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20503, and a copy to the General 

Services Administration, Regulatory 

Secretariat (VIR), 1800 F Street, NW, 

Room 4035, Washington, DC 20405. 

Please cite OMB Control No. 9000–0138, 

Contract Financing, in all 

correspondence. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Edward Loeb, Contract Policy Division, 

GSA, (202) 501–0650. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

The Federal Acquisition Streamlining 

Act (FASA) of1994, Pub. L. 103–355, 

provided authorities that streamlined 

the acquisition process and minimize 

burdensome Government-unique 

requirements. Sections 2001 and 2051 of 

FASA substantially changed the 

statutory authorities for Government 

financing of contracts. Sections 2001(f) 

and 2051(e) provide specific authority 

for Government financing of purchases 

of commercial items, and sections 

2001(b) and 2051(b) substantially 

revised the authority for Government 

financing of purchases of noncommercial items. 

Sections 2001(f) and 2051(e) provide 

specific authority for Government 

financing of purchases of commercial 

items. These paragraphs authorize the 

Government to provide contract 

financing with certain limitations. 

Sections 2001(b) and 2051(b) also 

amended the authority for Government 

financing of non-commercial purchases 

by authorizing financing on the basis of 

certain classes of measures of 

performance. 

To implement these changes, DOD, 

NASA, and GSA amended the FAR by 

revising Subparts 32.0, 32.1, and 32.5; 

by adding new Subparts 32.2 and 32.10; 

and by adding new clauses to 52.232. 

The coverage enables the Government 

to provide financing to assist in the 

performance of contracts for commercial 

items and provide financing for noncommercial items based on contractor 

performance. 

B. Annual Reporting Burden 

Public reporting burden for this 

collection of information is estimated to 

average 2 hours per request for 

commercial financing and 2 hours per 

request for performance-based 

financing, including the time for 

reviewing instructions, searching 

existing data sources, gathering and 

maintaining the data needed, and 

completing and reviewing the collection 

of information. 

The annual reporting burden for 

commercial financing is estimated as 

follows: 

Respondents: 1,000. 

Responses Per Respondent: 5. 

Total Responses: 5,000. 

Hours Per Response: 2. 

Total Burden Hours: 10,000. 

The annual reporting burden for 

performance-based financing is 

estimated as follows: 

Respondents: 500. 

Responses Per Respondent: 12. 

Total Responses: 6,000. 

Hours Per Response: 2. 

Total Burden Hours: 12,000. 

Obtaining Copies of Proposals: 

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the General Services Administration, 

Regulatory Secretariat (VIR), 1800 F 

Street, NW, Room 4035, Washington, 

DC 20405, telephone (202) 501–4755. 

Please cite OMB Control No. 9000–0138, 

Contract Financing, in all 

correspondence. 

Dated: September 28, 2007. 

Al Matera, 

Director, Office of Acquisition Policy. 

[FR Doc. 07–4950 Filed 10–4–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–EP–S 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–0134] 

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Information Collection; 

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 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 environmentally sound 

products. The clearance curently 

expires on January 31, 2008. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

December 4, 2007. 

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, Regulatory 

Secretariat (VIR), 1800 F Street, NW, 

Room 4035, Washington, DC 20405. 

Please cite OMB Control No. 9000–0134, 

Environmentallly Sound Products, in all 

correspondence. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Mr. 

William Clark, Contract Policy Division, 

GSA, (202) 219–1813. 

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 grouped into eigt 

categories: (1) construction products, (2) 

landscaping products, (3) nonpaper 

office products, (4) paper and paper 

products, (5) park and recreation 

products, (6) transportation products, 

(7) vehicular 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. There are presently no known 

agency designated items. 

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 


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1This report uses the terms ‘‘Secretary,’’

‘‘Department,’’ and ‘‘DOE’’ interchangeably. 

2Electric transmission congestion (congestion) is 

the condition that occurs when transmission 

capacity is not sufficient to enable safe delivery of 

all scheduled or desired wholesale electricity 

transfers simultaneously. Congestion results from a 

transmission capacity constraint (constraint). 

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. 

Annual Responses: 64,350. 

Hours Per Response: .325. 

Total Burden Hours: 20,914. 

OBTAINING COPIES OF 

PROPOSALS: Requesters may obtain a 

copy of the information collection 

documents from the General Services 

Administration, FAR Secretariat (VIR), 

Room 4035, 1800 F Street, NW, 

Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202) 

501–4755. Please cite OMB control No. 

9000–0134, Environmentally Sound 

Products, in all correspondence. 

Dated: October 1, 2007. 

Al Matera, 

Director, Office of Acquisition Policy. 

[FR Doc. 07–4951 Filed 10–4–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–EP–S 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Western Hemisphere Institute for 

Security Cooperation Board of 

Visitors; Meeting 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and summary agenda for the 

fall meeting of the Board of Visitors 

(BoV) for the Western Hemisphere 

Institute for Security Cooperation 

(WHINSEC). Notice of this meeting is 

required under the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463). The 

Board’s charter was renewed on 

February 1, 2006 in compliance with the 

requirements set forth in Title 10 U.S.C. 

2166. 

Date: Friday, November 2, 2007. 

Time: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

Location: WHINSEC, 35 Ridgeway 

Loop, Room 219, Fort Benning, GA 

Proposed Agenda: The WHINSEC 

BoV will be briefed on activities at the 

Institute since the last Board meeting on 

June 14, 2007 as well as receive other 

information appropriate to its interests. 

The BoV will be visiting classes from 

9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

WHINSEC Board of Visitors Secretariat 

at (703) 692–7852 or (703) 692–8221. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At the 

time specified, the meeting is open to 

the public. Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act of 1972 and 41 

CFR 102–3.140(c), members of the 

public or interested groups may submit 

written statements to the advisory 

committee for consideration by the 

committee members. Written statements 

should be no longer than two typewritten pages and sent via fax to (703) 

614–8920 by 5 p.m. EST on Tuesday, 

October 30, 2007 for consideration at 

this meeting. In addition, public 

comments by individuals and 

organizations may be made from 1 p.m. 

to 1:30 p.m. during the meeting. Public 

comments will be limited to three 

minutes each. Anyone desiring to make 

an oral statement must register by 

sending a fax to (703) 614–8920 with 

their name, phone number, e-mail 

address, and the full text of their 

comments (no longer than two typewritten pages) by 5 p.m. EST on 

Tuesday, October 30, 2007. The first ten 

requestors will be notified by 5 p.m. 

EST on Wednesday, October 31, 2007 of 

their time to address the Board during 

the public comment forum. All other 

comments will be retained for the 

record. Public seating is limited and 

will be available on a first come, first 

serve basis. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 07–4947 Filed 10–4–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3710–08–M 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[Docket No. 2007–OE–01, Mid-Atlantic Area 

National Interest Electric Transmission 

Corridor; Docket No. 2007–OE–02, 

Southwest Area National Interest Electric 

Transmission Corridor] 

National Electric Transmission 

Congestion Report 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Order. 

SUMMARY: The following is a report by 

the Department of Energy (Department 

or DOE) on its August 2006 National 

Electric Transmission Congestion Study 

under section 216 of the Federal Power 

Act (FPA). This report and order 

designates two national interest electric 

transmission corridors: The MidAtlantic Area National Interest Electric 

Transmission Corridor (Docket No. 

2007–OE–01); and the Southwest Area 

National Interest Electric Transmission 

Corridor (Docket No. 2007–OE–02). A 

list of the acronyms used in this report 

and order, and maps of the two national 

interest electric transmission corridors 

are provided at the end of this order. 

DATES: The designations are effective 

October 5, 2007 and will remain in 

effect until October 7, 2019 unless the 

Department rescinds or renews the 

designation after notice and opportunity 

for comment. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical information, David Meyer, 

DOE Office of Electricity Delivery and 

Energy Reliability, (202) 586–1411, 

david.meyer@hq.doe.gov. For legal 

information, Warren Belmar, DOE Office 

of Legal Counsel, (202) 586–6758, 

warren.belmar@hq.doe.gov, or Lot 

Cooke, DOE Office of the General 

Counsel, (202) 586–0503, 

lot.cooke@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

A. Statutory Framework 

Section 1221(a) of the Energy Policy 

Act of 2005 (Pub. L. 109–58) (EPAct) 

added a new section 216 to the Federal 

Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824p) (FPA). New 

FPA section 216(a) requires the 

Secretary of Energy (Secretary) 1 to 

conduct a nationwide study of electric 

transmission congestion 2 within one 

year from the date of enactment of 

EPAct and every three years thereafter. 

FPA section 216(a)(2) provides 

‘‘interested parties’’ with an opportunity 

to offer ‘‘alternatives and 

recommendations.’’ 16 U.S.C. 

824p(a)(2). Following consideration of 

such alternatives and recommendations, 

the Secretary is required to issue a 

report on the study ‘‘which may 

designate any geographic area 

experiencing electric energy 

transmission capacity constraints or 

congestion that adversely affects 

consumers as a national interest electric 

transmission corridor.’’ FPA section 

216(a)(2), 16 U.S.C. 824p(a)(2). FPA 

section 216(a)(4) states that in 

determining whether to designate a 

national interest electric transmission 

corridor (National Corridor), the 

Secretary may consider whether: 

(A) the economic vitality and development 

of the corridor, or the end markets served by 

the corridor, may be constrained by lack of 

adequate or reasonably priced electricity; 


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