[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 169 (Friday, August 29, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 50945]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-20025]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket No. DoD-2008-DARS-0093]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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    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).

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by 
September 29, 2008.
    Title and OMB Number: Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation 
Supplement (DFARS) Part 216, Types of Contracts, and related clauses at 
DFARS 252.216-7000, Economic Price Adjustment--Basic Steel, Aluminum, 
Brass, Bronze, or Copper Mill Products; DFARS 252.216-7001, Economic 
Price Adjustment--Nonstandard Steel Items; and DFARS 252.216-7003, 
Economic Price Adjustment-Wage Rates or Material Prices Controlled by a 
Foreign Government; OMB Control Number 0704-0259.
    Type of Request: Extension.
    Number of Respondents: 197.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.98.
    Annual Responses: 390.
    Average Burden per Response: 4.01 hours.
    Annual Burden Hours: 1,564.
    Needs and Uses: The clauses at DFARS 252.216-7000, 252.216-7001, 
and 252.216-7003 require contractors with fixed-price economic price 
adjustment contracts to submit information to the contracting officer 
regarding changes in established material prices or wage rates. The 
contracting officer uses this information to make appropriate 
adjustments to contract prices.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet Seehra.
    Written comments and recommendations on the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Ms. Seehra at the Office of Management and 
Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.
    You may also submit comments, identified by docket number and 
title, by the following method:
    <bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency 
name, docket number and title for this Federal Register document. The 
general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the 
public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on the 
Internet at http://www.regulations.gov as they are received without 
change, including any personal identifiers or contact information.
    DOD Clearance Officer: Ms. Patricia Toppings.
    Written requests for copies of the information collection proposal 
should be sent to Ms. Toppings at WHS/ESD/Information Management 
Division, 1777 North Kent Street, RPN, Suite 11000, Arlington, VA 
22209-2133.

    August 22, 2008.
Patricia L. Toppings,
OSD Federal Register, Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. E8-20025 Filed 8-28-08; 8:45 am]
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