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cultural resources or historic properties. 

The Army has also entered into 

consultation with the National Marine 

Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) as 

required by Section 7 of the Endangered 

Species Act regarding the Army’s 

determination that the proposed action 

may affect threatened and endangered 

species. The proposed action will 

include implementation of avoidance 

and minimization measures for 

potential impacts to federally listed 

species and critical habitat; these 

measures will be further refined during 

consultations with NMFS and USFWS. 

The Army invites federally recognized 

Native American tribes; federal, state, 

and local agencies and officials; and 

interested groups and individuals to 

submit written comments and to 

participate in a public meeting where 

oral and written comments and 

suggestions will be received concerning 

the alternatives and analysis addressed 

in the DEIS and to fulfill public 

involvement requirements under 

Section 106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act. The Army will 

conduct a public meeting on the DEIS 

in Bay Point, California, with the date 

and location being announced in the 

local news media. All comments 

submitted during the public review 

period will become part of the public 

record on the DEIS and will be 

responded to in the Final EIS. 

Copies of the DEIS are available for 

public review at the following two 

Contra Costa County libraries: Concord 

Library, 2900 Salvio Street, Concord, CA 

94519 and Bay Point Library, 205 

Pacifica Avenue, Bay Point, CA 94565. 

The DEIS may also be reviewed 

electronically at http://

www.sddc.army.mil/MOTCO/

default.aspx. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

[Docket Number DARS–2013–0045] 

Information Collection Requirement; 

Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement; 

Subcontracting Policies and 

Procedures 

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 

January 31, 2014. DoD proposes that 

OMB extend its approval for three 

additional years. 

DATES: DoD will consider all comments 

received by January 21, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by OMB Control Number 

0704–0253, using any of the following 

methods: 

Æ Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Æ Email: dfars@mail.mil. Include 

OMB Control Number 0704–0253 in the 

subject line of the message. 

Æ Fax: 571–372–6094. 

Æ Mail: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Attn: Ms. Annette 

Gray, OUSD (AT&L) DPAP (DARS), 

3060 Defense Pentagon, Room 3B855, 

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/dfarspgi/

current/index.html. 

Paper copies are available from Ms. 

Annette Gray, OUSD (AT&L) DPAP 

(DARS), 3060 Defense Pentagon, Room 

3B855, Washington, DC 20301–3060. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title and OMB Number: Defense 

Federal Acquisition Regulation 

Supplement (DFARS) Part 244, 

Subcontracting Policies and Procedures; 

OMB Control Number 0704–0253. 

Needs and Uses: Administrative 

contracting officers use this information 

in making decisions to grant, withhold, 

or withdraw purchasing system 

approval at the conclusion of a 

purchasing system review. Withdrawal 

of purchasing system approval would 

necessitate Government consent to 

individual subcontracts. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit and not-for-profit institutions. 

Annual Burden Hours: 1,440. 

Number of Respondents: 90. 

Responses per Respondent: 

Approximately 1. 

Annual Responses: 90. 

Average Burden per Response: 16 

hours. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Summary of Information Collection 

This information collection includes 

the requirements of DFARS 244.305, 

entitled ‘‘Granting, withholding, or 

withdrawing approval’’ of a contractor’s 

purchasing system. DFARS 244.305–70 

provides policy guidance for 

administrative contracting officers to 

determine the acceptability of the 

contractor’s purchasing system and 

approve or disprove the system, at the 

completion of the in-plant portion of a 

contractor purchasing system review, 

and to pursue correction of any 

deficiencies with the contractor. DFARS 

244.305–71 prescribes the use of clause 

252.244–7001, Contractor Purchasing 

System Administration. This clause 

requires the contractor to respond 

within 30 days to a written initial 

determination from the contracting 

officer that identifies significant 

deficiencies in the contractor’s 

purchasing system. The contracting 

officer will evaluate the contractor’s 

response to this initial determination 

and notify the contractor in writing of 

any remaining significant deficiencies, 

the adequacy of any proposed or 

completed corrective action and system 

disapproval if the contracting officer 

determines that one or more significant 

deficiencies remain. If the contractor 

receives the contracting officer’s final 

determination of significant 

deficiencies, the contractor has 45 days 

to either correct the significant 

deficiencies or submit an acceptable 

corrective action plan. 

Manuel Quinones, 

Editor, Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System. 

[FR Doc. 2013–28087 Filed 11–21–13; 8:45 a.m.] 

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