82_FR_35348 82 FR 35204 - Submission for OMB Review; Environmentally Sound Products

82 FR 35204 - Submission for OMB Review; Environmentally Sound Products

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 144 (July 28, 2017)

Page Range35204-35205
FR Document2017-15931

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.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 144 (Friday, July 28, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 144 (Friday, July 28, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35204-35205]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[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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35204 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 144 / Friday, July 28, 2017 / Notices 1. David M. Thomas, Morgantown, • Regulations.gov: http:// certifications; and (3) annual review and West Virginia, to individually retain www.regulations.gov. Submit comments monitoring of the effectiveness of an voting shares, and by the Brian F. via the Federal eRulemaking portal by agency’s affirmative procurement Thomas Revocable Trust—2015, the searching the OMB control number program. Mary F. Thomas Trust, Staci Thomas, 9000–0134. Select the link ‘‘Comment For items the Environmental Morgantown, West Virginia, Sandra Now’’ that corresponds with Protection Agency (EPA) has designated Thomas, Morgantown, West Virginia, ‘‘Information Collection 9000–0134, as produced or that can be produced and Kendall Thomas, Bruceton Mills, Environmentally Sound Products’’. from recovered material, agencies are West Virginia; to join the previously Follow the instructions provided on the required to track the percentaage of approved Thomas family control group, screen. Please include your name, recovered material content used during and thereby acquire voting shares of company name (if any), and contract performance. This requirement State Bancorp, Inc. and thereby acquire ‘‘Information Collection 9000–0134, applies whenever an acquisition sets voting shares of Clear Mountain Bank, Environmentally Sound Products’’ on forth minimum percentages of recovered both of Bruceton Mills, West Virginia. your attached document. materials; when the price of the item Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve • Mail: General Services exceeds $10,000; or when the aggregate System, July 25, 2017. Administration, Regulatory Secretariat amount paid for the item or functionally Yao-Chin Chao, Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW., equivalent items in the preceding fiscal Washington, DC 20405. ATTN: Ms. Jo year was $10,000 or more. Assistant Secretary of the Board. Ann Sosa/IC 9000–0134, [FR Doc. 2017–15967 Filed 7–27–17; 8:45 am] Pursuant to FAR clause 52.223–9, Environmentally Sound Products. BILLING CODE 6210–01–P Instructions: Please submit comments when the contract requires the delivery only and cite Information Collection of or use of an EPA-designated item, 9000–0134, Environmentally Sound contractors shall report the estimated Products, in all correspondence related percentage of total recovered material DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE to this collection. Comments received content delivered or used, at contract GENERAL SERVICES generally will be posted without change completion. The clause is included in ADMINISTRATION to http://www.regulations.gov, including solicitations and contracts exceeding any personal and/or business $150,000, except for acquisitions of NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND confidential information provided. To commercially-available, off-the-shelf SPACE ADMINISTRATION confirm receipt of your comment(s), (COTS) items. please check www.regulations.gov, B. Annual Reporting Burden [OMB Control No. 9000–0134; Docket 2017– approximately two to three days after 0053; Sequence 4] Respondents: 1,047. submission to verify posting (except Submission for OMB Review; allow 30 days for posting of comments Responses per Respondent: 1.5. Environmentally Sound Products submitted by mail). Annual Responses: 1,571. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Hours per Response: .50. AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), Charles Gray, Procurement Analyst, General Services Administration (GSA), Governmentwide Acquisition Policy, Total Burden Hours: 785. and National Aeronautics and Space GSA, 703–795–6328 or charles.gray@ C. Public Comments Administration (NASA). gsa.gov. ACTION: Notice of request for public Public Comments are particularly SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: invited on: Whether this collection of comments regarding an extension to an existing OMB clearance. A. Purpose information is necessary for the proper performance of functions of the Federal OMB clearance 9000–0134 supports SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Acquisition Regulation (FAR), and the information collection requirement Paperwork Reduction Act, the whether it will have practical utility; contained in 52.223–9, Estimate of Regulatory Secretariat Division will be whether our estimate of the public Percentage of Recovered Material submitting to the Office of Management burden of this collection of information Content for EPA-designated Items. and Budget (OMB) a request to review is accurate, and based on valid Section 6002 of the Resource and approve an extension of a assumptions and methodology; ways to Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), previously approved information enhance the quality, utility, and clarity Public Law 94–580, (42 U.S.C. 6962), collection requirement concerning of the information to be collected; and requires Federal agencies to develop environmentally sound products. A ways in which we can minimize the affirmative procurement programs to notice published in the Federal Register burden of the collection of information ensure that items composed of at 82 FR 20339 on June 30, 2017. No on those who are to respond, through recovered materials will be purchased to comments were received. the use of appropriate technilogical the maximum extent practicable. An DATES: Submit comments on or before collection techniques or other forms of agency’s affirmative procurement August 28, 2017. information technology. program must include: (1) A recovered ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding materials preference program and an Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with NOTICES this burden estimate or any other aspect agency promotion program for the of this collection of information, preference program; (2) a program for information collection documents from including suggestions for reducing this requiring estimates of the total the General Services Administration, burden to: Office of Information and percentage of recovered materials used Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB), Regulatory Affairs of OMB, Attention: in the performance of a contract, 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC Desk Officer for GSA, Room 10236, certification of minimum recovered 20405, telephone 202–501–4755. NEOB, Washington, DC 20503. material content used, and where Please cite OMB control No. 9000– Additionally submit a copy to GSA by appropriate and reasonable, verification 0134, Environmentally Sound Products, any of the following methods: procedures for estimates and in all correspondence. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:50 Jul 27, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\28JYN1.SGM 28JYN1

Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 144 / Friday, July 28, 2017 / Notices 35205 Dated: July 25, 2017. Quality (AHRQ) requests that the Office confidentiality of respondents and their Lorin S. Curit, of Management and Budget (OMB) responses will be preserved. Proposed Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, reapprove generic pre-testing Clearance information collections submitted under Office of Governmentwide Acquisition Policy, 0935–0124 for three years to facilitate this generic clearance will be submitted Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of AHRQ’s efforts to (1) employ for review by OMB with a response Governmentwide Policy. evaluation-type methods and techniques expected in 14 days. [FR Doc. 2017–15931 Filed 7–27–17; 8:45 am] to improve AHRQ’s current data Method of Collection BILLING CODE 6820–EP–P collection and estimation procedures, (2) develop new collections and The information collected through procedures, including toolkits, and (3) preliminary research activities under DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND revise existing collections and this generic clearance will be used by HUMAN SERVICES procedures. AHRQ believes that AHRQ to employ techniques to (1) developing, testing, and evaluating data improve AHRQ’s current data collection Agency for Healthcare Research and collection and estimation procedures and estimation procedures, (2) develop Quality using survey methods and other new collections and procedures, techniques in anticipation of Agency- including toolkits, and (3) revise Agency Information Collection sponsored studies can improve its Activities: Proposed Collection; existing collections and procedures in information collection efforts, and the anticipation or in response to changes in Comment Request products it develops and allow AHRQ to the health or health care. The end result AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research be more responsive to fast-changing will be improvement in AHRQ’s data and Quality, HHS. developments in the health care collections and procedures and the ACTION: Notice. research. AHRQ uses techniques to quality of data collected, a reduction or simplify data collection and estimation minimization of respondent burden, SUMMARY: This notice announces the procedures, reduce respondent burden, increased agency efficiency, and intention of the Agency for Healthcare and improve efficiencies to meet the improved responsiveness to the public. Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request needs of individuals and small business that the Office of Management and respondents who may have reduced Estimated Annual Respondent Burden Budget (OMB) approve the proposed budgets and staff. information collection project: ‘‘Generic This clearance request is limited to Exhibit 1 shows the estimated burden Clearance for Questionnaire and Data research on data collection, toolkit hours, over the full 3 years of this Collection Testing, Evaluation, and development, and estimation clearance, for the respondents’ time to Research for the Agency for Healthcare procedures and reports and does not participate in the research activities that Research and Quality.’’ extend to the collection of data for may be conducted under this generic This proposed information collection public release or policy formation. The clearance. Mail surveys will be was previously published in the Federal current Clearance (0935–0124) was conducted with about 6,000 persons Register on April 28, 2017, and allowed granted on November 12, 2014, and (2,000 per year for 3 years) and are 60 days for public comment. No expires on November 30, 2017. estimated to average 20 minutes. Mail substantive comments were received. This generic clearance will allow surveys may also be sent to respondents The purpose of this notice is to allow an AHRQ to draft and test toolkits, survey via email, and may include a telephone additional 30 days for public comment. instruments and other data collection non-response follow-up. Telephone DATES: Comments on this notice must be and estimation procedures more quickly non-response follow-up for mailed received by August 28, 2017. and with greater lead time, thereby surveys is not counted as a telephone managing project time more efficiently survey in Exhibit 1. Not more than 600 ADDRESSES: Written comments should and improving the quality of the data persons, over 3 years, will participate in be submitted to: AHRQ’s OMB Desk telephone surveys that will take about Officer by fax at (202) 395–6974 AHRQ collects. In some instances, the ability to test and evaluate toolkits, data 40 minutes. Web-based surveys will be (attention: AHRQ’s desk officer) or by conducted with no more than 3,000 email at OIRA_submission@ collection and estimation procedures in anticipation of work or early in a project persons and will require no more than omb.eop.gov (attention: AHRQ’s desk 10 minutes to complete. About 1,500 officer). may result in the decision not to proceed with additional activities, persons will participate in focus groups FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: which may last up to two hours, while which could save both public and Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports in-person interviews will be conducted private resources and eliminate Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by with 600 persons and will take about 50 respondent burden. email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov. minutes. Automated data collection will This generic clearance will facilitate SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AHRQ’s response to a changing be conducted for about 1,500 persons environment. Many of the tools AHRQ and could take up to 1 hour. Cognitive Proposed Project develops are made available to the testing will be conducted with about Generic Clearance for Questionnaire private sector to assist in improving 600 persons and is estimated to take 11⁄2 and Data Collection Testing, Evaluation, health care quality. The health and hours to complete. The total burden and Research for the Agency for health care environment changes over 3 years is estimated to be 8,900 asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with NOTICES Healthcare Research and Quality rapidly and requires a quick response hours (about 2,967 hours per year). In accordance with the Paperwork from AHRQ to provide refined tools. Exhibit 2 shows the estimated cost Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520, These preliminary research activities burden over 3 years, based on the AHRQ invites the public to comment on will not be used by AHRQ to regulate respondent’s time to participate in these this proposed information collection. or sanction its customers. They will be research activities. The total cost burden The Agency for Healthcare Research and entirely voluntary and the is estimated to be $338,734. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:50 Jul 27, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\28JYN1.SGM 28JYN1


Document Created: 2017-07-28 03:09:56
Document Modified: 2017-07-28 03:09:56
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 public comments regarding an extension to an existing OMB clearance.
DatesSubmit comments on or before August 28, 2017.
ContactMr. Charles Gray, Procurement Analyst, Governmentwide Acquisition Policy, GSA, 703-795-6328 or [email protected]
FR Citation82 FR 35204 
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