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Maritime Commission, 800 North 

Capitol Street NW., Washington, DC 

20573–0001, Tel.: (202) 523–5725, 

Email: secretary@fmc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

December 9, 2015, a Final Rule took 

effect significantly amending the 

Federal Maritime Commission’s 

regulations governing Ocean 

Transportation Intermediaries (OTIs). 

The Final Rule was published in the 

Federal Register on November 5, 2015, 

80 FR 68721. A section of the 

regulations in place prior to the Final 

Rule, 46 CFR 515.17, (‘‘Application after 

revocation or denial’’), was 

inadvertently deleted when the Final 

Rule was published. This correction reinserts the section content at 46 CFR 

515.18, and moves another section’s 

content to section 515.17 so that the 

regulations are in the proper order. 

This correction also fixes three minor 

typographical errors that were created in 

the course of production of the Code of 

Federal Regulations in 46 CFR 515.42 

and Appendix D to part 515. 

List of Subjects in 46 CFR Part 515 

Freight, Freight forwarders, Maritime 

carriers, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

For the reasons stated in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, the 

Federal Maritime Commission corrects 

46 CFR part 515 as follows: 

PART 515—LICENSING, FINANCIAL 

RESPONSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS, 

AND GENERAL DUTIES FOR OCEAN 

TRANSPORTATION INTERMEDIARIES 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 515 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 553; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 

46 U.S.C. 305, 40102, 40104, 40501–40503, 

40901–40904, 41101–41109, 41301–41302, 

41305–41307; Pub. L. 105–383, 112 Stat. 

3411; 21 U.S.C. 862. 

Subpart B—Eligibility and Procedure 

for Licensing and Registration 

§ 515.18 [Redesignated as § 515.17] 

■ 2. Redesignate § 515.18 as § 515.17. 

■ 3. Add new § 515.18 to read as 

follows: 

§ 515.18 Application after revocation or 

denial. 

Whenever a license has been revoked 

or an application has been denied 

because the Commission has found the 

licensee or applicant to be not qualified 

to render ocean transportation 

intermediary services, any further 

application within 3 years of the 

Commission’s notice of revocation or 

denial, made by such former licensee or 

applicant or by another applicant 

employing the same qualifying 

individual or controlled by persons 

whose conduct the Commission based 

its determination for revocation or 

denial, shall be reviewed directly by the 

Commission. 

Subpart E—Freight Forwarding Fees 

and Compensation 

■ 4. In § 515.42: 

■ a. Revise the section heading. 

■ b. In paragraph (c), in the last 

sentence, remove the numeral ‘‘2’’ and 

add in its place ‘‘l’’. 

The revision reads as follows: 

§ 515.42 Forwarder and carrier 

compensation; fees. 

* * * * * 

Appendix D to Part 515 [Amended] 

■ 5. In Appendix D remove ‘‘the l, day 

of l’’ and add in its place ‘‘the l, day 

ofl,l’’ every place it occurs. 

Karen V. Gregory, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6731–AA–P 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

48 CFR Parts 536 and 552 

[Change 68; GSAR Case 2015–G508; Docket 

No. 2005–0013; Sequence No. 1] 

RIN 3090–AI81 

General Services Administration 

Acquisition Regulation (GSAR); 

Removal of Unnecessary Construction 

Clauses and Editorial Changes 

AGENCY: Office of Acquisition Policy, 

General Services Administration (GSA) 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This final rule amends the 

General Services Administration 

Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) coverage 

on Construction and Architect-Engineer 

Contracts, including provisions and 

clauses for solicitations and resultant 

contracts, to remove unnecessary 

regulations. 

DATES: Effective: January 27, 2016. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

clarification of content, contact Ms. 

Christina Mullins, General Services 

Acquisition Policy Division, GSA, by 

phone at 202–969–4066 or by email at 

Christina.Mullins@gsa.gov. For 

information pertaining to status or 

publication schedules, contact the 

Regulatory Secretariat at 202–501–4755. 

Please cite GSAR case 2015–G508. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The General Services Administration 

(GSA) published a proposed rule in the 

Federal Register at 80 FR 45498 on July 

30, 2015 to revise sections of GSAR Part 

536, Construction and ArchitectEngineer Contracts, and Part 552, 

Solicitation Provisions and Contract 

Clauses, to remove unnecessary 

construction clauses. No comments 

were received on the proposed rule. 

II. Discussion of Analysis 

No changes were made to the rule as 

there were no comments received. 

III. Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 

Executive Orders (E.O.s) 12866 and 

13563 direct agencies to assess all costs 

and benefits of available regulatory 

alternatives and, if regulation is 

necessary, to select regulatory 

approaches that maximize net benefits 

(including potential economic, 

environmental, public health and safety 

effects, distributive impacts, and 

equity). E.O. 13563 emphasizes the 

importance of quantifying both costs 

and benefits, of reducing costs, of 

harmonizing rules, and of promoting 

flexibility. This is not a significant 

regulatory action and, therefore, was not 

subject to review under Section 6(b) of 

E.O. 12866, Regulatory Planning and 

Review, dated September 30, 1993. This 

rule is not a major rule under 5 U.S.C. 

804. 

IV. Regulatory Flexibility Act 

GSA does not expect this final rule to 

have a significant economic impact on 

a substantial number of small entities 

within the meaning of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act, at 5 U.S.C. 601, et.seq., 

because the rule only deletes 

unnecessary sections and clauses and 

does not contain substantive changes. 

However, a Final Regulatory Flexibility 

Analysis (FRFA) has been prepared. 

There were no comments submitted in 

response to the initial regulatory flexibility 

analysis provided in the proposed rule. The 

final rule changes will not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial number of 

small entities. The rule changes do not place 

any new requirements on small entities. The 

section, provision and clause associated with 

project labor agreement is no longer a 

requirement based on Executive Order 13202 

and because Executive Order 13502 was 

incorporated into FAR Subpart 22.5. The 

provisions and associated clauses for 

specialist, working hours, use of premises, 

measurements, samples, heat, and 

government use of equipment are considered 

technical requirements that are contained in 

the scope of work or specifications. 


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Interested parties may obtain a copy 

of the FRFA from the Regulatory 

Secretariat. The Regulatory Secretariat 

has submitted a copy of the FRFA to the 

Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small 

Business Administration. 

V. Paperwork Reduction Act 

This final rule does not contain any 

information collection requirements that 

require the approval of the Office of 

Management and Budget under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35). 

List of Subjects in 48 CFR Parts 536 and 

552 

Government procurement. 

Dated: January 15, 2016. 

Jeffrey A. Koses, 

Senior Procurement Executive, Office of 

Acquisition Policy, Office of Governmentwide Policy. 

Therefore, GSA amends 48 CFR parts 

536 and 552 as set forth below: 

PART 536—CONSTRUCTION AND 

ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS 

■ 1. The authority citation for 48 CFR 

part 536 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c). 

■ 2. Revise section 536.101 to read as 

follows: 

536.101 Applicability. 

This part supplements FAR Part 36 

policies and procedures applicable to 

contracting for construction and 

architect-engineer services. Contracts for 

construction management services are 

covered by FAR Part 37 and GSAM Part 

537. Part 536 shall take precedence 

when the acquisition involves (1) 

construction or architect-engineer 

services, and (2) when the requirement 

is inconsistent with another part of the 

GSAR. 

536.271 [Removed] 

■ 3. Remove section 536.271. 

536.570–3 [Removed and Reserved] 

■ 4. Remove and reserve section 

536.570–3. 

536.570–5 through 536.570–7 [Removed 

and Reserved] 

■ 5. Remove and reserve sections 

536.570–5 through 536.570–7. 

536.570–10 and 536.570–11 [Removed and 

Reserved] 

■ 6. Remove and reserve sections 

536.570–10 and 536.570–11. 

536.570–14 [Removed] 

■ 7. Remove section 536.570–14. 

PART 552—SOLICITATION 

PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT 

CLAUSES 

■ 8. The authority citation for 48 CFR 

part 552 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c). 

552.236–72 [Removed and Reserved] 

■ 9. Remove and reserve section 

552.236–72. 

552.236–74 through 552.236–76 [Removed 

and Reserved] 

■ 10. Remove and reserve sections 

552.236–74 through 552.236–76. 

552.236–79 and 552.236–80 [Removed and 

Reserved] 

■ 11. Removed and reserve sections 

552.236–79 and 552.236–80. 

552.236–83 [Removed] 

■ 12. Remove section 552.236–83. 

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BILLING CODE 6820–61–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 679 

[Docket No. 140918791–4999–02] 

RIN 0648–XE410 

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic 

Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in Statistical 

Area 630 in the Gulf of Alaska 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; closure. 

SUMMARY: NMFS is prohibiting directed 

fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 

630 in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This 

action is necessary to prevent exceeding 

the A season allowance of the 2016 total 

allowable catch of pollock for Statistical 

Area 630 in the GOA. 

DATES: Effective 1,200 hrs., Alaska local 

time (A.l.t.), January 27, 2016, through 

1,200 hrs., A.l.t., March 10, 2016. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Josh 

Keaton, 907–586–7228. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS 

manages the groundfish fishery in the 

GOA exclusive economic zone 

according to the Fishery Management 

Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of 

Alaska (FMP) prepared by the North 

Pacific Fishery Management Council 

under authority of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act. Regulations governing 

fishing by U.S. vessels in accordance 

with the FMP appear at subpart H of 50 

CFR part 600 and 50 CFR part 679. 

The A season allowance of the 2016 

total allowable catch (TAC) of pollock in 

Statistical Area 630 of the GOA is 

12,456 metric tons (mt) as established 

by the final 2015 and 2016 harvest 

specifications for groundfish of the GOA 

(80 FR 10250, February 25, 2015) and 

inseason adjustment (81 FR 188, January 

5, 2016). 

In accordance with § 679.20(d)(1)(i), 

the Regional Administrator has 

determined that the A season allowance 

of the 2016 TAC of pollock in Statistical 

Area 630 of the GOA will soon be 

reached. Therefore, the Regional 

Administrator is establishing a directed 

fishing allowance of 11,856 mt and is 

setting aside the remaining 600 mt as 

bycatch to support other anticipated 

groundfish fisheries. In accordance with 

§ 679.20(d)(1)(iii), the Regional 

Administrator finds that this directed 

fishing allowance has been reached. 

Consequently, NMFS is prohibiting 

directed fishing for pollock in Statistical 

Area 630 of the GOA. 

After the effective date of this closure 

the maximum retainable amounts at 

§ 679.20(e) and (f) apply at any time 

during a trip. 

Classification 

This action responds to the best 

available information recently obtained 

from the fishery. The Assistant 

Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA 

(AA), finds good cause to waive the 

requirement to provide prior notice and 

opportunity for public comment 

pursuant to the authority set forth at 5 

U.S.C. 553(b)(B) as such requirement is 

impracticable and contrary to the public 

interest. This requirement is 

impracticable and contrary to the public 

interest as it would prevent NMFS from 

responding to the most recent fisheries 

data in a timely fashion and would 

delay the closure of directed fishing for 

pollock in Statistical Area 630 of the 

GOA. NMFS was unable to publish a 

document providing time for public 

comment because the most recent, 

relevant data only became available as 

of January 20, 2016. 


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