98-21950. Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 158 (Monday, August 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43916-43917]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21950]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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    The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance the 
following proposal for collection of information under the provisions 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Title and OMB Number: Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation

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Supplement (DFARS) Section 223.570, Drug-Free Work Force, and the 
Associated Clause at DFARS 252.223-7004; OMB Number 0704-0336.
    Type of Request: Extension.
    Number of Respondents: 13,964.
    Responses per Respondent: 0.
    Annual Responses: 0.
    Average Burden per Response: 0 (recordkeeping; no response 
required).
    Annual Burden Hours: 924,032.
    Needs and Uses: This requirement provides that Department of 
Defense (DoD) contractors shall maintain records regarding drug-free 
work force programs provided to contractor employees. The information 
is used to ensure reasonable efforts to eliminate the unlawful use of 
controlled substances by contractor employees. DFARS Section 223.570, 
Drug-Free Work Force, and the associated clause at DFARS 252.223-7004, 
require that DoD contractors institute and maintain programs for 
achieving the objective of a drug-free work force. No submission of 
information to the Government is required. This request to extend the 
OMB approval of an information collection reflects the public burden of 
maintaining records related to such programs.
    Affected Public: Business or Other For-Profit; Not-For-Profit 
Institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Peter N. Weiss.
    Written comments and recommendations on the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Mr. Weiss at the Office of Management and 
Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.
    DoD Clearance Officer: Mr. Robert Cushing.
    Written requests for copies of the information collection proposal 
should be sent to Mr. Cushing, WHS/DIOR, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, 
Suite 1204, Arlington, VA 22202-4302.

    Dated: August 11, 1998.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 98-21950 Filed 8-14-98; 8:45 am]
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