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EPA/OMS RIN: 2030-AB03 Publication ID: Fall 2024 
Title: ●Ensuring Equity in Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Utilization in Procurements Under Environmental Protection Agency 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: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
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  03/00/2025 
Final Rule  04/00/2028 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Local, State, Tribal 
Federalism: Undetermined 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Raven Arnold
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Mission Support
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:202 566-1966
Email: arnold.raven@epa.gov

Justin Bossard
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Mission Support
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:202 564-1872
Email: bossard.justin@epa.gov