[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 145 (Thursday, July 28, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 49591-49592]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-17509]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 33
[EPA-HQ-OA-2006-0278; FRL-9946-26-OA]
RIN 2090-AA40
Participation by Disadvantaged Business Enterprises in
Procurements Under EPA Financial Assistance Agreements
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to amend
the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program. These proposed
amendments will improve the practical utility of the program, minimize
burden, and clarify requirements that have been the subject of
questions from recipients of EPA financial assistance and from
disadvantaged business enterprises. These revisions are in accordance
with the requirements of the Federal laws that govern the EPA DBE
program.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 29, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OA-
2006-0278, at http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot
be edited or removed from Regulations.gov. The EPA may publish any
comment received to its public docket. Do not submit electronically any
information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI)
or other information whose disclosure is
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restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must
be accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is considered
the official comment and should include discussion of all points you
wish to make. The EPA will generally not consider comments or comment
contents located outside of the primary submission (i.e. on the web,
cloud, or other file sharing system). For additional submission
methods, the full EPA public comment policy, information about CBI or
multimedia submissions, and general guidance on making effective
comments, please visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Teree Henderson, Office of the
Administrator, Office of Small Business Programs (mail code: 1230A),
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-566-2222; fax number: 202-
566-0548; email address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Why is EPA issuing this proposed rule?
The Agency has published a direct final rule in the ``Rules and
Regulations'' section of this Federal Register, approving the DBE
program revisions, because EPA views the revisions as noncontroversial
and anticipates no adverse comment. The Agency provided reasons for the
approval and additional supplementary information in the preamble to
the direct final rule. If EPA receives no adverse comment, the Agency
will not take further action on this proposed rule. If EPA receives
adverse comment, the Agency will withdraw the direct final rule and it
will not take effect. The EPA would then address all public comments in
any subsequent final rule based on this proposed rule. The EPA does not
intend to institute a second comment period on this action.
Any parties interested in commenting must do so at this time. For
further information, please contact the persons in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 33
Environmental protection, Grant programs.
Dated: July 15, 2016.
Gina McCarthy,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2016-17509 Filed 7-27-16; 8:45 am]
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