Clearnace Request for Clean Air and Water Certification

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

[OMB Control No. 9000-9921]

Clearnace Request for Clean Air and Water Certification

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration

(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of request for an extension to an existing OMB clearance

(9000-0021).

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980

(44 U.S.C. 3501), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat

has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to

review and approve an extension of a currently approved information

collection requirement concerning Clean Air and Water Certification.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beverly Fayson, Office of Federal Acquisition Policy, GSA (202) 501-

4755.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

It is the Government's policy to improve environmental quality.

Accordingly, Executive agencies must conduct their acquisition

activities in a manner that will result in effective enforcement of the

Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) and the Clean Water Act (33

U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). The information required by the Clean Air and

Water Certification is used to determine a contractor's compliance with

these laws. A determination of noncompliance by the contracting officer

requires notifying the agency head or designee who, in turn, notifies

the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Administrator, or a

designee, in writing. Government contracting offices use the

information to determine a firm's eligibility for award of a contract

and to provide information to the EPA.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

Public reporting burden for this collection of information is

estimated to average .01666 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. Send comments regarding this burden estimate

or any other aspect of this collection of information, including

suggestions for reducing this burden, to the General Services

Administration, FAR Secretariat, 18th and F Streets, NW, Room 4037,

Washington, DC 20405.

The annual reporting burden is estimated as follows: Respondents,

83,400; responses per respondent, 20; total annual responses,

1,668,000; preparation hours per response, .01666; and total response

burden hours, 27,800.

Obtaining Copies of Proposals

Requester may obtain copies of OMB applications or justifications

from the General Services Administration, FAR Secretariat (VRS), Room

4037, Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202) 501-4755. Please cite OMB

Control No. 9000-0021, Clean Air and Water Certification, in all

correspondence.

Dated: June 19, 1995.

Beverly Fayson,

FAR Secretariat.

[FR Doc. 95-16530 Filed 7-5-95; 8:45 am]

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