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include similar clauses in their

subcontracts.

These requirements are imposed by

Public Law 100–496, the Prompt

Payment Act Amendments of 1988.

Contracting officers will be notified if

the contractor withholds amounts from

subcontractors/suppliers after the

Government has already paid the

contractor the amounts withheld. The

contracting officer must then charge the

contractor interest on the amounts

withheld from subcontractors/suppliers.

Federal agencies could not comply with

the requirements of the law if this

information were not collected.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

Respondents: 38,194.

Responses Per Respondent: 11.

Total Responses: 420,134.

Hours Per Response: 11.

Total Burden Hours: 46,215.

C. Annual Recordkeeping Burden

Recordkeepers: 34,722.

Hours Per Recordkeeper: 18.

Total Recordkeeping Burden Hours:

624,996.

Obtaining Copies of Proposals

Requester may obtain a copy of the

proposal from the General Services

Administration, FAR Secretariat (MVP),

1800 F Street, NW., Room 4035,

Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202)

501–4755. Please cite OMB Control No.

9000–0102, Prompt Payment, in all

correspondence.

Dated: April 30, 2001.

Al Matera,

Director, Acquisition Policy Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000–0088]

Federal Acquisition Regulation;

Proposed Collection; Travel Costs

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD),

General Services Administration (GSA),

and National Aeronautics and Space

Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of request for an

extension to an existing OMB clearance

(9000–0088).

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 travel costs. The clearance

currently expires June 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: Submit comments on or before

July 2, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Submit 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 (MVP), 1800 F Street, NW.,

Room 4035, Washington, DC 20405.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry

Olson, Acquisition Policy Division,

GSA, (202) 501–3221.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

FAR 31.205–46, Travel Costs, requires

that, except in extraordinary and

temporary situations, costs incurred by

a contractor for lodging, meals, and

incidental expenses shall be considered

to be reasonable and allowable only to

the extent that they do not exceed on a

daily basis the per diem rates in effect

as of the time of travel as set forth in the

Federal Travel Regulations for travel in

the conterminous 48 United States, the

Joint Travel Regulations, Volume 2,

Appendix A, for travel is Alaska,

Hawaii, the Commonwealth of Puerto

Rico, and territories and possessions of

the United States, and the Department

of State Standardized Regulations,

section 925, ‘‘Maximum Travel Per

Diem Allowances for Foreign Areas.’’

The burden generated by this coverage

is in the form of the contractor

preparing a justification whenever a

higher actual expense reimbursement

method is used.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

Respondents: 5,800.

Responses Per Respondent: 10.

Total Responses: 58,000.

Hours Per response: .25.

Total Burden Hours: 14,500.

Obtaining Copies of Proposals:

Requester may obtain a copy of the

proposal from the General Services

Administration, FAR Secretariat (MVP),

Room 4035, Washington, DC 20405,

telephone (202) 501–4755. Please cite

OMB Control No. 9000–0088, Travel

Costs, in all correspondence.

Dated: April 30, 2001.

Al Matera,

Director, Acquisition Policy Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000–0134]

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request Entitled

Environmentally Sound Products

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.

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 Environmentally Sound

Products. A request for public

comments was published at 65 FR

75925, December 5, 2000. No comments

were received.

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

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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 June 4, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Laura Smith, Federal Acquisition Policy

Division, GSA (202) 208–7279.

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

This information collection complies

with Section 6002 of the Resource

Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

(42 U.S.C. 6962). RCRA requires the

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

to designate items which are or can be

produced with recovered materials.

RCRA further requires agencies to

develop affirmative procurement

programs to ensure that items composed

of recovered materials will be purchased

to the maximum extent practicable.

Affirmative procurement programs

required under RCRA must contain, as

a minimum (1) a recovered materials

preference program and an agency

promotion program for the preference

program; (2) a program for requiring

estimates of the total percentage of

recovered materials used in the

performance of a contract, certification

of minimum recovered material content

actually used, where appropriate, and

reasonable verification procedures for

estimates and certifications; and (3)

annual review and monitoring of the

effectiveness of an agency’s affirmative

procurement program.

The items for which EPA has

designated minimum recovered material

content standards are (1) construction

products, (2) paper and paper products,

(3) vehicular products, (4) landscaping

products, (5) nonpaper office products,

(6) park and recreation products, (7)

transportation products, and (8)

miscellaneous products. The FAR rule

also permits agencies to obtain preaward information from offerors

regarding the content of items which the

agency has designated as requiring

minimum percentages of recovered

materials. A complete list of EPA

designated items is available at http://

www.epa.gov/cpg.

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

Respondents: 64,350.

Responses Per Respondent: 1.

Total Responses: 64,350.

Hours Per Response: 30 minutes (.5

hr).

Total Burden Hours: 32,175.

Obtaining Copies of Proposals

Requester may obtain a copy of the

proposal from the General Services

Administration, FAR Secretariat (MVP),

Room 4035, 1800 F Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202)

208–7312. Please cite OMB control No.

9000–0134, Environmentally Sound

Products, in all correspondence.

Dated: April 30, 2001.

Al Matera,

Director, Acquisition Policy Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Defense Science Board; Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Defense.

ACTION: Notice of advisory committee

meetings.

SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board

(DSB) Task Force on Chemical Warfare

Defense will meet in closed session on

May 31, 2001, and June 1, 2001, at

SAIC, Inc., 4001 N. Fairfax Drive,

Arlington, VA 22201. The Task Force

will assess the possibility of controlling

the risk and consequences of a chemical

warfare (CW) attack to acceptable

national security levels within the next

five years.

The mission of the Defense Science

Board is to advise the Secretary of

Defense and the Under Secretary of

Defense for Acquisition, Technology &

Logistics on scientific and technical

matters as they affect the perceived

needs of the Department of Defense. At

this meeting, the Task Force will assess

current national security and military

objectives with respect to CW attacks;

CW threats that significantly challenge

these objectives today and in the future;

the basis elements (R&D, materiel,

acquisition, personnel, training,

leadership) required to control risk and

consequences to acceptable levels,

including counter-proliferation;

intelligence, warning, disruption;

tactical detection and protection (active

and passive); consequence management;

attribution and deterrence; and policy.

The Task Force will also assess the

testing and evaluation necessary to

demonstrate and maintain the required

capability and any significant

impediments to accomplishing this goal.

In accordance with section 10(d) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act,

Pub. Law No. 92–463, as amended (5

U.S.C. App. II), it has been determined

that this Defense Science Board meeting

concerns matters listed in 5 U.S.C.

552b(c)(1), and that accordingly this

meeting will be closed to the public.

Dated: April 27, 2001.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Army Science Board; Notice of

Partially 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), Objective Force Soldier.

Date of Meeting: May 16–17, 2001.

Time of Meeting: 0800–1700 (both days).

Place: Fort Bragg, NC.

Agenda: The Army Science Board’s (ASB)

Summer Study on ‘‘Objective Force Soldier/

Soldier Systems’’ will meet for panel

discussions and report preparation (day one)

and study-related site visits of Fort Bragg

(day two). The first day of meetings (May 16)

will be open to the public. The site visits,

due to their classified portions, will be closed

to the public in accordance with section

552b(c) of Title 5, U.S.C., specifically

subparagraph (1) thereof, and Title 5, U.S.C.

Appendix 2, subsection 10(d). For further

information, please contact Mr. Mike