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###### Department of Defense

###### Office of the Secretary

# ACTION:

Notice.

The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance, 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:*                     Defense Federal Administration Supplement (DFARS) Supplement Part 236, Construction and Architect-Engineer Contracts, and Related Clauses at 252.236; OMB Number 0704-0255.                

*Type of Request:*                     Extension.                

*Number of Respondents:*                     2,710.                

*Responses Per Respondents:*                     1.                

*Annual Responses:*                     7,740.                

*Average Burden Per Response:*                     101 hours.                

*Needs and Uses:*                     Department of Defense contracting officers need this information to evaluate contractor proposals for contract modifications; to determine that a contractor has removed obstructions to navigation; to review contractor requests for payment for mobilization and preparatory work; to determine reasonableness of costs allocated to mobilization and demobilization; and to determine eligibility for the 20 percent evaluation preference for United States firms in the award of some oversea construction contracts.                

*Affected Public:*                     Business or Other For-Profit.                

*Frequency:*                     On Occasion.                

*Respondent's Obligation:*                     Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits.                

*OMB Desk Officer:*                     Mr. David M. Pritzker.                

Written comments and recommendations on the proposed information collection should be sent to Mr. Pritzker at the Office of Management and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

*DOD Clearance Officer:*                     Mr. Robert Cushing.                

Written requests for copies of the information collection proposal should be sent to Mr. Cushing, WHS/DIOR, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 1204, Arlington, VA 22202-4302.

Dated: June 12, 2001.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 01-15404  Filed 6-18-01; 8:45 am]

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