[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 34 (Wednesday, February 20, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 11885]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-03871]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000-0056; Docket 2012-0076; Sequence 53]


Federal Acquisition Regulation; Information Collection; Report of 
Shipment

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 of 
a previously existing OMB clearance.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the 
Regulatory Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a 
previously approved information collection requirement concerning 
report of shipment.

DATES: Submit comments on or before April 22, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection 9000-
0056, Report of Shipment by any of the following methods:
     Regulations.gov: http://www.regulations.gov.
    Submit comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by searching the 
OMB control number. Select the link ``Submit a Comment'' that 
corresponds with ``Information Collection 9000-0056, Report of 
Shipment''. Follow the instructions provided at the ``Submit a 
Comment'' screen. Please include your name, company name (if any), and 
``Information Collection 9000-0056, Report of Shipment'' on your 
attached document.
     Fax: 202-501-4067.
     Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory 
Secretariat (MVCB), 1275 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20417. ATTN: 
Hada Flowers/IC 9000-0056, Report of Shipment.
    Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information 
Collection 9000-0056, Report of Shipment, in all correspondence related 
to this collection. All comments received will be posted without change 
to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal and/or business 
confidential information provided.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Curtis E. Glover, Sr., Procurement 
Analyst, Office of Acquisition Policy, by telephone at (202) 501-1448 
or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose

    Per FAR 47.208, military (and, as required, civilian agency) 
storage and distribution points, depots, and other receiving activities 
require advance notice of shipments en-route from contractors' plants. 
Generally, this notification is required only for classified material; 
sensitive, controlled, and certain other protected material; 
explosives, and some other hazardous materials; selected shipments 
requiring movement control; or minimum carload or truckload shipments. 
It facilitates arrangements for transportation control, labor, space, 
and use of materials handling equipment at destination. Also, timely 
receipt of notices by the consignee transportation office precludes the 
incurring of demurrage and vehicle detention charges. Unless otherwise 
directed by a contracting officer, a contractor shall send the notice 
to the consignee transportation office at least twenty-four hours 
before the arrival of the shipment.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    There is no centralized database in the Federal Government that 
maintains information regarding advance notice of shipments of 
classified material; sensitive, controlled, and certain other protected 
material; explosives, and some other hazardous materials; selected 
shipments requiring movement control; or minimum carload or truckload 
shipments en-route from contractor's plants. No public comments were 
received in prior years that have challenged the validity of the 
Government's estimates. Based on the number of unique vendors awarded 
contracts for Fiscal Year 2011 in the Federal Procurement Data System, 
the estimated respondents required to submit the Report of Shipment 
notice make up less than one-quarter percent of the total number unique 
vendors awarded contracts. Additionally, consultation with Government 
subject matter experts did not yield information to warrant a revision 
to the estimate. The estimated annual reporting burden remains 
unchanged.
    Respondents: 250.
    Responses per Respondent: 4.
    Annual Responses: 1,000.
    Hours per Response: 167.
    Total Burden Hours: 167.
    Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the 
information collection documents from the General Services 
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat (MVCB), 1275 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20417, telephone (202) 501-4755. Please cite OMB Control 
No. 9000-0056, Report of Shipment, in all correspondence.

    Dated: February 13, 2013.
William Clark,
Acting Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of 
Governmentwide Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office 
of Governmentwide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2013-03871 Filed 2-19-13; 8:45 am]
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