46226 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 191 / Wednesday, October 4, 2017 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

[Docket Number DARS–2017–0012; OMB 

Control Number 0704–0259] 

Information Collection Requirement; 

Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement; Part 216, 

Types of Contracts 

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Department of 

Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments regarding a proposed 

extension of an approved information 

collection requirement. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, DoD 

announces the proposed extension of a 

public information collection 

requirement and seeks public comment 

on the provisions thereof. DoD invites 

comments on: Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of DoD, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

the accuracy of the estimate of the 

burden of the proposed information 

collection; ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and ways to minimize the 

burden of the information collection on 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

The Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) has approved this information 

collection requirement for use through 

December 31, 2017. DoD proposes that 

OMB extend its approval for three 

additional years. 

DATES: DoD will consider all comments 

received by December 4, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by OMB Control Number 

0704–0259, using any of the following 

methods: 

Æ Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Email: osd.dfars@mail.mil. Include 

OMB Control Number 0704–0259 in the 

subject line of the message. 

Fax: 571–372–6094. 

Mail: Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System, Attn: Ms. Carrie Moore, 

OUSD(AT&L)DPAP(DARS), 3060 

Defense Pentagon, Room 3B941, 

Washington, DC 20301–3060. 

Comments received generally will be 

posted without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Carrie Moore, 571–372–6093. The 

information collection requirements 

addressed in this notice are available 

electronically on the Internet at: http:// 

www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dfars/ 

index.htm. Paper copies are available 

from Ms. Carrie Moore, 

OUSD(AT&L)DPAP(DARS), Room 

3B941, 3060 Defense Pentagon, 

Washington, DC 20301–3060. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title and OMB Number: Defense 

Federal Acquisition Regulation 

Supplement (DFARS) Part 216, Types of 

Contracts, and related clauses in Part 

252.216; OMB Control Number 0704– 

0259. 

Needs and Uses: The 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, 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: Businesses or other 

for-profit and not-for-profit institutions. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Reporting Frequency: On occasion. 

Number of Respondents: 132. 

Responses per Respondent: 4.04, 

approximately. 

Annual Responses: 533. 

Average Burden per Response: 4 

hours. 

Annual Burden Hours: 2,132. 

Summary of Information Collection 

Paragraph (c) of the clause at DFARS 

252.216–7000, Economic Price 

Adjustment—Basic Steel, Aluminum, 

Brass, Bronze, or Copper Mill Products, 

requires the contractor to notify the 

contracting officer of the amount and 

effective date of each decrease in any 

established price. Paragraph (d) of the 

clause permits the contractor to submit 

a written request to the contracting 

officer for an increase in contract price. 

Paragraph (f)(2) of the clause at 

DFARS 252.216–7001, Economic Price 

Adjustment—Nonstandard Steel Items, 

requires the contractor to furnish a 

statement identifying the correctness of 

the established prices and employee 

hourly earnings that are relevant to the 

computation of various indices. 

Paragraph (f)(3) of the clause requires 

the contractor to make available all 

records used in the computation of labor 

indices upon the request of the 

contracting officer. 

Paragraph (b)(1) of the clause at 

DFARS 252.216–7003, Economic Price 

Adjustment—Wage Rates or Material 

Prices Controlled by a Foreign 

Government, permits the contractor to 

provide a written request for contract 

adjustment based on increases in wage 

rates or material prices that are 

controlled by a foreign government. 

Paragraph (c) of the clause requires the 

contractor to make available its books 

and records that support a requested 

change in contract price. 

Jennifer L. Hawes, 

Editor, Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21355 Filed 10–3–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Basic Energy Sciences Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Office of Science, Department 

of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of renewal. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, App. 2, and 

the Code of Federal Regulations, and 

following consultation with the 

Committee Management Secretariat, 

General Services Administration, notice 

is hereby given that the Basic Energy 

Sciences Advisory Committee’s 

(BESAC) charter will be renewed for a 

two-year period. 

The Committee will provide advice 

and recommendations to the Office of 

Science on the Basic Energy Sciences 

program. 

Additionally, the renewal of the 

BESAC has been determined to be 

essential to conduct business of the 

Department of Energy and to be in the 

public interest in connection with the 

performance of duties imposed upon the 

Department of Energy, by law and 

agreement. The Committee will 

continue to operate in accordance with 

the provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, and the rules and 

regulations in implementation of that 

Act. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Harriet Kung at (301) 903–3081. 


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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 191 / Wednesday, October 4, 2017 / Notices 46227 

Issued in Washington, DC, on July 28, 

2017. 

Shena Kennerly, 

Acting Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21332 Filed 10–3–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

DOE/NSF High Energy Physics 

Advisory Panel 

AGENCY: Office of Science, Department 

of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of renewal. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, App. 2, and 

Code of Federal Regulations, and 

following consultation with the 

Committee Management Secretariat, 

General Services Administration, notice 

is hereby given that the DOE/NSF High 

Energy Physics Advisory Panel (HEPAP) 

has been renewed for a two-year period. 

The Panel will provide advice and 

recommendations to the Director, Office 

of Science (DOE), and the Assistant 

Director, Directorate for Mathematical 

and Physical Sciences (NSF), on 

scientific priorities within the field of 

high energy physics. 

Additionally, the Secretary of Energy 

has determined that renewal of the 

HEPAP is essential to conduct business 

of the Department of Energy and the 

National Science Foundation and is in 

the public interest in connection with 

the performance duties imposed by law 

upon the Department of Energy. The 

Committee will continue to operate in 

accordance with the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 

Department of Energy Organization Act 

(Pub. L. 95–91), and the rules and 

regulations in implementation of these 

acts. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

John Boger at (301) 903–4520. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 11, 

2017. 

Shena Kennerly, 

Acting Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21346 Filed 10–3–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Advanced Scientific Computing 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Office of Science, Department 

of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Renewal. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, and in 

accordance with Title 41 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations, and following 

consultation with the Committee 

Management Secretariat, General 

Services Administration, notice is 

hereby given that the Advanced 

Scientific Computing Advisory 

Committee will be renewed for a twoyear period beginning on June 30, 2017. 

The Committee will provide advice to 

the Director, Office of Science (DOE), on 

the Advanced Scientific Computing 

Research Program managed by the 

Office of Advanced Scientific 

Computing Research. 

Additionally, the renewal of the 

Advanced Scientific Computing 

Advisory Committee has been 

determined to be essential to the 

conduct of the Department of Energy 

business and to be in the public interest 

in connection with the performance of 

duties imposed upon the Department of 

Energy, by law and agreement. The 

Committee will operate in accordance 

with the provisions of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, adhering to 

the rules and regulations in 

implementation of that Act. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christine Chalk at (301) 903–5152, 

christine.chalk@science.doe.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 30, 

2017. 

Shena Kennerly, 

Acting Committee Management Officer. 

Editorial Note: This document was 

received for publication by the Office of the 

Federal Register on September 29, 2017. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21328 Filed 10–3–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. NJ17–19–000] 

Buckeye Power, Inc.; Notice of Filing 

Take notice that on September 21, 

2017, Buckeye Power, Inc. submitted its 

tariff filing: Buckeye Rate Schedule 

Filing, to be effective 9/21/2017. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). 

Protests will be considered by the 

Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken, but will 

not serve to make protestants parties to 

the proceeding. Any person wishing to 

become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. Such notices, motions, or 

protests must be filed on or before the 

comment date. Anyone filing a motion 

to intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Applicant and 

all the parties in this proceeding. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

eFiling link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 5 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the eLibrary 

link and is available for electronic 

review in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room in Washington, DC. 

There is an eSubscription link on the 

Web site that enables subscribers to 

receive email notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please email 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time on October 12, 2017. 

Dated: September 28, 2017. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21302 Filed 10–3–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings #2 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric rate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: ER17–1840–000. 

Applicants: Canton Mountain Wind, 

LLC. 

Description: Fifth Supplement to June 

15, 2017 Canton Mountain Wind, LLC 

tariff filing. 

Filed Date: 9/28/17. 

Accession Number: 20170928–5074. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/10/17. 

Docket Numbers: ER17–2554–000. 

Applicants: Midcontinent 

Independent System Operator, Inc. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

2017–09–28_SA 2997 Palo Alto WindMidAmerican 1st Rev GIA (J529 J590) to 

be effective 9/14/2017. 

Filed Date: 9/28/17. 

Accession Number: 20170928–5065. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/19/17. 

Docket Numbers: ER17–2555–000. 


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