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Additionally submit a copy to GSA by 

any of the following methods: 

• Regulations.gov: http://

www.regulations.gov. Submit comments 

via the Federal eRulemaking portal by 

searching the OMB Control number 

9000–0047. Select the link ‘‘Comment 

Now’’ that corresponds with 

‘‘Information Collection 9000–0047, 

Place of Performance’’. Follow the 

instructions provided on the screen. 

Please include your name, company 

name (if any), and ‘‘Information 

Collection 9000–0047 Place of 

Performance’’ on your attached 

document. 

• Mail: General Services 

Administration, Regulatory Secretariat 

Division (MVCB) 1800 F Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20405. ATTN: Ms. 

Mandell/IC 9000–0047, Place of 

Performance. 

Instructions: Please submit comments 

only and cite Information Collection 

9000–0047 Place of Performance, in all 

correspondence related to this 

collection. All comments received will 

be posted without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal and/or business confidential 

information provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Michael O. Jackson, Procurement 

Analyst, Acquisition Policy Division at 

202–208–4949 or email 

michaelo.jackson@gsa.gov. 

A. Purpose 

The information relative to the place 

of performance and owner of plant or 

facility, if other than the prospective 

contractor, is a basic requirement when 

contracting for supplies or services 

(including construction). A prospective 

contractor must affirmatively 

demonstrate its responsibility. Hence, 

the Government must be apprised of 

this information prior to award. The 

contracting officer must know the place 

of performance and the owner of the 

plant or facility to (1) determine bidder 

responsibility; (2) determine price 

reasonableness; (3) conduct plant or 

source inspections; and (4) determine 

whether the prospective contractor is a 

manufacturer or a regular dealer. 

The information is used to determine 

the prospective contractor’s eligibility 

for awards and to assure proper 

preparation of the contract. Prospective 

contractors are only required to submit 

place of performance information on an 

exceptional basis; that is, whenever the 

place of performance for a specific 

solicitation is different from the address 

of the prospective contractor as 

indicated in the proposal. A notice was 

published in the Federal Register at 82 

FR 51257 on November 3, 2017. No 

comments were received. 

B. Annual Reporting Burden 

Time required to read, prepare, and 

record information is estimated at 2.73 

minutes per completion. The Federal 

Procurement Data System (FPDS) shows 

that for fiscal year 2016, there were 

1,960,218 solicitations that would have 

contained the two provisions (including 

contracts and orders, excluding 

modifications) for manufacturing in the 

United States. The 1,960,218 actions 

will be used as the new basis for total 

annual responses. 

Respondents: 16,754. 

Responses per Respondent: 117. 

Total Responses: 1,960,218. 

Hours per Response: .0455. 

Total Burden Hours: 89,190. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit and not-for-profit. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Reporting Frequency: On occasion. 

Obtaining Copies of Proposals: 

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the General Services Administration, 

Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB), 

1800 F Street NW, Washington, DC 

20405, telephone 202–501–4755. Please 

cite OMB Control No. 9000–0047, Place 

of Performance, in all correspondence. 

Dated: January 12, 2018. 

Lorin S. Curit, 

Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, 

Office of Government-wide Acquisition 

Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office 

of Government-wide Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–0153; Docket 2017– 

0053; Sequence 17] 

Submission for OMB Review; OMB 

Circular A–119 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, the 

Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB) 

will be submitting to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) a 

request to review and approve an 

extension of a previously approved 

information collection requirement 

concerning OMB Circular A–119. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

February 20, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding 

this burden estimate or any other aspect 

of this collection of information, 

including suggestions for reducing this 

burden to: Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs of OMB, Attention: 

Desk Officer for GSA, Room 10236, 

NEOB, Washington, DC 20503. 

Additionally submit a copy to GSA by 

any of the following methods: 

• Regulations.gov: http://

www.regulations.gov. 

Submit comments via the Federal 

eRulemaking portal by searching the 

OMB control number 9000–0153. Select 

the link ‘‘Comment Now’’ that 

corresponds with ‘‘Information 

Collection 9000–0153, OMB Circular A– 

119’’. Follow the instructions provided 

on the screen. Please include your 

name, company name (if any), and 

‘‘Information Collection 9000–0153, 

OMB Circular A–119’’ on your attached 

document. 

• Mail: General Services 

Administration, Regulatory Secretariat 

Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20405. ATTN: Ms. 

Mandell/IC 9000–0153, OMB Circular 

A–119. 

Instructions: Please submit comments 

only and cite Information Collection 

9000–0153, OMB Circular A–119, in all 

correspondence related to this 

collection. All comments received will 

be posted without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal and/or business confidential 

information provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Michael O. Jackson, Procurement 

Analyst, Acquisition Policy Division, 

GSA 202–208–4949 or email 

michaelo.jackson@gsa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

A revised OMB Circular A–119, 

‘‘Federal Participation in the 

Development and Use of Voluntary 

Consensus Standards and in Conformity 

Assessment Activities,’’ was published 

at https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/ 

files/revised_circular_a-119_as_of_01- 

22-2016.pdf, on January 22, 2016. FAR 

Subparts 11.1 and 11.2 were revised and 

a solicitation provision was added at 

52.211–7, Alternatives to GovernmentUnique Standards, to implement the 

requirements of the revised OMB 


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circular. If an alternative standard is 

proposed, the offeror must furnish data 

and/or information regarding the 

alternative in sufficient detail for the 

Government to determine if it meets the 

Government’s requirements. 

We believe the burden for FAR 

52.211–7 to be negative, as it is purely 

a permissive means for offerors to 

propose reducing regulatory burden on 

a given solicitation. There are other 

places A–119 has an effect, though we 

believe these to be positive. One is by 

enabling the single process initiative. 

Another is the general replacement of 

Mil standards with commercial 

standards, e.g., ISO 9000. Also, A–119 is 

the basis for the language in FAR 

53.105, which reduces the chaos in data 

standards development. The whole 

purpose of A–119 was to reduce 

regulatory burden by promoting the use 

of industry standards in lieu of federal 

ones. 

To the extent that the data on the 

annual frequency of the use of voluntary 

consensus standards under FAR 52.211– 

7 is not available, we believe 100 is 

reasonable. As an aside, FAR part 45 

recognizes the use of voluntary 

consensus standards in the management 

of Government property. However, in 

these cases, there is no Government 

standard per se, with the voluntary 

consensus standard serving as the 

Government standard. Consequently, 

when under part 45 voluntary 

consensus standards are used, they are 

not an alternative to a Government 

standard under FAR 52.211–7. 

This collection implements OMB 

Circular A–119, Federal Participation in 

the Development and Use of Voluntary 

Consensus Standards. FAR solicitation 

provision 52.211–7, Alternatives to 

Government-Unique Standards, is the 

collection instrument. We have 

previously indicated that ‘‘to the extent 

that the data on the annual frequency of 

the use of voluntary consensus 

standards under FAR 52.211–7 is not 

available, we believe that 100 is 

reasonable.’’ This is the number that has 

been reported since the inception of this 

PRA collection, which indicates that 

revised data has been consistently 

unavailable since responses are 

provided to contracting personnel at the 

local level in response to a local 

solicitation. We checked the FPDS data 

dictionary and there are no codes to flag 

data fields or provide a count of when 

Mil standards are used in solicitations/ 

contracts. Considering the lack of FPDS 

or other data, we recommend 

continuing the PRA coverage at the 

current level. 

B. Public Comment 

A 60 day notice was published in the 

Federal Register at 82 FR 51256, on 

November 3, 2017. One comment was 

received; however, it was not 

substantive, and did not change the 

estimate of the burden. 

C. Annual Reporting Burden 

Respondents: 100. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Total Responses: 100. 

Hours per Response: 1. 

Total Burden Hours: 100. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit and not-for-profit. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

Reporting Frequency: On occasion. 

Obtaining Copies of Proposals: 

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the General Services Administration, 

Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB), 

1800 F Street NW, Washington, DC 

20405, telephone 202–501–4755. Please 

cite OMB Control No. 9000–0153, OMB 

Circular A–119, in all correspondence. 

Dated: January 12, 2018. 

Lorin S. Curit, 

Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, 

Office of Government-wide Acquisition 

Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office 

of Government-wide Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Food and Drug Administration 

[Docket No. FDA–2015–N–0890] 

William Ralph Kincaid; Denial of 

Hearing; Final Debarment Order 

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, 

HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA or the Agency) is 

denying William Ralph Kincaid’s 

(Kincaid’s) request for a hearing and is 

issuing an order under the Federal 

Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C 

Act) permanently debarring Kincaid 

from providing services in any capacity 

to a person that has an approved or 

pending drug product application. FDA 

bases this order on a finding that 

Kincaid was convicted of a felony under 

Federal law for conduct relating to the 

regulation of a drug product under the 

FD&C Act. Kincaid was given notice of 

the proposed debarment and an 

opportunity to request a hearing within 

the timeframe prescribed by regulation. 

Kincaid submitted a request for hearing 

but failed to file with the Agency 

information and analysis sufficient to 

create a basis for a hearing. 

DATES: This order is applicable January 

18, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Any application by Kincaid 

for special termination of debarment 

under section 306(d) of the FD&C Act 

(application) may be submitted as 

follows: 

Electronic Submissions 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

An application submitted electronically, 

including attachments, to https://

www.regulations.gov will be posted to 

the docket unchanged. Because your 

application will be made public, you are 

solely responsible for ensuring that your 

application does not include any 

confidential information that you or a 

third party may not wish to be posted, 

such as medical information, your or 

anyone else’s Social Security number, or 

confidential business information, such 

as a manufacturing process. Please note 

that if you include your name, contact 

information, or other information that 

identifies you in the body of your 

application, that information will be 

posted on https://www.regulations.gov. 

• If you want to submit an 

application with confidential 

information that you do not wish to be 

made available to the public, submit the 

application as a written/paper 

submission and in the manner detailed 

(see ‘‘Written/Paper Submissions’’ and 

‘‘Instructions’’). 

Written/Paper Submissions 

Submit written/paper submissions as 

follows: 

• Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for 

written/paper submissions): Dockets 

Management Staff (HFA–305), Food and 

Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers 

Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852. 

• For a written/paper application 

submitted to the Dockets Management 

Staff, FDA will post your application, as 

well as any attachments, except for 

information submitted, marked and 

identified, as confidential, if submitted 

as detailed in ‘‘Instructions.’’ 

Instructions: Your application must 

include the Docket No. FDA–2015–N– 

0890. An application will be placed in 

the docket and, unless submitted as 

‘‘Confidential Submissions,’’ publicly 

viewable at https://www.regulations.gov 

or at the Dockets Management Staff 

between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday 

through Friday. 


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