Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:

Federal Register Volume 76, Number 188 (Wednesday, September 28, 2011)

Notices

Pages 60048-60049

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

FR Doc No: 2011-24904

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

OMB Control No. 9000-0025; Docket 2011-0079; Sequence 10

Federal Acquisition Regulation; Submission for OMB Review; Trade

Agreements Certificate

AGENCIES: 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.

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), the Regulatory Secretariat (MVCB) 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 trade agreements certificate. Two comments were received.

Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of functions of the 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 technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

Two comments were received. One comment is not relevant to this collection. The other comment supports the extension of this collection.

DATES: Submit comments on or before October 28, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection 9000- 0025, Trade Agreements Certificates, by any of the following methods:

Regulations.gov: http://www.regulations.gov. Submit comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by inputting ``Information

Collection 9000-0025, Trade Agreements Certificate'' under the heading

``Enter Keyword or ID'' and selecting ``Search''. Select the link

``Submit a Comment'' that corresponds with ``Information Collection 9000-0025, Trade Agreements Certificate''. Follow the instructions provided at the ``Submit a Comment'' screen. Please include your name, company name (if any), and ``Information Collection 9000-0025, Trade

Agreements Certificate'' on your attached document.

Fax: 202-501-4067.

Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory

Secretariat (MVCB), 1275 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20417. Attn:

Hada Flowers/IC 9000-0025, Trade Agreements Certificate.

Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information

Collection 9000-0025, Trade Agreements

Page 60049

Certificate, 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: Cecelia Davis, Procurement Analyst,

Acquisition Policy Division, GSA (202) 219-0202 or e-mail

Cecelia.davis@gsa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

  1. Purpose

    Under the Trade Agreements Act of 1979, unless specifically exempted by statute or regulation, agencies are required to evaluate offers over a certain dollar limitation not to supply an eligible product without regard to the restrictions of the Buy American program.

    Offerors identify excluded end products on this certificate.

    The contracting officer uses the information to identify the offered items which are domestic end products. Items having components of unknown origin are considered to have been mined, produced, or manufactured outside the United States, a designated country, Caribbean

    Basin country or Free Trade Agreement Country.

  2. Annual Reporting Burden

    Respondents: 1,140.

    Responses per Respondent: 10.

    Total Responses: 11,400.

    Hours per Response: .109.

    Total Burden Hours: 1,243.

    Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the information collection documents from the General Services

    Administration, Regulatory Secretariat (MVCB), 1275 First Street, NE.,

    Washington, DC 20417, telephone (202) 501-4755. Please cite OMB Control

    No. 9000-0025, Trade Agreements Certificate, in all correspondence.

    Dated: September 21, 2011.

    Laura Auletta,

    Acting Director, Office of Governmentwide Acquisition Policy, Office of

    Acquisition Policy.

    FR Doc. 2011-24904 Filed 9-27-11; 8:45 am

    BILLING CODE 6820-EP-P

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