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of subcontracts that exceed the 

simplified acquisition threshold. 

DFARS 252.225–7010, Commercial 

Derivative Military Article—Specialty 

Metals Compliance Certificate, as 

prescribed at 225.7003–5(b), requires 

the offeror to certify that it will take 

certain actions with regard to specialty 

metals if the offeror chooses to use the 

alternative compliance approach when 

providing commercial derivative 

military articles to the Government. 

DFARS 252.225–7013, Duty-Free 

Entry, as prescribed in 225.1101(4), 

requires the contractor to provide 

information on shipping documents and 

customs forms regarding products that 

are eligible for duty-free entry. 

DFARS 252.225–7018, Photovoltaic 

Devices—Certificate, as prescribed at 

225.7017–4(b), requires offerors to 

certify that no photovoltaic devices with 

an estimated value exceeding $3,000 

will be utilized in performance of the 

contract or to specify the country of 

origin. 

DFARS 252.225–7020, Trade 

Agreements Certificate, as prescribed in 

225.1101(5), requires an offeror to list 

the item number and country of origin 

of any nondesignated country end 

product that it intends to furnish under 

the contract. Either 252.225–7020 or 

252.225–7022 is used in any solicitation 

for products subject to the World Trade 

Organization Government Procurement 

Agreement. 

DFARS 252.225–7021, Alternate II, 

Trade Agreements, as prescribed in 

225.1101(6)(ii), in order to comply with 

a condition of the waiver authority 

provided by the United States Trade 

Representative to the Secretary of 

Defense, requires contractors from a 

south Caucasus/central or south Asian 

state to inform the government of its 

participation in the acquisition and also 

advise their governments that they 

generally will not have such 

opportunities in the future unless their 

governments provide reciprocal 

procurement opportunities to U.S. 

products and services and suppliers of 

such products and services. 

DFARS 252.225–7023, Preference for 

Products or Services from Afghanistan, 

as prescribed in 225.7703–5(a), requires 

an offeror to identify, in its proposal, 

products or services that are not 

products or services from Iraq or 

Afghanistan. 

DFARS 252.225–7025, Restriction on 

Acquisition of Forgings, as prescribed in 

225.7102–4, requires the contractor to 

retain records showing compliance with 

the requirement that end items and their 

components delivered under the 

contract contain forging items that are of 

domestic manufacture only. The 

contractor must retain the records for 3 

years after final payment and must make 

the records available upon request of the 

contracting officer. The contractor may 

request a waiver of this requirement in 

accordance with DFARS 225.7102–3. 

DFARS 252.225–7032, Waiver of 

United Kingdom Levies—Evaluation of 

Offers, and 252.225–7033, Waiver of 

United Kingdom Levies, as prescribed 

in 225.1101(7) and (8), require an offeror 

to provide information to the 

contracting officer regarding any United 

Kingdom levies included in the offered 

price, and require the contractor to 

provide information to the contracting 

officer regarding any United Kingdom 

levies to be included in a subcontract 

that exceeds $1 million, before award of 

the subcontract. 

DFARS 252.225–7035, Buy American 

Act—North American Free Trade 

Agreement Implementation Act— 

Balance of Payments Program 

Certificate, as prescribed in 225.1101(9), 

requires an offeror to list any qualifying 

country, NAFTA country, or other 

foreign end product that it intends to 

furnish under the contract. The Buy 

American Act no longer applies to 

acquisitions of commercial information 

technology. 

DFARS 252.225–7046, Exports of 

Approved Community Members in 

Response to the Solicitation, requires a 

representation whether exports or 

transfers of qualifying defense articles 

were made in preparing the response to 

the solicitation. If yes, the offeror 

represents that such exports or transfers 

complied with the requirements of the 

provision. 

Manuel Quinones, 

Editor, Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System. 

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BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

[Docket Number DARS–2013–0035] 

Information Collection Requirement; 

Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement; 

Organizational Conflict of Interest in 

Major Defense Acquisition Programs 

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Department of 

Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments regarding a proposed 

extension of an approved information 

collection requirement. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with section 

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

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35), DoD announces the 

proposed extension of a public 

information collection requirement and 

seeks public comment on the provisions 

thereof. DoD invites comments on: (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of DoD, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of 

the 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 the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

The Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) has approved this information 

collection requirement for use through 

December 31 2013. DoD proposes that 

OMB extend its approval for use for 

three additional years. 

DATES: DoD will consider all comments 

received by December 23, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by OMB Control Number 

0704–0477, using any of the following 

methods: 

Æ Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Æ Email: dfars@osd.mil. Include OMB 

Control Number 0704–0477 in the 

subject line of the message. 

Æ Fax: (571) 372–6094. 

Æ Mail: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Attn: Annette Gray, 

OUSD(AT&L)DPAP(DARS), 3B855, 3060 

Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 

20301–3060. 

Comments received generally will be 

posted without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Annette Gray,(571)372–6093. The 

information collection requirements 

addressed in this notice are available on 

the World Wide Web at: http://

www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfars/

index.htm. Paper copies are available 

from Ms. Annette Gray, 

OUSD(AT&L)DPAP(DARS), 3B855, 3060 

Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 

20301–3060. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title and OMB Number: Defense 

Federal Acquisition Regulation 

Supplement (DFARS) subpart 209.5, 

Organizational and Consultant Conflicts 

of Interest, and related provision at 

DFARS 252.209–7008, Notice of 

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Prohibition Relating to Organizational 

Conflict of Interest-Major Defense 

Acquisition Program; OMB Control 

Number 0704–0477. 

Needs and Uses: This information 

collection requires an offeror to submit 

a mitigation plan if requesting an 

exemption from the statutory limitation 

on future contracting. This information 

will be used to resolve organizational 

conflicts of interest arising in a systems 

engineering and technical assistance 

contract for an MDAP, as required by 

section 207 of WSARA. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit and not-for-profit institutions. 

Annual Burden Hours: 3,000. 

Number of Respondents: 25. 

Responses per Respondent: 3. 

Annual Responses: 75. 

Average Burden per Response: 40 

hours. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Summary of Information Collection 

This information collection includes 

requirements of DFARS subpart 209.5, 

Organizational and Consultant Conflicts 

of Interest, and the related provision at 

DFARS 252.209–7008, Notice of 

Prohibition Relegating to Organizational 

Conflict of Interest-Major Defense 

Acquisition Program. DFARS subpart 

209.5, Organizational and Consultant 

Conflicts of Interest, implements section 

207 of the Weapons system Acquisition 

Reform Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111–23). 

The provision at DFARS 252.209–7008 

paragraph (d) requires an offeror to 

submit a mitigation plan if requesting an 

exemption from the statutory limitation 

on future contracting. 

Manuel Quinones, 

Editor, Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System. 

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BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Intent To Prepare a Regional 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

Surface Coal and Lignite Mining in the 

State of Texas 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (USACE) is preparing a 

Regional Environmental Impact 

Statement (REIS) to analyze the direct, 

indirect, and cumulative effects 

associated with a decision to develop 

and assess data and information with 

waters of the United States and other 

relevant resources that may be 

potentially impacted by future surface 

coal and lignite mine expansions in the 

state of Texas within the Fort Worth 

District’s area of responsibility. These 

coal and lignite mining activities may 

eventually require authorization from 

the USACE under Section 404 of the 

Clean Water Act and Section 10 of the 

Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, as well 

as other federal and state permits and 

approvals. 

DATES: Public scoping meetings for the 

REIS will be held on: 

1. Tuesday, December 3, 2013, 4 

p.m.–7 p.m., Uvalde, Texas. 

2. Wednesday, December 4, 2013, 4 

p.m.–7 p.m., Temple, Texas. 

3. Thursday, December 5, 2013, 4 

p.m.–7 p.m., Tyler, Texas. 

ADDRESSES: The scoping meeting 

locations are: 

1. Tuesday, December 3, 2013, at the 

Uvalde County Fairplex-Event Center, 

122 Veterans Lane, Uvalde, Texas 

78801. 

2. Wednesday, December 4, 2013, at 

the Railroad and Heritage Museum, 315 

W. Avenue B, Temple, Texas 76501. 

3. Thursday, December 5, 2013, at the 

Tyler Rose Garden Center, 420 South 

Rose Park Drive, Tyler, Texas 75702. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions and comments regarding the 

proposed action and REIS should be 

addressed to Mr. Darvin Messer, Project 

Manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

Fort Worth District, P.O. Box 17300, 819 

Taylor Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76102; 

or Darvin.Messer@usace.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

USACE will be conducting public 

scoping meetings at three locations (see 

DATES and ADDRESSES) to describe the 

Project, preliminary alternatives, the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) compliance process, and to 

solicit input on the issues and 

alternatives to be evaluated and other 

related matters. Written comments for 

scoping will be accepted until December 

20, 2013. The USACE has prepared a 

scoping announcement to familiarize 

agencies, the public and interested 

organizations with the proposed Action 

and potential environmental issues that 

may be involved. The scoping 

announcement describes the target 

resources to be assessed, the proposed 

areas of assessment, and the mines that 

may utilize the information developed 

through this effort. Copies of the 

scoping announcement will be available 

at the public scoping meetings or can be 

requested by mail. 

Surface coal and lignite mining 

projects in the USACE Fort Worth’s area 

of responsibility typically conduct work 

that results in impacts to waters of the 

U.S. Such work requires authorization 

under Section 404 of the Clean Water 

Act, and for projects affecting navigable 

waters, authorization under Section 10 

of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899. 

These programs are administered by the 

USACE. The anticipated number of 

future permit applications requiring the 

USACE compliance with NEPA, along 

with agency resource constraints, could 

result in lengthy review times. Historic 

permit evaluations associated with mine 

expansions have required substantial 

time periods. These timeframes have 

been influenced in part by the need to 

develop resource information, 

undertake data gathering efforts, as well 

as coordination with various agencies 

and their permit review processes. The 

USACE also needs to ensure it can adapt 

and efficiently respond to multiple 

concurrent requests for permits that may 

occur in the future. 

The USACE is undertaking a REIS to 

streamline the NEPA aspect of the 

Section 404/10 permitting process, as 

well as to develop information, data, 

and analyses to be used in 404(b)(1) 

guidelines and public interest review 

analyses for future coal and lignite mine 

expansions in Texas subject to 

permitting by the USACE. 

The REIS is intended to provide an 

environmental evaluation focusing on 

the potential direct, indirect, and 

cumulative aquatic resource impacts, in 

addition to other relevant 

environmental and human resources, 

that could be affected by future surface 

coal and lignite mining within defined 

geographic regions in Texas. The REIS 

would facilitate future tiering or 

supplementation of the NEPA analysis 

in the REIS in the evaluation of future 

project-specific Section 404/10 permit 

applications. It also is intended to 

provide a cohesive framework for 

stream mitigation, establishment of 

sound performance metrics, and 

enhance project monitoring efforts 

associated with these types of activities. 

The REIS is intended to avoid 

duplication and provide efficiency and 

effectiveness with future decisions. 

The REIS will be prepared according 

to the USACE’s procedures for 

implementing the NEPA, as amended, 

42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(c), and consistent 

with the USACE’s policy to facilitate 

public understanding and review of 

agency proposals. As part of the REIS 

process, a full range of reasonable 

alternatives, including the proposed 

Action and no action, will be evaluated. 

The use of a third party contract 

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