

the administration of the Child Support 

Services Program in the Federal 

Register on September 26, 2023 (88 FR 

65928). The Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking (NPRM) proposed to define 

‘‘parentage’’ to mean the establishment 

of the legal parent-child relationship in 

accordance with the laws and 

procedures of the state or tribe. The 

NPRM also proposed to replace the 

gender-specific term ‘‘paternity’’ with 

the gender-neutral term ‘‘parentage’’ 

throughout Title 45 Chapter III of the 

Code of Federal Regulations, to be 

inclusive of all family structures served 

by the child support program. These 

proposed changes to Chapter III of the 

child support regulations recognized 

developments in state law regarding 

parentage establishment, including state 

laws allowing for establishment of 

parentage for children with same-sex 

parents. The proposed rulemaking 

provided states and tribes the option to 

expand their parentage establishment 

laws and procedures to include 

establishment of parentage for children 

of same-sex parents, and it reinforced 

that such services are eligible for Title 

IV–D matching funds. 

ACF does not intend to publish a final 

rule following the publication of this 

NPRM on September 26, 2023. In 

making this decision, we considered the 

complexity of the issues raised by some 

of the comments received and 

determined that, if the Department were 

to proceed with rulemaking on this 

topic, we would benefit from additional 

input from stakeholders to assure that 

assistance in obtaining support would 

be available under Title IV–D to all 

children for whom such assistance is 

requested, regardless of their family 

structure. Moreover, with the time 


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remaining in this Administration, the 

Department is focused on several 

critical child support priorities, 

including the recently passed H.R. 9076 

Supporting America’s Children and 

Families Act, the recently published 

Final Rule on Employment and Training 

Services, recently issued sub-regulatory 

guidance on Systems Modernization, 

and other sub-regulatory guidance 

documents. The Department’s reasons 

for withdrawing this NPRM are 

independently sufficient. 

Importantly, the Department 

continues to believe that the NPRM is 

authorized by the Secretary’s 

longstanding and existing authority 

under the Act, as explained in the 

NPRM. 

Dated: January 8, 2025. 

Xavier Becerra, 

Secretary, Department of Health and Human 

Services. 

[FR Doc. 2025–00638 Filed 1–14–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4184–41–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

48 CFR Parts 1, 7, 12, 16, 19, and 52 

[FAR Case 2023–011, Docket No. FAR– 

2023–0011, Sequence No. 1] 

RIN 9000–AO59 

Federal Acquisition Regulation: Small 

Business Participation on Certain 

Multiple-Award Contracts 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: DoD, GSA, and NASA are 

proposing to amend the Federal 

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to issue 

policy on small business participation 

on certain multiple-award contracts. 

DATES: Interested parties should submit 

written comments to the Regulatory 

Secretariat Division at the address 

shown below on or before March 17, 

2025, to be considered in the formation 

of the final rule. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments in 

response to FAR Case 2023–011 to the 

Federal eRulemaking portal at https://

www.regulations.gov by searching for 

‘‘FAR Case 2023–011’’. Select the link 

‘‘Comment Now’’ that corresponds with 

‘‘FAR Case 2023–011’’. Follow the 

instructions provided on the ‘‘Comment 

Now’’ screen. Please include your name, 

company name (if any), and ‘‘FAR Case 

2023–011’’ on your attached document. 

If your comment cannot be submitted 

using https://www.regulations.gov, call 

or email the points of contact in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 

this document for alternate instructions. 

Instructions: Please submit comments 

only and cite ‘‘FAR Case 2023–011’’ in 

all correspondence related to this case. 

Comments received generally will be 

posted without change to https://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal and/or business confidential 

information provided. Public comments 

may be submitted as an individual, as 

an organization, or anonymously (see 

frequently asked questions at https://

www.regulations.gov/faq). To confirm 

receipt of your comment(s), please 

check https://www.regulations.gov, 

approximately two to three days after 

submission to verify posting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

clarification of content, contact Ms. 

Carrie Moore, Procurement Analyst, at 

571–300–5917 or by email at 

carrie.moore@gsa.gov. For information 

pertaining to status, publication 

schedules, or alternate instructions for 

submitting comments if https://

www.regulations.gov cannot be used, 

contact the Regulatory Secretariat 

Division at 202–501–4755 or 

GSARegSec@gsa.gov. Please cite FAR 

Case 2023–011. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

DoD, GSA, and NASA are proposing 

to revise the FAR to issue policy to 

update market research, acquisition 

planning, small business specialist 

coordination, and the use of set-asides 

during the award of, and placement of 

orders against, certain multiple-award 

contracts. This proposed rule 

implements recommendations of the 

Office of Federal Procurement Policy 

(OFPP) in its memorandum entitled, 

Increasing Small Business Participation 

on Multiple Award Contracts, dated 

January 25, 2024. 

This policy would expand the use of 

small business set-asides for orders 

against multiple-award contracts; 

increase coordination with the 

cognizant small business specialist and 

the Small Business Administration 

(SBA) procurement center 

representative (PCR) during acquisition 

planning for multiple-award contracts 

and when placing orders against 

multiple-award contracts, and provide 

additional criteria to consider or address 

in documentation provided to the 

cognizant small business specialist and 

PCR. This proposed rule is being 

published in conjunction with an SBA 

proposed rule regarding, ‘‘Assuring a 

Fair Proportion of Government 

Purchases are Awarded to Small 

Business Concerns,’’ to help the public 

and the acquisition workforce better 

understand how the two rules will 

implement the policy. This proposed 

rule would impact both acquisition 

planning and order placement, as 

discussed below. 

A. Acquisition Planning 

To increase small business 

opportunities when developing 

acquisition strategies for multiple-award 

contracts, this proposed rule would 

increase and enhance small business 

documentation requirements and 

facilitate greater coordination and 

communication between agencies and 

their cognizant small business 

specialists during the acquisition 

planning process. Currently, agencies 

coordinate acquisitions with their 

respective Office of Small and 

Disadvantaged Business Utilization 

(OSDBU), or the Office of Small 

Business Programs (OSBP), for 

recommendations as to whether the 

acquisition should be set aside or 

reserved for small business concerns, in 

accordance with agency procedures. 

This proposed rule is intended to 

increase OSDBU and OSBP insight into 

acquisition planning for multiple-award 

contracts by requiring agencies, when 

contemplating the issuance of such a 

contract, to consider totally or partially 

setting aside the acquisition for small 

business or including a small business 

reserve. If a set-aside or reserve for small 

business is not planned, the agency 

would be required to document the 

reason, including any pertinent market 

research, for this decision in its 

acquisition strategy or plan, and 

coordinate the reason with the agency’s 

cognizant small business specialist. (See 

FAR 7.105(b)(1)(iii)(A)). 

In addition, when an acquisition is 

anticipated to meet or exceed the dollar 

threshold for substantial bundling at 

FAR 7.107–4(a)(1), the acquisition 

planner is currently required at FAR 

7.104(d) to coordinate the acquisition 

with the agency’s cognizant small 

business specialist. This coordination 

provides the specialist with insight into 

any decision to not set aside the 

acquisition for small business concerns, 

as well as an opportunity to ensure the 

acquisition is structured to maximize 

small business competition and award 

opportunities. This proposed rule 

would incorporate a higher level of 


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