[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 240 (Wednesday, December 15, 1999)] [Notices] [Pages 70015-70016] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-32521] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-6509-3] Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Contractor Cumulative Claim and Reconciliation
Agency
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Action
Notice.
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Summary
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.), this document announces that the following Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Contractor Cumulative Claim and Reconciliation, EPA ICR Number 0246.07, OMB Control Number 2030- 0016, expiration date March 31, 2000. The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected burden and cost; where appropriate, it includes the actual data collection instrument.
Dates
Comments must be submitted on or before January 14, 2000.
For Further Information Contact
Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone at (202) 260-2740, by email at farmer.sandy@epa.gov, or download a copy of the ICR off the Internet at www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 0246.07.
www.epa.gov/icrSupplementary Information
Title: Contractor Cumulative Claim and Reconciliation (OMB Control No. 2030-0016; EPA ICR No. 0246.07, expiring 3/31/2000). This is a request for extension of a currently approved collection. Abstract: At the completion of a cost reimbursement contract, contractors report final costs incurred, including direct labor, materials, supplies, equipment, and other direct charges, subcontract costs, consultant fees, indirect costs, and fees. Contractors report this information on EPA Form 1900-10. EPA uses this information to reconcile the contractor's costs, and determine proper reimbursement under the contract. Establishment of the final costs and fee is necessary to close out the contract, and contractor responses are required prior to final payment under the contract. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter
15. The Federal Register document required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting comments on this collection of information was published on August 9, 1999 (64 FR 43177); no comments were received. Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 40 minutes per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; search data sources; complete and review the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the information. Respondents/Affected Entities: Large and small businesses holding cost type contracts with EPA. Estimated Number of Respondents: 65. Frequency of Response: Once, at contract completion. Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 43 hours. Estimated Total Annualized Capital, Operating/Maintenance Cost Burden: $0 (zero). Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of automated collection techniques to the following addresses. Please refer to EPA ICR No. 0246.07 and OMB Control No. 2030-0016 in any correspondence.
Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information, Collection Strategies Division (2822), 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460; and Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503.
Dated: December 8, 1999. Oscar Morales, Director, Collection Strategies Division. [FR Doc. 99-32521 Filed 12-14-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P