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DATES: Submit comments on or before

August 14, 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, 1800 F Street, NW., Room

4035, Washington, DC 20405. Please cite

OMB Control No. 9000–0001, Standard

Form 28, Affidavit of Individual Surety,

in all correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beverly Cromer, Acquisition Policy

Division, GSA (202) 208–6750.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

The Affidavit of Individual Surety

(Standard Form (SF) 28) is used by all

executive agencies, including the

Department of Defense, to obtain

information from individuals wishing to

serve as sureties to Government bonds.

To qualify as a surety on a Government

bond, the individual must show a net

worth not less than the penal amount of

the bond on the SF 28. It is an elective

decision on the part of the maker to use

individual sureties instead of other

available sources of surety or sureties

for Government bonds. We are not

aware if other formats exist for the

collection of this information.

The information on SF 28 is used to

assist the contracting officer in

determining the acceptability of

individuals proposed as sureties.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

The annual reporting burden is

estimated as follows:

Respondents: 500.

Responses Per Respondent: 1.43.

Total Responses: 715.

Hours Per Response: .4.

Total Burden Hours: 286.

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.

9000–0001, Standard Form 28, Affidavit

of Individual Surety, in all

correspondence.

Dated: May 29, 2001.

Al Matera,

Director, Acquisition Policy Division.

[FR Doc. 01–15185 Filed 6–14–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6820–34–U

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000–0022]

Federal Acquisition Regulation;

Proposed Collection; Customs and

Duties

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD),

General Services Administration (GSA),

and National Aeronautics and Space

Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of request for comments

regarding an extension to an existing

OMB clearance (9000–0022).

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 Customs and Duties. The

clearance currently expires on

September 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

August 14, 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:

Cecelia Davis, Acquisition Policy

Division, GSA (202) 219–0202.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

United States laws impose duties on

foreign supplies imported into the

customs territory of the United States.

Certain exemptions from these duties

are available to Government agencies.

These exemptions are used whenever

the anticipated savings outweigh the

administrative costs associated with

processing required documentation.

When a Government contractor

purchases foreign supplies, it must

notify the contracting officer to

determine whether the supplies should

be duty-free. In addition, all shipping

documents and containers must specify

certain information to assure the dutyfree entry of the supplies. The contracting officer analyzes the

information submitted by the contractor

to determine whether or not supplies

should enter the country duty-free. The

information, the contracting officer’s

determination, and the U.S. Customs

forms are placed in the contract file.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

The annual reporting burden is

estimated as follows:

Respondents: 1,330.

Responses Per Respondent: 10.

Total Responses: 13,300.

Hours Per Response: .5.

Total Burden Hours: 6,650.

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.

9000–0022, Customs and Duties, in all

correspondence.

Dated: June 1, 2001.

Gloria Sochon,

Acting Director, Acquisition Policy Division.

[FR Doc. 01–15186 Filed 6–14–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6820–34–U

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000–0095]

Federal Acquisition Regulation;

Proposed Collection; Commerce

Patent Regulations

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD),

General ServicesAdministration (GSA),

and National Aeronautics and

SpaceAdministration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of request for comments

regarding an extension to an existing

OMB clearance (9000–0095).

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the

Paperwork ReductionAct of 1995 (44