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exceed $500,000 ($1,000,000 for

construction) must submit a

subcontracting plan that provides

maximum practicable opportunities for

small, small disadvantaged business

concerns, and women-owned small

businesses. 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

Public reporting burden for this

collection of information is estimated to

average 8 hours per response, including

the time for reviewing instructions,

searching existing data sources,

gathering and maintaining the data

needed, and completing and reviewing

the collection of information.

The annual reporting burden is

estimated as follows: Respondents,

1,625; responses per respondent, 36.4;

total annual responses, 59,200;

preparation hours per response, 10; and

total response burden hours, 597,580.

Dated: April 4, 1997.

Sharon A. Kiser,

FAR Secretariat.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000–0076]

Clearance Request Entitled Novation/

Change of Name Requirements

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

(9000–0076).

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 Novation/Change of Name

Requirements. A request for public

comments concerning this burden

estimate was published at 62 FR 4261,

January 29, 1997. No comments were

received.

DATES: Comment Due Date: May 12,

1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding this

burden estimate or any other aspect of

this collection of information, including

suggestions for reducing this burden,

should be submitted to: FAR Desk

Officer, OMB Room 10102, NEOB,

Washington, DC 20503, and a copy to

the General Services Administration,

FAR Secretariat (MVRS), 18th & F

Streets, NW, Room 4037, Washington,

DC 20405. Copies of the justification

may be obtained from the FAR

Secretariat. Please cite OMB Control No.

9000–0076, Novation/Change of Name

Requirements, in all correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Linda Klein, Federal Acquisition Policy

Division, GSA (202) 501–3775.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

When a firm performing under

Government contracts wishes the

Government to recognize (1) a successor

in interest to these contracts or (2) a

name change, it must submit certain

documentation to the Government.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

Public reporting burden for this

collection of information is estimated to

average 27.5 minutes per response,

including the time for reviewing

instructions, searching existing data

sources, gathering and maintaining the

data needed, and completing and

reviewing the collection of information.

The annual reporting burden is

estimated as follows: Respondents,

1,000; responses per respondent, 1; total

annual responses, 1,000; preparation

hours per response, .458; and total

response burden hours, 458.

Dated: April 1, 1997.

Sharon A. Kiser,

FAR Secretariat.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Meeting of the Defense Environmental

Response Task Force (DERTF)

AGENCY: Office of the Deputy Under

Secretary of Defense (Environmental

Security).

ACTION: Notice of business meeting and

hearing.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Public Law 92–

463, notice is hereby given of a business

meeting and hearing of the Defense

Environmental Response Task Force

(DERTF). The DERTF is charged with

studying and providing findings and

recommendations on environmental

response actions at military installations

being closed or realigned. This meeting

is a follow-up to the January 8–9, 1997

meeting. The DERTF will discuss issues

related to unexploded ordnance,

groundwater remediation, Superfund

reform, other matters related to cleanup

at closing military installations, and its

1997 Report to Congress. The DERTF

will also be briefed on the cleanup

program at Fort McClellan, Alabama.

The business meeting and hearing will

be open to the public. Public witnesses

desiring to speak before the DERTF

should contact Shah Choudhury,

Executive Secretary, and prepare a

written statement that can be

summarized orally before the DERTF at

the time to be fixed for public witnesses.

Written statements must be received by

the close of business, May 20, 1997, at

the Office of the Under Secretary of

Defense (Environmental Security).

DATES: June 17, 1997—9:00 a.m. to 8:00

p.m.; June 18, 1997—9:00 a.m. to 8:00

p.m.; June 19, 1997—8:00 a.m. to 4:00

p.m.

PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: June 18, 1997—

7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Anniston Meeting Center,

1615 Noble Street, Anniston, AL.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Shah Choudhury, Executive Secretary,

Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of

Defense (Environmental Security), 3400

Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC

20301–3400; telephone (703) 697–7475;

e-mail choudhsa@acq.osd.mil.

Dated: April 4, 1997.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary of Defense

Department of Defense Wage

Committee; Notice of Closed Meetings

Pursuant to the provisions of section

10 of Public Law 92–463, the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, notice is

hereby given that closed meetings of the

Department of Defense Wage Committee

will be held on May 6, 1997; May 13,

1997; May 20, 1997; and May 27, 1997;

at 10:00 a.m. in Room A105, The Nash