[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 159 (Tuesday, August 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44239-44240]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-22067]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000-0021]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Entitled Clean Air and 
Water Certification

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

ACTION: Notice of request for 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 has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
a request to review and approve an extension of a currently approved 
information collection requirement concerning Clean Air and Water 
Certification. A request for public comments was published at 63 FR 
31449, June 9, 1998. No comments were received.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before September 17, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other 
aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for 
reducing this burden, 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 4035, 
Washington, DC 20405.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Linfield, Federal Acquisition 
Policy Division, GSA (202) 501-1757.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

    It is the Government's policy to improve environmental quality. 
Accordingly, Executive agencies must conduct their acquisition 
activities in a manner that will result in effective enforcement of the 
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401, et seq.) and the Clean Water Act (33 
U.S.C. 1251, et seq.). The information required by the Clean Air and 
Water Certification is used to determine a contractor's compliance with 
these laws. A determination of noncompliance by the contracting officer 
requires notifying the agency head or designee who, in turn, notifies 
the Environmental Protection Agency's

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(EPA) Administrator, or a designee, in writing. Government contracting 
offices use the information to determine a firm's eligibility for award 
of a contract and to provide information to the EPA.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    Public reporting burden for this collection of information is 
estimated to average .01666 hours 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, 
83,400; responses per respondent, 20; total annual responses, 
1,668,000; preparation hours per response, .01666; and total response 
burden hours, 27,800.

Obtaining Copies of Proposals

    Requester may obtain a copy of the justification from the General 
Services Administration, FAR Secretariat (MVRS),1800 F Street, NW, Room 
4035, Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202) 501-4755. Please cite OMB 
Control No. 9000-0021, Clean Air and Water Certification, in all 
correspondence.

    Dated: August 11, 1998.
Edward C. Loeb,
Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division.
[FR Doc. 98-22067 Filed 8-17-98; 8:45 am]
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