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Rules and Regulations
Federal Register Vol. 86, No. 193
Friday, October 8, 2021

This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER
contains regulatory documents having general applicability and legal effect, most of which are keyed to and codified in the Code of Federal Regulations, which is published under 50 titles pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 1510.
The Code of Federal Regulations is sold by the Superintendent of Documents.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institutes of Standards and Technology 15 CFR Part 290
Docket No.: 2109130184
RIN 0693AB68

Hollings Manufacturing Extension PartnershipAmendment to Venue for Publishing Notices of Funding Opportunities for Financial Assistance National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST, United States Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:

NIST is issuing a final rule to amend the regulations governing the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership MEP program to reflect the current requirements for publishing Notices of Funding Opportunities NOFOs for the establishment and operation of MEP Centers, consistent with the current MEP authorizing statute and Department of Commerce Department or DOC policy.
DATES: This rule is effective October 8, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: J.
Chancy Lyford, External Affairs, Performance and Support Division, Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 4800, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, 2406600324.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

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I. Background The Hollings MEP Program Program is a unique program, consisting of centers in each state and Puerto Rico with partnerships at the state, federal, and local levels. Prior to being amended by Section 501b of the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act AICA, Public Law 114329, the Program statute, 15 U.S.C. 278kc,
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required that NIST publish in the Federal Register a description of each financial assistance program to establish an MEP Center. Section 501b of AICA
removed the requirement that such notices be published in the Federal Register, which is consistent with the current policy of the Department of Commerce to publish all notices of funding opportunities NOFOs on www.Grants.gov, unless otherwise required by statute or regulation.1
NIST is amending the MEP
regulations, specifically 15 CFR 290.7, to remove the requirement that NOFOs to solicit applications to establish a new MEP Center or to operate a pre-existing MEP Center be published in the Federal Register.
II. Statutory Authority 15 U.S.C. 278k was revised by section 501b of AICA to eliminate the requirement that solicitations for operators of MEP Centers be published in the Federal Register.
III. Regulatory Analysis
Paperwork Reduction Act This rule contains no new collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
National Environmental Policy Act This final rule will not significantly affect the quality of the human environment. Therefore, an environmental assessment or Environmental Impact Statement is not required to be prepared under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.
List of Subjects in 15 CFR Part 290
Cooperative agreements, Grant programs, Science and technology.
For the reasons stated in the preamble, NIST is amending 15 CFR
part 290 as follows:
PART 290REGIONAL CENTERS FOR
THE TRANSFER OF MANUFACTURING
TECHNOLOGY
1. The authority citation for 15 CFR
part 290 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 278k.

Because this final rule is a matter relating to public property, loans, grants, benefits, or contracts, 5 U.S.C.
553 does not apply. See 5 U.S.C.
553a2. Therefore, prior notice and opportunity for public comment are not required under 5 U.S.C. 553, and there is no requirement for a 30-day delay in the effectiveness of this action under 5
U.S.C. 553d.
Executive Order 12866

2. Revise 290.7 to read as follows:

290.7

Proposal selection process.

Upon the availability of funding to solicit applications to establish a new Manufacturing Extension Partnership MEP Center or to operate a pre-existing MEP Center, the Director shall publish a notice of funding opportunity on www.Grants.gov requesting submission of competitive proposals from eligible organizations.

This final rule was determined to be not significant for purposes of Executive Order 12866.

Alicia Chambers, NIST Executive Secretariat.

Executive Order 13132

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This final rule does not contain policies with Federalism implications as defined in Executive Order 13132.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
1 In addition, the Office of Management and Budget has encouraged Federal agencies to use www.Grants.gov since 2003. 68 FR 58146.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
Because prior notice and opportunity for public comment are not required for this rule by 5 U.S.C. 553, or any other law, the analytical requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601
et seq., do not apply.

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Docket No. FDA2017C1951

Termination of Listing of Color Additives Exempt From Certification;
Lead Acetate AGENCY:

Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.

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