Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 91 / Friday, May 11, 2007 / Notices 26799 

[FR Doc. 07–2331 Filed 5–10–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–01–C 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–0075] 

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Information Collection; Government 

Property 

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comments regarding a revision to an 

existing OMB clearance (9000–0075). 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal 

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 

Secretariat will be submitting to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) a request to revise a currently 

approved information collection 

requirement concerning Government 

Property. This OMB clearance expires 

on February 28, 2010. 

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. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

June 11, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments, 

including suggestions for reducing this 

burden to the General Services 

Administration, FAR Secretariat (VIR), 

1800 F Street, NW, Room 4035, 

Washington, DC 20405. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeritta Parnell, Contract Policy Division, 

GSA (202) 501–4082. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

Property, as used in Part 45, means all 

property, both real and personal. 

Government property includes both 

Government-furnished property and 

contractor-acquired property. 

Contractors are required to manage 

(control, use, preserve, protect, repair, 

and maintain) Government property in 

its possession consistent with voluntary 

consensus standards or in the absence of 

such standards, industry leading 

practices and standards for property 

management because the contractor is 

responsible and accountable for all 

Government property under the 

provisions of the contract including 

property located with subcontractors. 

Contractors shall develop property 

management plans andsystems to obtain 

best value. 

This clearance covers the following 

requirements: 

(a) FAR 45.606–1 requires a contractor 

to submit inventory schedules. 

(b) FAR 45.606–3(a) requires a 

contractor to correct and resubmit 

inventory schedules as necessary. 

(c) FAR 52.245–1(f)(1)(ii) requires 

contractors to receive, record, identify 

and manage Government property. 

(d) FAR 52.245–1(f)(1)(iii) requires 

contractors to create and maintain 

records of all Government property 

accountable to the contract. 

(e) FAR 52.245–1(f)(1)(iv) requires 

contractors to periodically perform, 

record, and report physical inventories 

during contract performance. 

(f) FAR 52.245–1(f)(1)(vi) requires 

contractors to have a process to create 

and provide reports. 

(g) FAR 52.245–1(f)(1)(viii) requires 

contractors to promptly disclose and 

report Government Property in its 

possession that is excess to contract 

performance. 

(h) FAR 52.245–1(f)(1)(ix) requires 

contractors to disclose and report to the 

Property Administrator the need for 

replacement and/or capital 

rehabilitation. 

(i) FAR 52.245–1(f)(1)(x) requires 

contractors to perform and report to the 

Property Administrator contract 

property closeout. 

(j) FAR 52.245–1(f)(2) requires 

contractors to establish and maintain 

source data, particularly in the areas of 

recognition of acquisitions and 

dispositions of material and equipment. 

(k) FAR 52.245–1(j)(4) requires 

contractors to submit inventory disposal 

schedules to the Plant Clearance Officer. 

(l) FAR 52.245–9(d) requires a 

contractor to identify the property for 

which rental is requested. 

B. Annual Reporting Burden 

Number of Respondents: 15,100. 

Responses per Respondent: 896.71. 

Total Responses: 13,540,450. 

Average Burden Hours Per Response: 

.46. 

Total Burden Hours: 6,226,350. 

The total burden hours have changed 

under this OMB clearance 9000–0075 to 

reflect the incorporation of hours 

currently associated with OMB 

clearance 9000–0075(FAR Case 2004–

025). 

Obtaining Copies of Proposals: 

Requesters may obtain a copy ofthe 

information collection documents from 

the General Services Administration, 

FAR Secretariat (VIR), Room 4035, 1800 

F Street,NW, Washington, DC 20405, 

telephone (202) 501–4755. Please cite 

OMB Control No. 9000–0075, 

Government Property, in all 

correspondence. 

Dated: May 2, 2007. 

Al Matera, 

Acting Director, Contract Policy Division 

[FR Doc. 07–2254 Filed 5–10–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–EP–S 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Strategic Environmental Research and 

Development Program, Scientific 

Advisory Board 

AGENCY: Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This Notice is published in 

accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463). The topic of the meeting on 

June 13–14, 2007 are to review new start 

and continuing research and 

development projects requesting 

Strategic Environmental Research and 

Development Program funds in excess 

of $1M. This meeting is open to the 

public. Any interested person may 

attend, appear before, or file statements 

with the Scientific Advisory Board at 

the time and in the manner permitted by 

the Board. 

DATES: June 13, 2007 from 8:30 a.m. to 

11:30 a.m. and June 14 8:30 a.m. to 

12:40 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Century House Clarion 

Hotel, 997 New Loudon Road, Latham, 

NY 12110. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Misa Jensen, SERDP Program Office, 901 

North Stuart Street, Suite 303, 

Arlington, VA or by telephone at (703) 

696–2126. 


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