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and sixty-two thousand five hundred

dollars ($62,500.00) to be paid one year

from the date on which this Settlement

Agreement and Order became final.

Upon failing to make a payment or

upon making a payment that is at least

five days late, the outstanding balance

of the civil penalty shall become due

and payable by Tensor Corporation, and

the interest on the outstanding balance

shall accrue and be paid at the federal

legal rate under the provisions of 27

U.S.C. sections 1961 (a) and (b).

In the Matter of Tensor Corporation

[CPSC DOCKET NO. 01–C0003]

Provisionally accepted and

Provisional Order issued on the 10th

day of January, 2001.

By Order of the Commission.

Sadye E. Dunn,

Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product Safety

Commission.

[FR Doc. 01–1252 Filed 1–16–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

AGENCY: Department of Defense, Office

of the Under Secretary of Defense

(Acquisition, Technology, and

Logistics)/Defense Technical

Information Center.

ACTION: Notice.

In compliance with section

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the

Under Secretary of Defense

(Acquisition, Technology, and

Logistics)/Defense Technical

Information Center (DTIC), announces

the proposed extension of a currently

approved collection and seeks public

comment on the provisions thereof.

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed information collection; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the information collection on

respondents, including through the use

of automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all

comments received by March 19, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties should

submit written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection to: ATTN: DTIC–

BC, Defense Technical Information

Center, 8725 John J. Kingman Road,

Suite 0944, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060–

6218; E-mail comments submitted via

the Internet should be addressed to:

laxe@dtic.mil.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

request further information on this

proposed information collection, or to

obtain a copy of the proposal and

associated collection instrument, please

write to the above address or call Ms.

Linda Axe at (703) 767–8194.

Title, Associated Form, and OMB

Number: Registration for Scientific and

Technical Information Services, DD

Form 1540, OMB Control Number 0704–

0264.

Needs and Uses: The data that the

Defense Technical Information Center

handles is controlled, either because of

distribution limitations or security

classification. For this reason, all

potential users are required to register

for service. DODI 3200.14, Principles

and Operational Parameters of the DOD

Scientific and Technical Information

Program, mandates the registration

procedure. Federal Government

agencies and their contractors are

required to complete the DD Form 1540,

Registration for Scientific and Technical

Information Services (OMB Number

0704–0264). The contractor community

completes a separate DD Form 1540 for

each contract or grant and registration is

valid until the contract expires.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit; Small Businesses or

organizations; Non-profit institutions.

Annual Burden Hours: 833.

Number of Annual Respondents:

2,000.

Annual Responses to Respondent: 1.

Average Burden Per Response: 25

minutes.

Frequency: On occasion.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

The DOD Scientific and Technical

Information Program (STIP) requires the

exchange of scientific and technical

information within and among Federal

Government agencies and their

contractors. The DD Form 1540 serves

as a registration tool for Federal

Government agencies and their

contractors to access DTIC services. The

contractors, subcontractors, and

potential contractors are required to

obtain certification from designated

approving officials. Federal Government

agencies need certification from

approving officials and security offices

only when requesting access to

classified data. All collected

information is verified by DTIC’s

Marketing and Registration Division.

Dated: January 10, 2001.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 01–1316 Filed 1–16–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

The Department of Defense will

submit to OMB for emergency

processing, the following proposal for

collection of information under the

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

Title and OMB Number: Foreign

Sourcing for Defense Application; OMB

Number 0704—[To Be Determined].

Type of Request: New Collection;

Emergency processing requested with a

shortened public comment period

ending February 7, 2001. An approval

date by February 15, 2001 has been

requested.

Number of Respondents: 3,205.

Responses Per Respondent: 1.

Annual Responses: 3,205.

Average Burden Per Response: 5

hours.

Annual Burden Hours: 16,025.

Needs and Uses: The information is

required for the Department of Defense

(DoD) to evaluate, for certain defense

programs, the: (1) Extent of foreign

sourcing within the defense products;

(2) impact such foreign sourcing has on

military readiness and the related

domestic industrial infrastructure; and,

(3) extent to which DoD or contractor

policies, procedures, practices, or

actions encourage or discourage

consideration of foreign sources for

defense products. The evaluation is

required by section 831 of the National

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal

Year 2001. Section 831 requires the

Secretary of Defense to conduct a study

analyzing the impact that foreign

sources have on six specific defense

systems to include the AH–64D Apache

helicopter, F/A–18E/F aircraft, M1A2

Abrams tank, AIM 120 AMRAAM

missile, Patriot missile ground station,

and Hellfire missile. To ensure it can

address emerging foreign sourcing

issues, DoD will also evaluate foreign