60368 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 195 / Friday, October 8, 2004 / Notices 

appearing that the Settlement 

Agreement and Order is in the public 

interest, it is 

Ordered that the Settlement 

Agreement be, and hereby is, accepted; 

and it is 

Further Ordered that upon final 

acceptance of the Settlement Agreement 

and Order, Sears, Roebuck and Co. shall 

pay to the Commission a civil penalty 

in the amount of FIVE HUNDRED 

THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5000,000.00) 

within twenty (20) days after service 

upon Respondent of the Final Order of 

the Commission accepting the attached 

Settlement Agreement. Upon the failure 

of Respondent Sears, Roebuck and Co. 

to pay or to make untimely pay the civil 

penalty, interest shall accrue and be 

paid at the Federal legal rate of interest 

under the provisions of 28 U.S.C. 

1961(a) and (b).

Provisionally accepted and Provisional 

Order issued on the 4th date of October, 

2004.

By Order of The Commission.

Todd A. Stevenson, 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission.

[FR Doc. 04–22718 Filed 10–7–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6355–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary 

Proposed collection; comment request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary of 

Defense, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

In compliance with Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Defense 

Security Services (DSS) announces the 

proposed reinstatement of a public 

information collection and seeks public 

comment on the provisions thereof. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed information collection; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the information collection on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by December 7, 

2004.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

information collection should be sent to 

Defense Security Service, Program 

Integration Branch, ATTN: Mr. Richard 

L. Lawhorn, 1340 Braddock Place, 

Alexandria, VA 22314–1650.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on this 

proposed information collection or to 

obtain a copy of the proposal and 

associated collection instruments, 

please write to the above address, or call 

Defense Security Service, Program 

Integration Branch (703) 325–5327. 

Title: Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: Personnel Security 

Investigation Projection for Industry 

Survey; DSS Form 232; OMB Number 

0704–0417. 

Needs and Uses: Executive Order (EO) 

12829, ‘‘National Industrial Security 

Program (NISP),’’ stipulates that the 

Secretary of Defense shall serve as the 

Executive Agent for inspecting and 

monitoring the contractors, licensees, 

and grantees who require or will require 

access to classified information; and for 

determining the eligibility for access to 

classified information of contractors, 

licensees, and grantees and their 

respective employees. EO 1282 also 

authorizes the Executive Agent to issue, 

after consultation with affected 

agencies, standard forms that will 

promote the implementation of the 

NISP. 

Under the NISP, the Defense Security 

Service is responsible for conducting 

personnel security investigations of 

employees of those cleared contractor 

entities under its security cognizance. In 

the past, DSS has relied on historical 

data for agency budget projections 

regarding the numbers of personnel 

security investigations required by 

cleared contractor entities; however, 

historical data did not provide a 

particularly accurate or credible 

estimate of such workload. In this 

proposed collection of information, DSS 

requests the voluntary assistance of the 

Facility Security Officers of cleared 

contractor entities to provide 

projections of the numbers and types of 

personnel security investigations 

required. The data will be incorporated 

into DDS’ budget submissions. 

The Assistant Secretary of Defense 

assigned DSS responsibility for the 

following types of investigations within 

industry: 

a. A Single Scope Background 

Investigation (SSBI). 

b. National Agency Check with Local 

Agency Check and Credit Check 

(NACLC). 

c. SSBI Periodic Reinvestigation 

(SSBI–PR or TS–PR). 

In accordance with 5200.2–R, DSS is 

also responsible for conducting TS–PRs 

every 5 years, SECRET–PRs every 10 

years and CONFIDENTIAL–PRs every 

15 years. In addition, under specified 

circumstances, DSS is required to 

conduct SSBIs, NACLCs and National 

Agency Checks (NACs) for sensitive 

positions that do not require personnel 

security clearances. 

Representative of various industry 

associations, the National Industrial 

Security Program Policy Advisory 

Committee (NISPPAC), the Military 

Services, various elements of the 

Department of Defense and other 

Federal Government Agencies are aware 

of the annual survey. 

Affected Public: Business or other for 

profit; Not-for-profit institutions. 

Annual Burden Hours: 15,146. 

Number of Respondents: 12,117. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Average Burden per Response: 75 

minutes. 

Frequency: Annually.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary of Information Collection 

The executive of the DSS Form 232 is 

an essential factor in projecting the 

needs of cleared contractor entities for 

PSIs. This collection of information 

requests the voluntary assistance of the 

Facility Security Officer to provide 

projections of the numbers and types of 

PSIs. The data will be incorporated into 

DSS’ budget submissions. The form is 

authorized for local reproduction and 

will be available electronically on the 

World Wide Web. The form will display 

OMB approval number 0704–0417.

Dated: September 27, 2004. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 04–22685 Filed 10–7–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–M

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary 

[Transmittal No. 04–18] 

36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification

AGENCY: Department of Defense, Defense 

Security Cooperation Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is 

publishing the unclassified text of a 

section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. 

This is published to fulfill the 

requirements of section 155 of Pub. L. 

104–164 dated 21 July 1996.