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In accordance with RCRA, the

information collection applies to

acquisitions requiring minimum

percentages of recovered materials,

when the price of the item exceeds

$10,000 or when the aggregate amount

paid for the item or functionally

equivalent items in the preceding fiscal

year was $10,000 or more.

Contracting officers use the

information to verify offeror/contractor

compliance with solicitation and

contract requirements regarding the use

of recovered materials. Additionally,

agencies use the information in the

annual review and monitoring of the

effectiveness of the affirmative

procurement programs required by

RCRA.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

Public reporting burden for this

collection of information is estimated to

average 30 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,

64,350; responses per respondent, 1;

total annual responses, 64,350;

preparation hours per response, .5; and

total response burden hours, 32,175.

Obtaining Copies of Proposals:

Requester may obtain a copy of the

justification from the General Services

Administration, FAR Secretariat

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

Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202)

501–4755. Please cite OMB control No.

9000–0134, Environmentally Sound

Products, in all correspondence.

Dated: December 31, 1997.

Sharon A. Kiser,

FAR Secretariat.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000–0014]

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request Entitled Statement and

Acknowledgment (Standard Form

1413)

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD),

General Services Administration (GSA),

and National Aeronautics and Space

Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of request for public

comments regarding an extension of an

existing OMB clearance (9000–0014).

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 Statement and

Acknowledgment (Standard Form

1413). The clearance currently expires

on April 30, 1998.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on

or before March 9, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jack

O’Neill, Federal Acquisition Policy

Division, GSA (202) 501–3856.

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 4037, Washington, DC 20405.

Please cite OMB Control No. 9000–0014,

Statement and Acknowledgment

(Standard Form 1413), in all

correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

Standard Form 1413, Statement and

Acknowledgment, is used by all

Executive Agencies, including the

Department of Defense, to obtain a

statement from contractors that the

proper clauses have been included in

subcontracts. The form includes a

signed contractor acknowledgment of

the inclusion of those clause in the

subcontract.

Annual Reporting Burden

Public reporting burden for this

collection of information is estimated to

average .15 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,

14,000; responses per respondent, 1.5;

total annual responses, 21,000;

preparation hours per response. .15; and

total response burden hours, 3,150.

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.

9000–0014, Statement and

Acknowledgment, Standard Form 1413,

in all correspondence.

Dated: December 31, 1997.

Sharon A. Kiser,

FAR Secretariat.

[FR Doc. 98–188 Filed 1–5–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

President’s Advisory Commission on

Educational Excellence for Hispanic

Americans; Meeting

AGENCY: President’s Advisory

Commission on Educational Excellence

for Hispanic Americans, ED.

ACTION: Notice of meeting of executive

board.

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the

schedule and proposed agenda of a

forthcoming meeting of the Executive

Board of the President’s Advisory

Commission on Educational Excellence

for Hispanic Americans (Commission).

Notice of this meeting is required under

Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act and is intended to notify

the public of their opportunity to attend.

Less than fifteen-day notice is given

because of administrative

misunderstandings regarding the

Executive Board’s meeting guidelines.

DATES AND TIMES: Friday, January 9,

1997, 9:00 a.m.–5:45 p.m. (est) and

Saturday, January 10, 1997, 9:00 a.m.–

4:00 p.m. (est).

ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of

Education, 600 Independence Ave.,

SW., Room 2145, Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Edmundo DeLeon, Special Assistant,

White House Initiative on Educational

Excellence for Hispanic Americans

(Initiative) at 202–401–1411

(telephone), 202–401–8377 (FAX),

edlDeLeon@ed.gov (e-mail) or mail:

U.S. Department of Education, 600

Independence Ave. SW., room 2115;

Washington, DC 20202–3601.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Commission was established under

Executive Order 12900 (February 22,

1994) to provide the President and the

Secretary of Education with advice on:

(1) The progress of Hispanic Americans

toward achievement of the National

Goals and other standards of

educational accomplishment; (2) the

development, monitoring, and

education for Hispanic Americans; (3)