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###### Department of Defense

###### Office of the Secretary

# ACTION:

Notice. 

The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance, the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).

# DATES:

Consideration will be given to all comments received by January 19, 2005.

*Title and OMB Number:*                         Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) Part 247, Transportation, and related clauses in DFARS 252.247; OMB Control Number 0704-0245.                    

*Type of Request:*                         Extension.                    

*Number of Respondents:*                         60,400.                    

*Response per Respondent:*                         8.                    

*Annual Responses:*                         465,842.                    

*Average Burden Per Response:*                         20 minutes (average).                    

*Annual Burden Hours:*                         150,114.                    

*Needs and Uses:*                         DoD contracting officers use this information to verify that prospective contractors have adequate insurance prior to award of stevedoring contracts; to provide appropriate price adjustments to stevedoring contracts; and to assist the Maritime Administration in monitoring compliance with requirements for use of U.S.-flag vessels in accordance with the Cargo Preference Act of 1904 (10 U.S.C. 2631).                    

*Affected Public:*                         Business or other for-profit and not-for-profit institutions.                    

*Frequency:*                         On occasion.                    

*Respondent's Obligation:*                         Required to obtain or retain benefits.                    

*OMB Desk Officer:*                         Mr. Lewis Oleinick.                    

Written requests for copies of the information collection proposal should be sent to Mr. Oleinick at the Office of Management and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

*DOD Clearance Officer:*                         Ms. Patricia Toppings.                    

Written requests for copies of the information collection proposal should be sent to Ms. Toppings, WHS/ESCD/Information Management Division, 1225 South Clark Street, Suite 504, Arlington, VA 22202-4326.

Dated: December 10, 2004.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 04-27757 Filed 12-17-04; 8:45 am]

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