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§ 79.90 Financial management and 

administrative costs. 

(a) Grantees must comply with 

applicable requirements of the Uniform 

Administrative Requirements, Cost 

Principles, and Audit Requirements for 

Federal Awards under 2 CFR part 200. 

(b) Grantees must use a financial 

management system that provides 

adequate fiscal control and accounting 

records and meets the requirements set 

forth in 2 CFR part 200. 

(c) Payment up to the amount 

specified in the legal services grant must 

be made only for allowable, allocable, 

and reasonable costs in conducting the 

work under the legal services grant. The 

determination of allowable costs must 

be made in accordance with the 

applicable Federal Cost Principles set 

forth in 2 CFR part 200. 

(d) Costs for administration by a 

grantee must not exceed 10 percent of 

the total amount of the legal services 

grant. Administrative costs will consist 

of all costs associated with the 

management of the program, including 

administrative costs of subcontractors. 

§ 79.95 Grantee reporting requirements. 

(a) VA may require grantees to 

provide, in such form as may be 

prescribed, such reports or answers in 

writing to specific questions, surveys, or 

questionnaires as VA determines 

necessary to carry out the Grant 

Program. 

(b) At least once per year, or at the 

frequency set by VA, each grantee must 

submit to VA a report containing 

information relating to operational 

effectiveness; fiscal responsibility; legal 

services grant agreement compliance; 

and legal and regulatory compliance. 

This report must include a breakdown 

of how the grantee used the legal 

services grant funds; the number of 

participants assisted; information on 

each participant’s gender, age, race, and 

service era; a description of the legal 

services provided to each participant; 

and any other information that VA 

requests. 

(c) VA may request additional reports 

to allow VA to fully assess the provision 

legal services under this part. 

(d) Grantees must relate financial data 

to performance data and develop unit 

cost information whenever practical. 

(e) All pages of the reports must cite 

the assigned legal services grant number 

and be submitted in a timely manner as 

set forth in the grant agreement. 

(f) Grantees must provide VA with 

consent to post information from reports 

on the internet and use such 

information in other ways deemed 

appropriate by VA. Grantees must 

clearly redact information that is 

confidential based on attorney-client 

privilege, unless that privilege has been 

waived by the client. 

(The Office of Management and 

Budget has approved the information 

collection provisions in this section 

under control number 2900–TBD.) 

§ 79.100 Recordkeeping. 

Grantees must ensure that records are 

maintained for at least a 3-year period 

to document compliance with this part. 

Grantees must produce such records at 

VA’s request. 

§ 79.105 Technical assistance. 

VA will provide technical assistance, 

as necessary, to applicants and grantees 

to meet the requirements of this part. 

Such technical assistance will be 

provided either directly by VA or 

through contracts with appropriate 

public or non-profit private entities. 

§ 79.110 Withholding, suspension, 

deobligation, termination, and recovery of 

funds by VA. 

VA will enforce this part through 

such actions as may be appropriate. 

Appropriate actions include 

withholding, suspension, deobligation, 

termination, recovery of funds by VA, 

and actions in accordance with 2 CFR 

part 200. 

§ 79.115 Legal services grant closeout 

procedures. 

Legal services grants will be closed 

out in accordance with 2 CFR part 200. 

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BILLING CODE 8320–01–P 

POSTAL SERVICE 

39 CFR Part 111 

Special Handling—Fragile 

Discontinued 

AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Postal Service is 

amending the Mailing Standards of the 

United States Postal Service, Domestic 

Mail Manual (DMM®) in various 

sections to discontinue the Special 

Handling—Fragile extra service. 

DATES: Effective June 1, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen F. Key at (202) 268–7492 or Garry 

Rodriguez at (202) 268–7281. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 

20, 2022, the Postal Service published a 

notice of proposed rulemaking (87 FR 

23480–23482) to discontinue the 

Special Handling—Fragile extra service. 

The Postal Service did not receive any 

formal responses. 

The Postal Service is discontinuing 

the Special Handling—Fragile extra 

service. An investigation revealed that 

operational procedures do not support 

the preferential handling of Special 

Handling—Fragile items. 

The Postal Service continues to strive 

to build and maintain a loyal 

relationship with its customers and 

provide products and services with 

integrity. However, with the execution 

gaps that currently exist with Special 

Handling—Fragile, the Postal Service 

believes it is in the best interest to 

discontinue the Special Handling— 

Fragile extra service. 

The decision to discontinue Special 

Handling—Fragile will not affect live 

animals tendered to the Postal Service 

as provided in Publication 52— 

Hazardous, Restricted, and Perishable 

Mail. 

In addition, the Postal Service is 

revising the applicable Quick Service 

Guides (QSG), Price List (Notice 123), 

and Publication 52, to reflect this DMM 

revision. 

We will publish an appropriate 

amendment to 39 CFR part 111 to reflect 

these changes. 

List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Postal Service. 

Accordingly, 39 CFR part 111 is 

amended as follows: 

PART 111—[AMENDED] 

■ 1. The authority citation for 39 CFR 

part 111 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 13 U.S.C. 301– 

307; 18 U.S.C. 1692–1737; 39 U.S.C. 101, 

401–404, 414, 416, 3001–3018, 3201–3220, 

3401–3406, 3621, 3622, 3626, 3629, 3631– 

3633, 3641, 3681–3685, and 5001. 

■ 2. Revise the Mailing Standards of the 

United States Postal Service, Domestic 

Mail Manual (DMM) as follows: 

Mailing Standards of the United States 

Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual 

(DMM) 

* * * * * 

500 Additional Services 

503 Extra Services 

1.0 Basic Standards for All Extra 

Services 

* * * * * 

1.4 Eligibility for Extra Services 

* * * * * 

1.4.1 Eligibility—Domestic Mail 

* * * * * 


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Exhibit 1.4.1 Eligibility—Domestic 

Mail 

[Delete the ‘‘Special Handling— 

Fragile’’ extra service item in its 

entirety.] 

[Under the ‘‘Additional Combined 

Extra Services’’ column delete ‘‘Special 

Handling—Fragile’’ from the 

‘‘Insurance’’, ‘‘Certificate of Mailing’’, 

‘‘Certificate of Bulk Mailing’’, ‘‘Return 

Receipt’’, ‘‘Signature Confirmation’’, 

‘‘Signature Confirmation Restricted 

Delivery’’, and ‘‘Collect on Delivery’’ 

extra service items.] 

* * * * * 

[Delete section 10.0, Special 

Handling—Fragile, in its entirety.] 

* * * * * 

1.4.2 Eligibility—Other Domestic Mail 

* * * * * 

Exhibit 1.4.2 Eligibility—Other 

Domestic Mail 

* * * * * 

[Delete the Special Handling—Fragile 

line item in its entirety.] 

* * * * * 

507 Mailer Services 

* * * * * 

1.0 Treatment of Mail 

* * * * * 

1.3 Directory Service 

USPS letter carrier offices give 

directory service to the types of mail 

listed below that have an insufficient 

address or cannot be delivered at the 

address given (the USPS does not 

compile a directory of any kind): 

[Revise the text of item a to read as 

follows:] 

a. Mail with extra services (certified, 

COD [excluding COD Hold For Pickup 

mailpieces], registered). 

* * * * * 

1.4 Basic Treatment 

* * * * * 

1.4.5 Extra Services 

Mail with extra services is treated 

according to the charts for each class of 

mail in 1.5, except that: 

* * * * * 

[Delete item c in its entirety and 

renumber item d as item c.] 

* * * * * 

2.0 Forwarding 

* * * * * 

2.3 Postage for Forwarding 

* * * * * 

2.3.7 Extra Services 

[Revise the text of 2.3.7 to read as 

follows:] 

Certified, collect on delivery (COD) 

(excluding COD Hold For Pickup 

mailpieces), USPS Tracking, insured, 

registered, Signature Confirmation, and 

Adult Signature mail is forwarded to a 

domestic address only without 

additional extra service fees, subject to 

the applicable postage charge. 

* * * * * 

600 Basic Standards for All Mailing 

Standards 

* * * * * 

604 Postage Payment Methods and 

Refunds 

1.0 Stamps 

* * * * * 

1.3 Postage Stamps Invalid for Use 

The following are not valid to pay 

postage for U.S. domestic or U.S.- 

originated international mail: 

[Revise the text of item a to read as 

follows:] 

a. Postage due, special delivery, and 

Certified Mail stamps. 

* * * * * 

4.0 Postage Meters and PC Postage 

Products (‘‘Postage Evidencing 

Systems’’) 

* * * * * 

4.6 Mailings 

4.6.1 Mailing Date Format 

* * * The mailing date format used 

in the indicia is also subject to the 

following conditions. 

a. Complete Date. Mailers must use a 

complete date for the following: 

* * * * * 

[Revise the text of item a2 to read as 

follows:] 

2. All mailpieces with Insured Mail or 

COD service. 

* * * * * 

9.0 Exchanges and Refunds 

* * * * * 

9.2 Postage and Fee Refunds 

* * * * * 

9.2.3 Full Refund 

A full refund (100%) may be made 

when: 

* * * * * 

[Revise the text of item e to read as 

follows:] 

e. Fees are paid for Certified Mail 

services, USPS Tracking, or USPS 

Signature Services, and the article fails 

to receive the extra service for which the 

fee is paid. 

* * * * * 

700 Special Standards 

703 Nonprofit USPS Marketing Mail 

and Other Unique Eligibility 

* * * * * 

2.0 Overseas Military and Diplomatic 

Post Office Mail 

* * * * * 

2.5 Parcel Airlift (PAL) 

* * * * * 

2.5.5 Additional Services 

The following extra services may be 

combined with PAL if the applicable 

standards for the services are met and 

the additional service fees paid: 

* * * * * 

[Delete item ‘‘e’’ in its entirety.] 

* * * * * 

3.0 Department of State Mail 

* * * * * 

3.2 Conditions for Authorized Mail 

* * * * * 

3.2.6 Extra Services 

* * * * * 

[Delete item e and renumber item f as 

item e.] 

* * * * * 

9.0 Mixed Classes 

* * * * * 

9.13 Extra Services for Mixed Classes 

[Delete 9.13.1 in its entirety and 

renumber items 9.13.2 and 9.13.3 as 

9.13.1 and 9.13.2.] 

* * * * * 

705 Advanced Preparation and 

Special Postage Payment Systems 

* * * * * 

18.0 Priority Mail Express Open and 

Distribute and Priority Mail Open and 

Distribute 

* * * * * 

18.3 Additional Standards for Priority 

Mail Express Open and Distribute 

* * * * * 

18.3.2 Extra Services 

No extra services may be added to the 

Priority Mail Express segment of a 

Priority Mail Express Open and 

Distribute shipment, and the enclosed 

mail may receive only the following 

extra services: 

[Revise the text of items a and b to 

read as follows:] 


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a. First-Class Mail pieces may be sent 

with Certified Mail service or, for 

parcels only, USPS Tracking or 

Signature Confirmation service. 

b. Priority Mail pieces may be sent 

with Certified Mail service, USPS 

Tracking, or Signature Confirmation 

service. 

* * * * * 

[Revise the text of item d to read as 

follows:] 

d. Parcel Select, USPS Retail Ground 

and Package Services mail may be sent 

with, for parcels only, USPS Tracking or 

Signature Confirmation service. 

18.4 Additional Standards for Priority 

Mail Open and Distribute 

* * * * * 

18.4.2 Extra Services 

* * * The mail enclosed in the 

container may receive only the 

following services: 

[Revise the text of item a to read as 

follows:] 

a. First-Class Mail pieces may be sent 

with Certified Mail service or special 

handling or, for parcels only, USPS 

Tracking or Signature Confirmation 

service. 

* * * * * 

[Revise the text of item c to read as 

follows:] 

c. Parcel Select and Package Services 

mail may be sent with, for parcels only, 

USPS Tracking or Signature 

Confirmation service. 

* * * * * 

Index 

* * * * * 

E 

* * * * * 

extra services, 503 

[Revise the ‘‘extra services’’ entry by 

deleting the ‘‘Special Handling— 

Fragile’’ line item.] 

* * * * * 

S 

* * * * * 

[Delete the ‘‘special Handling’’ entry 

in its entirety.] 

* * * * * 

Joshua J. Hofer, 

Attorney, Ethics & Legal Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 2022–11573 Filed 5–31–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 635 

[Docket No. 220523–0119] 

RIN 0648–BL16 

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; 

Atlantic Bluefin Tuna and North 

Atlantic Albacore Quotas 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: In this final rule, NMFS 

modifies the baseline annual U.S. quota 

and subquotas for Atlantic bluefin tuna 

and the baseline annual U.S. North 

Atlantic albacore tuna (northern 

albacore) quota. This action is necessary 

to implement binding recommendations 

of the International Commission for the 

Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) 

adopted in 2021, as required by the 

Atlantic Tunas Convention Act (ATCA), 

and to achieve domestic management 

objectives under the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act). NMFS 

also adjusts the 2022 bluefin tuna 

Reserve category quota and the 2022 

baseline northern albacore quota to 

account for available underharvest from 

2021, consistent with the Atlantic tunas 

quota regulations. NMFS further 

recalculates the bluefin tuna Purse 

Seine and Reserve category quotas that 

were announced earlier this year, to 

reflect the quotas in this final rule. 

DATES: This final rule is effective on July 

1, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of this final rule and 

supporting documents are available 

from the Highly Migratory Species 

(HMS) Management Division website at 

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/topic/ 

atlantic-highly-migratory-species or by 

contacting Carrie Soltanoff at 

carrie.soltanoff@noaa.gov or 301–427– 

8503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carrie Soltanoff (carrie.soltanoff@

noaa.gov), Larry Redd, Jr. (larry.redd@

noaa.gov), or Steve Durkee 

(steve.durkee@noaa.gov) at 301–427– 

8503. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Atlantic 

tunas fisheries are managed under the 

authority of ATCA (16 U.S.C. 971 et 

seq.) and the Magnuson-Stevens Act (16 

U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). The 2006 

Consolidated Atlantic HMS Fishery 

Management Plan (2006 Consolidated 

HMS FMP) and its amendments are 

implemented by regulations at 50 CFR 

part 635. Section 635.27(a) divides the 

U.S. bluefin tuna quota recommended 

by ICCAT and as implemented by the 

United States among domestic fishing 

categories and provides the annual 

bluefin tuna quota adjustment process. 

Section 635.27(e) implements the 

ICCAT-recommended U.S. northern 

albacore quota and provides the annual 

northern albacore quota adjustment 

process. 

Background information about the 

need to modify the baseline annual U.S. 

quota and subquotas for Atlantic bluefin 

tuna and the baseline annual U.S. 

northern albacore quota was provided in 

the preamble to the proposed rule (87 

FR 12648, March 7, 2022) and most of 

that background information is not 

repeated here. The comment period for 

the proposed rule closed on April 6, 

2022. NMFS received one written 

comment and did not receive any oral 

comments at a public webinar. The 

comment received, and the response to 

that comment, is summarized below in 

the Response to Comments section. 

Consistent with the regulations 

regarding annual bluefin tuna and 

northern albacore quota adjustment, 

NMFS annually announces the addition 

of available underharvest, if any, to the 

bluefin tuna Reserve category and to the 

northern albacore quota in a Federal 

Register notice once catch (landings and 

dead discards) information is available. 

Preliminary data have become available 

to NMFS since publication of the 

proposed rule. These preliminary data 

do not necessarily represent the 

complete and quality-controlled catch 

data that will become available later in 

the year and that will be submitted to 

ICCAT for 2021. However, NMFS 

anticipates that any changes in the data 

as a result of this additional analysis 

would be minor and would not change 

the amount of allowable carryover into 

2022 for either bluefin tuna or northern 

albacore. Notice of the quota adjustment 

for 2021 underharvest is included in 

this final rule to provide the regulated 

community with information about the 

adjusted quota balances. 

NMFS has prepared an Environmental 

Assessment (EA), Regulatory Impact 

Review (RIR), and Final Regulatory 

Flexibility Analysis (FRFA), which 

analyze the anticipated environmental, 

social, and economic impacts of several 

alternatives for each of the major issues 

contained in this final rule. A summary 

of the analyses is provided below. The 

full list of alternatives and their 

analyses are provided in the final EA/ 

RIR/FRFA and are not repeated here. 


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