[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 208 (Tuesday, October 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55788-55789]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28479]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000-0134]
Proposed Collection; Comment Request Entitled Environmentally
Sound Products
AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice of request for public comments regarding an extension to
an existing OMB clearance.
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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a currently
approved information collection requirement concerning Environmentally
Sound Products. The clearance currently expires on February 28, 1998.
DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before December 29, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ralph DeStefano, Federal Acquisition
Policy Division, GSA (202) 501-1758.
ADDRESSES: Comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect
of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing
this burden, should be submitted to: FAR Desk Officer, OMB, Room 10102,
NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, and a copy to the General Services
Administration, FAR Secretariat, 1800 F Street, NW, Room 4037,
Washington, DC 20405. Please cite OMB Control No. 9000-0134,
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Environmentally Sound Products, in all correspondence.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Purpose
This information collection complies with Section 6002 of the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) (42 U.S.C. 6962). RCRA
requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to designate items
which are or can be produced with recovered materials. RCRA further
requires agencies to develop affirmative procurement programs to ensure
that items composed of recovered materials will be purchased to the
maximum extent practicable. Affirmative procurement programs required
under RCRA must contain, as a minimum (1) a recovered materials
preference program and an agency promotion program for the preference
program; (2) a program for requiring estimates of the total percentage
of recovered materials used in the performance of a contract,
certification of minimum recovered material content actually used,
where appropriate, and reasonable verification procedures for estimates
and certifications; and (3) annual review and monitoring of the
effectiveness of an agency's affirmative procurement program.
The items for which EPA has designated minimum recovered material
content standards are (1) cement and concrete containing fly ash, (2)
paper and paper products, (3) lubricating oil containing re-refined
oil, (4) retread tires, and (5) building insulation products. The FAR
rule also permits agencies to obtain pre-award information from
offerors regarding the content of items which the agency has designated
as requiring minimum percentages of recovered materials. There are
presently no known agency designated items.
In accordance with RCRA, the information collection applies to
acquisitions requiring minimum percentages of recovered materials, when
the price of the item exceeds $10,000 or when the aggregate amount paid
for the item or functionally equivalent items in the preceding fiscal
year was $10,000 or more.
Contracting officers use the information to verify offeror/
contractor compliance with solicitation and contract requirements
regarding the use of recovered materials. Additionally, agencies use
the information in the annual review and monitoring of the
effectiveness of the affirmative procurement programs required by RCRA.
B. Annual Reporting Burden
Public reporting burden for this collection of information is
estimated to average 30 minutes per response, including the time for
reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and
maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the
collection of information.
The annual reporting burden is estimated as follows: Respondents,
64,350; responses per respondent, 1; total annual responses, 64,350;
preparation hours per response, .5; and total response burden hours,
32,175.
Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requester may obtain a copy of the
justification from the General Services Administration, FAR Secretariat
(MVRS), Room 4037, 1800 F Street, NW, Washington, DC 20405, telephone
(202) 501-4755. Please cite OMB control No. 9000-0134, Environmentally
Sound Products, in all correspondence.
Dated: October 20, 1997.
Sharon A. Kiser,
FAR Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 97-28479 Filed 10-27-97; 8:45 am]
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