31278 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 124 / Tuesday, June 30, 2009 / Notices 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, June 25, 2009. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E9–15391 Filed 6–29–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 3090–0280] 

General Services Administration 

Acquisition Regulation; Submission 

for OMB Review; Tax Adjustment 

Clause 552.270–30 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Acquisition 

Officer, General Services 

Administration (GSA). 

ACTION: Notice of request for comments 

regarding a renewal to an existing OMB 

clearance. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the General Services 

Administration will be submitting to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) a request to review and approve 

a renewal of a currently approved 

information collection requirement 

regarding tax adjustments under 

leasehold acquisitions. A request for 

public comments was published at 73 

FR 77698, December 19, 2008. No 

comments were received. 

This collection requires contractors to 

submit information to the Government 

to substantiate an increase or decrease 

in real estate taxes under a leasehold 

acquisition so that the Government can 

make tax adjustments as necessary to 

the leasehold acquisition. Information 

collected under this authority is 

necessary to assess proper tax 

adjustments against each leasehold 

acquisition. 

Public comments are particularly 

invited on: Whether this collection of 

information is necessary 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. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before: 

July 30, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Edward Chambers, Procurement 

Analyst, at telephone (202) 501–3221, or 

via e-mail to Edward.chambers@gsa.gov. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding 

this burden estimate or any other aspect 

of this collection of information, 

including suggestions for reducing this 

burden to GSA Desk Officer, OMB, 

Room 10236, NEOB, Washington, DC 

20503, and a copy to the Regulatory 

Secretariat (VPR), General Services 

Administration, 1800 F Street, NW., 

Room 4041, Washington, DC 20405. 

Please cite OMB Control No. 3090–0280, 

Tax Adjustment Clause 552.270–30, in 

all correspondence. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

The General Services Administration 

(GSA) has various mission 

responsibilities related to the 

acquisition and provision supply, 

service, and leasehold acquisitions. 

These mission responsibilities generate 

requirements that are realized through 

the solicitation and award of various 

types of contracts. Individual 

solicitations and resulting contracts may 

impose unique information collection 

and reporting requirements on 

contractors, not required by regulation, 

but necessary to evaluate particular 

program accomplishments, measure 

success in meeting program objectives, 

or adjust acquisition requirements. 

Leasehold acquisitions provide for real 

estate tax adjustments due to changes in 

real estate taxes on land and buildings 

occupied by the Government. In a 

leasehold acquisition, the lessor shall 

provide the following information 

regarding real estate taxes: (1) Any 

notice which may affect the valuation of 

land and buildings covered by this lease 

for real estate tax purposes; (2) Any 

notice of a tax credit or tax refund 

related to land and buildings covered by 

this lease; and (3) Each tax bill related 

to land and building covered by this 

lease. The lessor is also required to 

provide the contracting officer a proper 

invoice including evidence of payment 

to receive the tax adjustment. 

Depending on the leasehold acquisition, 

the tax adjustment can result in either 

the lessor receiving a credit or the 

Government receiving a credit. 

B. Annual Reporting Burden 

Respondents: 7,041. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Total Responses: 7,041. 

Hours per Response: 6. 

Total Burden Hours: 42,246. 

Obtaining Copies of Proposals: 

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the General Services Administration, 

Regulatory Secretariat (VPR), 1800 F 

Street, NW., Room 4041, Washington, 

DC 20405, telephone (202) 501–4755. 

Please cite OMB Control No. 3090–0280, 

Tax Adjustment Clause 552.270–30, in 

all correspondence. 

Dated: June 23, 2009. 

Al Matera, 

Director, Contract Policy Division. 

[FR Doc. E9–15415 Filed 6–29–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–61–P 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 3090–0274] 

Public Buildings Service; Information 

Collection; Art-in-Architecture 

Program National Artist Registry 

AGENCY: Public Buildings Service, GSA. 

ACTION: Notice of request for comments 

regarding a renewal to an existing OMB 

clearance. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the General Services 

Administration will be submitting to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) a request to review and approve 

a renewal of a currently approved 

information collection requirement 

regarding the Art-in-Architecture 

Program National Artist Registry form. 

The clearance currently expires on July 

31, 2009. 

The Art-in-Architecture Program is 

the result of a policy decision made in 

January 1963 by GSA Administrator 

Bernard L. Boudin who had served on 

the Ad Hoc Committee on Federal 

Office Space in 1961–1962. 

The program has been modified over 

the years, most recently in 1996 when 

a renewed focus on commissioning 

works of art that are an integral part of 

the building’s architecture and adjacent 

landscape was instituted. The program 

continues to commission works of art 

from living American artists. One-half of 

one percent of the estimated 

construction cost of new or substantially 

renovated Federal buildings and U.S. 

courthouses is allocated for 

commissioning works of art. 

Public comments are particularly 

invited on: Whether this collection of 

information is necessary 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; and ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before: 

August 31, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susan Harrison, Public Buildings 

Service, Office of the Chief Architect, 

Art-in-Architecture Program, Room 

3341, 1800 F Street, NW., Washington, 


sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES6