12606 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 51 / Monday, March 17, 1997 / Notices

Applications of the Chicago Board of

Trade for Designation as a Contract

Market in Futures and Options on

Italian Government Bonds

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of proposed contract

market rule change.

SUMMARY: The Chicago Board of Trade

(CBT or Exchange) has applied for

designation as a contract market in

Italian government bond futures and

option contracts. The Acting Director of

the Division of Economic Analysis

(Division) of the Commission, acting

pursuant to the authority delegated by

Commission Regulation 140.96, has

determined that publication of the

proposals for comment is in the public

interest, will assist the Commission in

considering the views of interested

persons, and is consistent with the

purpose of the Commodity Exchange

Act.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before April 16, 1997.

ADDRESS: Interested persons should

submit their views and comments to

Jean A. Webb, Secretary, Commodity

Futures Trading Commission, Three

Lafayette Centre, 21st Street, NW

Washington, DC 20581. In addition,

comments may be sent by facsimile

transmission to facsimile number (202)

418–5521, or by electronic mail to

secretary@cftc.gov. Reference should be

made to the CBT Italian government

bond futures and options contracts.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Please contact Stephen Sherrod of the

Division of Economic Analysis,

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission, Three Lafayette Centre,

21st Street NW, Washington, 20581,

telephone (202) 418–5277. Facsimile

number: (202) 418–5527. Electronic

mail: ssherrod@cftc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of

the terms and conditions will be

available for inspection at the Office of

the Secretariat, Commodity Futures

Trading Commission, Three Lafayette

Centre, 21st Street NW, Washington, DC

20581. Copies of the terms and

conditions can be obtained through the

Office of the Secretariat by mail at the

above address or by phone at (202) 418–

5100.

Other materials submitted by the CBT

in support of the applications for

contract market designation may be

available upon request pursuant to the

Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C.

552) and the Commission’s regulations

thereunder (17 C.F.R. Part 145 (1987)),

except to the extent they are entitled to

confidential treatment as set forth in 17

C.F.R. 145.5 and 145.9. Requests for

copies of such materials should be made

to the FOI, Privacy and Sunshine Act

Compliance Staff of the Office of

Secretariat at the Commission’s

headquarters in accordance with 17

C.F.R. 145.7 and 145.8.

Any person interested in submitting

written data, views, or arguments on the

proposed terms and conditions, or with

respect to other materials submitted by

the CBT, should send such comments to

Jean A. Webb, Secretary, Commodity

Futures Trading Commission, Three

Lafayette Centre, 21st Street NW,

Washington, DC 20581 by the specified

date.

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 11,

1997.

Blake Imel,

Acting Director.

[FR Doc. 97–6603 Filed 3–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6351–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

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 (Public Law 104–

13), DoD announces the proposed

extension of a public information

collection requirement and seeks public

comment on the provisions thereof.

Comments are invited on: (a) whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, 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. This

information collection requirement is

currently approved by the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for use

through June 30, 1997. DoD proposes

that OMB extend its approval for use

through June 30, 2000.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all

comments received by May 16, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection requirement

should be sent to: Defense Acquisition

Regulations Council, Attn: Ms. Amy

Williams, PDUSD (A&T) DP (DAR), IMD

3D139, 3062 Defense Pentagon,

Washington, DC 20301–3062. Telefax

(703) 602–0350. Please cite OMB

Control Number 0704–0187 in all

correspondence related to this issue.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Amy Williams, at (703) 602–0131. A

copy of this information collection

requirement is available electronically

via the INTERNET at: http://

www.dtic.mil/dfars/

Paper copies may be obtained from

Ms. Amy Williams, PDUSD (A&T)

DP(DAR), IMD 3D139, 3062 Defense

Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301–3062.

Title, Associated Form, and OMB

Number: Information Collection in

Support of the DoD Acquisition Process

(Solicitation Phase), OMB Control

Number 0704–0187.

Needs and uses: This information

collection requirement pertains to

information that an offeror must submit

to DoD in response to a request for

proposals or invitation for bids. This

information is used by DoD to (1)

evaluate offers, (2) determine which

offeror should be selected for contract

award, and (3) determine whether the

offered price is fair and reasonable. This

information is also used to determine

whether the Government should furnish

precious metals as Governmentfurnished material; to determine

whether to accept alternative

preservation, packaging, or packing; to

determine whether to trade in existing

personal property towards the purchase

of new items; to verify compliance with

requirements for labeling of hazardous

material; to evaluate requests for price

adjustment on stevedoring contracts;

and to monitor compliance with the

U.S.-flag vessel shipping requirements.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit and not-for-profit institutions.

Annual Burden Hours: 43,544,644.

Number of Respondents: 250,121.

Responses per Respondent:

Approximately 11.

Number of Responses: 2,808,197.

Average Burden per Response: 15.51

hours.

Frequency: On occasion.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

This information collection pertains

to information, not separately covered

by another Office of Management and

Budget clearance, that an offeror must

submit to DoD in response to a request

for proposals or invitation for bids. In

particular, the information collection

covers the following DFARS

requirements:

• 215.613–70, Four-step source

selection procedures. Paragraph (e)(5) of