80 FR 26327 - Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Office of the Procurement Executive

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 88 (May 7, 2015)

Page Range		26327-26328
FR Document		2015-10984

The Department of the Treasury invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on an extension of an existing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). The Department of the Treasury, Office of the Procurement Executive, is soliciting comments concerning the Solicitation of Proposal Information for Award of Public Contracts, which is scheduled to expire August 31, 2015.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Office of the Procurement 
Executive

AGENCY: Department of Treasury, Departmental Offices.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury invites the general public and 
other Federal agencies to comment on an extension of an existing 
information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). The Department of 
the Treasury, Office of the Procurement Executive, is soliciting 
comments concerning the Solicitation of Proposal Information for Award 
of Public Contracts, which is scheduled to expire August 31, 2015.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before July 6, 2015 to 
be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
    Email: [email protected]. The subject line should contain 
the OMB number and title for which you are commenting.
    Mail: Thomas O'Linn, Office of the Procurement Executive, 
Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Metropolitan 
Square, Suite 6B113, Washington DC 20220.
    All responses to this notice will be included in the request for 
OMB's approval. All comments will also become a matter of public 
record.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
a copy of the information collection can be directed to the addresses 
provided above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Number: 1505-0081.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Title: Solicitation of Proposal Information for Award of Public 
Contracts.
    Abstract: Information being requested is used by the Government's 
contracting officer and other acquisition personnel, including 
technical and legal staffs, to evaluate offers and quotations submitted 
in response to a solicitation. Evaluation may include determining the 
adequacy of the offeror's proposed technical and management approach, 
experience, responsibility, responsiveness, expertise of the firms 
submitting offers. Each acquisition is a stand-alone action that is 
based upon unique project requirements.
    Affected Public: Private Sector: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 22,577.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Estimated Hours per Response: 9.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 203,193.
    Request for Comments: Comments submitted in response to this notice 
will be summarized and included in the request for OMB approval. All 
comments will become a matter of public record. Comments are invited 
on: (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether 
the information has practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's 
estimate of the burden of the collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance 
the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be

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collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on respondents, including through the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology, and (e) 
estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation, 
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information.

    Dated: May 4, 2015.
Dawn D. Wolfgang,
Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
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plants. In actual FY 2014 billing, the Barrel range # Operators Rate You may submit comments
ADDRESSES:
highest LNG user fee was paid by by any of the following methods:
Atlanta Gas Light. By paying a fee for 700,001–2 million 12 34,468 Email: Thomas.olinn@treasury.gov.
each of its four plants, the total Atlanta over 2 million ........ 7 40,212 The subject line should contain the
Gas Light LNG user fee bill exceeded the OMB number and title for which you
bill for any LNG import plant. Thirteen PHMSA continues to exempt mobile are commenting.
other operators with multiple plants and temporary LNG plants from user fee Mail: Thomas O’Linn, Office of the
each paid a higher LNG user fee bill billing. Procurement Executive, Department of
than any import plant. Billing on the PHMSA believes that an increase to the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Ave.
sum of storage capacity for an operator 1.6 percent of gas costs accurately NW., Metropolitan Square, Suite 6B113,
better apportions the costs to larger reflects the allocation of PHMSA Washington DC 20220.
operators. resources to LNG operators. By All responses to this notice will be
PHMSA added five new billing tiers implementing the 10-tier approach and included in the request for OMB’s
to reduce the burden on small operators. billing by operator instead of by plant, approval. All comments will also
These new tiers include an ultra-low PHMSA has established a rate plan that become a matter of public record.
storage capacity tier to reduce the is fair and equitable to both small and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
burden on operators with storage large operators. Since PHMSA has Requests for additional information or a
capacity less than 2,000 barrels. Another determined that 1.6 percent of gas costs copy of the information collection can
tier was added for operators with less accurately reflect LNG regulatory costs, be directed to the addresses provided
than 50,000 barrels of storage. The the increase has been implemented in above.
previous tier structure generated the FY 2015 user fee billing. PHMSA has
same fee for all plants over 500,000 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
placed a document in the docket that
barrels of storage, but the highest storage compares the actual FY 2014 bill and OMB Number: 1505–0081.
volume in FY 2014 billing was 5 million the actual FY 2015 bill for each Type of Review: Extension without
barrels. We adjusted the boundaries of operator. The largest LNG operator is change of a currently approved
the top two tiers and added three new being billed $40,212.00 and the smallest collection.
tiers for operators with very high storage Title: Solicitation of Proposal
is being billed $2,394.00. In the future,
capacity. Information for Award of Public
PHMSA will ensure that LNG user fee
For example, in FY 2014, an operator Contracts.
rates continue to remain in proper
with three small plants was billed a Abstract: Information being requested
alignment with program costs.
total of $3,750 for its three small plants. is used by the Government’s contracting
Authority: 49 U.S.C. Chapter 60301 and officer and other acquisition personnel,
If PHMSA had implemented 10-tier
601. including technical and legal staffs, to
billing per operator for FY 2014, Energy
North Natural Gas Inc., would have paid Issued in Washington, DC, on May 1, 2015, evaluate offers and quotations submitted
62 percent less. Under the cost per under authority delegated in 49 CFR 1.97. in response to a solicitation. Evaluation
barrel approach suggested by APGA, the Jeffrey D. Wiese, may include determining the adequacy
decrease would have been 11,670 Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety. of the offeror’s proposed technical and
percent. The APGA approach shifts too [FR Doc. 2015–10614 Filed 5–6–15; 8:45 am] management approach, experience,
much of the financial burden from small BILLING CODE 4910–60–P
responsibility, responsiveness, expertise
operators. of the firms submitting offers. Each
In FY 2014, each of the eight acquisition is a stand-alone action that
operators of an import plant was billed is based upon unique project
$7,500. If PHMSA had implemented 10- DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY requirements.
tier billing by operator for FY 2014, each Affected Public: Private Sector:
of these eight large operators would Proposed Collection; Comment Businesses or other for-profits.
have paid 79 percent more. Under the Request; Office of the Procurement Estimated Number of Respondents:
cost per barrel approach suggested by Executive 22,577.
APGA, the percent increase would have Estimated Number of Responses per
AGENCY: Department of Treasury, Respondent: 1.
ranged from 57 to 83 percent. The
Departmental Offices. Estimated Hours per Response: 9.
percent increase for these large plants
using the new PHMSA structure is ACTION: Notice and request for Estimated Total Annual Burden
comparable to the percent increase comments. Hours: 203,193.
using the APGA proposal. Request for Comments: Comments
SUMMARY: The Department of the submitted in response to this notice will
For FY 2015, PHMSA has
Treasury invites the general public and be summarized and included in the
implemented the 10-tier billing
other Federal agencies to comment on request for OMB approval. All
structure below to collect 1.6 percent of
an extension of an existing information comments will become a matter of
gas costs with full collection in FY 2015
collection, as required by the Paperwork public record. Comments are invited on:
billing, not over 3 years as previously
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104– (a) Whether the collection of
proposed:
13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). The information is necessary for the proper
Barrel range # Operators Rate Department of the Treasury, Office of performance of the functions of the
the Procurement Executive, is soliciting agency, including whether the
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less than 2,000 ..... 5 $2,394 comments concerning the Solicitation of information has practical utility; (b) the
2,001–10,000 ........ 10 4,787 Proposal Information for Award of accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the
10,001–50,000 ...... 5 7,181 Public Contracts, which is scheduled to burden of the collection of information,
50,001–100,000 .... 7 9,575 expire August 31, 2015.
100,001–250,000 .. 6 11,487 including the validity of the
250,001–300,000 .. 11 16,467 DATES: Written comments must be methodology and assumptions used; (c)
300,001–500,000 .. 11 19,150 received on or before July 6, 2015 to be ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
500,001–700,000 .. 8 28,721 assured of consideration. clarity of the information to be

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FR Citation		80 FR 26327