Leave and Holidays for U.S. Personal Services Contractors, including Family and Medical Leave; Corrections

• Published date: 06 January 2021
• Citation: 86 FR 493
• Record Number: 2020-28047
• Section: Rules and Regulations
• Court: Agency For International Development

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(8) The extent to which the study

minimizes the use of defaults and

assumptions, uses appropriate and

strong statistical methods, and includes

a robust representation of uncertainty

and confidence intervals; and

(9) The study’s consideration of a

broad range of parametric dose-response

or concentration-response models, a

robust set of potential confounding

variables, nonparametric models that

incorporate fewer assumptions, various

threshold models across the dose or

exposure range, and models that

investigate factors that might account

for spatial heterogeneity.

(e) The EPA shall also describe

critical assumptions and methods used

in its dose-response assessment and

shall characterize the variability and

uncertainty of the assessment. The EPA

shall evaluate the appropriateness of

using default assumptions on a case-by-

case basis. The EPA shall clearly

explain the scientific basis for critical

assumptions used in the dose-response

assessment that the EPA relied on for

the significant regulatory action or

influential scientific information.

(f) Where the Agency is making dose-

response data publicly available, it shall

do so in a fashion that is consistent with

law, protects privacy, confidentiality,

confidential business information, and

is sensitive to national security. Dose-

response data is considered ‘‘publicly

available in a manner sufficient for

independent validation’’ when it

includes the information necessary for

the public to understand, assess, and

reanalyze findings and may include, for

example:

(1) Data (data would be made

available subject to access and use

restrictions);

(2) Associated protocols necessary to

understand, assess, and extend

conclusions;

(3) Computer codes and models

involved in the creation and analysis of

such information;

(4) Recorded factual materials; and

(5) Detailed descriptions of how to

access and use such information.

(g) The provisions of this section

apply to dose-response data underlying

studies that are pivotal science,

regardless of who funded or conducted

the studies. The Agency shall make all

reasonable efforts to explore

methodologies, technologies, and

institutional arrangements for making

such data available before it concludes

that doing so in a manner consistent

with law and protection of privacy,

confidentiality, national security is not

possible.

§ 30.6 What role does independent peer

review have in this part?

The EPA shall conduct independent

peer review consistent with the

requirements of the OMB Final

Information Quality Bulletin for Peer

Review and the exemptions described

therein. The EPA will evaluate whether

or not to conduct additional peer review

of individual studies identified as

pivotal science if the studies have

already undergone journal peer review.

Because transparency in pivotal science

includes addressing issues associated

with assumptions used in analyzing

dose-response data, the EPA shall ask

peer reviewers to articulate the strengths

and weaknesses of the justification for

the assumptions applied and the

implications of those assumptions for

the results.

§ 30.7 May the EPA Administrator grant

exemptions to this part?

(a) The Administrator may grant an

exemption to this part for a study on a

case-by-case basis if he or she

determines that greater consideration is

warranted because:

(1) Technological or other barriers

render sharing of the dose-response data

infeasible;

(2) The development of the dose-

response data was completed or

updated before January 6, 2021;

(3) Making the dose-response data

available would conflict with laws and

regulations governing privacy,

confidentiality, confidential business

information, or national security;

(4) A third-party has conducted

independent validation of the study’s

underlying dose-response data through

reanalysis; or

(5) The factors used in determining

the consideration to afford to the pivotal

science indicate full consideration is

justified.

(b) When making a decision to grant

an exemption, the Administrator may

consider input from EPA staff and

public commenters. The EPA shall

document the rationale for exemptions

granted by the Administrator in the

significant regulatory action or

influential scientific information.

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AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL

DEVELOPMENT

48 CFR Chapter 7

RIN 0412–AA86

Leave and Holidays for U.S. Personal

Services Contractors, including Family

and Medical Leave; Corrections

AGENCY

: Agency for International

Development.

ACTION

: Correcting amendments; final

rule.

SUMMARY

: On October 16, 2020, the U.S.

Agency for International Development

(USAID) issued a final rule revising

provisions of the AID Acquisition

Regulation (AIDAR) that pertain to the

General Provision contract clause 5,

entitled ‘‘Leave and Holidays’’ for U.S.

personal services contractors (USPSCs.)

This document corrects typographical

errors in the final rule by revising the

text of clause 5, adding the effective

dates in the titles of clauses 6 and 16,

and revising the authority citation.

DATES

: Effective January 6, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

:

Richard E. Spencer, Procurement

Analyst, by phone at 202–916–2629, or

email at rspencer@usaid.gov. All

communications regarding this rule

must cite AIDAR RIN No. 0412–AA86.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

: USAID is

correcting errors in the final rule

entitled ‘‘Leave and Holidays for U.S.

Personal Services Contractors, including

Family and Medical Leave,’’ under

AIDAR 48 CFR chapter 7, appendix D,

which was published in the Federal

Register on October 16, 2020 (85 FR

65734). This document corrects the

following typographical errors in

AIDAR appendix D. In section 12 clause

5, the title is revised to remove italics,

and the last sentence of paragraph (a)(3)

is revised because the final rule

mistakenly included the word ‘‘either’’

twice, making the application of the

sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) illogical and

impossible to apply. This document

corrects the construction of this

sentence in paragraph (a)(3) to ensure

only one of the two sub-paragraphs (i)

or (ii) may apply, and by using the

matching terminology for ‘‘exceptional

circumstances’’ that appears earlier in

the paragraph. In the titles for clauses 6,

‘‘Differential and Allowances,’’ and 16,

‘‘Termination’’, the effective dates

missing from the final rule are inserted

for each clause. Lastly, the final rule

mistakenly included an instruction to

add a parenthetical authority citation at

the end, unnecessarily creating a double

citation. This document instead revises

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the one authority citation that already

exists. This document does not make

any substantive changes to the final

rule.

List of Subjects in 48 CFR Chapter 7,

Appendix D

Government procurement.

Accordingly, 48 CFR chapter 7 is

corrected by making the following

amendments:

CHAPTER 7— AGENCY FOR

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

■1. Amend appendix D to chapter 7 by:

■a. In section 12:

■i. In clause 5, by revising the clause

heading, the last sentence in paragraph

(a)(3) introductory text, paragraphs

(a)(3)(i) and (ii); and

■ii. In clauses 6 and 16, revising the

clause headings; and

■b. Revising the parenthetical authority

citation at the end of the appendix.

The revisions read as follows:

Appendix D to Chapter 7—Direct

USAID Contracts with a U.S. Citizen or

a U.S. Resident Alien for Personal

Services Abroad

* * * * *

12. General Provisions for a Contract With a

U.S. Citizen or a U.S. Resident Alien for

Personal Services Abroad

* * * * *

5. Leave and Holidays

[Insert the following clause in all USPSC

contracts.]

Leave and Holidays (NOV 2020)

(a) * * *

(3) * * * Annual leave restored must be

scheduled and used no later than the earlier

of either—

(i) The end of the leave year two years after

the date fixed by the approving official as the

termination date of the exceptional

circumstances beyond the contractor’s

control, which resulted in the forfeiture; or

(ii) The end of the contract.

* * * * *

6. Differentials and Allowances (NOV 2020)

* * * * *

16. Termination (NOV 2020)

* * * * *

(Authority: Sec. 621 of Pub. L. 87–195, 75

Stat. 445, (22 U.S.C. 2381) as amended; E.O.

12163, Sept. 29, 1979, 44 FR 56673; and 3

CFR 1979 Comp., p. 435)

Mark A. Walther,

Chief Acquisition Officer.

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