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NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE
ARTS
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
45 CFR Part 1157
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
RIN 3135–AA31
49 CFR Part 384
Uniform Administrative Requirements,
Cost Principles, and Audit
Requirements for Federal Awards
ACTION:
Final rule.
DATES:
This rule is effective on June 29,
2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Aswathi Zachariah, Office of the
General Counsel, National Endowment
for the Arts, 400 7th Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20506, Telephone:
202–682–5418.
On
December 12, 2014, the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs
(OIRA) of the Office of Management and
Budget published an interim final rule
that provided comprehensive
modifications to the principles and
requirements for federal awards. 79 FR
75871. The uniform rules were
published as 2 CFR part 200. As part of
that rulemaking, the National
Endowment for the Arts adopted part
200, along with an agency-specific
addendum in a new part 3255.
The NEA received no relevant
comments in response to the rule.
Therefore, 2 CFR part 3255, as described
in the interim final rule, is adopted with
no changes.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Regulatory Findings
For the regulatory findings regarding
this rulemaking, please refer to the
analysis prepared by OIRA in the
interim final rule, which is incorporated
herein. 79 FR at 75876.
Dated: June 18, 2015.
Kathy N. Daum,
Director, Office of Administrative Services.
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Background
[Docket No. FMCSA 2015–0174]
RIN 2126–AB80
State Compliance With Commercial
Driver’s License Program: Correction
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
The National Endowment for
the Arts (‘‘NEA’’) finalizes its portion of
the uniform federal assistance rule
published by the Office of Management
and Budget.
SUMMARY:
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FMCSA corrects its
regulations implementing certain
provisions of the Moving Ahead for
Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP–
21). FMCSA determined that an error
was made in the publication of the
October 1, 2013, MAP–21
Implementation final rule. That rule
inadvertently deleted paragraph (c) of
§ 384.209, Notification of traffic
violations. This final rule is necessary to
address the inadvertent error made to
the state compliance regulations.
DATES: This final rule becomes effective
on June 29, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Redmond, Commercial Driver’s
License Division, Office of Safety
Programs, Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590–
0001, by telephone at (202) 366–5014 or
via email at robert.redmond@dot.gov.
If you have questions on viewing
material to the docket, contact Docket
Services, telephone (202) 366–9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Legal Basis
Generally, agencies may promulgate
final rules only after issuing a notice of
proposed rulemaking (NPRM) and
providing an opportunity for public
comment under procedures required by
the Administrative Procedure Act
(APA), as provided in 5 U.S.C. 553(b)
and (c). The APA, in 5 U.S.C.
553(b)(3)(B), provides an exception from
these requirements when notice and
public comment procedures are
‘‘impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary
to the public interest.’’ FMCSA finds
that notice and comment is unnecessary
prior to adoption of this final rule
because it is merely restoring an
inadvertently removed, a statutorilyrequired regulation. Accordingly, the
Agency is performing a
nondiscretionary, ministerial act by
publishing today’s final rule. Therefore,
the Agency may adopt this rule without
notice and receiving public comment, in
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accordance with the APA. For these
same reasons, under the good cause
authority found in 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3),
the rule will be effective upon
publication.
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FMCSA determined that an error was
made in the publication of the October
1, 2013, MAP–21 Implementation final
rule. 78 FR 60226. That rule
inadvertently deleted paragraph (c) of
§ 384.209, Notification of traffic
violations. As explained in the 2013
final rule, FMCSA intended to amend
paragraphs (a) and (b) of § 384.209.
Paragraphs (a) and (b) previously
required States to report a commercial
driver’s convictions to the driver’s State
of licensure. The 2013 amendments
added the requirement that States report
foreign commercial drivers’ convictions
to FMCSA’s Federal Convictions and
Withdrawal Database, in accordance
with MAP–21 requirements. 78 FR
60227. In making that addition, FMCSA
did not intend to remove paragraph (c),
which is statutorily required and
directed States to report the convictions
within 10 days. See 49 U.S.C. 31311.
Accordingly, the 10-day reporting
requirement remains in effect and
paragraph (c) should not have been
removed as a part of the MAP–21
Implementation rule. Today’s final rule
corrects that error by restoring the 10day reporting requirement in paragraph
(c). Prior to its inadvertent removal,
paragraph (c) contained outdated
references to the effective dates for the
10-day reporting requirement, which
took place in 2005 and 2008. The
Agency believes that this final rule
provides an appropriate opportunity to
remove those outdated references.
Accordingly, today’s final rule restores
the inadvertently removed reporting
requirement, but eliminates the obsolete
effective dates.
Rulemaking Analyses and Notices
Executive Order 12866 (Regulatory
Planning and Review and DOT
Regulatory Policies and Procedures as
Supplemented by E.O. 13563)
FMCSA has determined this final rule
is not a significant regulatory action
within the meaning of Executive Order
(E.O.) 12866, as supplemented by E.O.
13563 (76 FR 3821, January 21, 2011),
or within the meaning of Department of
Transportation Regulatory Policies and
Procedures.
As explained above, this final rule is
strictly administrative in that it corrects
the inadvertent removal of a
nondiscretionary statutory requirement.
Today’s final rule will not exceed the
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NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS
45 CFR Part 1157
RIN 3135-AA31
Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit
Requirements for Federal Awards
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The National Endowment for the Arts (``NEA'') finalizes its
portion of the uniform federal assistance rule published by the Office
of Management and Budget.
DATES: This rule is effective on June 29, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aswathi Zachariah, Office of the
General Counsel, National Endowment for the Arts, 400 7th Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20506, Telephone: 202-682-5418.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 12, 2014, the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) of the Office of Management
and Budget published an interim final rule that provided comprehensive
modifications to the principles and requirements for federal awards. 79
FR 75871. The uniform rules were published as 2 CFR part 200. As part
of that rulemaking, the National Endowment for the Arts adopted part
200, along with an agency-specific addendum in a new part 3255.
The NEA received no relevant comments in response to the rule.
Therefore, 2 CFR part 3255, as described in the interim final rule, is
adopted with no changes.
Regulatory Findings
For the regulatory findings regarding this rulemaking, please refer
to the analysis prepared by OIRA in the interim final rule, which is
incorporated herein. 79 FR at 75876.
Dated: June 18, 2015.
Kathy N. Daum,
Director, Office of Administrative Services.
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