Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 176 / Tuesday, September 11, 2018 / Notices 45933 

pursuant to section 225.28(b)(1) of 

Regulation Y. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, September 6, 2018. 

Yao-Chin Chao, 

Assistant Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2018–19702 Filed 9–10–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–0075; Docket No. 

2018–0003; Sequence No. 12] 

Information Collection; Government 

Property 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comments regarding an extension to an 

existing OMB clearance. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, the 

Regulatory Secretariat Division will be 

submitting to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) a request to review 

and approve an extension of a 

previously approved information 

collection requirement concerning 

government property. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

November 13, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding 

this burden estimate or any other aspect 

of this collection of information, 

including suggestions for reducing this 

burden to: Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs of OMB, Attention: 

Desk Officer for GSA, Room 10236, 

NEOB, Washington, DC 20503. 

Additionally submit a copy to GSA by 

any of the following methods: 

• Regulations.gov: http://

www.regulations.gov. 

Submit comments via the Federal 

eRulemaking portal by searching for 

Information Collection 9000–0075— 

Government Property. Select the link 

‘‘Comment Now’’ that corresponds with 

‘‘Information Collection 9000–0075: 

Government Property’’. Follow the 

instructions provided on the screen. 

Please include your name, company 

name (if any), and ‘‘Information 

Collection 9000–0075; Government 

Property’’ on your attached document. 

• Mail: General Services 

Administration, Regulatory Secretariat 

Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20405. ATTN: Ms. 

Mandell/IC 9000–0075. 

Instructions: Please submit comments 

only and cite Information Collection 

9000–0075, in all correspondence 

related to this collection. Comments 

received generally will be posted 

without change to regulations.gov, 

including any personal and/or business 

confidential information provided. To 

confirm receipt of your comment(s), 

please check regulations.gov, 

approximately two-to-three business 

days after submission to verify posting 

(except allow 30 days for posting of 

comments submitted by mail). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Camara Francis, Procurement Analyst, 

Office of Acquisition Policy, GSA 202– 

550–0935 or email camara.francis@

gsa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

Government property, as used in FAR 

Part 45, means all property owned or 

leased by the Government. Government 

property includes both Governmentfurnished property and contractoracquired property. Government property 

includes material, equipment, special 

tooling, special test equipment, and real 

property. Government property does not 

include intellectual property and 

software. 

This part prescribes policies and 

procedures for providing Government 

property to contractors; contractors’ 

management and use of Government 

property; and reporting, redistributing, 

and disposing of contractor inventory. 

This clearance covers the following 

requirements: 

(a) FAR 52.245–1(f)(1)(ii) requires 

contractors to document the receipt of 

Government property. 

(b) FAR 52.245–1(f)(1)(ii)(A) requires 

contractors to submit report if overages, 

shortages, or damages and/or other 

discrepancies are discovered upon 

receipt of Government-furnished 

property. 

(c) FAR 52.245–1(f)(1)(iii) requires 

contractors to create and maintain 

records of all Government property 

accountable to the contract. 

(d) FAR 52.245–1(f)(1)(iv) requires 

contractors to periodically perform, 

record, and report physical inventories 

during contract performance, including 

upon completion or termination of the 

contract. 

(e) FAR 52.245–1(f)(1)(vii)(B) requires 

contractors to investigate and report all 

incidents of Government property loss 

as soon as the facts become known. 

(f) 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. 

(g) 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. 

(h) FAR 52.245–1(f)(1)(x) requires 

contractors to perform and report to the 

Property Administrator contract 

property closeout. 

(i) 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. 

(j) FAR 52.245–1(j)(2) requires 

contractors to submit inventory disposal 

schedules to the Plant Clearance Officer 

via the Standard Form 1428, Inventory 

Disposal Schedule. 

(k) FAR 52.245–9(d) requires a 

contractor to identify the property for 

which rental is requested. 

B. Annual Reporting Burden 

Number of Respondents: 11,375. 

Responses per Respondent: 1,057. 

Total Responses: 12,023,375. 

Average Burden Hours Per Response: 

.3092. 

Total Burden Hours: 3,717,627. 

C. Public Comments 

Public comments are particularly 

invited on: Whether this collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of functions of the Federal 

Acquisition Regulations (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. 

Obtaining Copies of Proposals: 

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the General Services Administration, 

Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB), 

1800 F Street NW, Washington, DC 

20006, telephone 202–501–4755. Please 

cite OMB Control No. 9000–0075, 

Government Property, in all 

correspondence. 

William Clark, 

Director, Office of Governmentwide 

Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition 

Policy, Office of Governmentwide Policy. 

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