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Vol. 80, No. 242
Thursday, December 17, 2015
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
2 CFR Part 1201
49 CFR Parts 18 and 19
[Docket No. OMB–2014–0006]
RIN 2105–AE33
Department of Transportation
Regulatory Implementation of Office of
Management and Budget’s Uniform
Administrative Requirements, Cost
Principles, and Audit Requirements for
Federal Awards
Office of the Secretary (OST),
U.S. Department of Transportation
(DOT).
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
On December 19, 2014, the
U.S. Department of Transportation, with
other Federal agencies, published a joint
interim final rule implementing the
guidance titled ‘‘Uniform
Administrative Requirements, Cost
Principles, and Audit Requirements for
Federal Awards’’ that the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
published on December 26, 2013. While
the Department received two comments
on related implementation guidance, to
which we respond, the Department did
not receive any comments on the final
rule implementing the OMB guidance.
Therefore, this rule confirms that the
changes that the Department published
in the interim final rule on December
19, 2014, are final.
DATES: Effective December 17, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael A. Smith, Office of the General
Counsel (C–10), U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590,
(202) 366–2917, michael.a.smith@
dot.gov.
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The Office
of Management and Budget (OMB)
published guidance titled ‘‘Uniform
Administrative Requirements, Cost
Principles, and Audit Requirements for
Federal Awards’’ in 2 CFR part 200 on
December 26, 2013 (78 FR 78589), to
improve the efficiency and effectiveness
of Federal financial assistance. That
guidance followed an advance notice of
proposed guidance (77 FR 11778) and a
notice of proposed guidance (78 FR
7282). The guidance required that
Federal agencies promulgate a
regulation implementing its policies and
procedures. On December 19, 2014, the
Department and other agencies
published a joint interim final rule to
implement the guidance (79 FR 75871).
In the joint interim final rule, the
Department implemented the guidance
through regulations at 2 CFR part 1201
and removed its previous regulations on
Federal awards at 49 CFR parts 18 and
19. The OMB and the Department
received comments in response to the
joint interim final rule, but none of
those comments were about the final
rule itself, 2 CFR part 1201, or 49 CFR
part 18 or 19. Thus, the Department
confirms that the changes to 2 CFR part
1201 and 49 CFR parts 18 and 19 that
it published in the joint interim final
rule are final.
Although the Department did not
receive any comments regarding the
substance of the joint interim final rule,
there were two comments submitted
related to implementation guidance that
the Federal Highway Administration
(FHWA) issued on December 4, 2014.
First, we received a comment from the
Maryland State Highway
Administration (SHA) seeking
clarification of how FHWA expected
State departments of transportation, as
‘‘pass-through entities,’’ to monitor and
negotiate subrecipients’ indirect costs.
Section D.1.b of Appendix VII to part
200 states that ‘‘[w]here a non-Federal
entity only receives funds as a
subrecipient, the pass-through entity
will be responsible for negotiating and/
or monitoring the subrecipient’s indirect
costs.’’ The FHWA’s implementation
guidance supports this requirement and
does not add any additional oversight
responsibilities for the SHA in
negotiating or monitoring the
subrecipient’s indirect costs.
Second, we received a comment from
the Missouri Department of
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Transportation (MoDOT). The FHWA
implementation guidance had stated
that 2 CFR 200.309 was ‘‘a significant
change to the Federal-aid highway
program because it will impose a period
when project costs can be incurred,
which includes a project agreement start
and end date. . . . The new provision
will require an end date to be included
in the agreement after which no
additional costs may be incurred and
are not eligible for reimbursement.’’ The
MoDOT commented that the
‘‘requirement to monitor and track
project end dates duplicates the efforts
being performed to monitor and track
inactive projects.’’ The FHWA does not
view the requirement in 2 CFR
200.210(a)(5) and 200.309 that Federal
awards have end dates as duplicative of
other requirements on MoDOT. Instead,
the requirement is an additional internal
control that complements existing
stewardship and oversight
responsibilities held by State
departments of transportation. The
FHWA anticipates issuing additional
guidance about using project agreement
end dates to improve funds
management.
Regulatory analyses and notices for
this final rule were published with the
joint interim final rule.
For the reasons stated in the
preamble, the Department of
Transportation adopts without change
the addition of 2 CFR part 1201 and the
removal and reservation of 49 CFR parts
18 and 19 that were published in the
joint interim final rule at 79 FR 75871
on December 19, 2014.
Issued in Washington, DC, on November
30, 2015.
Anthony R. Foxx,
Secretary of Transportation.
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In Title 12 of the Code of Federal
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CFR Correction
In Title 12 of the Code of Federal
Regulations, Parts 600 to 899, revised as
of January 1, 2015, on page 344, in
appendix A to subpart B to part 652, in
the table of contents, add ‘‘1.0
Introduction.’’.
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CFR Correction
In Title 12 of the Code of Federal
Regulations, Parts 600 to 899, revised as
of January 1, 2015, on page 918, in
§ 747.616, remove the term ‘‘Office of
the Controller’’ and add the term ‘‘Office
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Parts 21 and 45
[Docket No. FAA–2013–0933; Amdt. Nos.
21–98A, 45–29A]
RIN 2120–AK20
Changes to Production Certificates
and Approvals; Correction
Federal Aviation
Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Final rule; correction.
AGENCY:
The Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) is correcting a
final rule published on October 1, 2015.
In that rule, the FAA amended its
certification procedures and marking
requirements for aeronautical products
and articles. This action corrects the
effective date of the final rule to permit
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an earlier implementation of the rule’s
provisions that allow production
approval holders to issue authorized
release documents for aircraft engines,
propellers, and articles. It also permits
an earlier implementation date for
production certificate holders to
manufacture and install interface
components, and provides earlier relief
from the current requirement that fixedpitch wooden propellers be marked
using an approved fireproof method.
DATES: The final rule published October
1, 2015 (80 FR 59021), is effective
March 29, 2016, except for §§ 21.1(b)(1),
21.1(b)(5) through (9), 21.137(o), 21.142,
21.147, and 45.11(c), which are effective
January 4, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
technical questions concerning this
action, contact Priscilla Steward or
Robert Cook, Aircraft Certification
Service, Production Certification
Section, AIR–112, Federal Aviation
Administration, 800 Independence
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591;
telephone (202) 267–1656; email:
priscilla.steward@faa.gov or telephone:
(202) 267–1590; email: robert.cook@
faa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On October 1, 2015, the final rule,
‘‘Changes to Production Certificates and
Approvals,’’ 80 FR 59021, was
published in the Federal Register. In
that final rule the FAA revised the
regulations pertaining to certification
requirements for products and articles
in part 21 of title 14 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (14 CFR) and
removed certain marking requirements
in 14 CFR part 45 applicable to fixedpitch wooden propellers. The final rule
afforded production approval holders
(PAHs) a number of privileges not
currently permitted under current
regulations.
To provide PAHs privileges similar to
those afforded European and Canadian
approved manufacturers, § 21.137(o) of
the final rule permits a PAH to issue
authorized release documents for new
aircraft engines, propellers, and articles
that it produces, and also for used
aircraft engines, propellers, and articles
it rebuilds or alters in accordance with
§ 43.3(j), provided it establishes an
FAA-approved process in its quality
system for issuing those documents.
Authorized release documents would
typically be issued using FAA Form
8130–3, Airworthiness Release
Certificate, Airworthiness Approval Tag.
The final rule also allows a PAH that
meets the requirements of § 21.147(c) to
apply for an amendment to its
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production certificate for the purpose of
manufacturing and installing interface
components. The term ‘‘interface
component’’ is also specifically defined
in § 21.1(a)(5).
Additionally, the final rule amends
part 45 to exclude fixed-pitch wooden
propellers from the requirement that a
propeller, propeller blade, or propeller
hub be marked using an approved
fireproof method. This exclusion allows
manufacturers to mark their products in
a practical manner that takes into
account the inherent nature of wooden
propellers.
Finally, the rule revises the definition
of ‘‘airworthiness approval,’’ in
§ 21.1(b)(1), by expanding it to account
for the issuance of an airworthiness
approval in instances where an aircraft,
aircraft engine, propeller, or article does
not conform to its approved design or
may not be in a condition for safe
operation at the time the airworthiness
approval is generated and that
nonconformity or condition is specified
on the airworthiness approval
document.
The FAA issued the final rule with an
effective date of 180 days after its
publication in the Federal Register to
allow sufficient time for industry
compliance with new requirements
contained in the rule. This effective
date, however, also delayed the
implementation date of certain
provisions that removed regulatory
burdens that were no longer necessary
or appropriate in the current global
manufacturing environment.
Accordingly, the FAA is amending the
effective date of the final rule to January
4, 2016 for the following sections:
• § 21.1(b)(1) which revises the
definition of airworthiness approval
• § 21.1(b)(5), which defines interface
component
• § 21.137(o), which establishes
provisions for the issuance of
authorized release documents by PAHs
• § 21.142, which codifies provisions
for the inclusion of interface
components in a production limitation
record
• § 21.147, which specifies the
requirements that must be met to amend
a production certificate to include
interface components
• § 45.11(c), which excludes fixedpitch wooden propellers from the
requirement that they be marked using
an approved fireproof method.
The FAA also notes that Change 5 to
the Maintenance Annex Guidance
(MAG), which implements certain
provisions of the Aviation Safety
Agreement between the United States
and the European Union requires that
FAA Form 8130–3 be issued by a U.S.
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12 CFR Part 603
Privacy Act Regulations
CFR Correction
In Title 12 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 600 to 899,
revised as of January 1, 2015, on page 17, in Sec. 603.350, remove the
term ``Section
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552a (l)(3)'' and add ``Section 552a (i)(3)'' in its place.
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