Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Entitled Clean Air and Water Certification

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000-0021]

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Entitled 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.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), 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. A request for public comments was published at 63 FR

31449, June 9, 1998. No comments were received.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before September 17, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other

aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for

reducing this burden, to: FAR Desk Officer, OMB, Room 10102, NEOB,

Washington, DC 20503, and a copy to the General Services

Administration, FAR Secretariat, 1800 F Street, NW, Room 4035,

Washington, DC 20405.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Linfield, Federal Acquisition

Policy Division, GSA (202) 501-1757.

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

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(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.

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 a copy of the justification from the General

Services Administration, FAR Secretariat (MVRS),1800 F Street, NW, Room

4035, Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202) 501-4755. Please cite OMB

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

correspondence.

Dated: August 11, 1998.

Edward C. Loeb,

Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division.

[FR Doc. 98-22067 Filed 8-17-98; 8:45 am]

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