[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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