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Catherine Marzin,
Acting Director, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
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Defense Acquisition Regulations
System
Acquisition of Items for Which Federal
Prison Industries Has a Significant
Market Share
Defense Acquisition
Regulations System, Department of
Defense (DoD).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
DoD is publishing the
updated annual list of product
categories for which the Federal Prison
Industries’ share of the DoD market is
greater than five percent.
DATES: April 9, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Angela Lynch, 339–223–7387.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
November 19, 2009, a final rule was
published in the Federal Register at 74
FR 59914, which amended the Defense
Federal Acquisition Regulation
Supplement (DFARS) subpart 208.6 to
implement section 827 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2008 (Pub. L. 110–181). Section
827 changed DoD competition
requirements for purchases from Federal
Prison Industries, Inc. (FPI) by requiring
DoD to publish an annual list of product
categories for which FPI’s share of the
DoD market was greater than five
percent, based on the most recent fiscal
year data available. Product categories
on the current list, and the products
within each identified product category,
must be procured using competitive or
fair opportunity procedures in
accordance with DFARS 208.602–70.
The Principal Director, Defense
Pricing, Contracting, and Acquisition
Policy (DPCAP), issued a memorandum
dated March 10, 2025, that provided the
current list of product categories for
which FPI’s share of the DoD market is
greater than five percent based on fiscal
year 2024 data from the Federal
Procurement Data System. The product
categories to be competed effective
April 9, 2025, are the following:
• 7110 (Office Furniture)
• 7290 (Miscellaneous Household and
Commercial Furnishings and
Appliances)
• 8125 (Bottles and Jars)
• 8405 (Outerwear, Men’s)
• 8410 (Outerwear, Women’s)
• 8415 (Clothing, Special Purpose)
• 8420 (Underwear and Nightwear,
Men’s)
SUMMARY:
Fisheries of the U.S. Caribbean;
Southeast Data, Assessment, and
Review (SEDAR); Public Meeting;
Cancellation
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
AGENCY:
Notice of cancellation; SEDAR
101 Pre-Data Workshop Webinar for
Highly Migratory Species (HMS)
Sandbar Sharks.
ACTION:
The SEDAR 101 assessment
process of HMS sandbar sharks will
consist of a Data Workshop, an
Assessment Workshop and a Center for
Independent Experts (CIE) Desk Review.
See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
SUMMARY:
The SEDAR 101 Pre-Data
Workshop webinar was scheduled for
April 7, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Eastern Time.
DATES:
ADDRESSES:
Meeting address: The meeting was to
be held via webinar.
SEDAR address: 4055 Faber Place
Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC
29405.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Emily Ott, SEDAR Coordinator; (843)
302–8434; email: Emily.Ott@safmc.net.
The
meeting notice published on March 18,
2025 (90 FR 12525). This announces
that the meeting is cancelled and will be
rescheduled at a later date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: March 19, 2025.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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which FPI has a significant market share
is posted at https://www.acq.osd.mil/
dpap/policy/policyvault/USA00018425_DPCAP.pdf.
The statute, as implemented, also
requires DoD to—
(1) Include FPI in the solicitation
process for these items. A timely offer
from FPI must be considered and award
procedures must be followed in
accordance with existing policy at
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
8.602(a)(4)(ii) through (v);
(2) Continue to conduct acquisitions,
in accordance with FAR subpart 8.6, for
items from product categories for which
FPI does not have a significant market
share. FAR 8.602 requires agencies to
conduct market research and make a
written comparability determination, at
the discretion of the contracting officer.
Competitive (or fair opportunity)
procedures are appropriate if the FPI
product is not comparable in terms of
price, quality, or time of delivery; and
(3) Modify the published list if DoD
subsequently determines that new data
requires adding or omitting a product
category from the list.
Jennifer D. Johnson,
Editor/Publisher, Defense Acquisition
Regulations System.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information, please email
Lucille Marvin, 202–523–5800, OMD@
fmc.gov.
The
Commission invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to comment
on any aspect of the continuing
information collection listed in this
notice, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.). We are particularly interested in
receiving comments on: (1) The
necessity and utility of the proposed
information collection for the proper
performance of the agency’s functions;
(2) the accuracy of the estimated
burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (4) the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology to
minimize the information collection
burden.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be included or
summarized in our request for OMB
approval of the relevant information
collection. All comments are part of the
public record and subject to disclosure.
Please do not include any confidential
or inappropriate material in your
comments.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Previous Request for Comments
FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION
[FMC–2024–0015]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Requested;
Controlled Carriers
Federal Maritime Commission.
Notice and request for comment.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Federal Maritime
Commission (Commission) is giving
public notice that the agency has
submitted the continuing information
collection listed below in this notice to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for approval. The public is
invited to comment on the proposed
information collection pursuant to the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before April 23, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
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On August 23, 2024, the Commission
published a notice and request for
comment in the Federal Register (89 FR
68159) regarding the agency’s request
for approval from OMB for information
collections as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
During the 60-day period, the
Commission received one comment.
That comment was outside the scope of
the information collection and was not
considered.
Information Collection Open for
Comment
Title: 46 CFR part 565—Controlled
Carriers.
OMB Approval Number: 3072–0060
(Expires April 30, 2025).
Abstract: The Shipping Act requires
that the Commission monitor the
practices of controlled carriers (defined
at 46 U.S.C. 40102(9)) to ensure that
they do not maintain rates or charges in
their tariffs and service contracts that
are below a level that is just and
reasonable; nor establish, maintain, or
enforce unjust or unreasonable
classifications, rules, or regulations in
those tariffs or service contracts that
result or are likely to result in the
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carriage or handling of cargo at rates or
charges that are below a just and
reasonable level, 46 U.S.C. 40701–
40706. Part 565, title 46 of the Code of
Federal Regulations establishes the
method by which the Commission
determines whether a particular ocean
common carrier is a controlled carrier
subject to 46 U.S.C. 40701–40706. When
a government acquires a controlling
interest in an ocean common carrier, or
when a controlled carrier newly enters
a United States trade, the Commission’s
rules require that such a carrier notify
the Commission of these events.
Current Actions: There are no changes
to this information collection, and it is
being submitted for extension purposes
only.
Type of Review: Extension.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
uses these notifications in order to
effectively discharge its statutory duty
to determine whether a particular ocean
common carrier is a controlled carrier
and therefore subject to the
requirements of 46 U.S.C. 40701–40706.
Frequency: The submission of
notifications from controlled carriers is
not assigned to a specific time frame by
the Commission; they are submitted as
circumstances warrant. The
Commission only requires notification
when a majority portion of an ocean
common carrier becomes owned or
controlled by a foreign government, or
when a controlled carrier newly begins
operation in any United States trade.
Type of Respondents: Controlled
carriers are ocean common carriers that
are, or whose operating assets are,
directly or indirectly, owned or
controlled by a foreign government. The
Shipping Act defines ‘‘controlled
carriers’’ at 46 U.S.C. 40102(9).
Number of Annual Respondents: The
Commission cannot anticipate when a
new controlled carrier may enter the
United States trade, when ownership or
control of a carrier will change so that
notification is required, or when a
controlled carrier exits the United States
trade. Over the past three years, the
Commission has received, on average,
fewer than one notification per year.
However, as the Commission has
recently classified several additional
carriers as controlled carriers, the total
estimated burden is increased.
Estimated Time per Response: The
estimated time for each notification is 2
hours.
Total Annual Burden: For purposes of
calculating total annual burden, the
Commission assumes 12 responses
annually. The Commission thus
estimates the total annual burden to be
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[FR Doc No: 2025-04926]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Defense Acquisition Regulations System
[Docket No. DARS-2025-0002]
Acquisition of Items for Which Federal Prison Industries Has a
Significant Market Share
AGENCY: Defense Acquisition Regulations System, Department of Defense
(DoD).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: DoD is publishing the updated annual list of product
categories for which the Federal Prison Industries' share of the DoD
market is greater than five percent.
DATES: April 9, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angela Lynch, 339-223-7387.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 19, 2009, a final rule was
published in the Federal Register at 74 FR 59914, which amended the
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) subpart 208.6
to implement section 827 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2008 (Pub. L. 110-181). Section 827 changed DoD competition
requirements for purchases from Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (FPI)
by requiring DoD to publish an annual list of product categories for
which FPI's share of the DoD market was greater than five percent,
based on the most recent fiscal year data available. Product categories
on the current list, and the products within each identified product
category, must be procured using competitive or fair opportunity
procedures in accordance with DFARS 208.602-70.
The Principal Director, Defense Pricing, Contracting, and
Acquisition Policy (DPCAP), issued a memorandum dated March 10, 2025,
that provided the current list of product categories for which FPI's
share of the DoD market is greater than five percent based on fiscal
year 2024 data from the Federal Procurement Data System. The product
categories to be competed effective April 9, 2025, are the following:
7110 (Office Furniture)
7290 (Miscellaneous Household and Commercial Furnishings and
Appliances)
8125 (Bottles and Jars)
8405 (Outerwear, Men's)
8410 (Outerwear, Women's)
8415 (Clothing, Special Purpose)
8420 (Underwear and Nightwear, Men's)
The DPCAP memorandum with the current list of product categories
for
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which FPI has a significant market share is posted at https://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/policy/policyvault/USA000184-25_DPCAP.pdf.
The statute, as implemented, also requires DoD to--
(1) Include FPI in the solicitation process for these items. A
timely offer from FPI must be considered and award procedures must be
followed in accordance with existing policy at Federal Acquisition
Regulation (FAR) 8.602(a)(4)(ii) through (v);
(2) Continue to conduct acquisitions, in accordance with FAR
subpart 8.6, for items from product categories for which FPI does not
have a significant market share. FAR 8.602 requires agencies to conduct
market research and make a written comparability determination, at the
discretion of the contracting officer. Competitive (or fair
opportunity) procedures are appropriate if the FPI product is not
comparable in terms of price, quality, or time of delivery; and
(3) Modify the published list if DoD subsequently determines that
new data requires adding or omitting a product category from the list.
Jennifer D. Johnson,
Editor/Publisher, Defense Acquisition Regulations System.
[FR Doc. 2025-04926 Filed 3-21-25; 8:45 am]
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