[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 234 (Tuesday, December 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75925-75926]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-30897]


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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 March 31, 2001.
    Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
functions of the FAR, and whether it will have practical utility; 
whether our estimate of the public burden of this collection of 
information is accurate, and based on valid assumptions and 
methodology; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and ways in which we can minimize the 
burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, 
through the use of appropriate technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before February 5, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura Smith, Federal Acquisition 
Policy Division, GSA (202) 208-7279.

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 4035, 
Washington, DC 20405.

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

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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) construction products, (2) paper and paper 
products, (3) vehicular products, (4) landscaping products, (5) 
nonpaper office products, (6) park and recreation products, (7) 
transportation products, and (8) miscellaneous 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. A complete list 
of EPA designated items is available at http://www.epa.gov/cpg.
    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

    Respondents: 64,350.
    Responses Per Respondent: 1.
    Total Responses: 64,350.
    Hours Per Response: 25 minutes.
    Total Burden Hours: 26,800.
    Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requester may obtain a copy of the 
proposal from the General Services Administration, FAR Secretariat 
(MVRS), Room 4035, 1800 F Street, NW., Washington, DC 20405, telephone 
(202) 208-7312. Please cite OMB control No. 9000-0134, Environmentally 
Sound Products, in all correspondence.

    Dated: November 28, 2000.
Al Matera,
Acting Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division.
[FR Doc. 00-30897 Filed 12-4-00; 8:45 am]
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