General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR); Updates to Certain Online References in the GSAM, 48915-48916 [2021-18847]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 167 / Wednesday, September 1, 2021 / Rules and Regulations Conditions #4A, #9C, and #13D for boiler 3 (Source ID 033); conditions #4A, #9C, and #13D for boiler 5 (Source ID 035); conditions #4B and #9 for the gas turbine (Source ID 039); conditions #6A, #6B, and #6D for any remaining shell freezers (Source ID 105); conditions #6A and #6D for air emissions (disinfection; Source IDs 105, 107, 108, and 111); conditions #4C and #9 for any remaining generators (various Source IDs); condition #8 for research and development (Section C); and condition #11 for any remaining deminimus sources (Section C). See also § 52.2063(c)(154)(i)(D) for prior RACT approval. 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AGENCY: The General Services Administration (GSA) is issuing a final rule amending the General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) to update an outdated reference to a legacy website. DATES: Effective October 1, 2021. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Tyler Piper or Mr. Stephen Carroll at 817–253–7858 or gsarpolicy@gsa.gov, for clarification of content. For information pertaining to status or publication schedules, contact the Regulatory Secretariat at 202–501–4755. Please cite GSAR Case 2021–G524. khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with RULES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:01 Aug 31, 2021 Jkt 253001 48915 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VI. Notice for Public Comment I. Background The statute that applies to the publication of the GSAR is the Office of Federal Procurement Policy statute (codified at title 41 of the United States Code). Specifically, 41 U.S.C. 1707(a)(1) requires that a procurement policy, regulation, procedure or form (including an amendment or modification thereof) must be published for public comment if it relates to the expenditure of appropriated funds, and has either a significant effect beyond the internal operating procedures of the agency issuing the policy, regulation, procedure, or form, or has a significant cost or administrative impact on contractors or offerors. This rule is not required to be published for public comment, because it does not have a significant effect or impose any new requirements on contractors or offerors. The rule simply replaces website references. GSA’s Integrated Award Environment integrated the legacy SAM.gov into the beta.SAM.gov environment on May 24, 2021, migrating the functionality of SAM.gov into beta.SAM.gov. The term ‘‘beta’’ is retired, and there is now only one SAM.gov. II. Authority for This Rulemaking Title 40 of the United States Code (U.S.C.) Section 121 authorizes GSA to issue regulations, including the GSAR, to control the relationship between GSA and contractors. III. Discussion and Analysis The System for Award Management (SAM) has officially gone live, and as such the URL to reach it has changed from https://beta.sam.gov to https:// www.sam.gov. This rule simply updates an outdated URL reference to the new website. IV. Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 Executive Orders (E.O.s) 12866 and 13563 direct agencies to assess all costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, if regulation is necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize net benefits (including potential economic, environmental, public health and safety effects, distributive impacts, and equity). E.O. 13563 emphasizes the importance of quantifying both costs and benefits, of reducing costs, of harmonizing rules, and of promoting flexibility. This rule has been reviewed and determined by OMB not to be a significant regulatory action and, therefore, was not subject to review under section 6(b) of E.O. 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review, dated September 30, 1993. V. Congressional Review Act The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as amended by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides that before a ‘‘major rule’’ may take effect, the agency promulgating the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule, to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the United States. A major rule cannot take effect until 60 days after it is published in the Federal Register. This rule has been reviewed and determined by OMB not to be a ‘‘major rule’’ under 5 U.S.C. 804(2). PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 VII. Regulatory Flexibility Act The Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) does not apply to this rule, because an opportunity for public comment is not required to be given for this rule under 41 U.S.C. 1707(a)(1) (see Section VI. of this preamble). Accordingly, no regulatory flexibility analysis is required and none has been prepared. VIII. Paperwork Reduction Act This rule does not contain any information collection requirements that require the approval of the Office of Management and Budget under the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). List of Subjects in 48 CFR Part 570 Government procurement. Jeffrey Koses, Senior Procurement Executive, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of Governmentwide Policy, General Services Administration. Therefore, GSA amends 48 CFR part 570 as set forth below: PART 570—ACQUIRING LEASEHOLD INTERESTS IN REAL PROPERTY 1. The authority citation for part 570 continues to read as follows: ■ Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c). 570.106 [Amended] 2. Amend section 570.106 in paragraph (a) by removing ‘‘Governmentwide Point of Entry (GPE) at https://beta.sam.gov or successor system’’ and adding ‘‘System for Award ■ E:\FR\FM\01SER1.SGM 01SER1 48916 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 167 / Wednesday, September 1, 2021 / Rules and Regulations Management Contract Opportunities at https://www.sam.gov’’ in its place. [FR Doc. 2021–18847 Filed 8–31–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6820–61–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 50 CFR Part 300 [Docket No. 210603–0121; RTID 0648– XB334] International Fisheries; Western and Central Pacific Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species; Extension of Emergency Decisions of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Temporary specifications. AGENCY: NMFS is extending the effective date of temporary specifications that implement three short-notice decisions of the Commission on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (Commission or WCPFC). NMFS issued temporary specifications on June 11, 2021, to implement shortnotice WCPFC decisions regarding purse seine observer coverage, purse seine transshipments at sea, and transshipment observer coverage. NMFS is extending the effective date of those temporary specifications until January 13, 2022. NMFS is undertaking this action under the authority of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act (WCPFC Implementation Act) to satisfy the obligations of the United States as a Contracting Party to the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (Convention). DATES: The temporary specifications are in effect from September 1, 2021 until January 13, 2022. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rini Ghosh, NMFS Pacific Islands Regional Office, 808–725–5033. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under authority of the WCPFC Implementation Act (16 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), NMFS published an interim final rule that established a framework to implement short-notice WCPFC decisions. Also in this rule, NMFS simultaneously issued khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with RULES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:01 Aug 31, 2021 Jkt 253001 temporary specifications to implement three short-notice WCPFC decisions; those temporary specifications are in effect until September 14, 2021. Additional background information on the Commission, the Convention, the interim final rule, and temporary specifications, is available in the Federal Register document that includes the interim final rule and temporary specifications (86 FR 31178; June 11, 2021). Background on WCPFC Emergency Decisions On April 8, 2020, in response to the international concerns over the health of observers and vessel crews due to COVID–19, the Commission made an intersessional decision to suspend the requirements for observer coverage on purse seine vessels on fishing trips in the Convention Area through May 31, 2020. The Commission subsequently extended that decision several times, and the current extension is effective until December 15, 2021. On April 20, 2020, in response to the international concerns over the health of vessel crews and port officials due to COVID–19, the Commission made an intersessional decision to modify the prohibition on at-sea transshipment for purse seine vessels as follows—purse seine vessels can conduct at-sea transshipment in an area under the jurisdiction of a port State, if transshipment in port cannot be conducted, in accordance with the domestic laws and regulations of the port State. The Commission subsequently extended that decision and the current extension is effective until December 15, 2021. On May 13, 2020, in response to the international concerns over the health of observers and vessel crews due to COVID–19, the Commission made an intersessional decision to suspend the requirements for observer coverage for at-sea transshipments. The Commission subsequently extended that decision and the current extension is effective until December 15, 2021. Extension of Temporary Specifications NMFS is using the framework as set forth at 50 CFR 300.228 to extend the effective date of the temporary specifications implementing the three recent WCPFC intersessional decisions (WCPFC decisions dated April 8, 2020, April 20, 2020, and May 13, 2020), described above, that are in effect until December 15, 2021. The regulations to implement short-notice WCPFC decisions at 50 CFR 300.228 provide that temporary specifications to implement such short-notice decisions PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 will remain in effect no longer than 30 days after the expiration of the underlying Commission decision. Accordingly, the requirements of the following regulations are waived. Such waiver shall remain in effect until January 13, 2022, unless NMFS earlier rescinds or extends this waiver by publication in the Federal Register: • 50 CFR 300.223(e)(1). During the term of this waiver, U.S. purse seine vessels are not required to carry WCPFC observers 1 on all fishing trips in the Convention Area. However, the regulations at 50 CFR 300.215(c)(1) that require all vessels with WCPFC Area Endorsements or for which WCPFC Area Endorsements are required to carry WCPFC observers when directed by NMFS remain in effect; • 50 CFR 300.216(b)(1). During the term of this waiver, U.S. purse seine fishing vessels are not prohibited from at-sea transshipment conducted within the national waters of the coastal state, in accordance with applicable national laws. Transshipment on the high seas remains prohibited; and • 50 CFR 300.216(b)(2) and 50 CFR 300.215(d). During the term of this waiver, owners and operators of U.S. commercial fishing vessels fishing for highly migratory species in the Convention Area are not prohibited from at-sea transshipment without a WCPFC observer on board the offloading or receiving vessel. Classification NMFS issues this action pursuant to the WCPFC Implementation Act and the regulations at 50 CFR 300.228. This action is exempt from review under Executive Order 12866. There is good cause under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) to waive prior notice and the opportunity for public comment on the interim final rule and temporary measures included in this action, because prior notice and the opportunity for public comment is unnecessary and would be contrary to the public interest. Opportunity for public comment is unnecessary because the regulations establishing the framework and providing notice of the Commission’s decisions described above have already been subject to notice and public comment, and all that 1 A WCPFC Observer means a person authorized by the Commission in accordance with any procedures established by the Commission to undertake vessel observer duties as part of the Commission’s Regional Observer Programme, including an observer deployed as part of a NMFSadministered observer program or as part of another national or sub-regional observer program, provided that such program is authorized by the Commission to be part of the Commission’s Regional Observer Programme. See 50 CFR 300.211. E:\FR\FM\01SER1.SGM 01SER1

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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 167 (Wednesday, September 1, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 48915-48916]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-18847]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

48 CFR Part 570

[GSAR Case 2021-G524; Docket No. GSA-GSAR 2021-0019; Sequence No. 1]
RIN 3090-AK49


General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR); 
Updates to Certain Online References in the GSAM

AGENCY: Office of Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration 
(GSA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The General Services Administration (GSA) is issuing a final 
rule amending the General Services Administration Acquisition 
Regulation (GSAR) to update an outdated reference to a legacy website.

DATES: Effective October 1, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Tyler Piper or Mr. Stephen Carroll 
at 817-253-7858 or [email protected], for clarification of content. 
For information pertaining to status or publication schedules, contact 
the Regulatory Secretariat at 202-501-4755. Please cite GSAR Case 2021-
G524.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    GSA's Integrated Award Environment integrated the legacy SAM.gov 
into the beta.SAM.gov environment on May 24, 2021, migrating the 
functionality of SAM.gov into beta.SAM.gov. The term ``beta'' is 
retired, and there is now only one SAM.gov.

II. Authority for This Rulemaking

    Title 40 of the United States Code (U.S.C.) Section 121 authorizes 
GSA to issue regulations, including the GSAR, to control the 
relationship between GSA and contractors.

III. Discussion and Analysis

    The System for Award Management (SAM) has officially gone live, and 
as such the URL to reach it has changed from https://beta.sam.gov to 
https://www.sam.gov. This rule simply updates an outdated URL reference 
to the new website.

IV. Executive Orders 12866 and 13563

    Executive Orders (E.O.s) 12866 and 13563 direct agencies to assess 
all costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, if 
regulation is necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize 
net benefits (including potential economic, environmental, public 
health and safety effects, distributive impacts, and equity). E.O. 
13563 emphasizes the importance of quantifying both costs and benefits, 
of reducing costs, of harmonizing rules, and of promoting flexibility. 
This rule has been reviewed and determined by OMB not to be a 
significant regulatory action and, therefore, was not subject to review 
under section 6(b) of E.O. 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review, dated 
September 30, 1993.

V. Congressional Review Act

    The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as amended by 
the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, 
generally provides that before a ``major rule'' may take effect, the 
agency promulgating the rule must submit a rule report, which includes 
a copy of the rule, to each House of the Congress and to the 
Comptroller General of the United States. A major rule cannot take 
effect until 60 days after it is published in the Federal Register. 
This rule has been reviewed and determined by OMB not to be a ``major 
rule'' under 5 U.S.C. 804(2).

VI. Notice for Public Comment

    The statute that applies to the publication of the GSAR is the 
Office of Federal Procurement Policy statute (codified at title 41 of 
the United States Code). Specifically, 41 U.S.C. 1707(a)(1) requires 
that a procurement policy, regulation, procedure or form (including an 
amendment or modification thereof) must be published for public comment 
if it relates to the expenditure of appropriated funds, and has either 
a significant effect beyond the internal operating procedures of the 
agency issuing the policy, regulation, procedure, or form, or has a 
significant cost or administrative impact on contractors or offerors. 
This rule is not required to be published for public comment, because 
it does not have a significant effect or impose any new requirements on 
contractors or offerors. The rule simply replaces website references.

VII. Regulatory Flexibility Act

    The Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) does not 
apply to this rule, because an opportunity for public comment is not 
required to be given for this rule under 41 U.S.C. 1707(a)(1) (see 
Section VI. of this preamble). Accordingly, no regulatory flexibility 
analysis is required and none has been prepared.

VIII. Paperwork Reduction Act

    This rule does not contain any information collection requirements 
that require the approval of the Office of Management and Budget under 
the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).

List of Subjects in 48 CFR Part 570

    Government procurement.

Jeffrey Koses,
Senior Procurement Executive, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of 
Government-wide Policy, General Services Administration.

    Therefore, GSA amends 48 CFR part 570 as set forth below:

PART 570--ACQUIRING LEASEHOLD INTERESTS IN REAL PROPERTY

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1. The authority citation for part 570 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  40 U.S.C. 121(c).


570.106   [Amended]

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2. Amend section 570.106 in paragraph (a) by removing ``Governmentwide 
Point of Entry (GPE) at https://beta.sam.gov or successor system'' and 
adding ``System for Award

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Management Contract Opportunities at https://www.sam.gov'' in its 
place.

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