80_FR_28064 80 FR 27970 - General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR; Information Collection; Environmental Conservation, Occupational Safety, and Drug-Free Workplace

80 FR 27970 - General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR; Information Collection; Environmental Conservation, Occupational Safety, and Drug-Free Workplace

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 94 (May 15, 2015)

Page Range27970-27971
FR Document2015-11749

Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the General Services Administration 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 regarding Environmental Conservation, Occupational Safety, and Drug- Free Workplace.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 94 (Friday, May 15, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 94 (Friday, May 15, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27970-27971]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-11749]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 3090-0205; Docket 2015-0001; Sequence 12]


General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR; 
Information Collection; Environmental Conservation, Occupational 
Safety, and Drug-Free Workplace

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

ACTION: Notice of request for comments regarding the extension of a 
previously existing OMB clearance.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the 
General Services Administration 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 
regarding Environmental Conservation, Occupational Safety, and Drug-
Free Workplace.

DATES: Submit comments on or before: July 14, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection 3090-
02085 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 3090-0205, Environmental 
Conservation, Occupational Safety, and Drug-Free Workplace''. Follow 
the instructions provided at the ``Submit a Comment'' screen. Please 
include your name, company name (if any), and ``Information Collection 
3090-0205, Environmental Conservation, Occupational Safety, and Drug-
Free Workplace'' on your attached document.
     Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory 
Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405. 
ATTN: Ms. Flowers/IC 3090-0205, Environmental Conservation, 
Occupational Safety, and Drug-Free Workplace.
    Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information 
Collection 3090-0205, Environmental Conservation, Occupational Safety, 
and Drug-Free Workplace, 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: Kevin Funk, Procurement Analyst, 
General Services Acquisition Policy Division, GSA, at telephone 215-
446-4860 or via email to kevin.funk@gsa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

    The Federal Hazardous Substance Act and Hazardous Material 
Transportation Act prescribe standards for packaging of hazardous 
substances. To meet the requirements of the Acts, the General Services 
Administration Regulation prescribes provision 552.223-72, Hazardous 
Material Information, to be inserted in solicitations and contracts 
that provides for delivery of hazardous materials on an f.o.b. origin 
basis.
    This information collection will be accomplished by means of the 
provision which requires the contractor to identify for each National 
Stock Number, the DOT Shipping Name, DOT Hazards Class, and whether the 
item requires a DOT label. Contracting Officers and technical personnel 
use the information to monitor and ensure contract requirements based 
on law and regulation.
    Properly identified and labeled items of hazardous material allows 
for appropriate handling of such items throughout GSA's supply chain 
system. The information is used by GSA, stored in an NSN database and 
provided to GSA customers. Non-Collection and/or a less frequently 
conducted collection of the information resulting from provision 
552.223-72 would prevent the Government from being properly notified. 
Government activities may be hindered from apprising their employees 
of; (1) All hazards to which they may be exposed; (2) Relative symptoms 
and appropriate emergency treatment; and (3) Proper conditions and 
precautions for safe use and exposure.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    Respondents: 563.
    Responses per Respondent: 3.
    Total Responses: 1689.
    Hours per Response: .67.
    Total Burden Hours: 1132.

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; and 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

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information collection documents from the General Services 
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat Division, 1800 F Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20405, telephone 202-501-4755.
    Please cite OMB Control No. 3090-0205, Environmental Conservation, 
Occupational Safety, and Drug-Free Workplace, in all correspondence.

    Dated: May 12, 2015.
Jeffrey A Koses,
Director, Office of Acquisition Policy, Senior Procurement Executive.
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27970 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 94 / Friday, May 15, 2015 / Notices unsupported by modern economics and GENERAL SERVICES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: at odds with the Merger Guidelines. ADMINISTRATION Kevin Funk, Procurement Analyst, Similarly, substantiating a unilateral General Services Acquisition Policy [OMB Control No. 3090–0205; Docket 2015– effects theory requires particularized 0001; Sequence 12] Division, GSA, at telephone 215–446– evidence—also absent from the record 4860 or via email to kevin.funk@gsa.gov. here in some Relevant Markets—that a General Services Administration SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: merger will reduce or eliminate Acquisition Regulation (GSAR; A. Purpose competitive constraints, permitting the Information Collection; Environmental Conservation, Occupational Safety, The Federal Hazardous Substance Act merged entity to increase prices. and Hazardous Material Transportation and Drug-Free Workplace Without such evidence, a unilateral Act prescribe standards for packaging of effects theory reduces to little more than AGENCY: Office of Acquisition Policy, hazardous substances. To meet the a complaint about market structure General Services Administration (GSA). requirements of the Acts, the General coupled with speculation about the ACTION: Notice of request for comments Services Administration Regulation circumstances under which unilateral regarding the extension of a previously prescribes provision 552.223–72, effects might occur in a post-merger existing OMB clearance. Hazardous Material Information, to be world. The Merger Guidelines inserted in solicitations and contracts SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the contemplate a more rigorous analysis. that provides for delivery of hazardous Paperwork Reduction Act, the General This is not to suggest the ‘‘reason to Services Administration will be materials on an f.o.b. origin basis. believe’’ standard requires access to This information collection will be submitting to the Office of Management every piece of relevant information and accomplished by means of the provision and Budget (OMB) a request to review which requires the contractor to identify a full and complete economic analysis and approve an extension of a previously approved information for each National Stock Number, the of a proposed transaction, regardless of collection requirement regarding DOT Shipping Name, DOT Hazards whether the parties wish to propose Environmental Conservation, Class, and whether the item requires a divestitures before complying with a DOT label. Contracting Officers and Second Request. Rather, the standard Occupational Safety, and Drug-Free Workplace. technical personnel use the information requires only evidence sufficient to to monitor and ensure contract establish that competitive harm is DATES: Submit comments on or before: requirements based on law and likely. Such evidence, although quite July 14, 2015. regulation. minimal—indeed, a handful of facts in ADDRESSES: Submit comments Properly identified and labeled items most instances—is indeed available in identified by Information Collection of hazardous material allows for some Relevant Markets in this matter, 3090–02085 by any of the following appropriate handling of such items and it is in those markets that I concur methods: throughout GSA’s supply chain system. with the Commission’s decision. While • Regulations.gov: http:// The information is used by GSA, stored I appreciate the practical complications www.regulations.gov. in an NSN database and provided to of requesting additional information Submit comments via the Federal GSA customers. Non-Collection and/or eRulemaking portal by searching the a less frequently conducted collection of during the course of a merger OMB control number. Select the link the information resulting from provision investigation, as well as the desire to ‘‘Submit a Comment’’ that corresponds 552.223–72 would prevent the conduct efficient investigations, these with ‘‘Information Collection 3090– important pragmatic considerations do Government from being properly 0205, Environmental Conservation, notified. Government activities may be not trump the Commission’s primary Occupational Safety, and Drug-Free obligation to collect evidence sufficient hindered from apprising their Workplace’’. Follow the instructions employees of; (1) All hazards to which to establish reason to believe the merger provided at the ‘‘Submit a Comment’’ will harm competition before issuing a they may be exposed; (2) Relative screen. Please include your name, symptoms and appropriate emergency complaint and accepting a consent. company name (if any), and treatment; and (3) Proper conditions and For the reasons I explain above, I find ‘‘Information Collection 3090–0205, precautions for safe use and exposure. reason to believe the proposed Environmental Conservation, transaction is likely to result in Occupational Safety, and Drug-Free B. Annual Reporting Burden unilateral price effects, and thus violate Workplace’’ on your attached document. Respondents: 563. • Mail: General Services Responses per Respondent: 3. the Clayton Act, in the Twin Cities, Administration, Regulatory Secretariat Total Responses: 1689. Duluth, western Wisconsin, New Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW., Hours per Response: .67. Orleans, western Montana, Boston/ Washington, DC 20405. ATTN: Ms. Total Burden Hours: 1132. Providence, the Mid-Atlantic region, Flowers/IC 3090–0205, Environmental and the western Great Lakes region. I Conservation, Occupational Safety, and C. Public Comments conclude there is no reason to believe Drug-Free Workplace. Public Comments are particularly the proposed transaction will violate Instructions: Please submit comments invited on: Whether this collection of Section 7 in eastern Iowa, Memphis, only and cite Information Collection information is necessary and whether it Baton Rouge, Detroit, northern 3090–0205, Environmental will have practical utility; whether our Michigan, and Grand Rapids; it follows mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Conservation, Occupational Safety, and estimate of the public burden of this that I believe the Commission should Drug-Free Workplace, in all collection of information is accurate and refrain from imposing a remedy in these correspondence related to this based on valid assumptions and markets. collection. All comments received will methodology; and ways to enhance the [FR Doc. 2015–11724 Filed 5–14–15; 8:45 am] be posted without change to http:// quality, utility, and clarity of the BILLING CODE 6750–01–P www.regulations.gov, including any information to be collected. personal and/or business confidential Obtaining Copies of Proposals: information provided. Requesters may obtain a copy of the VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:20 May 14, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00086 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\15MYN1.SGM 15MYN1

Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 94 / Friday, May 15, 2015 / Notices 27971 information collection documents from recommendations must be submitted in collection of information, before the General Services Administration, any one of the following ways: submitting the collection to OMB for Regulatory Secretariat Division, 1800 F 1. Electronically. You may send your approval. To comply with this Street NW., Washington, DC 20405, comments electronically to http:// requirement, CMS is publishing this telephone 202–501–4755. www.regulations.gov. Follow the notice. Please cite OMB Control No. 3090– instructions for ‘‘Comment or Information Collection 0205, Environmental Conservation, Submission’’ or ‘‘More Search Options’’ Occupational Safety, and Drug-Free to find the information collection 1. Type of Information Collection Workplace, in all correspondence. document(s) that are accepting Request: Revision of a currently comments. approved collection. Title of Dated: May 12, 2015. 2. By regular mail. You may mail Information Collection: State Agency Jeffrey A Koses, written comments to the following Sheets for Verifying Exclusions from the Director, Office of Acquisition Policy, Senior Inpatient Prospective Payment System Procurement Executive. address: CMS, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs, and Supporting Regulations Use: For [FR Doc. 2015–11749 Filed 5–14–15; 8:45 am] first time verification requests for Division of Regulations Development, BILLING CODE 6820–61–P Attention: Document Identifier/OMB exclusion from the Inpatient Prospective Control Number ____, Room C4–26–05, Payment System (IPPS), a hospital/unit 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, must notify the Regional Office (RO) DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND Maryland 21244–1850. servicing the State in which it is located HUMAN SERVICES To obtain copies of a supporting that it believes it meets the criteria for statement and any related forms for the exclusion from the IPPS. Currently, all Centers for Medicare & Medicaid new inpatient rehabilitation facilities Services proposed collection(s) summarized in this notice, you may make your request (IRFs) must provide written certification [Document Identifiers: CMS–437A & CMS– using one of following: that the inpatient population it intends 437B] 1. Access CMS’ Web site address at to serve will meet the requirements of http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ the IPPS exclusion criteria for IRFs. Agency Information Collection PaperworkReductionActof1995. They must also complete the Form Activities: Proposed Collection; 2. Email your request, including your CMS–437A if they are a rehabilitation Comment Request address, phone number, OMB number, unit or complete Form CMS–437B if and CMS document identifier, to they are a rehabilitation hospital. This AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov. information is submitted to the State Medicaid Services. 3. Call the Reports Clearance Office at Agency (SA) no later than 5 months ACTION: Notice. (410) 786–1326. before the date the hospital/unit would SUMMARY: The Centers for Medicare & become subject to IRF–PPS. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: We propose to continue to use the Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing Reports Clearance Office at (410) 786– an opportunity for the public to Criteria Worksheets (Forms CMS–437A 1326. and CMS–437B) for verifying first-time comment on CMS’ intention to collect information from the public. Under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: exclusions from the IPPS, for complaint Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the surveys, for its annual 5 percent Contents validation sample, and for facility self- PRA), federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register This notice sets out a summary of the attestation. These forms are related to concerning each proposed collection of use and burden associated with the the survey and certification and information (including each proposed following information collections. More Medicare approval of the IPPS-excluded extension or reinstatement of an existing detailed information can be found in rehabilitation units and rehabilitation collection of information) and to allow each collection’s supporting statement hospitals. and associated materials (see For rehabilitation hospitals and 60 days for public comment on the ADDRESSES). rehabilitation units already excluded proposed action. Interested persons are from the IPPS, annual onsite re- invited to send comments regarding our CMS–437A & CMS–437B State Agency verification surveys by the SA are not burden estimates or any other aspect of Sheets for Verifying Exclusions From required. These hospitals and units will this collection of information, including the Inpatient Prospective Payment be provided with a copy of the any of the following subjects: (1) The System and Supporting Regulations appropriate CMS–437 Worksheet at necessity and utility of the proposed Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501– least 5-months prior to the beginning of information collection for the proper 3520), federal agencies must obtain its cost reporting period, so that the performance of the agency’s functions; approval from the Office of Management hospital/unit official may complete and (2) the accuracy of the estimated and Budget (OMB) for each collection of sign an attestation statement and burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, information they conduct or sponsor. complete and return the appropriate utility, and clarity of the information to The term ‘‘collection of information’’ is CMS–437A or CMS–437B at least 5- be collected; and (4) the use of defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR months prior to the beginning of its cost automated collection techniques or 1320.3(c) and includes agency requests reporting period. Fiscal Intermediaries other forms of information technology to or requirements that members of the will continue to verify, on an annual minimize the information collection mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES public submit reports, keep records, or basis, compliance with the 60 percent burden. provide information to a third party. rule (42 CFR 412.29(b)(2)) for DATES: Comments must be received by Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA rehabilitation hospitals and July 14, 2015. requires federal agencies to publish a rehabilitation units through a sample of ADDRESSES: When commenting, please 60-day notice in the Federal Register medical records and the SA will verify reference the document identifier or concerning each proposed collection of the medical director requirement. OMB control number. To be assured information, including each proposed The SA will maintain the documents consideration, comments and extension or reinstatement of an existing unless instructed otherwise by the RO. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:20 May 14, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00087 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\15MYN1.SGM 15MYN1


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of request for comments regarding the extension of a previously existing OMB clearance.
DatesSubmit comments on or before: July 14, 2015.
ContactKevin Funk, Procurement Analyst, General Services Acquisition Policy Division, GSA, at telephone 215- 446-4860 or via email to [email protected]
FR Citation80 FR 27970 
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