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The final rule, published in the 

Federal Register on June 27, 2007 (72 

FR 35187) clearly limited the scope of 

the rule to CONUS relocations. Research 

since that date, in response to an 

inquiry from the Department of Defense 

(DoD), has shown that this was a 

mistake. Therefore, this new final rule 

removes any reference to CONUS from 

section 302–4.300 of the FTR and allows 

for this rate to be applied worldwide. 

The FTR also will authorize actual 

expense for these expenses. 

B. Summary of the Issues Involved 

This final rule corrects an inadvertent 

error, and allows for the reimbursement 

of OCONUS relocation mileage at either 

the mileage rate specified in FTR 

section 302–4.300 or actual expense 

under new section 302–4.304. In 

addition, FTR section 302–4.302 

currently allows an agency to authorize 

a higher mileage reimbursement rate for 

OCONUS relocations utilizing a POV 

under certain circumstances. Thus, 

agencies will have three choices for 

reimbursing an OCONUS relocation 

mileage reimbursement rate for POV 

usage. Each agency through its internal 

policy, must decide what form its 

relocation mileage reimbursement rate 

will take. But, before any agencies can 

have a legitimately based OCONUS rate, 

GSA must change the wording of the 

June 27, 2007 final rule to allow 

agencies to use the IRS rate worldwide. 

C. Changes to Current FTR 

This final rule revises section 302–

4.300 of the FTR to reflect the Internal 

Revenue Service Standard Mileage Rate 

for relocation by POV and adds section 

302–4.304 allowing for actual expense. 

D. Executive Order 12866 

This regulation is excepted from the 

definition of ‘‘regulation’’ or ‘‘rule’’

under Section 3(d)(3) of Executive Order 

12866, Regulatory Planning and Review, 

dated September 30, 1993 and, 

therefore, was not subject to review 

under Section 6(b) of that executive 

order. 

E. Regulatory Flexibility Act 

This final rule is not required to be 

published in the Federal Register for 

notice and comment; therefore, the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601, 

et seq., does not apply. 

F. Paperwork Reduction Act 

The Paperwork Reduction Act does 

not apply because the changes to the 

FTR do not impose recordkeeping or 

information collection requirements, or 

the collection of information from 

offerors, contractors, or members of the 

public that require the approval of the 

Office of Management and Budget under 

44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq. 

E. Small Business Regulatory 

Enforcement Fairness Act 

This final rule is also exempt from 

congressional review prescribed under 5 

U.S.C. 801 since it relates solely to 

agency management and personnel. 

List of Subjects in 41 CFR Part 302–4 

Government employees, Relocation, 

Travel and transportation expenses. 

Dated: September 27, 2007. 

Lurita Doan, 

Administrator of General Services. 

■ For the reasons set out in this 

preamble, 41 CFR part 302–4 is 

amended as set forth below: 

PART 302–4—ALLOWANCES FOR 

SUBSISTENCE AND 

TRANSPORTATION 

■ 1. The authority citation for 41 CFR 

part 302–4 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5738; 20 U.S.C. 905(a); 

E.O. 11609, 36 FR 13747, 3 CFR, 1971–1973 

Comp., p. 586. 

■ 2. Revise § 302–4.300 to read as 

follows: 

§ 302–4.300 What is the POV mileage rate 

for PCS travel? 

For approved/authorized PCS travel 

by POV, the mileage reimbursement rate 

is the same as the moving expense 

mileage rate established by the Internal 

Revenue Service (IRS) for moving 

expense deductions. See IRS guidance 

available on the Internet at www.irs.gov. 

GSA publishes the rate for mileage 

reimbursement in an FTR Bulletin on an 

intermittent basis. You may find the 

FTR Bulletins at www.gsa.gov/relo. 

■ 3. Add § 302–4.304 to read as follows: 

§ 302–4.304 For relocation outside the 

continental United States (OCONUS), may 

my agency allow actual expense 

reimbursement instead of the POV mileage 

rate for PCS travel? 

Yes, for an OCONUS relocation 

involving POV usage, your agency may 

allow reimbursement of certain actual 

expenses of using the POV (i.e., fuel 

plus the additional expenses listed in 

§ 301–10.304). 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 648 

[Docket No. 061109296–7009–02] 

RIN 0648–XE18 

Fisheries of the Northeastern United 

States; Atlantic Bluefish Fishery; 

Quota Transfer 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; inseason quota 

transfer. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the 

State of Maine and the State of 

Maryland are transferring commercial 

bluefish quota to the State of Rhode 

Island from their 2007 quotas. By this 

action, NMFS adjusts the quotas and 

announces the revised commercial 

quota for each state involved. 

DATES: Effective December 6, 2007, 

through December 31, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Emily Bryant, Fishery Management 

Specialist, (978) 281–9244, fax (978) 

281–9135. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Regulations governing the Atlantic 

bluefish fishery are found at 50 CFR part 

648. The regulations require annual 

specification of a commercial quota that 

is apportioned among the coastal states 

from Florida through Maine. The 

process to set the annual commercial 

quota and the percent allocated to each 

state is described in § 648.160. 

Two or more states, under mutual 

agreement and with the concurrence of 

the Administrator, Northeast Region, 

NMFS (Regional Administrator), can 

transfer or combine bluefish commercial 

quota under § 648.160(f). The Regional 

Administrator is required to consider 

the criteria set forth in § 648.160(f)(1) in 

the evaluation of requests for quota 

transfers or combinations. 

Maine and Maryland have agreed to 

transfer 25,000 lb (11,340 kg) and 50,000 

lb (22,680 kg), respectively, of their 

2007 commercial quotas to Rhode 

Island. The Regional Administrator has 

determined that the criteria set forth in 

§ 648.160(f)(1) have been met. The 

revised bluefish quotas for calendar year 

2007 are: Rhode Island, 738,790 lb 

(335,110 kg); Maine, 32,323 lb (14,661 

kg); and Maryland, 207,403 lb (94,076 

kg). 


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Classification 

This action is taken under 50 CFR 

part 648 and is exempt from review 

under Executive Order 12866. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Dated: December 5, 2007. 

Emily H. Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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