[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 144 (Friday, July 28, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35204-35205]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-15931]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000-0134; Docket 2017-0053; Sequence 4]


Submission for OMB Review; Environmentally Sound Products

AGENCY: 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, the 
Regulatory Secretariat Division 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 environmentally sound products. A notice published in the 
Federal Register at 82 FR 20339 on June 30, 2017. No comments were 
received.

DATES: Submit comments on or before August 28, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding this burden estimate or any other 
aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for 
reducing this burden to: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs 
of OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for GSA, Room 10236, NEOB, Washington, 
DC 20503. Additionally submit a copy to GSA 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 9000-0134. Select the link ``Comment Now'' that 
corresponds with ``Information Collection 9000-0134, Environmentally 
Sound Products''. Follow the instructions provided on the screen. 
Please include your name, company name (if any), and ``Information 
Collection 9000-0134, Environmentally Sound Products'' on your attached 
document.
     Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory 
Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405. 
ATTN: Ms. Jo Ann Sosa/IC 9000-0134, Environmentally Sound Products.
    Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information 
Collection 9000-0134, Environmentally Sound Products, in all 
correspondence related to this collection. Comments received generally 
will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including 
any personal and/or business confidential information provided. To 
confirm receipt of your comment(s), please check www.regulations.gov, 
approximately two to three days after submission to verify posting 
(except allow 30 days for posting of comments submitted by mail).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Charles Gray, Procurement Analyst, 
Governmentwide Acquisition Policy, GSA, 703-795-6328 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

    OMB clearance 9000-0134 supports the information collection 
requirement contained in 52.223-9, Estimate of Percentage of Recovered 
Material Content for EPA-designated Items. Section 6002 of the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Public Law 94-580, (42 U.S.C. 
6962), requires Federal agencies to develop affirmative procurement 
programs to ensure that items composed of recovered materials will be 
purchased to the maximum extent practicable. An agency's affirmative 
procurement program must include: (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 used, and 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.
    For items the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has designated 
as produced or that can be produced from recovered material, agencies 
are required to track the percentaage of recovered material content 
used during contract performance. This requirement applies whenever an 
acquisition sets forth 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.
    Pursuant to FAR clause 52.223-9, when the contract requires the 
delivery of or use of an EPA-designated item, contractors shall report 
the estimated percentage of total recovered material content delivered 
or used, at contract completion. The clause is included in 
solicitations and contracts exceeding $150,000, except for acquisitions 
of commercially-available, off-the-shelf (COTS) items.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    Respondents: 1,047.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.5.
    Annual Responses: 1,571.
    Hours per Response: .50.
    Total Burden Hours: 785.

C. Public Comments

    Public Comments are particularly invited on: Whether this 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
functions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (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 technilogical collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.
    Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the 
information collection documents from the General Services 
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street 
NW., Washington, DC 20405, telephone 202-501-4755.
    Please cite OMB control No. 9000-0134, Environmentally Sound 
Products, in all correspondence.


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    Dated: July 25, 2017.
Lorin S. Curit,
Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of Governmentwide 
Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of 
Governmentwide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2017-15931 Filed 7-27-17; 8:45 am]
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