[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 246 (Wednesday, December 26, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66264-66265]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-27885]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 3090-0308; Docket No. 2018-0001; Sequence No. 20]


General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR); 
Construction Contract Administration

AGENCY: Office of Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration 
(GSA).

ACTION: Notice of request for comments regarding a new OMB information 
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 a new 
information collection requirement regarding OMB Control No. 3090-0308, 
Construction Contract Administration.

DATES: Submit comments on or before January 25, 2019.

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:
     Submit comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by 
searching the OMB control number. Select the link ``Submit a Comment'' 
that corresponds with ``Information Collection 3090-0308, Construction 
Contract Administration''. Follow the instructions provided at the 
``Submit a Comment'' screen. Please include your name, company name (if 
any), and ``Information Collection 3090-0308, Construction Contract 
Administration'' on your attached document.
     Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory 
Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20405, 
ATTN: Ms. Mandell/IC 3090-0308, Construction Contract Administration.
    Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information 
Collection 3090-0308, Construction Contract Administration, 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. Tony Hubbard, General Services 
Acquisition Policy Division, GSA, by phone at 202-357-5810 or by email 
at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

    A request for public comments was published in the Federal Register 
at 81 FR 62434 on September 9, 2016, as part of a proposed rule under 
GSAR Case 2015-G503. No comments were received on the information 
collection.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    The Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) does apply 
because the final rule contains six clauses and provisions with 
information collection requirements. However, five of these clauses and 
provisions do not impose additional information collection requirements 
to the paperwork burden previously approved under existing OMB Control 
Numbers. Only one of the six involves information collection 
requirements that have not previously been approved by OMB.
    The new clause at GSAR 552.236-72 Submittals involves an existing 
information collection requirement that has never been previously 
approved by OMB. The information collected is used by PBS to evaluate a 
contractor's proposals, negotiate contract modifications, evaluate a 
contractor's progress, and review payment requests during contract 
administration. The clause was previously GSAR 552.236-78 Shop 
Drawings, Coordination Drawings, and Schedules. The clause is 
simplified, including removing the requirement for a specific number of 
prints and copies of various submittals. This simplification will ease 
the compliance burden for the contractor during contract administration 
from the current state.
    Public reporting burden for GSAR 552.236-72 Submittals is estimated 
to average 8 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: 3,758.
    Responses per respondent: 1.
    Total annual responses: 3,758.
    Preparation hours per response: 8.
    Total response burden hours: 30,064.

C. Public Comments

    Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this 
collection of information is necessary 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.
    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 Number 3090-0308,

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Construction Contract Administration, in all correspondence.

Jeffrey A. Koses,
Director, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of Government-wide 
Policy.
[FR Doc. 2018-27885 Filed 12-21-18; 8:45 am]
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