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Indirect Cost Rates for the Damage
Assessment, Remediation, and
Restoration Program for Fiscal Year
2012
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Indirect Cost Rates for
the Damage Assessment, Remediation,
and Restoration Program for Fiscal Year
2012.
AGENCY:
The National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration’s
(NOAA’s) Damage Assessment,
Remediation, and Restoration Program
(DARRP) is announcing new indirect
cost rates on the recovery of indirect
costs for its component organizations
involved in natural resource damage
assessment and restoration activities for
fiscal year (FY) 2012. The indirect cost
rates for this fiscal year and date of
implementation are provided in this
notice. More information on these rates
and the DARRP policy can be found at
the DARRP Web site at
www.darrp.noaa.gov.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
LaTonya Burgess at 301–713–4248, ext.
211, by fax at 301–713–4389, or email
at LaTonya.Burgess@noaa.gov.
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The
mission of the DARRP is to restore
natural resource injuries caused by
releases of hazardous substances or oil
under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act
(CERCLA) (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) and
the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA) (33
U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), and to support
restoration of physical injuries to
National Marine Sanctuary resources
under the National Marine Sanctuaries
Act (NMSA) (16 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.).
The DARRP consists of three component
organizations: the Office of Response
and Restoration (ORR) within the
National Ocean Service; the Restoration
Center within the National Marine
Fisheries Service; and the Office of the
General Counsel Natural Resources
Section (GCNRS). The DARRP conducts
Natural Resource Damage Assessments
(NRDAs) as a basis for recovering
damages from responsible parties, and
uses the funds recovered to restore
injured natural resources.
Consistent with federal accounting
requirements, the DARRP is required to
account for and report the full costs of
its programs and activities. Further, the
DARRP is authorized by law to recover
reasonable costs of damage assessment
and restoration activities under
CERCLA, OPA, and the NMSA. Within
the constraints of these legal provisions
and their regulatory applications, the
DARRP has the discretion to develop
indirect cost rates for its component
organizations and formulate policies on
the recovery of indirect cost rates
subject to its requirements.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The DARRP’s Indirect Cost Effort
In December 1998, the DARRP hired
the public accounting firm Rubino &
McGeehin, Chartered (R&M) to: evaluate
the DARRP cost accounting system and
allocation practices; recommend the
appropriate indirect cost allocation
methodology; and determine the
indirect cost rates for the three
organizations that comprise the DARRP.
A Federal Register notice on R&M’s
effort, their assessment of the DARRP’s
cost accounting system and practice,
and their determination regarding the
most appropriate indirect cost
methodology and rates for FYs 1993
through 1999 was published on
December 7, 2000 (65 FR 76611). The
notice and report by R&M can also be
found on the DARRP Web site at
www.darrp.noaa.gov.
R&M continued its assessment of
DARRP’s indirect cost rate system and
structure for FYs 2000 and 2001. A
second federal notice specifying the
DARRP indirect rates for FYs 2000 and
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2001 was published on December 2,
2002 (67 FR 71537).
In October 2002, DARRP hired the
accounting firm of Cotton and Company
LLP (Cotton) to review and certify
DARRP costs incurred on cases for
purposes of cost recovery and to
develop indirect rates for FY 2002 and
subsequent years. As in the prior years,
Cotton concluded that the cost
accounting system and allocation
practices of the DARRP component
organizations are consistent with federal
accounting requirements. Consistent
with R&M’s previous analyses, Cotton
also determined that the most
appropriate indirect allocation method
continues to be the Direct Labor Cost
Base for all three DARRP component
organizations. The Direct Labor Cost
Base is computed by allocating total
indirect cost over the sum of direct labor
dollars, plus the application of NOAA’s
leave surcharge and benefits rates to
direct labor. Direct labor costs for
contractors from I.M. Systems Group
(IMSG) were included in the direct labor
base because Cotton determined that
these costs have the same relationship
to the indirect cost pool as NOAA direct
labor costs. IMSG provided on-site
support to the DARRP in the areas of
injury assessment, natural resource
economics, restoration planning and
implementation, and policy analysis.
IMSG continues to provide on-site
support to the DARRP. Starting in FY
2010, contractors from Genwest provide
on-site support for cost documentation.
Subsequent federal notices have been
published in the Federal Register as
follows:
• FY 2002, published on October 6,
2003 (68 FR 57672)
• FY 2003, published on May 20,
2005 (70 FR 29280)
• FY 2004, published on March 16,
2006 (71 FR 13356)
• FY 2005, published on February 9,
2007 (72 FR 6221)
• FY 2006, published on June 3, 2008
(73 FR 31679)
• FY 2007 and FY 2008, published on
November 16, 2009 (74 FR 58948)
• FY 2009 and FY 2010, published on
October 20, 2011 (76 FR 65182)
• FY 2011, published on September
17, 2012 (77 FR 57074)
Cotton’s reports on these indirect
rates can also be found on the DARRP
Web site at www.darrp.noaa.gov.
Cotton reaffirmed that the Direct
Labor Cost Base is the most appropriate
indirect allocation method for the
development of the FY 2012 indirect
cost rates.
The DARRP’s Indirect Cost Rates and
Policies
The DARRP will apply the indirect
cost rates for FY 2012 as recommended
by Cotton for each of the DARRP
component organizations as provided in
the following table:
FY 2012 indirect
rate
(percent)
DARRP
component organization
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Office of Response and Restoration (ORR) ..................................................................................................................................
Restoration Center (RC) ................................................................................................................................................................
General Counsel Natural Resources Section (GCNRS) ...............................................................................................................
These rates are based on the Direct
Labor Cost Base allocation methodology.
The FY 2012 rates will be applied to
all damage assessment and restoration
case costs incurred between October 1,
2011 and September 30, 2012. DARRP
will use the FY 2012 indirect cost rates
for future fiscal years, beginning with
FY 2013, until subsequent year-specific
rates can be developed.
For cases that have settled and for
cost claims paid prior to the effective
date of the fiscal year in question, the
DARRP will not re-open any resolved
matters for the purpose of applying the
revised rates in this policy for these
fiscal years. For cases not settled and
cost claims not paid prior to the
effective date of the fiscal year in
question, costs will be recalculated
using the revised rates in this policy for
these fiscal years. Where a responsible
party has agreed to pay costs using
previous year’s indirect rates, but has
not yet made the payment because the
settlement documents are not finalized,
the costs will not be recalculated.
Dated: August 13, 2013.
David Westerholm,
Director, Office of Response and Restoration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Indirect Cost Rates for the Damage Assessment, Remediation, and
Restoration Program for Fiscal Year 2012
AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Indirect Cost Rates for the Damage Assessment,
Remediation, and Restoration Program for Fiscal Year 2012.
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SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's)
Damage Assessment, Remediation, and Restoration Program (DARRP) is
announcing new indirect cost rates on the recovery of indirect costs
for its component organizations involved in natural resource damage
assessment and restoration activities for fiscal year (FY) 2012. The
indirect cost rates for this fiscal year and date of implementation are
provided in this notice. More information on these rates and the DARRP
policy can be found at the DARRP Web site at www.darrp.noaa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LaTonya Burgess at 301-713-4248, ext.
211, by fax at 301-713-4389, or email at LaTonya.Burgess@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The mission of the DARRP is to restore
natural resource injuries caused by releases of hazardous substances or
oil under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act (CERCLA) (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) and the Oil Pollution
Act of 1990 (OPA) (33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), and to support restoration
of physical injuries to National Marine Sanctuary resources under the
National Marine Sanctuaries Act (NMSA) (16 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.). The
DARRP consists of three component organizations: the Office of Response
and Restoration (ORR) within the National Ocean Service; the
Restoration Center within the National Marine Fisheries Service; and
the Office of the General Counsel Natural Resources Section (GCNRS).
The DARRP conducts Natural Resource Damage Assessments (NRDAs) as a
basis for recovering damages from responsible parties, and uses the
funds recovered to restore injured natural resources.
Consistent with federal accounting requirements, the DARRP is
required to account for and report the full costs of its programs and
activities. Further, the DARRP is authorized by law to recover
reasonable costs of damage assessment and restoration activities under
CERCLA, OPA, and the NMSA. Within the constraints of these legal
provisions and their regulatory applications, the DARRP has the
discretion to develop indirect cost rates for its component
organizations and formulate policies on the recovery of indirect cost
rates subject to its requirements.
The DARRP's Indirect Cost Effort
In December 1998, the DARRP hired the public accounting firm Rubino
& McGeehin, Chartered (R&M) to: evaluate the DARRP cost accounting
system and allocation practices; recommend the appropriate indirect
cost allocation methodology; and determine the indirect cost rates for
the three organizations that comprise the DARRP. A Federal Register
notice on R&M's effort, their assessment of the DARRP's cost accounting
system and practice, and their determination regarding the most
appropriate indirect cost methodology and rates for FYs 1993 through
1999 was published on December 7, 2000 (65 FR 76611). The notice and
report by R&M can also be found on the DARRP Web site at
www.darrp.noaa.gov.
R&M continued its assessment of DARRP's indirect cost rate system
and structure for FYs 2000 and 2001. A second federal notice specifying
the DARRP indirect rates for FYs 2000 and
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2001 was published on December 2, 2002 (67 FR 71537).
In October 2002, DARRP hired the accounting firm of Cotton and
Company LLP (Cotton) to review and certify DARRP costs incurred on
cases for purposes of cost recovery and to develop indirect rates for
FY 2002 and subsequent years. As in the prior years, Cotton concluded
that the cost accounting system and allocation practices of the DARRP
component organizations are consistent with federal accounting
requirements. Consistent with R&M's previous analyses, Cotton also
determined that the most appropriate indirect allocation method
continues to be the Direct Labor Cost Base for all three DARRP
component organizations. The Direct Labor Cost Base is computed by
allocating total indirect cost over the sum of direct labor dollars,
plus the application of NOAA's leave surcharge and benefits rates to
direct labor. Direct labor costs for contractors from I.M. Systems
Group (IMSG) were included in the direct labor base because Cotton
determined that these costs have the same relationship to the indirect
cost pool as NOAA direct labor costs. IMSG provided on-site support to
the DARRP in the areas of injury assessment, natural resource
economics, restoration planning and implementation, and policy
analysis. IMSG continues to provide on-site support to the DARRP.
Starting in FY 2010, contractors from Genwest provide on-site support
for cost documentation. Subsequent federal notices have been published
in the Federal Register as follows:
FY 2002, published on October 6, 2003 (68 FR 57672)
FY 2003, published on May 20, 2005 (70 FR 29280)
FY 2004, published on March 16, 2006 (71 FR 13356)
FY 2005, published on February 9, 2007 (72 FR 6221)
FY 2006, published on June 3, 2008 (73 FR 31679)
FY 2007 and FY 2008, published on November 16, 2009 (74 FR
58948)
FY 2009 and FY 2010, published on October 20, 2011 (76 FR
65182)
FY 2011, published on September 17, 2012 (77 FR 57074)
Cotton's reports on these indirect rates can also be found on the
DARRP Web site at www.darrp.noaa.gov.
Cotton reaffirmed that the Direct Labor Cost Base is the most
appropriate indirect allocation method for the development of the FY
2012 indirect cost rates.
The DARRP's Indirect Cost Rates and Policies
The DARRP will apply the indirect cost rates for FY 2012 as
recommended by Cotton for each of the DARRP component organizations as
provided in the following table:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
FY 2012 indirect
DARRP component organization rate (percent)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Office of Response and Restoration (ORR)............. 117.18
Restoration Center (RC).............................. 59.80
General Counsel Natural Resources Section (GCNRS).... 21.48
------------------------------------------------------------------------
These rates are based on the Direct Labor Cost Base allocation
methodology.
The FY 2012 rates will be applied to all damage assessment and
restoration case costs incurred between October 1, 2011 and September
30, 2012. DARRP will use the FY 2012 indirect cost rates for future
fiscal years, beginning with FY 2013, until subsequent year-specific
rates can be developed.
For cases that have settled and for cost claims paid prior to the
effective date of the fiscal year in question, the DARRP will not re-
open any resolved matters for the purpose of applying the revised rates
in this policy for these fiscal years. For cases not settled and cost
claims not paid prior to the effective date of the fiscal year in
question, costs will be recalculated using the revised rates in this
policy for these fiscal years. Where a responsible party has agreed to
pay costs using previous year's indirect rates, but has not yet made
the payment because the settlement documents are not finalized, the
costs will not be recalculated.
Dated: August 13, 2013.
David Westerholm,
Director, Office of Response and Restoration.
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