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environmental effects of their programs, 

policies, and activities on minority 

populations and low-income 

populations in the United States. 

EPA has determined that this rule will 

not have disproportionately high and 

adverse human health or environmental 

effects on minority or low-income 

populations because it does not affect 

the level of protection provided to 

human health or the environment. This 

rulemaking does not involve human 

health or environmental affects. 

K. Congressional Review Act 

The Congressional Review Act, 5 

U.S.C 801 et seq., as added by the Small 

Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides 

that before a rule may take effect, the 

agency promulgating the rule must 

submit a rule report, which includes a 

copy of the rule, to each House of the 

Congress and to the Comptroller General 

of the United States. Section 804 

exempts from section 801 the following 

types of rules—(1) rules of particular 

applicability; (2) rules relating to agency 

management or personnel; and (3) rules 

of agency organization, procedure, or 

practice that do not substantially affect 

the rights or obligations of non-agency 

parties. EPA is not required to submit a 

rule report regarding today’s action 

under section 801 because this is a rule 

of agency organization, procedure, or 

practice that does not substantially 

affect the rights or obligations of nonagency parties. 

List of Subjects in 48 CFR Parts 1509, 

1527, and 1552 

Government procurement. 

Dated: December 1, 2014. 

John R. Bashista, 

Director, Office of Acquisition Management. 

Therefore, 48 CFR Chapter 15 is 

amended as set forth below: 

PART 1509—CONTRACTOR 

QUALIFICATIONS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 1509 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: Sec. 205(c), 63 Stat. 390, as 

amended, 40 U.S.C. 486(c). 

■ 2. Section 1509.507–2 is amended by 

revising paragraphs (a) and (b) and in 

paragraph (c) introductory text by 

removing the term ‘‘simplified 

acquisition procedures’’ and adding in 

its place ‘‘simplified acquisitions’’. 

The revisions read as follows: 

1509.507–2 Contract clause. 

(a) The Contracting Officer shall 

include the clause at 1552.209–71, in all 

Superfund contracts in excess of the 

simplified acquisition threshold and, as 

appropriate, in simplified acquisitions 

for Superfund work. Contracts for other 

than Superfund work shall include 

Alternate I in this clause in lieu of 

paragraph (e). 

(b) The Contracting Officer shall 

include the clause at 1552.209–73, in all 

solicitations and contracts for 

Superfund work in excess of the 

simplified acquisition threshold and, as 

appropriate, in simplified acquisitions 

for Superfund work. Contracts for other 

than Superfund work shall include 

Alternate I in this clause in lieu of 

paragraph (d). 

* * * * * 

PART 1527—PATENTS, DATA, AND 

COPYRIGHTS 

■ 3. The authority citation for part 1527 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: Sec. 205(c), 63 Stat. 390, as 

amended, 40 U.S.C. 486(c). 

■ 4. Revise section 1527.409 to read as 

follows: 

1527.409 Solicitation provisions and 

contract clauses. 

The Contracting Officer shall insert 

the clause in 1552.227–76 in all 

Superfund solicitations and contracts in 

excess of the simplified acquisition 

threshold and, as appropriate, in 

simplified acquisitions for Superfund 

work. The clause may be used in other 

contracts if considered necessary by the 

Contracting Officer. Contracts for other 

than Superfund work shall include 

Alternate I in this clause in lieu of 

paragraph (d). 

PART 1552—SOLICITATION 

PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT 

CLAUSES 

■ 5. The authority citation for part 1552 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; Sec. 205(c), 63 

Stat. 390, as amended, 40 U.S.C. 486(c); and 

41 U.S.C. 418b. 

■ 6. Section 1552.209–73 is amended by 

removing the term ‘‘Project Officer’’ in 

paragraphs (b) and (c) and adding in its 

place ‘‘Contracting Officer’s 

Representative’’ and adding Alternate I. 

The addition reads as follows: 

1552.209–73 Notification of conflicts of 

interest regarding personnel. 

* * * * * 

Alternate I. Contracts for other than 

Superfund work shall include Alternate 

I in this clause in lieu of paragraph (d). 

(d) The Contractor agrees to insert in 

each subcontract or consultant 

agreement placed hereunder provisions 

which shall conform substantially to the 

language of this clause, including this 

paragraph (d), unless otherwise 

authorized by the Contracting Officer. 

■ 7. Section 1552.227–76 is amended by 

adding Alternate I to read as follows: 

1552.227–76 Project employee 

confidentiality agreement. 

* * * * * 

Alternate I. Contracts for other than 

Superfund work shall include Alternate 

I in this clause in lieu of paragraph (d). 

(d) The Contractor agrees to insert in 

each subcontract or consultant 

agreement placed hereunder provisions 

which shall conform substantially to the 

language of this clause, including this 

paragraph (d), unless otherwise 

authorized by the Contracting Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

49 CFR Part 395 

Hours of Service of Drivers 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of suspension of 

enforcement. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA suspends 

enforcement of certain sections of the 

Agency’s Hours of Service (HOS) rules 

as required by the Consolidated and 

Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 

2015, enacted December 16, 2014. 

Specifically, FMCSA suspends the 

requirements regarding the restart of a 

driver’s 60- or 70-hour limit that drivers 

were required to comply with beginning 

July 1, 2013. The restart provisions have 

no force or effect from the date of 

enactment of the Appropriations Act 

through the period of suspension, and 

such provisions are replaced with the 

previous restart provisions in effect on 

June 30, 2013. FMCSA provides this 

notification to motor carriers, 

commercial drivers, State Motor Carrier 

Safety Assistance Program grant 

recipients and other law enforcement 

personnel of these immediate 

enforcement changes. 

DATES: The suspension of enforcement 

of § 395.3(c) and (d) is effective as of 

12:01 a.m. on December 16, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Dee Williams, Chief, Compliance 

Division, Office of Enforcement and 

Compliance, Federal Motor Carrier 

Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590– 

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0001. Telephone (202) 366–1812 or 

Dee.Williams@dot.gov. Office hours are 

from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

December 27, 2011, FMCSA published a 

final rule titled ‘‘Hours of Service of 

Drivers.’’ [76 FR 81134.] The rule 

revised the HOS regulations and 

imposed certain limits on the use of the 

34-hour restart provision (49 CFR 

395.3(c)–(d)). Compliance with the 

revised restart provision began on July 

1, 2013. 

On December 16, 2014, the President 

signed the Consolidated and Further 

Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, 

which provides FY 2015 appropriations 

to the U.S. Department of 

Transportation, including FMCSA. 

Section 133(a) of Title I of Division K of 

the Act declares that 49 CFR 395.3(c) 

and (d) ‘‘shall have no force or effect 

from the date of enactment of this Act 

until the later of September 30, 2015, or 

upon submission of the final report 

issued by the Secretary [of 

Transportation] under this section. The 

restart provisions in effect on June 30, 

2013, shall be in effect during this 

period.’’ Section 133(a) also prohibits 

FMCSA from using any of the funds 

appropriated or otherwise made 

available by the Act to enforce § 395.3(c) 

and (d). 

Section 395.3(c) allows drivers to 

restart the calculation of their 60- or 70- 

hour limit by taking an off-duty period 

of at least 34 consecutive hours, 

including two periods from 1:00 a.m. to 

5:00 a.m. Under § 395.3(d), only one 

restart authorized by § 395.3(c) is 

allowed per week (168 hours), measured 

from the beginning of the previous 

restart period. 

The restart provisions in effect on 

June 30, 2013, on the other hand, 

allowed drivers to restart their 60- or 70- 

hour calculation by taking at least 34 

consecutive hours off duty, without any 

additional limitations. Drivers are 

therefore authorized, as of 12:01 a.m. on 

December 16, 2014, to resume use of the 

previous, unlimited restart provision. 

While the suspension of enforcement 

provision does not preempt State law, in 

order to maintain enforcement activities 

and regulations compatible with the 

Federal law and regulation, the funding 

restrictions prohibit all agencies that 

receive Federal grant funds under the 

Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program 

(MCSAP) from using MCSAP funding to 

engage in any enforcement activities 

based on the two restart restrictions that 

went into effect on July 1, 2013. 

Because Section 133 temporarily 

suspends, but does not rescind, 

§ 395.3(c) and (d), no changes are being 

made to the text of those provisions. 

The Act requires the Agency to perform 

‘‘a naturalistic study of the operational, 

safety, health and fatigue impacts’’ of 

those restart provisions. The suspension 

of the restart rules that took effect on 

July 1, 2013, and the availability to 

drivers of the restart rules in effect on 

June 30, 2013, will continue until the 

end of Fiscal Year 2015 (September 30) 

or until the final report on the 

naturalistic study has been submitted to 

the House and Senate Committees on 

Appropriations, whichever is later. 

FMCSA will provide public notice of 

the date when the temporary suspension 

ends and § 395.3(c) and (d) regain their 

legal force and effect. 

Issued on: December 17, 2014. 

T.F. Scott Darling, III, 

Acting Administrator. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 660 

[Docket No. 140107014–4014–01] 

RIN 0648–XD547 

Fisheries Off West Coast States; 

Modifications of the West Coast 

Commercial and Recreational Salmon 

Fisheries; Inseason Actions #24 

through #44 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Modification of fishing seasons; 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces 21 inseason 

actions in the ocean salmon fisheries. 

These inseason actions modified the 

commercial and recreational salmon 

fisheries in the area from the U.S./ 

Canada border to U.S./Mexico border. 

DATES: The effective dates for the 

inseason actions are set out in this 

document under the heading Inseason 

Actions. Comments will be accepted 

through January 6, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by NOAA–NMFS–2014–0005, 

by any one of the following methods: 

• Electronic Submissions: Submit all 

electronic public comments via the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to www.

regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=

NOAA-NMFS-2014-0005, click the 

‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon, complete the 

required fields, and enter or attach your 

comments. 

• Mail: William W. Stelle, Jr., 

Regional Administrator, West Coast 

Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way 

NE., Seattle, WA, 98115–6349. 

• Fax: 206–526–6736, Attn: Peggy 

Mundy. 

Instructions: Comments sent by any 

other method, to any other address or 

individual, or received after the end of 

the comment period, may not be 

considered by NMFS. All comments 

received are a part of the public record 

and will generally be posted for public 

viewing on www.regulations.gov 

without change. All personal identifying 

information (e.g., name, address, etc.), 

confidential business information, or 

otherwise sensitive information 

submitted voluntarily by the sender will 

be publicly accessible. NMFS will 

accept anonymous comments (enter ‘‘N/ 

A’’ in the required fields if you wish to 

remain anonymous). Attachments to 

electronic comments will be accepted in 

Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF 

file formats only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peggy Mundy at 206–526–4323. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

In the 2014 annual management 

measures for ocean salmon fisheries (79 

FR 24580, May 1, 2014), NMFS 

announced the commercial and 

recreational fisheries in the area from 

the U.S./Canada border to the U.S./ 

Mexico border, beginning May 1, 2014, 

and 2015 salmon seasons opening 

earlier than May 1, 2015. NMFS is 

authorized to implement inseason 

management actions to modify fishing 

seasons and quotas as necessary to 

provide fishing opportunity while 

meeting management objectives for the 

affected species (50 CFR 660.409). 

Inseason actions in the salmon fishery 

may be taken directly by NMFS (50 CFR 

660.409(a)—Fixed inseason 

management provisions) or upon 

consultation with the Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Council) and the 

appropriate State Directors (50 CFR 

660.409(b)—Flexible inseason 

management provisions). The state 

management agencies that participate in 

these consultations are: California 

Department of Fish and Wildlife 

(CDFW), Oregon Department of Fish and 

Wildlife (ODFW), and Washington 

Department of Fish and Wildlife 

(WDFW). 

Management of the salmon fisheries is 

generally divided into two geographic 

areas: north of Cape Falcon (U.S./ 

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