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justification for capping the allocation
assigned to a single entity; (3) the
possibility of different caps for different
types of suppliers; (4) the criteria for
classifying a supplier as a small entity
exempt from the allocation formula; (5)
goods and services that pose no or de
minimis risk of triggering the
international supplementary fund; (6)
alternative methodologies for evaluating
risk, including examples of existing risk
allocation mechanisms in the nuclear
industry; and (7) potential modification
to simplify, minimize and/or clarify the
burden on industry.
In addition, DOE intends to conduct
additional data and information
gathering in response to and in
consideration of statements in the
written comments and at the public
workshop. These statements suggest
certain additional information should be
obtained by DOE and is necessary for
the public to comment on the NOPR. In
response to these statements, DOE is
requesting any entity that believes
additional information is needed to
provide detailed comments as to the
specific information it believes is
needed.
DOE is enumerating several general
questions to assist DOE in its additional
data gathering effort. The general
questions for which DOE seeks
comment are: (1) What data and
information should be gathered on U.S.
nuclear suppliers and their exports (for
example, what entity should be
considered the exporter (especially in
situations where a supplier employs an
entity to facilitate the export), should
quantity, value and/or another factor be
used to measure exports, and what time
period should be used); (2) what data
and information should be gathered on
nuclear suppliers to inform reporting
requirements (for example, what are the
recordkeeping methods employed in the
nuclear industry and what is currently
reported to other government agencies);
and (3) what data and information
should be gathered on the allocation of
risk across and among nuclear suppliers
and nuclear supplier groups. Comments
concerning additional information to be
gathered will facilitate DOE’s effort to
obtain additional data and information
to inform the proposed rulemaking and
should be provided to DOE by April 17,
2015. DOE intends to make the
additional data and information it
obtains available for public review and
comment, the date and timing of which
will be announced in a subsequent
Federal Register notice.
DOE will consider any comments
received by midnight of April 17, 2015,
and deems any comments received by
that time to be timely submitted. To the
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2015.
Samuel T. Walsh,
Deputy General Counsel for Energy Policy.
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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
13 CFR Parts 121, 124, 125, 126 and
127
[Docket No. SBA–2014–0006]
RIN 3245–AG58
Small Business Government
Contracting and National Defense
Authorization Act of 2013 Amendments
U.S. Small Business
Administration.
ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of
comment period.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Small Business
Administration (SBA) is reopening the
comment period for the proposed rule
published in the Federal Register on
December 29, 2014 at 79 FR 77955. In
SUMMARY:
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that rule SBA proposed to implement
provisions of the National Defense
Authorization Act of 2013, which
pertain to performance requirements
applicable to small business and
socioeconomic program set aside
contracts and small business
subcontracting. SBA also proposed to
make changes to its regulations
concerning the nonmanufacturer rule
and affiliation rules. Further, SBA
proposed to allow a joint venture to
qualify as small for any government
procurement as long as each partner to
the joint venture qualifies individually
as small under the size standard
corresponding to the NAICS code
assigned in the solicitation. Finally,
SBA requested comments on the
timeline and procedures for North
American Industry Classification
System code appeals. The comment
period closed on February 27, 2015.
SBA is reopening the comment period
in response to the significant level of
interest generated by the proposed rule
and due to the request of multiple
stakeholders. Given the scope of the
proposed rule and the nature of the
issues raised by the comments received
to date, SBA believes that affected
businesses need more time to review the
proposal and fully prepare their
comments.
DATES: The comment period for the
proposed rule published on December
29, 2014 (79 FR 77955) is extended
through April 6, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket Number: SBA–
2014–0006, by any of the following
methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• For mail, paper, disk, or CD/ROM
submissions: Brenda Fernandez, U.S.
Small Business Administration, Office
of Policy, Planning and Liaison, 409
Third Street SW., 8th Floor,
Washington, DC 20416.
• Hand Delivery/Courier: Brenda
Fernandez, U.S. Small Business
Administration, Office of Policy,
Planning and Liaison, 409 Third Street
SW., 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20416.
SBA will post all comments on
www.regulations.gov. If you wish to
submit confidential business
information (CBI) as defined in the User
Notice at www.regulations.gov, please
submit the information to Brenda
Fernandez, U.S. Small Business
Administration, Office of Policy,
Planning and Liaison, 409 Third Street
SW., 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20416,
or send an email to brenda.fernandez@
sba.gov. Highlight the information that
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you consider to be CBI and explain why
you believe SBA should hold this
information as confidential. SBA will
review the information and make the
final determination on whether it will
publish the information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brenda Fernandez, Office of Policy,
Planning and Liaison, 409 Third Street
SW., Washington, DC 20416; (202) 207–
7337; brenda.fernandez@sba.gov.
Dated: March 3, 2015.
Kenneth Dodds,
Director, Office of Policy, Planning & Liaison,
Office of Government Contracting & Business
Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Docket No. FAA–2014–0969; Airspace
Docket No. 14–ASO–20]
Proposed Revocation of Class E
Airspace; Lexington, TN
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking
(NPRM).
AGENCY:
This action proposes to
remove Class E Airspace at Lexington,
TN, as the Franklin Wilkins Airport has
been abandoned, and controlled
airspace is no longer required. This
action would enhance the safety and
airspace management around the
Lexington, TN, area.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before April 23, 2015. The Director of
the Federal Register approves this
incorporation by reference action under
title 1, Code of Federal Regulations, part
51, subject to the annual revision of
FAA, Order 7400.9 and publication of
conforming amendments.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on this rule
to: U.S. Department of Transportation,
Docket Operations,1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., West Bldg Ground Floor
Rm. W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–
0001; Telephone: 1–800–647–5527; Fax:
202–493–2251. You must identify the
Docket Number FAA–2014–0969;
Airspace Docket No. 14–ASO–20, at the
beginning of your comments. You may
also submit and review received
comments through the Internet at
https://www.regulations.gov. You may
review the public docket containing the
proposal, any comments received, and
any final disposition in person in the
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Dockets Office between 9:00 a.m. and
5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays. The Docket
Office (telephone 1–800–647–5527), is
on the ground floor of the building at
the above address.
FAA Order 7400.9Y, Airspace
Designations and Reporting Points, and
subsequent amendments can be viewed
online at https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/
publications/. The Order is also
available for inspection at the National
Archives and Records Administration
(NARA). For information on the
availability of this proposed
incorporation by reference material at
NARA, call 202–741–6030, or go to
https://www.archives.gov/federal_
register/code_of_federal-regulations/ibr_
locations.html.
FAA Order 7400.9, Airspace
Designations and Reporting Points, is
published yearly and effective on
September 15. For further information,
you can contact the Airspace Policy and
Regulations Group, Federal Aviation
Administration, 800 Independence
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591;
telephone: 202–267–8783.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
Fornito, Operations Support Group,
Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation
Administration, P.O. Box 20636,
Atlanta, Georgia 30320; telephone (404)
305–6364.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comments Invited
Interested persons are invited to
comment on this rule by submitting
such written data, views, or arguments,
as they may desire. Comments that
provide the factual basis supporting the
views and suggestions presented are
particularly helpful in developing
reasoned regulatory decisions on the
proposal. Comments are specifically
invited on the overall regulatory,
aeronautical, economic, environmental,
and energy-related aspects of the
proposal.
Communications should identify both
docket numbers (FAA Docket No. FAA–
2014–0969; Airspace Docket No. 14–
ASO–20) and be submitted in triplicate
to the Docket Management System (see
ADDRESSES section for address and
phone number). You may also submit
comments through the Internet at
https://www.regulations.gov.
Persons wishing the FAA to
acknowledge receipt of their comments
on this action must submit with those
comments a self-addressed stamped
postcard on which the following
statement is made: ‘‘Comments to
Docket No. FAA–2014–0969; Airspace
Docket No. 14–ASO–20.’’ The postcard
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will be date/time stamped and returned
to the commenter.
All communications received before
the specified closing date for comments
will be considered before taking action
on the proposed rule. The proposal
contained in this notice may be changed
in light of the comments received. A
report summarizing each substantive
public contact with FAA personnel
concerned with this rulemaking will be
filed in the docket.
Availability of NPRMs
An electronic copy of this document
may be downloaded from and
comments submitted through https://
www.regulations.gov. Recently
published rulemaking documents can
also be accessed through the FAA’s Web
page at https://www.faa.gov/airports_
airtraffic/air_traffic/publications/
airspace_amendments/.
You may review the public docket
containing the proposal, any comments
received, and any final disposition in
person in the Dockets Office (see the
ADDRESSES section for address and
phone number) between 9:00 a.m. and
5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal Holidays. An informal
docket may also be examined between
8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal Holidays
at the office of the Eastern Service
Center, Federal Aviation
Administration, room 350, 1701
Columbia Avenue, College Park, Georgia
30337.
Persons interested in being placed on
a mailing list for future NPRM’s should
contact the FAA’s Office of Rulemaking,
(202) 267–9677, to request a copy of
Advisory circular No. 11–2A, Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking distribution
System, which describes the application
procedure.
Availability and Summary of
Documents for Incorporation by
Reference
This document proposes to amend
FAA Order 7400.9Y, airspace
Designations and Reporting Points,
dated August 6, 2014, and effective
September 15, 2014. FAA Order
7400.9Y is publicly available as listed in
the ADDRESSES section of this proposed
rule. FAA Order 7400.9Y lists Class A,
B, C, D, and E airspace areas, air traffic
service routes, and reporting points.
The Proposal
The FAA is considering an
amendment to Title 14, Code of Federal
Regulations (14 CFR) part 71 to remove
Class E airspace extending upward from
700 feet above the surface at Franklin
Wilkins Airport, Lexington, TN. The
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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
13 CFR Parts 121, 124, 125, 126 and 127
[Docket No. SBA-2014-0006]
RIN 3245-AG58
Small Business Government Contracting and National Defense
Authorization Act of 2013 Amendments
AGENCY: U.S. Small Business Administration.
ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of comment period.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reopening the
comment period for the proposed rule published in the Federal Register
on December 29, 2014 at 79 FR 77955. In that rule SBA proposed to
implement provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013,
which pertain to performance requirements applicable to small business
and socioeconomic program set aside contracts and small business
subcontracting. SBA also proposed to make changes to its regulations
concerning the nonmanufacturer rule and affiliation rules. Further, SBA
proposed to allow a joint venture to qualify as small for any
government procurement as long as each partner to the joint venture
qualifies individually as small under the size standard corresponding
to the NAICS code assigned in the solicitation. Finally, SBA requested
comments on the timeline and procedures for North American Industry
Classification System code appeals. The comment period closed on
February 27, 2015.
SBA is reopening the comment period in response to the significant
level of interest generated by the proposed rule and due to the request
of multiple stakeholders. Given the scope of the proposed rule and the
nature of the issues raised by the comments received to date, SBA
believes that affected businesses need more time to review the proposal
and fully prepare their comments.
DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published on December
29, 2014 (79 FR 77955) is extended through April 6, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket Number: SBA-
2014-0006, by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
For mail, paper, disk, or CD/ROM submissions: Brenda
Fernandez, U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Policy,
Planning and Liaison, 409 Third Street SW., 8th Floor, Washington, DC
20416.
Hand Delivery/Courier: Brenda Fernandez, U.S. Small
Business Administration, Office of Policy, Planning and Liaison, 409
Third Street SW., 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20416.
SBA will post all comments on www.regulations.gov. If you wish to
submit confidential business information (CBI) as defined in the User
Notice at www.regulations.gov, please submit the information to Brenda
Fernandez, U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Policy,
Planning and Liaison, 409 Third Street SW., 8th Floor, Washington, DC
20416, or send an email to brenda.fernandez@sba.gov. Highlight the
information that
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you consider to be CBI and explain why you believe SBA should hold this
information as confidential. SBA will review the information and make
the final determination on whether it will publish the information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda Fernandez, Office of Policy,
Planning and Liaison, 409 Third Street SW., Washington, DC 20416; (202)
207-7337; brenda.fernandez@sba.gov.
Dated: March 3, 2015.
Kenneth Dodds,
Director, Office of Policy, Planning & Liaison, Office of Government
Contracting & Business Development.
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