2890 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 9 / Friday, January 12, 2001 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000–0124]

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request Entitled Capital Credits

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 to an

existing OMB clearance (9000–0124).

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 Capital Credits. The

clearance currently expires on April 30,

2001.

Public comments are particularly

invited on: Whether this collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of functions of the FAR,

and whether it will have practical

utility; whether our estimate of the

public burden of this collection of

information is accurate, and based on

valid assumptions and methodology;

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and ways in which we can

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on those who are to

respond, through the use of appropriate

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on

or before March 13, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia

Wise, Federal Acquisition Policy

Division, GSA (202) 208–1168.

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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

The FAR clause 52.241–13, Capital

Credits, is designed to obtain an

accounting of Capital Credits due the

Government when the Government is a

member of a cooperative.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

Respondents: 450.

Responses Per Respondent: 1.

Total Responses: 450.

Hours Per Response: 2.

Total Burden Hours: 900.

C. Annual Recordkeeping Burden

Recordkeepers: 450.

Hours Per Recordkeeper: 1.

Total Recordkeeping Burden Hours:

450.

Obtaining Copies of Proposals

Requester may obtain a copy of the

proposal from the General Services

Administration, FAR Secretariat

(MVRS), Room 4035, Washington, DC

20405, telephone (202) 501–4755. Please

cite OMB Control No. 9000–0124,

Capital Credits, in all correspondence.

Dated: January 9, 2001.

Al Matera,

Acting Director, Federal Acquisition Policy

Division.

[FR Doc. 01–1101 Filed 1–12–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6820–34–U

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000–0125]

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request Entitled Written Refusal of a

Utility Supplier To Execute a Utility

Contract

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 to an

existing OMB clearance (9000–0125).

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 Written Refusal of a Utility

Supplier to Execute a Utility Contract.

This clearance currently expires on

April 30, 2001.

Public comments are particularly

invited on: Whether this collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of functions of the FAR,

and whether it will have practical

utility; whether our estimate of the

public burden of this collection of

information is accurate, and based on

valid assumptions and methodology;

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and ways in which we can

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on those who are to

respond, through the use of appropriate

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on

or before March 13, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia

Wise, Federal Acquisition Policy

Division, GSA (202) 208–1168.

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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

The Federal Acquisition Regulation

requires that contracts comply with the

applicable Federal laws and the relevant

parts of the FAR. The written and

definite refusal by a utility supplier to

execute a tendered contract (41.202(c))

is intended to identify those suppliers

who refuse to do so and the rationale of

the supplier for refusing.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

Respondents: 50.

Responses Per Respondent: 1.

Total Annual Responses: 50.

Hours Per Response: .50.

Total Burden Hours: 25.

Obtaining Copies of Proposals

Requester may obtain a copy of the

proposal from the General Services

Administration, FAR Secretariat

(MVRS), Room 4035, 1800 F Street,

NW., Washington, DC 20405, telephone

(202) 501–4755. Please cite OMB

Control No. 9000–0125, Written Refusal

of a Utility Supplier to Execute a Utility

Contract, in all correspondence.

Dated: January 9, 2001.

Al Matera,

Acting Director, Federal Acquisition Policy

Division.

[FR Doc. 01–1102 Filed 1–11–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6820–34–U