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[FR Doc No: 94-28874]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

 

OMB Clearance Request for Environmentally Sound Products

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration 
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of new request for OMB clearance.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 
(44 U.S.C. 3501), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat 
has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to 
review and approve a new information collection requirement concerning 
Environmentally Sound Products.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before January 23, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Mr. Peter Weiss, FAR Desk Officer, OMB, 
Room 3235, NEOB, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Beverly Fayson, Office of Federal Acquisition Policy, GSA (202) 501-
4755.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose

    This information collection requirement in this interim FAR rule 
(FAR case 92-54) is needed to comply 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 materials 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 will use the information to verify offeror/
contractor compliance with solicitation and contract requirements 
regarding the use of recovered materials. Additionally, agencies will 
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. Send comments regarding this burden estimate 
or any other aspect of this collection of information, including 
suggestions for reducing this burden, to General Services 
Administration, FAR Secretariat, 18th & F Streets, NW, Room 4037, 
Washington, DC 20405, and to the FAR Desk Officer, Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 
Washington, DC 20503.
    The annual reporting burden is estimated as follows: Respondents, 
4,767,908; responses per respondent, 1; total annual responses, 
4,767,908; preparation hours per response, .5; and total response 
burden hours, 2,383,954.
    Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requester may obtain copies of OMB 
applications or justifications from the General Services 
Administration, FAR Secretariat (VRS), Room 4037, Washington, DC 20405, 
telephone (202) 501-4755. Please cite OMB clearance request regarding 
Environmentally Sound Products, FAR case 92-54, in all correspondence.

    Dated: November 16, 1994.
Beverly Fayson,
FAR Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 94-28874 Filed 11-22-94; 8:45 am]
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