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The SMM’s priorities would extend to

floor members executing trades for

proprietary accounts and floor brokers

executing customer orders. Therefore,

the SMM’s priority may preempt the

execution of customer orders.

E. Contract Development Fee

The SMM would receive a contract

development fee (‘‘CDF’’) as an

incentive to perform the SMM function.

The terms and duration of the CDF

would be set forth in the SMM

Agreement, and would be based upon

the level of customer trading volume in

the designated contract. Unless

otherwise provided in the SMM

Agreement, the SMM would receive

$8,000 per month if monthly customer

trading volume was less than 3,500

contracts. Once monthly customer

trading volume exceeded 3,500

contracts, the SMM would receive

$8,000 plus a per contract fee for each

transaction in excess of 3,500 that

involved a customer order.

F. Specialist Floor Brokers

The proposal would permit the SMM

to contract with one or more floor

brokers (‘‘Specialist Floor Brokers’’ or

‘‘SFB’’) to perform all or part of the

SMM function. For example, the SMM

may contract with the SFB to manage

the OB and to perform all of the OBO

obligations, including the OB’s priority

with respect to trading against the OB.

The proposal would give significant

latitude to the SMM to contract with an

SFB. However, any contract between an

SMM and an SFB would be subject to

the review and approval of the SRC. The

proposal also would provide that the

SMM would be principally liable to the

Exchange for the execution of all SMM

obligations and duties.

II. Request for Comments

The Commission requests comments

from interested persons concerning any

aspect of NYMEX’s proposed SMM

program that the commenters believe

raise issues under the Act or

Commission Regulations. In particular,

the Commission requests comments

regarding the appropriateness of: (1)

Permitting members to place limit

orders for their own accounts in the OB;

(2)permitting member limit orders to be

executed ahead of customer limit orders

that are at the same price, but received

by the OBO at a later time; (3) granting

the SMMs trading priorities, including

the priority to trade against the OB; and

(4) permitting the SMM’s trading

priority to preempt the execution of

customer orders in the trading ring.

Copies of the proposed new Rule 6.45

and the proposed amendments to Rule

6.43A and related materials are

available for inspection at the Office of

the Secretariat, Commodity Futures

Trading Commission, Three Lafayette

Centre, 1155 21st Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20581. Copies also may

be obtained through the Office of the

Secretariat at the above address or by

telephoning (202) 418–5100.

Any person interested in submitting

written data, views, or arguments on the

proposed SMM program should send

such comments, by the specified date, to

Jean A. Webb, Secretary, Commodity

Futures Trading Commission, Three

Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20581; transmitted by

facsimile to (202) 418–5521; or

transmitted electronically to

secretary@cftc.gov.

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 11,

1998.

Alan L. Seifert,

Deputy Director.

[FR Doc. 98–12970 Filed 5–14–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of

Defense (Personnel and Readiness).

ACTION: Notice.

In compliance with Section

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

Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the

Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel

and Readiness) announces the following

proposed reinstatement of a public

information collection 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 shall have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of 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 through the use

of automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all

comments received by July 14, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to

the Office of the Under Secretary of

Defense (Personnel and Readiness)

(Force Management Policy/DeCA),

ATTN: Herman Weaver, 1300 E Avenue,

Ft. Lee, Virginia 23801–1800.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

To request more information on this

proposed information collection or to

obtain a copy of the proposal and

associated collection instruments,

please write to the above address or call

at (804) 734–8322.

Title, Associated Form, and OMB

Control Number: Commissary Customer

Service Survey, DeCA Form 60–28,

0704–0380.

Needs and uses: This information

collection requirement is necessary to

the Defense Commissary Agency for the

purpose of measuring customer service,

which is our number one Strategic and

Performance goal. This management

tool uses a survey instrument designed

to extract objective, subjective, and

demographic information from our

customers so we can better serve their

needs. The results will be reported and

distributed to the regional headquarters

and commissaries to use the past and

present trends for the purpose of future

improvement. Also, the results will

directly affect our policies and quality

initiatives for an efficient and costeffective commissary system.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Annual Burden Hours: 1,200 hours.

Number of Respondents: 18,000.

Responses per Respondent: 1.

Average Burden per Response: 4

minutes.

Frequency: Annually.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

The primary purpose of this

information collection is to determine

how well each commissary is satisfying

the customer. This will serve as a

baseline measure for future trends and

provide defense officials vital

information to make cost-effective

management decisions. The information

received will be of benefit to return

patrons, as well as inspire new

customers, which should increase our

surcharge accounts to provide new

commissary construction and

renovations. Our primary goal is to

preserve the military’s most valued

benefit through enhanced customer

satisfaction.

Each commissary, both stateside and

overseas, will receive the Commissary

Customer Service Survey. Each

commissary officer will select an

administrator who will distribute the

surveys randomly three times each day

(one hour after store opens, mid-day,
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and two hours before closing) for ten

consecutive days. The following subject

areas will be covered in the survey:

customer relations, savings, cleanliness,

scheduling, atmosphere, quality of meat

and produce, managers’ and employees’

knowledge and helpfulness, and the

customer’s most valued benefit of

commissaries.

Dated: May 11, 1998.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 98–12967 Filed 5–14–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

The Department of Defense has

submitted to OMB for clearance, the

following proposal for collection of

information under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35).

Title and OMB Number: Defense

Federal Acquisition Regulation

Supplement (DFARS), Subcontracting

Policies and Procedures—DFARS Part

244; OMB Number 0704–0253.

Type of Request: Extension.

Number of Respondents: 90.

Responses per Respondent: 1.

Annual Responses: 90.

Average Burden per Response: 16

hours.

Annual Burden Hours: 1,400.

Needs and Uses: The collection of this

information is considered by the

administrative contracting officer before

making a decision on granting,

withholding, or withdrawing

purchasing system approval at the

conclusion of a contractor purchasing

system review. Withdrawal of

purchasing system approval would

necessitate Government consent to

individual subcontracts in accordance

with section 44.102 of the Federal

Acquisition Regulation. The information

collection includes the requirements of

DFARS 244.305–70, which requires the

administrative contracting officer, at the

completion of the in-plant portion of the

contractor purchasing system review, to

request the contractor to submit within

15 days, its plan for correcting

deficiencies or making improvements to

its purchasing system.

Affected Public: Business or Other

For-Profit; Not-For-Profit Institutions.

Frequency: On occasion.

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to

obtain or retain benefits.

OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Peter N. Weiss.

Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to

Mr. Weiss at the Office of Management

and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room

10236, New Executive Office Building,

Washington, DC 20503.

DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Robert

Cushing.

Written requests for copies of the

information collection proposal should

be sent to Mr. Cushing, WHS/DIOR,

1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite

1204, Arlington, VA 22202–4302.

Dated: May 11, 1998.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 98–12966 Filed 5–14–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000–0077]

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request Entitled Quality

Assurance Requirements

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD),

General Services Administration (GSA),

and National Aeronautics and Space

Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of request for comments

regarding an extension to an existing

OMB clearance.

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 Quality Assurance

Requirements. A request for public

comments was published at 63 FR

11424, March 9, 1998. No comments

were received.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on

or before June 15, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Linda Klein, Federal Acquisition Policy

Division, GSA (202) 501–3775.

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, 1800 F Street, NW,

Room 4035, Washington, DC 20405.

Please cite OMB Control No. 9000–0077,

Quality Assurance Requirements, in all

correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

Supplies and services acquired under

Government contracts must conform to

the contract’s quality and quantity

requirements. FAR Part 46 prescribes

inspection, acceptance, warranty, and

other measures associated with quality

requirements. Standard clauses related

to inspection (a) require the contractor

to provide and maintain an inspection

system that is acceptable to the

Government; (b) give the Government

the right to make inspections and test

while work is in process; and (c) require

the contractor to keep complete, and

make available to the Government,

records of its inspection work.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

Public reporting burden for this

collection of information is estimated to

average .25 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, 950; responses per

respondent, 1; total annual responses,

950; preparation hours per response,

.25; and total response burden hours,

237.5 (238).

C. Annual Recordkeeping Burden

The annual recordkeeping burden is

estimated as follows: Recordkeepers,

58,060; hours per recordkeeper, .68; and

total recordkeeping burden hours,

39,481. The total annual burden is 238

+ 39,481 = 39,719.

Obtaining Copies of Proposals

Requester may obtain a copy of the

justification from the General Services

Administration, FAR Secretariat (VRS),

Room 4035, 1800 F Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202)

501–4755. Please cite OMB Control No.

9000–0077, Quality Assurance

Requirements, in all correspondence.