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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–0006] 

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Subcontracting Plans/Subcontracting 

Report for Individual Contracts 

(Standard Form 294) 

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. 

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 subcontracting plans/ 

subcontracting report for individual 

contracts (Standard Form 294). A 

request for public comments was 

published in the Federal Register at 72 

FR 18963, on April 16, 2007. No 

comments were received. This OMB 

clearance expires on August 31, 2007. 

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 

September 19, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Submit 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 (VIR), 1800 F Street, NW, 

Room 4035, Washington, DC 20405. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rhonda Cundiff, Contract Policy 

Division, GSA (202) 501–0044. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

In accordance with Federal 

Acquisition Regulation 19.702, 

contractors receiving a contract for more 

than the simplified acquisition 

threshold agree to have small business, 

small disadvantaged business, and 

women-owned small business, 

HUBZone small business, veteranowned small business and servicedisabled veteran-owned small business 

concerns participate in the performance 

of the contract as far as practicable. 

Contractors receiving a contract or a 

modification to a contract expected to 

exceed $550,000 ($1,000,000 for 

construction) must submit a 

subcontracting plan that provides 

maximum practicable opportunities for 

the above named concerns. Specific 

elements required to be included in the 

plan are specified in section 8(d) of the 

Small Business Act and implemented in 

FAR Subpart 19.7. 

In conjunction with these plans, 

contractors must submit semiannual 

reports of their progress on Standard 

Form 294, Subcontracting Report for 

Individual Contracts. 

B. Annual Reporting Burden 

Respondents: 4,253. 

Responses Per Respondent: 3.44. 

Total Responses: 14,622. 

Hours Per Response: 50.56. 

Total Burden Hours: 739,225. 

OBTAINING COPIES OF 

PROPOSALS: Requesters may obtain a 

copy of the 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. 

9000–0006, Subcontracting Plans/ 

Subcontracting Report for Individual 

Contracts (Standard Form 294), in all 

correspondence. 

Dated: August 14, 2007. 

Al Matera, 

Acting Director, Contract Policy Division. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Preparation of an Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) for Resumption 

of Year-Round Live-Fire Training at 

Eagle River Flats (ERF), Fort 

Richardson, AK 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The Army intends to prepare 

an EIS to assess the potential 

environmental impacts associated with 

the resumption of year-round live-fire 

weapons training at Fort Richardson, 

including use of direct and indirect fire 

weapons systems. The EIS will analyze 

the proposed action’s impacts upon the 

natural and manmade environment. 

DATES: Written comments identifying 

potential impacts to be analyzed in the 

EIS must be received not later than 

September 19, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be forwarded to Ms. Carrie McEnteer, 

Directorate of Public Works, Attention: 

IMPA–FWA–PWE (C. McEnteer), 1060 

Gaffney Road #4500, Fort Wainwright, 

AK 99703–4500; fax: (907) 353–9867; 

e-mail: carrie.mcenteer@us.army.mil. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Please contact Mr. Robert Hall, Public 

Affairs Office, 724 Postal Service Loop 

Road #6000, Building 600, Room B349, 

Fort Richardson, AK 99505–6000; 

telephone: (907) 384–2546, e-mail: 

robert.hall33@us.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Fort 

Richardson has undergone extensive 

transformation in recent years, 

including stationing of the 4th Brigade 

Combat Team (Airborne); 25th Infantry 

Division (Light); and temporary 

stationing of the 1st Stryker Brigade 

Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division. 

The proposed action would allow units 

to train year round at Fort Richardson 

and receive necessary weapons 

proficiency training. Weapons 

proficiency is a critical component of 

combat, and training must include livefire exercises using both direct and 

indirect fire weapons. Indirect fire refers 

to the use of weapons such as artillery 

and mortars to fire at targets from 

beyond line-of-sight distances or from 

positions where line-of-sight is not 

possible. Direct fire, in contrast, is the 

use of small arms, machine guns, 

rockets, or missiles to fire at targets that 

can be observed or are within the lineof-sight. 

The ERF Impact Area is the only 

impact area on Fort Richardson which 

can be used for live-fire artillery and 


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mortar training. The Army has utilized 

ERF for weapons training since the 

1940s and a wide range of direct and 

indirect fire weapons have been used at 

this site, including mortars, howitzers, 

missiles, rockets, and small arms. 

Currently, ERF can only be used for 

live-fire weapons training during winter 

months when wetland sediments are 

frozen, which requires Fort Richardson 

units to travel to Fort Wainwright and 

Donnelly Training Area to complete 

training requirements during the 

summer. Firing restrictions were 

imposed in 1991 following completion 

of an environmental assessment that 

established a link between firing 

munitions containing white phosphorus 

and waterfowl mortality at ERF. The 

intent of limiting weapons firing to 

winter months was two-fold; first, to 

reduce possible disturbance and 

redistribution of white phosphorus 

within wetlands in order to decrease the 

chance for additional waterfowl 

mortality; and, second, to mitigate 

possible noise impact on ERF until such 

time as the Army properly evaluated the 

effect on resident wildlife. 

Following the discovery that white 

phosphorus was the cause of waterfowl 

mortality in 1991, Fort Richardson (to 

include the ERF ordnance impact) was 

listed on the National Priorities List 

(NPL) under the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act 

(CERCLA). A comprehensive remedial 

investigation was undertaken as part of 

the CERCLA process and white 

phosphorus was determined to be the 

only contaminant of concern at ERF. In 

1998, a CERCLA Record of Decision that 

outlined the process for cleanup of 

white phosphorus at ERF was signed by 

the U.S. Army Alaska, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, and 

the State of Alaska. Remedial actions at 

ERF have resulted in successful 

treatment of 99% of the wetlands and 

reduced waterfowl mortality to 

acceptable levels in accordance with the 

Record of Decision. 

Environmental conditions have 

significantly improved at ERF since 

1991, and the Army is proposing to 

reassess potential impacts at ERF from 

year-round use. U.S. Army Alaska 

proposes to remove existing winter only 

live-fire restrictions and return to yearround weapons training in order to 

fulfill current training needs at Fort 

Richardson. Both direct and indirect fire 

weapons would be used. Use of white 

phosphorus containing munitions in 

ERF would still be banned under the 

proposed action. 

Potential impacts resulting from the 

proposed action include possible 

disturbance of white phosphorus lying 

below the surface in contaminated 

areas, accumulation of munitions 

residues, increased noise, and physical 

disturbance of natural resources. The 

environmental components to be 

evaluated in the EIS include 

environmental health and safety, 

wildlife and fisheries, soil, water 

resources, cultural resources, noise, air 

quality, vegetation, and socioeconomics. 

Analysis of additional environmental 

components may be added based upon 

input from agency and tribal 

consultations and public scoping. 

A range of reasonable alternatives, 

including an alternative considering 

‘‘No Action’’ will be developed and 

analyzed in the EIS. The No Action 

Alternative represents the status quo 

with respect to live-fire training at ERF. 

Alternatives to be considered include 

varying the degree, timing, and location 

of weapons training at Fort Richardson 

and will take into consideration 

environmental components such as 

migratory bird and beluga whale 

migrations. Other alternatives 

reasonably capable of meeting the 

project purpose and need and criteria 

that may be raised during the scoping 

process will be considered. 

Scoping and Public Comment: 

Federally-recognized Indian Tribes, 

Native Alaskans, Native Hawaiian 

groups, Federal, State, and local 

agencies, organizations, and interested 

members of the public are invited to 

participate in the scoping process for 

the completion of this EIS by 

participating in scoping meetings or 

submitting written comments. The 

scoping process will help identify 

possible alternatives, potential 

environmental impacts, means to 

mitigate adverse environmental impacts, 

and key issues of concern to be analyzed 

in the EIS. Scoping meetings will be 

held in Anchorage, Alaska and 

surrounding areas. Notification of the 

times and locations for the scoping 

meetings will be published in local 

newspapers. 

Dated: August 5, 2007. 

Addison D. Davis, IV, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army 

(Environment, Safety, and Occupational 

Health). 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Advisory Committee Meeting Notice 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DOD. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463), 

announcement is made of the following 

meeting: 

Name of Committee: Army Education 

Advisory Committee. 

Date: September 13, 2007. 

Place: The Pentagon, Room 2E477, 

Arlington, VA 20310. 

Time: 0900–1700. 

Proposed Agenda: The meeting 

agenda includes an overview of Army 

training and a Pentagon tour, an 

overview of Federal Advisory 

committees, an update on the five 

subcommittees: Defense Language 

Institute Foreign Language Center, 

Command and General Staff College, 

Army War College, Distance Learning/ 

Training Technology Applications, and 

the Reserve Officer Training Corps, and 

discussions focused on education and 

training within the Department of the 

Army. 

Purpose of the Meeting: To provide 

for the continuous exchange of 

information and ideas for training and 

education between the U.S. Army 

Training and Doctrine Command 

(TRADOC), HQ Department of the 

Army, and the academic and business 

communities. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: All 

communications regarding this 

committee should be addressed to Mr. 

Carlton Hardy, at Commander, 

Headquarters TRADOC, ATTN: ATTG–

CT (Mr. Hardy), Fort Monroe, VA 

23651–5000; e-mail: 

carlton.hardy@us.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Meeting of 

the advisory committee is open to the 

public. Because of restricted meeting 

space and building security, attendance 

will be limited to those persons who 

have notified the Advisory Committee 

Management Office in writing at least 

five days prior to the meeting of their 

intention to attend. Contact Mr. Hardy 

(carlton.hardy@us.army.mil) for meeting 

agenda and specific locations. 

Any member of the public may file a 

written statement with the committee 

before, during, or after the meeting. To 

the extent that time permits, the 

committee chairman may allow public 

presentations or oral statements at the 

meeting. 

Robert E. Seger, 

Senior Executive Service, Assistant Deputy 

Chief of Staff, G–3/5/7. 

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