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EPA/AdmO RIN: 2090-AA40 Publication ID: Spring 2018 
Title: Participation by Disadvantaged Business Enterprises in Procurement Under Environmental Protection Agency Financial Assistance Agreements 
Abstract:

This action is meant to ensure nondiscrimination in the award of contracts under EPA financial assistance agreements; to harmonize EPA's disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) program objectives with the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena ; to help remove barriers to the participation of DBEs in the award of contracts under EPA financial assistance agreements; and to provide appropriate flexibility to recipients of EPA financial assistance in establishing and providing contracting opportunities for DBEs.

 
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
EO 14192 Designation: Not subject to, not significant 
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 33   
Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 637    42 U.S.C. 4370   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  07/28/2016  81 FR 49591   
Direct Final Rule  07/28/2016  81 FR 49539   
Notice  10/18/2016  81 FR 71613   
Final Rule  07/00/2018 
Additional Information: Docket #:EPA-HQ-OA-2016-0457
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Local, State, Tribal 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Information URL: http://epa.gov/osbp/dbe_team.htm  
Sectors Affected: 221310 Water Supply and Irrigation Systems; 221320 Sewage Treatment Facilities; 453210 Office Supplies and Stationery Stores; 532420 Office Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing; 5413 Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; 541320 Landscape Architectural Services; 541380 Testing Laboratories; 541511 Custom Computer Programming Services; 541512 Computer Systems Design Services; 541618 Other Management Consulting Services; 541620 Environmental Consulting Services; 56211 Waste Collection; 562211 Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal; 56291 Remediation Services; 562910 Remediation Services 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Teree Henderson
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of the Administrator
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:202 566-2222
Email: henderson.teree@epa.gov