99-18114. Rules of Procedure for Transportation Rate Cases

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 135 (Thursday, July 15, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 38143]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-18114]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

48 CFR Part 6103


Rules of Procedure for Transportation Rate Cases

AGENCY: Board of Contract Appeals, GSA.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This document contains nomenclature changes to the rules of 
procedure of the GSA Board of Contract Appeals applicable to the 
Board's review of claims made by a carrier or freight forwarder 
pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3726(g)(1). The General Services Administration 
Office of Transportation Audits (OTA) has been renamed the Audit 
Division of the General Services Administration Office of 
Transportation and Property Management (the Audit Division). All 
references in the Board's rules to ``OTA'' are changed to ``the Audit 
Division.'' This rule also revises the authority citation for Part 
6103.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 15, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margaret S. Pfunder, Deputy Chief 
Counsel, GSA Board of Contract Appeals, telephone [phone], 
Internet address [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Executive Order 12866

    The General Services Administration (GSA) has determined that this 
final rule is not a significant rule for the purposes of Executive 
Order 12866 of September 30, 1993.

B. Regulatory Flexibility Act

    This final rule is not required to be published in the Federal 
Register for notice and comment; therefore, the Regulatory Flexibility 
Act does not apply.

C. Paperwork Reduction Act

    The Paperwork Reduction Act does not apply because this final rule 
does not impose record keeping or information collection requirements, 
or the collection of information from offerors, contractors, or members 
of the public that require the approval of the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) under 44 U.S.C. 501, et seq.

D. Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act

    This final rule is also exempt from congressional review prescribed 
under 5 U.S.C. 801 since it relates solely to agency management and 
personnel.

List of Subjects in 48 CFR part 6103

    Administrative practice and procedure, Freight forwarders, 
Government procurement.

    For the reasons set forth in the preamble, 41 CFR part 6103 is 
amended as follows:

PART 6103--RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR TRANSPORTATION RATE CASES

    1. The authority citation for part 6103 is revised to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3726(g)(1); 41 U.S.C. 601-613; Sec. 202(o), 
Pub. L. 104-316, 110 Stat. 3826.

6103.1  [Amended]

    2. Section 6103.1 is amended in paragraph (a) by removing the 
citation ``201(o)'' and adding in its place the citation ``202(o)'' and 
in paragraph (b) by removing the words ``General Services 
Administration Office of Transportation Audits (OTA)'' and adding in 
their place the words ``Audit Division of the General Services 
Administration Office of Transportation and Property Management (the 
Audit Division)''.


6103.2  [Amended]

    3. Section 6103.2 is amended in paragraph (a)(5) by removing the 
acronym ``OTA'' and inserting in its place the words ``Audit 
Division'', and in paragraphs (c) and (d) by removing the acronym 
``OTA'' wherever it appears and adding in its place the words ``the 
Audit Division''.


6103.3  [Amended]

    4. Section 6103.3 is amended by removing the acronym ``OTA'' 
wherever it appears and adding in its place the words ``the Audit 
Division.''
    5. Section 6103.4 is revised to read as follows:


6103.4  Reply to Audit Division and agency responses  [Rule 304].

    A claimant may file with the Board and serve on the Audit Division 
and the agency a reply to the Audit Division and agency responses 
within 30 calendar days after receiving the responses (or within 60 
calendar days after receiving the responses, if the claimant is located 
outside the 50 states and the District of Columbia). To expedite 
proceedings, if the claimant does not wish to respond, the claimant 
should so notify the Board, the Audit Division, and the agency.


6103.5  [Amended]

    6. Section 6103.5 is amended by removing the acronym ``OTA'' 
wherever it appears and adding in its place the words ``the Audit 
Division''.


6103.6  [Amended]

    7. Section 6103.6 is amended by removing the acronym ``OTA'' 
wherever it appears and adding in its place the words ``the Audit 
Division''.


6103.7  [Amended]

    8. Section 6103.7 is amended by removing the acronym ``OTA'' and 
adding in its place the words ``the Audit Division''.

    Dated: July 12, 1999.
Stephen M. Daniels,
Chairman.
[FR Doc. 99-18114 Filed 7-14-99; 8:45 am]
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