29978 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 105 /Tuesday, June 2, 1998 / Notices

and National Aeronautics and Space

Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of request for comments

regarding an extension to an existing

OMB clearance (9000–0022).

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal

Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

Secretariat will be submitting to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) a request to review and approve

an extension of a currently approved

information collection requirement

concerning Customs and Duties. The

clearance currently expires on

September 30, 1998.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on

or before August 3, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding

this burden estimate or any other aspect

of this collection of information,

including suggestions for reducing this

burden, to: FAR Desk Officer, OMB,

Room 10102, NEOB, Washington, DC

20503, and a copy to the General

Services Administration, FAR

Secretariat (MVRS), 1800 F Street, NW,

Room 4037, Washington, DC 20405.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul

Linfield, Federal Acquisition Policy

Division, GSA (202) 501–1757.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

United States laws impose duties on

foreign supplies imported into the

customs territory of the United States.

Certain exemptions from these duties

are available to Government agencies.

These exemptions are used whenever

the anticipated savings outweigh the

administrative costs associated with

processing required documentation.

When a Government contractor

purchases foreign supplies, it must

notify the contracting officer to

determine whether the supplies should

be duty-free. In addition, all shipping

documents and containers must specify

certain information to assure the dutyfree entry of the supplies.

The contracting officer analyzes the

information submitted by the contractor

to determine whether or not supplies

should enter the country duty-free. The

information, the contracting officer’s

determination, and the U.S. Customs

forms are placed in the contract file.

needed, and completing and reviewing

the collection of information.

The annual reporting burden is

estimated as follows: Respondents,

1,330; responses per respondent, 10;

total annual responses, 13,300;

preparation hours per response, .5; and

total response burden hours, 6,650.

Obtaining Copies of Proposals:

Requester may obtain a copy of the

justification from the General Services

Administration, FAR Secretariat

(MVRS), 1800 F Street, NW, Room 4037,

Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202)

501–4755. Please cite OMB Control No.

9000–0022, Customs and Duties, in all

correspondence.

Dated: May 21, 1998.

Sharon A. Kiser,

FAR Secretariat.

[FR Doc. 98–14460 Filed 6–1–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000–0024]

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request Entitled Buy American

Certificate

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 (9000–0024).

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal

Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

Secretariat will be submitting to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) a request to review and approve

an extension of a currently approved

information collection requirement

concerning Buy American Certificate.

The clearance currently expires on

September 30, 1998.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on

or before August 3, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul

Linfield, Federal Acquisition Policy

Division, GSA, (202) 501–4755.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding

this burden estimate or any other aspect

of this collection of information,

including suggestions for reducing this

burden, to: FAR Desk Officer, OMB,

Room 10102, NEOB, Washington, DC

20503, and a copy to the General

Services Administration, FAR

Secretariat (MVRS), 1800 F Street, NW,

Room 4035, Washington, DC 20405.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

The Buy American Act requires that

only domestic end products be acquired

for public use unless specifically

authorized by statute or regulation,

provided that the cost of the domestic

products is reasonable.

The Buy American Certificate

provides the contracting office with the

information necessary to identify which

products offered are domestic end

products and which are of foreign

origin. Components of unknown origin

are considered to have been supplied

from outside the United States.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

Public reporting burden for this

collection of information is estimated to

average 10 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,

2,663; responses per respondent, 20;

total annual responses, 53,260;

preparation hours per response, .167;

and total response burden hours, 8,894.

Obtaining Copies of Proposals:

Requester may obtain a copy of the

justification from the General Services

Administration, FAR Secretariat

(MVRS), 1800 F Street, NW, Room 4035,

Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202)

501–4755. Please cite OMB Control No.

9000–0024, Buy American Certificate, in

all correspondence.

Dated: May 27, 1998.

Sharon A. Kiser,

FAR Secretariat.

[FR Doc. 98–14461 Filed 6–1–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Army Science Board; Notice of Closed

Meeting

In accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. 92–463), announcement is

made of the following Committee

Meeting:

Name of Committee: Army Science Board

(ASB).

Date of Meeting: 8–9 June 1998.

Time of Meeting: 0830–1630.

Place: Scottsdale, Arizona.

Agenda: The Army Science Board’s (ASB)

Issue Group panel on ‘‘Schedule Realism’’

will meet for briefings and discussions on the

Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar

System Ground Station Module (JSTARS

GSM) and its past technical and