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--- schema: federal-register doc_type: fedreg source_file: FR-2015-09-10.xml --- 80 175 Thursday, September 10, 2015 Contents Agency Agency for International Development NOTICES Appointments: Senior Executive Services Performance Review Board, 54511 2015-22792 Meetings: Building Human Capital—Nutrition is Fundamental, 54511 2015-22793 Senior Executive Service Performance Review Board Membership, 54512 2015-22796 Agriculture Agriculture Department See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service See Food and Nutrition Service See Food Safety and Inspection Service NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 54512-54517 2015-22782 Animal Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service PROPOSED RULES Scrapie in Sheep and Goats, 54660-54692 2015-21909 Army Army Department NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 54555-54556 2015-22833 2015-22846 Broadcasting Broadcasting Board of Governors NOTICES Broadcasting Board of Governors FY-2013 Service Contract Analysis and FY-2014 Service Contract Inventory;

Availability, 54517 2015-22861 Census Bureau Census Bureau NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 54517-54518 2015-22812 Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Generic Clearance for the 2020 Census Field Tests, 54518 2015-22789 Centers Medicare Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services NOTICES Medicare Program: Prohibition on Expansion of Facility Capacity under the Hospital Ownership and Rural Provider Exceptions to the Physician Self-Referral Prohibition;

Exception Approval, 54565-54566 2015-22856 Civil Rights Civil Rights Commission NOTICES Meetings: Mississippi Advisory Committee; Correction, 54517 2015-22824 Coast Guard Coast Guard RULES Marine Vapor Control Systems, 54418 2015-22779 PROPOSED RULES Great Lakes Pilotage Rates: Annual Review and Changes to Methodology, 54484-54507 2015-22895 Commerce Commerce Department See Census Bureau See Foreign-Trade Zones Board See International Trade Administration See National Institute of Standards and Technology See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration See Patent and Trademark Office Consumer Product Consumer Product Safety Commission RULES Toys;

Determination Regarding Heavy Elements Limits for Unfinished and Untreated Wood, 54417-54418 2015-22829 Defense Department Defense Department See Army Department See Navy Department Education Department Education Department NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Impact Evaluation of Data Driven Instruction Professional Development for Teachers, 54558 2015-22813 Energy Department Energy Department See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission PROPOSED RULES Appliance Standards and Rulemaking Federal Advisory Committee:

Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps Working Group to Negotiate a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Energy Conservation Standards, 54444 2015-22840 Walk-in Cooler and Freezer Refrigeration Systems Working Group to Negotiate Energy Conservation Standards, 54443 2015-22841 NOTICES Meetings: Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technical Advisory Committee, 54559 2015-22798 Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, 54558-54559 2015-22809 Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency PROPOSED RULES Air Quality State Implementation Plans;

Approvals and Promulgations: Connecticut; Infrastructure Requirements, 54471-54483 2015-22027 Wisconsin; Disapproval of Infrastructure SIP with Respect to Oxides of Nitrogen as a Precursor to Ozone Provisions for the 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS, 54468-54471 2015-22863 Federal Aviation Federal Aviation Administration RULES Model Aircraft Operating Standards (June 9, 1981): Advisory Circular 91-57, 54417 2015-22828 PROPOSED RULES Establishment of Restricted Areas: Chincoteague Inlet, VA, 54444-54446 2015-22827 NOTICES Noise Exposure Maps:

Memphis International Airport, Memphis, TN, 54652-54653 2015-22825 Federal Deposit Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation NOTICES Receiverships; Terminations: Community National Bank, Lino Lakes, MN, 54564 2015-22831 Terminations of Receivership: Community Security Bank, New Prague, MN, 54564 2015-22826 State Bank of Aurora, Aurora, MN, 54564 2015-22777 Federal Election Federal Election Commission NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 54564 2015-22929 Federal Emergency Federal Emergency Management Agency NOTICES Major Disaster Declarations:

Kentucky; Amendment No. 1, 54573 2015-22693 Missouri; Amendment No. 1, 54573-54574 2015-22764 Federal Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Combined Filings, 54559-54563 2015-22737 2015-22738 2015-22805 2015-22806 2015-22807 2015-22808 Federal Highway Federal Highway Administration NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Cowlitz County, WA, 54654 2015-22874 State Route 95 Realignment Study; Interstate 40 to State Route 68, Mohave County, AZ, 54655 2015-22871 MAP-21 Comprehensive Truck Size and Weight Limits Study Deadline, 54653-54654 2015-22873 Federal Motor Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration NOTICES Commercial Driver's License Standards;

Exemption Applications: Daimler Trucks North America, 54655-54656 2015-22811 Federal Railroad Federal Railroad Administration NOTICES Applications for Approval of Discontinuance or Modification of a Railroad Signal System: Norfolk Southern Corp., 54656-54657 2015-22791 Petitions for Waivers of Compliance, 54657 2015-22790 Fish Fish and Wildlife Service NOTICES Requests for Nominations: Advisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking; Extension of Nominations Period, 54583 2015-22816 Food and Drug Food and Drug Administration PROPOSED RULES Food Labeling:

Revision of the Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels; Administrative Docket Update; Availability, 54446-54447 2015-22757 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: New Animal Drugs for Investigational Use, 54569-54570 2015-22830 Animal Food; Export Certificates; Food and Drug Administration Food Safety Modernization Act; Certification Fees, 54569 2015-22795 Guidance: Distributor Labeling for New Animal Drugs, 54568-54569 2015-22772 International Conference on Harmonisation;

Q3D Elemental Impurities, 54566-54567 2015-22835 Meetings: Osteoporosis Drug Development; Public Workshop, 54567-54568 2015-22784 Food and Nutrition Food and Nutrition Service RULES Clarification of Eligibility of Fleeing Felons, 54410-54417 2015-22763 Food Safety Food Safety and Inspection Service PROPOSED RULES Descriptive Designation for Needle or Blade Tenderized (Mechanically Tenderized) Beef Products; Correction, 54442 2015-22778 Foreign Claims Foreign Claims Settlement Commission NOTICES Meetings;

Sunshine Act, 54594 2015-22923 Foreign Trade Foreign-Trade Zones Board NOTICES Expansions of Subzones: Cummins, Inc., Foreign-Trade Zone 77, Memphis, TN, 54520-54521 2015-22859 Production Activities: Bauer Manufacturing Inc., Foreign-Trade Zone 265, Conroe, TX, 54520 2015-22860 Quad-Cities, Iowa/Illinois; CNH Industrial America, LLC Subzone 133E, 54519-54520 2015-22853 Health and Human Health and Human Services Department See Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services See Food and Drug Administration See National Institutes of Health Homeland Homeland Security Department See Coast Guard See Federal Emergency Management Agency See U.S.

Citizenship and Immigration Services NOTICES Meetings: Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee, 54574 2015-22838 Housing Housing and Urban Development Department NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Accountability in the Provision of HUD Assistance Applicant/Recipient Disclosure/Update Report, 54580-54581 2015-22734 Core Performance Reporting Requirements for Competitively-Funded Grants, 54577-54579 2015-22758 Legal Instructions Concerning Applications for Full Insurance Benefits;

Assignment of Multifamily Mortgages to the Secretary, 54581-54582 2015-22759 Neighborhood Stabilization Program 2 Reporting, 54582-54583 2015-22760 Personal Financial and Credit Statement, 54580 2015-22850 Improving the Previous Participation Reviews of Prospective Multifamily Housing and Healthcare Program Participants IInformational Conference Call, 54579-54580 2015-22762 Interior Interior Department See Fish and Wildlife Service See Land Management Bureau See National Indian Gaming Commission See Reclamation Bureau See Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office Internal Revenue Internal Revenue Service PROPOSED RULES Guidance:

Imposition of Tax on Certain Gifts and Bequests from Covered Expatriates, 54447-54468 2015-22574 International Trade Adm International Trade Administration NOTICES Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from India, 54521-54523 2015-22855 Certain Welded Carbon Steel Standard Pipes and Tubes from India, 54523 2015-22852 Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from India, 54524-54529 2015-22869 Silicomanganese from Kazakhstan, 54523-54524 2015-22851 World Health Organization Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework, 54529-54530 2015-22730 International Trade Com International Trade Commission NOTICES Investigations;

Determinations, Modifications, and Rulings, etc.: Certain Marine Sonar Imaging Devices, Including Downscan and Sidescan Devices, Products Containing the Same, and Components Thereof, 54592-54593 2015-22735 Overview of Cuban Imports of Goods and Services and Effects of U.S. Restrictions, 54591-54592 2015-22697 Judicial Conference Judicial Conference of the United States NOTICES Meetings: Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure, 54593-54594 2015-22756 Justice Department Justice Department See Foreign Claims Settlement Commission NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Federal Coal Lease Request, 54594 2015-22765 Labor Department Labor Department See Mine Safety and Health Administration Land Land Management Bureau NOTICES Realty Action: Modified Competitive Sealed Bid Sale of Public Land, Eddy County, NM, 54583-54586 2015-22797 Management Management and Budget Office RULES Universal Identifier and System of Award Management: Corrections, 54407-54410 2015-22074 Mine Mine Safety and Health Administration NOTICES Petitions for Modification of Existing Mandatory Safety Standards, 54594-54596 2015-22736 National Archives National Archives and Records Administration NOTICES Meetings:

Freedom of Information Act Advisory Committee, 54596 2015-22685 National Indian National Indian Gaming Commission NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 54586-54589 2015-22847 National Institute National Institute of Standards and Technology NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program Application Requirements, 54530 2015-22788 National Institute National Institutes of Health NOTICES Meetings:

Center for Scientific Review, 54571 2015-22767 Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 54570, 54573 2015-22706 2015-22800 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 54573 2015-22768 National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, 54570 2015-22769 National Institute of Mental Health, 54572 2015-22766 National Institute on Aging, 54570, 54572 2015-22801 2015-22802 Proposed Start-up Exclusive Option License: Therapeutic Uses for Cardio-metabolic Indications, Including Hypertriglyceridemia, Hypercholesterolemia and Diabetes, 54571-54572 2015-22771 National Oceanic National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RULES Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:

Pacific Cod by Catcher/Processors Using Trawl Gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska, 54440-54441 2015-22783 PROPOSED RULES Fisheries Off West Coast States: Coastal Pelagic Species Fisheries; Annual Specifications, 54507-54510 2015-22781 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 54554 2015-22708 Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Access-Point Angler Intercept Survey, 54534-54535 2015-22707 Cost-Earnings Surveys of American Samoa Longline Fishery, 54531 2015-22832 Reporting Requirements for Commercial Fisheries Authorization under Section 118 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act, 54532-54533 2015-22709 Southeast Region Permit Family of Forms, 54553-54554 2015-22720 Applications for Exempted Fishing Permits, 54531-54532 2015-22834 Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities:

Army Corps of Engineers during the Port of Miami Construction Project in Miami, FL; Withdrawal, 54554-54555 2015-22775 Mukilteo Multimodal Project Tank Farm Pier Removal Project, 54535-54544 2015-22776 Pier Maintenance Project, Naval Base Kitsap Bremerton, WA, 54544-54553 2015-22799 Workshops: Schedules for Atlantic Shark Identification and Protected Species Safe Handling, Release, and Identification, 54533-54534 2015-22836 Navy Navy Department NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements;

Availability, etc.: Fighter Squadron Transitions, 54556-54557 2015-22773 Nuclear Regulatory Nuclear Regulatory Commission NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Specific Domestic Licenses to Manufacture or Transfer Certain Items Containing Byproduct Material, 54596-54598 2015-22794 Overseas Overseas Private Investment Corporation NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 54598 2015-22956 Patent Patent and Trademark Office NOTICES Appointments:

Performance Review Board, 54555 2015-22728 Peace Peace Corps NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 54598 2015-22804 Personnel Personnel Management Office NOTICES Meetings: Hispanic Council on Federal Employment, 54598 2015-22810 Pipeline Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration RULES Hazardous Materials: Special Permit and Approvals Standard Operating Procedures and Evaluation Process, 54418-54440 2015-22617 Postal Regulatory Postal Regulatory Commission NOTICES New Postal Products, 54599-54600 2015-22818 2015-22819 2015-22820 Postal Service Postal Service NOTICES Product Changes:

Priority Mail Express Negotiated Service Agreement, 54600 2015-22721 Priority Mail Negotiated Service Agreement, 54600 2015-22718 Presidential Documents Presidential Documents PROCLAMATIONS Special Observances: Labor Day (Proc. 9316), 54693-54696 2015-22997 EXECUTIVE ORDERS Government Agencies and Employees: Contractors, Paid Sick Leave; Establishment (EO 13706), 54697-54700 2015-22998 Presidio Presidio Trust NOTICES Meetings: Board of Directors, 54600-54601 2015-22857 Reclamation Reclamation Bureau NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements;

Availability, etc.: Central Valley Project Municipal and Industrial Water Shortage Policy, Central Valley, CA, 54589-54590 2015-22787 Securities Securities and Exchange Commission NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 54617, 54630-54631, 54634-54635 2015-22749 2015-22750 2015-22751 2015-22752 2015-22753 2015-22754 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 54629 2015-22911 Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes: BATS Exchange, Inc., 54614-54617 2015-22745 BATS Y-Exchange, Inc., 54631-54634 2015-22755 BOX Options Exchange, LLC, 54621-54627 2015-22741 2015-22743 EDGA Exchange, Inc., 54635-54638 2015-22747 EDGX Exchange, Inc., 54617-54621, 54638-54640 2015-22739 2015-22746 ICE Clear Credit, LLC, 54627-54628 2015-22748 NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc., 54601-54614, 54640-54646 2015-22742 2015-22744 NYSE Arca, Inc., 54646-54648 2015-22845 The Options Clearing Corp., 54628-54629 2015-22740 Small Business Small Business Administration NOTICES Disaster Declarations:

Alaska, 54650 2015-22882 Kentucky, 54649 2015-22884 New York, 54648-54649 2015-22879 Ohio, 54649-54650 2015-22870 Meetings: National Small Business Development Center Advisory Board, 54650 2015-22868 State Department State Department NOTICES Charter Renewals: Industry Advisory Group, 54651 2015-22880 Designation of Global Terrorist: Abu 'Ubaydah Yusuf al 'Anabi aka Yusuf Abu-'Ubaydah al-Anabi aka Abou Obeida Youssef al-Annabi aka Abu-Ubaydah Yusuf al-Inabi, 54650-54651 2015-22849 Surface Mining Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office NOTICES Stream Protection Rule, 54590-54591 2015-22878 Surface Transportation Surface Transportation Board NOTICES Railroad Revenue Adequacy, 2014 Determination, 54657-54658 2015-22770 Trade Representative Trade Representative, Office of United States NOTICES 2015 Special 301 Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets, 54651-54652 2015-22761 Transportation Department Transportation Department See Federal Aviation Administration See Federal Highway Administration See Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration See Federal Railroad Administration See Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration See Surface Transportation Board Treasury Treasury Department See Internal Revenue Service U.S.

Citizenship U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Application for Action on an Approved Application or Petition, 54576-54577 2015-22700 Monthly Report on Naturalization Papers, 54575-54576 2015-22701 Petition for CNMI-Only Nonimmigrant Transitional Worker, 54574-54575 2015-22702 Separate Parts In This Issue Part II Agriculture Department, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 54660-54692 2015-21909 Part III Presidential Documents, 54693-54700 2015-22997 2015-22998 Reader Aids Consult the Reader Aids section at the end of this issue for phone numbers, online resources, finding aids, and notice of recently enacted public laws.

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ACTION: Correcting amendments. SUMMARY: The Office of Management and Budget

(OMB)is correcting the final guidance that appeared in the **Federal Register** on September 14, 2010 (75 FR 55673) and December 26, 2013 (78 FR 78589). OMB is amending the guidance to make technical corrections where needed. The final guidance is revised to remove references to the “System of Award Management” and replace them with the correct term “System for Award Management”. With respect to the technical corrections to the final guidance, these corrections are included only where it has come to the attention of the Council on Financial Assistance Reform (COFAR) that particular language in the final guidance did not match with the COFAR's intent and would result in an erroneous implementation of the guidance. These technical corrections will go into effect at the time of issuance. Guidance on effective/applicability date is revised to allow a grace period of two fiscal years for non-Federal entities to implement changes to their procurement policies and procedures in accordance with guidance on procurement standards. Other requirements in the section remain as originally published. Technical corrections are made to eliminate conflicting or unclear language and grammatical inconsistencies or citation errors throughout. DATES: *Effective date:* September 10, 2015. *Implementation date:* For all non-Federal entities, there is a two-year grace period for implementation of the procurement standards in 2 CFR 200.317 through 200.326. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rhea Hubbard or Gil Tran, Office of Federal Financial Management, *rhubbard@omb.eop.gov* or *Hai_M._Tran@omb.eop.gov,* or via telephone at

(202)395-3993. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of OMB's Erratum, 2 CFR 200 released on December 26, 2013. This is the second set of corrections. The first set of corrections was published in the **Federal Register** on December 19, 2014 (79 FR 75871). This document augments the corrections which were published in the **Federal Register** on December 19, 2014 (79 FR 75871). Additional Outreach and Training Since the issuance of the Uniform Guidance on December 26, 2013, the COFAR has developed and provided numerous additional resources to assist stakeholders in learning about the guidance. For a complete list and access to these resources, please visit the COFAR Web site at *cfo.gov/COFAR.* Resources available include a Frequently Asked Questions document, as well as several training webcasts. Please note that the Frequently Asked Questions document will be referenced as additional guidance in the 2015 issuance of Appendix XI to Part 200—Compliance Supplement. List of Subjects 2 CFR Part 25 Administrative practice and procedures, Grants administration, Grant programs, Loan programs. 2 CFR Part 200 Accounting, Auditing, Colleges and universities, State and local governments, Grant programs, Grants administration, Hospitals, Indians, Nonprofit organizations, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements. Mark Reger, Deputy Controller. Under the authority of the Chief Financial Officer Act of 1990 (31 U.S.C. 503), the Office of Management and Budget amends 2 CFR parts 25 and 200 by making the following correcting amendments: PART 25—UNIVERSAL IDENTIFIER AND SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT 1. The authority citation for part 25 continues to read as follows: Authority: Pub. L. 109-282; 31 U.S.C. 6102. 2. Revise the heading of part 25 to read as set forth above. §§ 25.100 and 25.310 and Appendix A to Part 25 [Amended] 3. Amend §§ 25.100 and 25.310 and Appendix A to Part 25 by removing references to “System of Award Management” wherever they appear, and adding, in their place, “System for Award Management”. PART 200—UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS, COST PRINCIPLES, AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL AWARDS 4. The authority citation for part 200 continues to read as follows: Authority: 31 U.S.C. 503. § 200.19 [Amended] 5. Amend § 200.19 paragraph

(b)by removing “C.12” and adding, in its place “C.2.a.”. 6. In § 200.40 revise the introductory text of paragraph

(a)and the the introductory text of paragraph (b), to read as follows: § 200.40 Federal financial assistance.

(a)*Federal financial assistance* means assistance that non-Federal entities receive or administer in the form of:

(b)For § 200.202 Requirement to provide public notice of Federal financial assistance programs and Subpart F—Audit Requirements of this part, *Federal financial assistance* also includes assistance that non-Federal entities receive or administer in the form of: 7. In § 200.101, revise the table in paragraph (b)(1), and revise paragraph (d)(1), to read as follows: § 200.101 Applicability.

(b)* * *

(1)* * * This table must be read along with the other provisions of this section The following portions of this Part Are applicable to the following types of Federal Awards and Fixed-Price Contracts and Subcontracts (except as noted in paragraphs

(d)and

(e)below): Are NOT applicable to the following types of Federal Awards and Fixed-Price Contracts and Subcontracts: Subpart A—Acronyms and Definitions —All Subpart B—General Provisions, except for §§ 200.111 English Language, 200.112 Conflict of Interest, 200.113 Mandatory Disclosures —All §§ 200.111 English Language, 200.112 Conflict of Interest, 200.113 Mandatory Disclosures —Grant Agreements and cooperative agreements —Agreements for loans, loan guarantees, interest subsidies and insurance. —Procurement contracts awarded by Federal Agencies under the Federal Acquisition Regulation and subcontracts under those contracts. Subparts C-D, except for §§ 200.202 Requirement to provide public notice of Federal financial assistance programs, 200.303 Internal controls, 200.330-332 Subrecipient Monitoring and Management —Grant Agreements and cooperative agreements —Agreements for loans, loan guarantees, interest subsidies and insurance. —Procurement contracts awarded by Federal Agencies under the Federal Acquisition Regulation and subcontracts under those contracts. § 200.202 Requirement to provide public notice of Federal financial assistance programs —Grant Agreements and cooperative agreements —Agreements for loans, loan guarantees, interest subsidies and insurance —Procurement contracts awarded by Federal Agencies under the Federal Acquisition Regulation and subcontracts under those contracts. §§ 200.303 Internal controls, 200.330-332 Subrecipient Monitoring and Management —All Subpart E—Cost Principles —Grant Agreements and cooperative agreements, except those providing food commodities —All procurement contracts under the Federal Acquisition Regulations except those that are not negotiated —Grant agreements and cooperative agreements providing foods commodities. —Fixed amount awards. —Agreements for loans, loans guarantees, interest subsidies and insurance. —Federal awards to hospitals (see Appendix IX Hospital Cost Principles). Subpart F—Audit Requirements —Grant Agreements and cooperative agreements —Contracts and subcontracts, except for fixed price contacts and subcontracts, awarded under the Federal Acquisition Regulation —Agreements for loans, loans guarantees, interest subsidies and insurance and other forms of Federal Financial Assistance as defined by the Single Audit Act Amendment of 1996 —Fixed-price contracts and subcontracts awarded under the Federal Acquisition Regulation.

(d)* * *

(1)The block grant awards authorized by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (including Community Services), except to the extent that Subpart E—Cost Principles of this Part apply to subrecipients of Community Services Block Grant funds pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 9916(a)(1)(B); 8. Revise § 200.110, paragraph

(a)to read as follows: § 200.110 Effective/applicability date.

(a)The standards set forth in this part which affect administration of Federal awards issued by Federal awarding agencies become effective once implemented by Federal awarding agencies or when any future amendment to this part becomes final. Federal awarding agencies must implement the policies and procedures applicable to Federal awards by promulgating a regulation to be effective by December 26, 2014 unless different provisions are required by statute or approved by OMB. For the procurement standards in §§ 200.317-200.326, non-Federal entities may continue to comply with the procurement standards in previous OMB guidance (superseded by this part as described in § 200.104) for two additional fiscal years after this part goes into effect. If a non-Federal entity chooses to use the previous procurement standards for an additional two fiscal years before adopting the procurement standards in this part, the non-Federal entity must document this decision in their internal procurement policies. § 200.203 [Amended] 9. In § 200.203(a)(5), remove “Financial” and add, in its place, “Domestic” 10. Revise § 200.305, paragraph (b)(9) introductory text to read as follows: § 200.305 Payment.

(b)* * *

(9)Interest earned amounts up to $500 per year may be retained by the non-Federal entity for administrative expense. Any additional interest earned on Federal advance payments deposited in interest-bearing accounts must be remitted annually to the Department of Health and Human Services Payment Management System

(PMS)through an electronic medium using either Automated Clearing House

(ACH)network or a Fedwire Funds Service payment. Remittances must include pertinent information of the payee and nature of payment in the memo area (often referred to as “addenda records” by Financial Institutions) as that will assist in the timely posting of interest earned on federal funds. Pertinent details include the Payee Account Number

(PAN)if the payment originated from PMS, or Agency information if the payment originated from ASAP, NSF or another federal agency payment system. The remittance must be submitted as follows: 11. Revise § 200.308, paragraph

(c)to read as follows: § 200.308 Revision of budget and program plans. (c)(1) For non-construction Federal awards, recipients must request prior approvals from Federal awarding agencies for one or more of the following program or budget-related reasons:

(i)Change in the scope or the objective of the project or program (even if there is no associated budget revision requiring prior written approval).

(ii)Change in a key person specified in the application or the Federal award.

(iii)The disengagement from the project for more than three months, or a 25 percent reduction in time devoted to the project, by the approved project director or principal investigator.

(iv)The inclusion, unless waived by the Federal awarding agency, of costs that require prior approval in accordance with Subpart E—Cost Principles of this part or 45 CFR part 75 Appendix IX, “Principles for Determining Costs Applicable to Research and Development under Awards and Contracts with Hospitals,” or 48 CFR part 31, “Contract Cost Principles and Procedures,” as applicable.

(v)The transfer of funds budgeted for participant support costs as defined in § 200.75 Participant support costs to other categories of expense.

(vi)Unless described in the application and funded in the approved Federal awards, the subawarding, transferring or contracting out of any work under a Federal award, including fixed amount subawards as described in § 200.332 Fixed amount subawards. This provision does not apply to the acquisition of supplies, material, equipment or general support services.

(vii)Changes in the approved cost-sharing or matching provided by the non-Federal entity.

(viii)The need arises for additional Federal funds to complete the project.

(2)No other prior approval requirements for specific items may be imposed unless an exception has been approved by OMB. See also §§ 200.102 Exceptions and 200.407 Prior written approval (prior approval). § 200.320 [Amended] 12. In § 200.320, paragraph (c)(2)(i), remove “state,” and remove “publically” and add, in its place “publicly”. 13. In § 200.330, revise the final sentence of paragraph

(b)introductory text to read as follows: § 200.330 Subrecipient and contractor determinations.

(b)* * * Characteristics indicative of a procurement relationship between the non-Federal entity and a contractor are when the contractor: 14. Revise § 200.331, paragraphs (a)(1)(iv), (vi), (vii), (viii), and (x); (a)(2) and (a)(4) to read as follows: § 200.331 Requirements for pass-through entities.

(a)* * *

(1)* * *

(iv)Federal Award Date (see § 200.39 Federal award date) of award to the recipient by the Federal agency;

(vi)Amount of Federal Funds Obligated by this action by the pass-through entity to the subrecipient;

(vii)Total Amount of Federal Funds Obligated to the subrecipient by the pass-through entity including the current obligation;

(viii)Total Amount of the Federal Award committed to the subrecipient by the pass-through entity;

(x)Name of Federal awarding agency, pass-through entity, and contact information for awarding official of the Pass-through entity;

(2)All requirements imposed by the pass-through entity on the subrecipient so that the Federal award is used in accordance with Federal statutes, regulations and the terms and conditions of the Federal award;

(4)An approved federally recognized indirect cost rate negotiated between the subrecipient and the Federal Government or, if no such rate exists, either a rate negotiated between the pass-through entity and the subrecipient (in compliance with this part), or a de minimis indirect cost rate as defined in § 200.414 Indirect (F&A) costs, paragraph (f); § 200.431 [Amended] 15. In § 200.431, paragraph (h)(3) remove “Federal Government's” and add, in its place “non-Federal entity” and revise paragraph

(j)to read as follows: § 200.431 Compensation—fringe benefits. (j)(1) *For IHEs only.* Fringe benefits in the form of undergraduate and graduate tuition or remission of tuition for individual employees are allowable, provided such benefits are granted in accordance with established non-Federal entity policies, and are distributed to all non-Federal entity activities on an equitable basis. Tuition benefits for family members other than the employee are unallowable.

(2)Fringe benefits in the form of tuition or remission of tuition for individual employees not employed by IHEs are limited to the tax-free amount allowed per section 127 of the Internal Revenue Code as amended.

(3)IHEs may offer employees tuition waivers or tuition reductions, provided that the benefit does not discriminate in favor of highly compensated employees. Employees can exercise these benefits at other institutions according to institutional policy. See § 200.466 Scholarships and student aid costs, for treatment of tuition remission provided to students. § 200.449 [Amended] 16. In § 200.449, paragraph (e), remove “September 23” and add, in its place “July 1”. 17. Amend Appendix III to Part 200 as follows: a. In Section C.7, revise the first sentence. b. Amend the final sentence of Section C.11.a.(1), by adding “see” after `subrecipient,”. The revision reads as follows: Appendix III to Part 200—Indirect (F&A) Costs Identification and Assignment, and Rate Determination for Institutions of Higher Education

(IHEs)C. * * * 7. Except as provided in paragraph (c)(1) of § 200.414 Indirect (F&A) costs, Federal agencies must use the negotiated rates in effect at the time of the initial award throughout the life of the Federal award. * * * 18. Amend Appendix IV to Part 200 as follows: a. In Section A., designate the second paragraph as Section A.1.2., and revise the newly designated paragraph. b. In Section B.2.e. amend the first sentence to remove “Federal funding of direct costs” and adding in its place “direct Federal funding” and remove “section A.3 of this Appendix” and add in its place “paragraph

(a)of § 200.414 Indirect (F&A) costs”. c. In Section B.3.g. amend the final sentence by removing “section A.3 of this Appendix” and adding in its place “paragraph

(a)of § 200.414 Indirect (F&) costs”, d. In Section C.2.b. amend the first sentence to remove “(e)” and add in its place “(f)”, e. In Section C.2.c. amend the first sentence to remove “(f)” and add in its place “(g)”. The revision reads as follows: Appendix IV to Part 200—Indirect (F&A) Costs Identification and Assignment, and Rate Determination for Nonprofit Organizations 2. “Major nonprofit organizations” are defined in paragraph

(a)of § 200.414 Indirect (F&A) costs. See indirect cost rate reporting requirements in sections B.2.e and B.3.g of this Appendix. 19. Amend Appendix V to Part 200 by revising Section E.2. to read as follows: Appendix V to Part 200—State/Local Governmentwide Central Service Cost Allocation Plans 2. Allocated Central Services For each allocated central service*, the plan must also include the following: a brief description of the service, an identification of the unit rendering the service and the operating agencies receiving the service, the items of expense included in the cost of the service, the method used to distribute the cost of the service to benefitted agencies, and a summary schedule showing the allocation of each service to the specific benefitted agencies. If any self-insurance funds or fringe benefits costs are treated as allocated (rather than billed) central services, documentation discussed in subsections 3.b. and c. must also be included. [FR Doc. 2015-22074 Filed 9-9-15; 8:45 am]

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