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Removal of Procedures for Delegation of Administration of Grants and Cooperative Agreements, 68376-68377 [2013-27232] :: National Aeronautics And Space Administration :: Agencies And Commissions :: Regulation Tracker :: Justia
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Removal of Procedures for Delegation of Administration of Grants and Cooperative Agreements, 68376-68377 [2013-27232]
Download as PDF 68376 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 220 / Thursday, November 14, 2013 / Proposed Rules Recipients, Closeout procedures, Recipient reporting. Ronald Poussard, Acting Assistant Administrator for Procurement. Accordingly, 14 CFR parts 1260, 1273, and 1274 are proposed to be amended as follows: PART 1260—GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS 1. The authority citation for 14 CFR part 1260 is revised to read as follows: ■ Authority: 51 U.S.C. 20113(e), Pub. L. 97– 258, 96 Stat. 1003 (31 U.S.C. 6301, et seq.), and 2 CFR Part 215 (formerly OMB Circular No. A–110). § 1260.77 [Removed and Reserved] 2. Section 1260.77 is removed and reserved. ■ PART 1273—UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS 3. The authority citation for 14 CFR part 1273 is revised to read as follows: ■ Authority: 51 U.S.C. 20113(e), Pub. L. 97– 258, 96 Stat. 1003 (31 U.S.C. 6301, et seq.), and OMB Circular A–102. §§ 1273.50 and 1273.51 Reserved] [Removed and 4. Sections 1273.50 and 1273.51 are removed and reserved. ■ PART 1274—COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH COMMERCIAL FIRMS 5. The authority citation for 14 CFR part 1274 is revised to read as follows: ■ Authority: 51 U.S.C. 20113(e), Pub. L. 97– 258, 96 Stat. 1003 (31 U.S.C. 6301, et seq.). §§ 1274.803 and 1274.804 Reserved] [Removed and 6. Sections 1274.803 and 1274.804 are removed and reserved. ■ [FR Doc. 2013–27234 Filed 11–13–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7510–01–P NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION TKELleY on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS 14 CFR Parts 1260 and 1274 RIN 2700–AE11 Removal of Procedures for Delegation of Administration of Grants and Cooperative Agreements National Aeronautics and Space Administration. ACTION: Proposed rule. AGENCY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:21 Nov 13, 2013 Jkt 232001 NASA is proposing to remove from its regulation agency procedures for the delegation of administration of grants and cooperative agreements. Simultaneous with the removal of the delegation of administration procedures from the regulation, NASA will issue non-regulatory delegation of administration procedures. DATES: Interested parties should submit comments to NASA at the address identified below on or before January 13, 2014 to be considered in formulation of the final rule. ADDRESSES: Interested parties may submit comments, identified by RIN 2700- AE11, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Comments may also be submitted to Leigh Pomponio (Mail Stop 2P77), NASA Headquarters, Office of Procurement, Contract Management Division, Washington, DC 20546. Comments may also be submitted by email to: leigh.pomponio@nasa.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leigh Pomponio, NASA Headquarters, Office of Procurement, Contract Management Division (Room 2P77); Telephone: (202) 358–0592; email: leigh.pomponio@nasa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SUMMARY: I. Background Several decades ago, the Agency published the NASA Grant and Cooperative Handbook, codifying all agency policy, practices and procedures related to grants and cooperative agreements at 14 CFR parts 1260, 1273, and 1274. NASA was not required to publish them, but did so as a matter of agency practices. In retrospect, NASA’s Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook contains internal Agency operating procedures that do not have a significant impact on the general public or grant and cooperative agreement recipients and, therefore, are also not regulatory in nature. Because internal operating procedures are not regulatory and should not be in the regulation, NASA is beginning an effort to remove agency internal policy, practices, and procedures from the regulation that do not have an impact on the public. As each non-regulatory part is considered for removal from the regulation, NASA will publish it in the Federal Register for comment. The public’s comments will be considered in the final rule. This rule covers NASA’s delegation of administration procedures. These procedures provide internal guidance to NASA grant officers and project officers and will be one in a series of internal PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 operating procedures which NASA is deregulating. Consistent with regulatory guidance, including Executive Orders 12866 and 13563, agencies should only issue regulations that are required by law, are necessary to interpret the law, or are made necessary by compelling public need. NASA’s internal operating procedures do not meet the standard for regulatory implementation. In accordance with Executive Order 13563, efforts to improve regulations and regulatory review, retrospective analysis of existing rules, agencies also are encouraged to perform retrospective analysis, reviewing existing regulation for outmoded, ineffective, insufficient, or excessively burdensome requirements, and to modify, streamline, expand, or repeal such regulation, as appropriate. Therefore, the Agency is hereby deleting, from the regulation, at 14 CFR parts 1260, 1273, and 1274, internal delegation of administration procedures that impose no burden and have no significant impact on grant and cooperative agreement recipients. The policy, practices and procedures by which NASA employees delegate the administration of grants and cooperative agreements are not subject to the formal rulemaking process, and public comment is not required. Nonetheless, to promote transparency of process, simultaneous with the removal from the regulation, NASA will issue nonregulatory grant and cooperative agreement delegation of authority procedures which will be publically posted on NASA’s Web site at https:// prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/pub_library/ grcover.htm. II. 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. E:\FR\FM\14NOP1.SGM 14NOP1 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 220 / Thursday, November 14, 2013 / Proposed Rules § 1274.301 III. Regulatory Flexibility Act NASA certifies that this proposed rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities within the meaning of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601, et seq., because the proposed rule does not impose any additional requirements on small entities and, more importantly, the proposed rule serves to deregulate internal agency operating procedures which will eliminate unnecessary regulation. IV. Paperwork Reduction Act The Paper Reduction Act (Pub. L. 104–13) is not applicable because the removal of the delegation of administration procedures does not require the submission of any information by recipients that requires the approval of the Office of Management and Budget under 44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq. List of Subjects in 14 CFR Parts 1260 and 1274 Colleges and universities, Business and industry, Grant programs, Grants administration, Cooperative agreements, State and local governments, Non-profit organizations, Commercial firms, Recipients, Delegation of administration, Property administration, Plant clearance, Indirect cost rates, Cognizant agency, Recipient reporting. Ronald Poussard, Acting Assistant Administrator for Procurement. Accordingly, 14 CFR parts 1260 and 1274 are proposed to be amended as follows: PART 1260—GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS 1. The authority citation for 14 CFR part 1260 continues to read as follows: ■ Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2473(c)(1), Pub. L. 97– 258, 96 Stat. 1003 (31 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), and OMB Circular No. A–110. § 1260.70 [Removed and Reserved] 2. Section 1260.70 is removed and reserved. TKELleY on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS ■ PART 1274—COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH COMMERCIAL FIRMS 3. The authority citation for 14 CFR part 1274 continues to read as follows: ■ Authority: 31 U.S.C. 6301 to 6308; 42 U.S.C. 2451 et seq. VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:21 Nov 13, 2013 Jkt 232001 [Removed and Reserved] 4. Section 1274.301 is removed and reserved. ■ [FR Doc. 2013–27232 Filed 11–13–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7510–01–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 40 CFR Part 52 [EPA–R05–OAR–2010–0997; FRL–9901– 37–Region 5] Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Ohio; Ohio NOX SIP Call Rule Revisions Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Proposed rule. AGENCY: On November 15, 2010, Ohio EPA submitted to EPA revisions to Ohio OAC 3745–14. EPA is proposing to approve these revisions under the Clean Air Act, which allows for Ohio’s Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) NOX Ozone Season Trading Program rules to supersede Ohio’s nitrogen oxides (NOX) State Implementation Plan (SIP) Call Budget Trading Program rules, but leave other requirements of the NOX SIP Call in place for units not covered by CAIR. DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 16, 2013. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R05– OAR–2010–0997, by one of the following methods: 1. www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. 2. Email: aburano.douglas@epa.gov. 3. Fax: (312) 408–2279. 4. Mail: Douglas Aburano, Chief, Attainment Planning and Maintenance Section, Air Programs Branch (AR–18J), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. 5. Hand Delivery: Douglas Aburano, Chief, Attainment Planning and Maintenance Section, Air Programs Branch (AR–18J), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. Such deliveries are only accepted during the Regional Office normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. The Regional Office official hours of business are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding Federal holidays. Please see the direct final rule which is located in the Rules section of this Federal Register for detailed SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 68377 instructions on how to submit comments. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sarah Arra, Environmental Scientist, Attainment Planning and Maintenance Section, Air Programs Branch (AR–18J), Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 886–9401, Arra.Sarah@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Final Rules section of this Federal Register, EPA is approving the State’s SIP submittal as a direct final rule without prior proposal because the Agency views this as a noncontroversial submittal and anticipates no adverse comments. A detailed rationale for the approval is set forth in the direct final rule. If no adverse comments are received in response to this rule, no further activity is contemplated. If EPA receives adverse comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public comments received will be addressed in a subsequent final rule based on this proposed rule. EPA will not institute a second comment period. Any parties interested in commenting on this action should do so at this time. Please note that if EPA receives adverse comment on an amendment, paragraph, or section of this rule and if that provision may be severed from the remainder of the rule, EPA may adopt as final those provisions of the rule that are not the subject of an adverse comment. For additional information, see the direct final rule which is located in the Rules section of this Federal Register. Dated: September 16, 2013. Susan Hedman, Regional Administrator, Region 5. [FR Doc. 2013–27144 Filed 11–13–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 40 CFR Part 52 [EPA–R03–OAR–2013–0407; FRL–9902–54– Region 3] Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Virginia; Removal of the Regulation for the National Low Emission Vehicle Program Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Proposed rule. AGENCY: EPA proposes to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\14NOP1.SGM 14NOP1
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[FR Doc No: 2013-27232]
Removal of Procedures for Delegation of Administration of Grants
SUMMARY: NASA is proposing to remove from its regulation agency
procedures for the delegation of administration of grants and
cooperative agreements. Simultaneous with the removal of the delegation
of administration procedures from the regulation, NASA will issue non-
regulatory delegation of administration procedures.
DATES: Interested parties should submit comments to NASA at the address
identified below on or before January 13, 2014 to be considered in
ADDRESSES: Interested parties may submit comments, identified by RIN
2700- AE11, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Comments may also be submitted to Leigh Pomponio (Mail Stop 2P77), NASA
Headquarters, Office of Procurement, Contract Management Division,
Washington, DC 20546. Comments may also be submitted by email to:
leigh.pomponio@nasa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leigh Pomponio, NASA Headquarters,
Office of Procurement, Contract Management Division (Room 2P77);
Telephone: (202) 358-0592; email: leigh.pomponio@nasa.gov.
Several decades ago, the Agency published the NASA Grant and
Cooperative Handbook, codifying all agency policy, practices and
procedures related to grants and cooperative agreements at 14 CFR parts
1260, 1273, and 1274. NASA was not required to publish them, but did so
as a matter of agency practices. In retrospect, NASA's Grant and
Cooperative Agreement Handbook contains internal Agency operating
procedures that do not have a significant impact on the general public
or grant and cooperative agreement recipients and, therefore, are also
not regulatory in nature. Because internal operating procedures are not
regulatory and should not be in the regulation, NASA is beginning an
effort to remove agency internal policy, practices, and procedures from
the regulation that do not have an impact on the public. As each non-
regulatory part is considered for removal from the regulation, NASA
will publish it in the Federal Register for comment. The public's
comments will be considered in the final rule.
This rule covers NASA's delegation of administration procedures.
These procedures provide internal guidance to NASA grant officers and
project officers and will be one in a series of internal operating
procedures which NASA is deregulating.
Consistent with regulatory guidance, including Executive Orders
12866 and 13563, agencies should only issue regulations that are
required by law, are necessary to interpret the law, or are made
necessary by compelling public need. NASA's internal operating
procedures do not meet the standard for regulatory implementation. In
accordance with Executive Order 13563, efforts to improve regulations
and regulatory review, retrospective analysis of existing rules,
agencies also are encouraged to perform retrospective analysis,
reviewing existing regulation for outmoded, ineffective, insufficient,
or excessively burdensome requirements, and to modify, streamline,
expand, or repeal such regulation, as appropriate. Therefore, the
Agency is hereby deleting, from the regulation, at 14 CFR parts 1260,
1273, and 1274, internal delegation of administration procedures that
impose no burden and have no significant impact on grant and
cooperative agreement recipients. The policy, practices and procedures
by which NASA employees delegate the administration of grants and
cooperative agreements are not subject to the formal rulemaking
process, and public comment is not required. Nonetheless, to promote
transparency of process, simultaneous with the removal from the
regulation, NASA will issue non-regulatory grant and cooperative
agreement delegation of authority procedures which will be publically
posted on NASA's Web site at https://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/pub_library/grcover.htm.
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NASA certifies that this proposed rule will not have a significant
because the proposed rule does not impose any additional requirements
on small entities and, more importantly, the proposed rule serves to
deregulate internal agency operating procedures which will eliminate
unnecessary regulation.
The Paper Reduction Act (Pub. L. 104-13) is not applicable because
the removal of the delegation of administration procedures does not
require the submission of any information by recipients that requires
Colleges and universities, Business and industry, Grant programs,
Grants administration, Cooperative agreements, State and local
governments, Non-profit organizations, Commercial firms, Recipients,
Delegation of administration, Property administration, Plant clearance,
Indirect cost rates, Cognizant agency, Recipient reporting.
Accordingly, 14 CFR parts 1260 and 1274 are proposed to be amended
(31 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), and OMB Circular No. A-110.
Sec.  1260.70  [Removed and Reserved]
Sec.  1274.301  [Removed and Reserved]