29728 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 106 / Friday, June 1, 2001 / Rules and Regulations

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 1, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Louis Becker, NASA Headquarters,

Office of Procurement, Contract

Management Division (Code HK),

Washington, DC 20546, telephone: (202)

358–4593, email: lbecker@hq.nasa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Background

NASA is adopting as final, without

change, the interim rule published in

the August 11, 2000 Federal Register

(65 FR 49205–49206). The interim rule

identified the Associate Administrator

for Procurement as the senior

policymaking official delegated the

authority to approve Cost Accounting

Standards (CAS) waivers for NASA. The

NASA interim rule was issued in

response to a FAR interim rule

published in the June 6, 2000 Federal

Register (65 FR 36028–36030) that

authorized the heads of executive

agencies to approve CAS waivers and

allowed for this authority to be

delegated to an official not below the

senior policymaking level in the agency.

The FAR interim rule resulted from

Section 802 of the National Defense

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000

(Pub. L. 106–65) which made several

changes to CAS, including waivers. The

FAR interim rule was adopted as a final

rule without change (66 FR 2136–2137,

January 10, 2001). No comments were

received in response to the NASA

interim rule.

B. Regulatory Flexibility Act

NASA certifies that this final rule will

not have a significant economic impact

on a substantial number of small

business entities under the Regulatory

Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.)

because this rule pertains to Cost

Accounting Standards from which small

businesses are exempt.

C. Paperwork Reduction Act

The Paperwork Reduction Act does

not apply because the changes to the

NFS do not impose recordkeeping or

information collection requirements, or

collection of information from offerors,

contractors, or members of the public

which require the approval of the Office

of Management and Budget under 44

U.S.C. 3501, et seq.

List of Subjects in 48 CFR Part 30

Government procurement.

Tom Luedtke,

Associate Administrator for Procurement.

Interim Rule Adopted as Final Without

Changes

Accordingly, NASA adopts the

interim rule amending 48 CFR part

1830, which was published in the

Federal Register at 65 FR 49205–49206,

August 11, 2000, as a final rule without

change.

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2473(c)(1).

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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

48 CFR Part 1832

Extension of Class Deviations for SBIR

Contracts

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: This is a final rule amending

the NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) to

extend the advance payments and

incremental funding class deviations for

Small Business Innovation Research

(SBIR) program contracts.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 1, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Ronald Lentz, NASA Headquarters,

Office of Procurement, Contract

Management Division (Code HK),

Washington, DC 20546, telephone: (202)

358–1064, e-mail:

ronald.lentz@hq.nasa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Background

NFS 1832.402(e)(1)(B)(a) provides a

class deviation authorizing the use of

advance payments for Phase I contracts

awarded under the SBIR program. NFS

1832.702–70(a), (b), and (c) set forth

conditions when incremental funding is

permitted. NFS 1832.702–70(e) provides

a class deviation from those conditions,

permitting the use of incremental

funding of contracts under Phase II of

the SBIR program. These two class

deviations expired September 30, 2000,

the date set forth in the Congressional

authorization for the SBIR program.

Public Law 106–554, extended the SBIR

program through September 30, 2008.

This final rule will extend the advance

payments and incremental funding class

deviations for the life of the SBIR

program.

B. Regulatory Flexibility Act

This final rule does not constitute a

significant revision within the meaning

of FAR 1.501 and Pub. L. 98–577, and

publication for public comment is not

required. However, comments from

small entities concerning the affected

NFS subpart will be considered in

accordance with 5 U.S.C. 610. Such

comments must be submitted separately

and should cite 5 U.S.C. 601, et seq.

C. Paperwork Reduction Act

The Paperwork Reduction Act does

not apply because the changes to the

NFS do not impose recordkeeping or

information collection requirements, or

collections of information from offerors,

contractors, or members of the public

which require the approval of the Office

of Management and Budget under 44

U.S.C. 3501, et seq.

List of Subjects in 48 CFR Part 32

Government procurement.

Tom Luedtke,

Associate Administrator for Procurement.

Accordingly, 48 CFR Part 32 is

amended as follows:

1. The authority citation for 48 CFR

part 1832 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2473 (c)(1).

PART 1832—CONTRACT FINANCING

2. In section 1832.402, revise

paragraph (e)(1)(B)(a) to read as follows:

1832.402 General.

(NASA supplements paragraph (e))

(e)(1) * * *

(B) * * *

(a) Small Business Innovation

Research (SBIR) and Small Business

Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I

contracts. A class deviation has been

signed authorizing use of advance

payments on these contracts. The

contracting officer shall annotate the

contract file that the deviation is on file

at the NASA Headquarters Office of

Procurement (Code HK).

* * * * *

3. In section 1832.702–70, revise

paragraph (e) to read as follows:

1832.702–70 NASA policy.

* * * * *

(e) A class deviation from the

conditions set forth in paragraphs

1832.702–70(a), (b), and (c) exists to

permit incremental funding of contracts

under Phase II of the Small Business

Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small

Business Technology Transfer (STTR)

programs. This deviation exists with the

understanding that the contracts will be

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fully funded when funds become

available.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 648

[Docket No. 001121328–1041–02; I.D.

052501E]

Fisheries of the Northeastern United

States; Scup Fishery; Commercial

Quota Harvested for Summer Period

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Commercial quota harvest.

SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the

scup commercial quota available in the

Summer period to the coastal states

from Maine to North Carolina has been

harvested. Federally permitted

commercial vessels may not land scup

in these states for the remainder of the

2001 Summer quota period (through

October 31, 2001). Regulations

governing the scup fishery require

publication of this notification to advise

the coastal states from Maine through

North Carolina that the quota has been

harvested and to advise Federal vessel

permit holders and Federal dealer

permit holders.

DATES: Effective 0001 hrs local time,

June 1, 2001, through 2400 hrs local

time, October 31, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jennifer L. Anderson, Fishery

Management Specialist, (978) 281–9226.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Regulations governing the scup fishery

are found at 50 CFR part 648. The

regulations require annual specification

of a commercial quota that is allocated

into three quota periods. The Summer

commercial quota (May through

October) is distributed to the coastal

states from Maine through North

Carolina. The process to set the annual

commercial quota and the seasonal

allocation is described in § 648.120.

The total commercial quota for scup

for the 2001 calendar year was set at

4,444,600 lb (2,016,037 kg)(66 FR 12902;

March 1, 2001). The Summer period

quota was initially set at 1,731,172 lb

(785,246 kg). As specified in § 648.120,

landings in excess of the commercial

quota in the 2000 Summer period were

deducted from the Summer period

allocation this year, resulting in a final

Summer quota allocation of 1,147,861 lb

(520,661 kg).

Section 648.121 requires the

Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS

(Regional Administrator) to monitor the

commercial scup quota for each quota

period and, based upon dealer reports,

state data, and other available

information, to determine when the

commercial quota has been harvested.

NMFS is required to publish

notification in the Federal Register

advising and notifying federally

permitted commercial vessels and

federally permitted dealers that,

effective upon a specific date, the scup

commercial quota has been harvested.

The Regional Administrator has

determined, based upon dealer reports

and other available information, that the

scup commercial quota for the 2001

Summer period has been harvested.

The regulations at § 648.4(b) provide

that Federal scup moratorium permit

holders agree as a condition of the

permit not to land scup in any state after

NMFS has published a notification in

the Federal Register stating that the

commercial quota for the period has

been harvested and that no commercial

quota for scup is available. Therefore,

effective 0001 hours, June 1, 2001,

further landings of scup by vessels

holding Federal scup moratorium

permits are prohibited through October

31, 2001. The Winter II period for

commercial scup harvest will open on

November 1, 2001. Effective 0001 hours,

June 1, 2001, federally permitted dealers

are also advised that they may not

purchase scup from federally permitted

vessels that land in coastal states from

Maine through North Carolina for the

remainder of the Summer period

(through October 31, 2001).

Classification

This action is required by 50 CFR part

648 and is exempt from review under

Executive Order 12866.

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

Dated: May 25, 2001.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 660

[Docket No. 001030303–1127–02; I.D.

091800E]

RIN 0648–AO41

Fisheries off West Coast States and in

the Western Pacific; Pacific Coast

Groundfish Fishery; Amendment 13

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of

approval of an amendment to a fishery

management plan.

SUMMARY: NMFS issues this final rule to

implement Amendment 13 to the Pacific

Coast Groundfish Fishery Management

Plan (FMP). This final rule implements

Amendment 13 by establishing an

increased utilization program for

catcher/processor and mother ships in

the at-sea whiting fisheries which carry

multiple observers for at least 90

percent of the fishing days during a

cumulative trip limit period, by revising

the regulatory provisions for the routine

management measures process, and by

removing regulatory references to

limited entry permit endorsements other

than the ‘‘A’’ endorsement.

DATES: This rule is effective July 2,

2001, except for § 660.323 (a)(3)(vi)

which is effective June 1, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Copies of Amendment 13 to

the Pacific Coast Groundfish FMP and

the environmental assessment/

regulatory impact review (EA/RIR) are

available from Donald McIsaac,

Executive Director, Pacific Fishery

Management Council, 2130 SW Fifth

Avenue, Suite 224, Portland, OR 97201.

Send comments regarding the reporting

burden estimate or any other aspect of

the collection-of-information

requirements in this final rule,

including suggestions for reducing the

burden, to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB), Washington, D.C.

20503 (ATTN: NOAA Desk Officer).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Yvonne deReynier or Becky Renko at:

phone, 206–526–6140; fax, 206–526–

6736, and e-mail,

yvonne.dereynier@noaa.gov or

becky.renko@noaa.gov; or Svein

Fougner at: phone, 562–980–4000; fax,

562–980–4047; and e-mail,

svein.fougner@noaa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: