Submission for OMB Review; Construction Wage Rate Requirements-Price Adjustment (Actual Method), 38313-38314 [2018-16763]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 151 / Monday, August 6, 2018 / Notices check www.regulations.gov, approximately two to three days after submission to verify posting (except allow 30 days for posting of comments submitted by mail). This information collection is pending at the FAR Council. The Council will submit it to OMB within 60 days from the date of this notice. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Zenaida Delgado, Procurement Analyst, at telephone 202–969–7207, or email zenaida.delgado@gsa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A. Overview of Information Collection Description of the Information Collection 1. Type of Information Collection: Revision/Renewal of a currently approved collection. 2. Title of the Collection: Travel Costs. 3. Agency form number, if any: N/A. Solicitation of Public Comment Written comments and suggestions from the public should address one or more of the following four points: (1) Evaluate whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES B. Purpose This information collection requirement, OMB Control No. 9000– 0079, currently titled ‘‘Corporate Aircraft Costs,’’ is proposed to be retitled ‘‘Travel Costs,’’ due to consolidation with currently approved information collection requirement OMB Control No. 9000–0088, Travel Costs. This information collection requirement pertains to information that a contractor must submit in response to the requirements in FAR 31.205–46: 1. FAR 31.205–46(a)(3)—In special or unusual situations, costs incurred by a contractor for lodging, meals, and VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:36 Aug 03, 2018 Jkt 244001 incidental expenses, may exceed on a daily basis the per diem rates in effect as set forth in the Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) for travel in the conterminous 48 United States. The actual costs may be allowed only if the contractor provides the following: a. FAR 31.205–46(a)(3)(ii)—A written justification for use of the higher amounts approved by an officer of the contractor’s organization or designee to ensure that the authority is properly administered and controlled to prevent abuse. b. FAR 31.205–46(a)(3)(iii)—Advance approval from the contracting officer if it becomes necessary to exercise the authority to use the higher actual expense method repetitively or on a continuing basis in a particular area. c. FAR 31.205–46(a)(3)(iv)— Documentation to support actual costs incurred including a receipt for each expenditure of $75.00 or more. 2. FAR 31.205–46(c) requires firms to maintain and make available manifest/ logs for all flights on company aircraft. As a minimum, the manifest/log must indicate: a. Date, time, and points of departure; b. Destination, date, and time of arrival; c. Name of each passenger and relationship to the contractor d. Authorization for trip; and e. Purpose of trip. The information required by (a) and (b) and the name of each passenger (required by (c)) are recordkeeping requirements already established by Federal Aviation Administration regulations. This information, plus the additional required information, is needed to ensure that costs of owned, chartered, or leased aircraft are properly charged against Government contracts and that directly associated costs of unallowable activities are not charged to Government contracts. C. Annual Reporting Burden DoD, GSA and NASA analyzed the FY 2017 data from the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS) to develop the estimated burden hours for this information collection. 1. FAR 31.205–46(a)(3)—Actual travel costs. Respondents: 3,247. Responses Per Respondent: 10. Total Annual Responses: 32,470. Hours Per Response: 0.25. Total Burden Hours: 8,118. 2. FAR 31.205–46(c)—Manifest/logs for flights on company aircraft. Number of recordkeepers: 797. Records per recordkeeper per year: 3. Total annual records: 2,391. Estimated hours per record: 2.0. PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 38313 Total recordkeeping burden hours: 4,782. 3. Total (counting recordkeepers with respondents). Recordkeepers and respondents: 4,044. Responses: 34,861. Hours (reporting and recordkeeping): 12,900. Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit and not-for-profit institutions. Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the information collection documents from the General Services Administration, Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20405, telephone 202–501–4755. Please cite OMB Control No. 9000– 0079, Travel Costs, in all correspondence. William Clark, Director, Office of Governmentwide Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of Governmentwide Policy. [FR Doc. 2018–16745 Filed 8–3–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6820–EP–P DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION [OMB Control No. 9000–0154; Docket No. 2018–0053; Sequence No. 2] Submission for OMB Review; Construction Wage Rate Requirements—Price Adjustment (Actual Method) Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat Division will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a previously approved information collection requirement regarding the price adjustment (Actual Method) for Construction Wage Rate Requirements. DATES: Submit comments on or before September 5, 2018. ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden to: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of OMB, Attention: SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\06AUN1.SGM 06AUN1 38314 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 151 / Monday, August 6, 2018 / Notices Desk Officer for GSA, Room 10236, NEOB, Washington, DC 20503. Additionally submit a copy to GSA by any of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: This website provides the ability to type short comments directly into the comment field or attach a file for lengthier comments. Go to https:// www.regulations.gov and follow the instructions on the site. • Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20405. ATTN: Ms. Mandell/IC 9000–0154, Construction Wage Rate Requirements—Price Adjustment (Actual Method). Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information Collection 9000–0154, Construction Wage Rate Requirements—Price Adjustment (Actual Method), in all correspondence related to this collection. Comments received generally will be posted without change to https:// www.regulations.gov, including any personal and/or business confidential information provided. To confirm receipt of your comment(s), please check www.regulations.gov, approximately two to three days after submission to verify posting (except allow 30 days for posting of comments submitted by mail). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Zenaida Delgado, Procurement Analyst, at telephone 202–969–7207, or email zenaida.delgado@gsa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES A. Purpose Government contracting officers may include Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clause 52.222–32, Construction Wage Rate Requirements—Price Adjustment (Actual Method), in fixedprice solicitations and contracts subject to the Construction Wage Rate Requirements statute under certain conditions. The conditions are that the solicitation or contract contains option provisions to extend the term of the contract and the contracting officer determines that the most appropriate method to adjust the contract price at option exercise is to use a computation method based on the actual increase or decrease from a new or revised Department of Labor Construction Wage Rate Requirements statute wage determination. The clause requires that a contractor submit at the exercise of each option to extend the term of the contract, a statement of the amount claimed for incorporation of the most current wage determination by the Department of VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:36 Aug 03, 2018 Jkt 244001 Labor, and any relevant supporting data, including payroll records, that the contracting officer may reasonably require. The information is used by Government contracting officers to establish the contract price adjustment for the construction requirements of a contract, generally if the contract requirements are predominantly services subject to the Service Contract Labor Standards statute. B. Public Comment A 60 day notice was published in the Federal Register at 83 FR 23278, on May 18, 2018. No comments were received. C. Annual Reporting Burden William F. Clark, Director, Office of Governmentwide Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of Governmentwide Policy. [FR Doc. 2018–16763 Filed 8–3–18; 8:45 am] PO 00000 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Decision To Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees From the Superior Steel Company in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, To Be Included in the Special Exposure Cohort National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services. AGENCY: ACTION: The Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS) indicates that 5,309 construction contractors in FY 2017 could potentially have had contracts with recurring options. However, we believe there are only approximately 10% of these that would contain the subject clause, since most would not have a price adjustment clause, and there are other FAR prescribed price adjustment clauses. The estimated total burden is as follows: Respondents: 531. Responses per Respondent: 1. Total Annual Responses: 531. Hours per Response: 40. Total Burden Hours: 21,240. Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit and not-for-profit institutions. Frequency: Annually. Obtaining Copies: Requesters may obtain a copy of the information collection documents from the General Services Administration, Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20405, telephone 202–501–4755. Please cite OMB Control No. 9000–0154, Construction Wage Rate Requirements— Price Adjustment (Actual Method), in all correspondence. BILLING CODE 6820–EP–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Notice. NIOSH gives notice of a decision to evaluate a petition to designate a class of employees from the Superior Steel Company in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, to be included in the Special Exposure Cohort under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. SUMMARY: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Director, Division of Compensation Analysis and Support, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS C–46, Cincinnati, OH 45226–1938, Telephone 877–222–7570. Information requests can also be submitted by email to DCAS@CDC.GOV. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Authority: 42 CFR 83.9–83.12. Pursuant to 42 CFR 83.12, the initial proposed definition for the class being evaluated, subject to revision as warranted by the evaluation, is as follows: Facility: Superior Steel Company. Location: Carnegie, Pennsylvania. Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All workers who worked at all locations at the Superior Steel Co. in Carnegie, PA from January 1, 1952 through December 31, 1957. Period of Employment: January 1, 1952 through December 31, 1957. John J. Howard, Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. [FR Doc. 2018–16761 Filed 8–3–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163–19–P Frm 00042 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 E:\FR\FM\06AUN1.SGM 06AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 151 (Monday, August 6, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38313-38314]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-16763]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000-0154; Docket No. 2018-0053; Sequence No. 2]


Submission for OMB Review; Construction Wage Rate Requirements--
Price Adjustment (Actual Method)

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration 
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the 
Regulatory Secretariat Division will be submitting to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an 
extension of a previously approved information collection requirement 
regarding the price adjustment (Actual Method) for Construction Wage 
Rate Requirements.

DATES: Submit comments on or before September 5, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding this burden estimate or any other 
aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for 
reducing this burden to: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs 
of OMB, Attention:

[[Page 38314]]

Desk Officer for GSA, Room 10236, NEOB, Washington, DC 20503. 
Additionally submit a copy to GSA by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: This website provides the 
ability to type short comments directly into the comment field or 
attach a file for lengthier comments. Go to https://www.regulations.gov 
and follow the instructions on the site.
     Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory 
Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20405. 
ATTN: Ms. Mandell/IC 9000-0154, Construction Wage Rate Requirements--
Price Adjustment (Actual Method).
    Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information 
Collection 9000-0154, Construction Wage Rate Requirements--Price 
Adjustment (Actual Method), in all correspondence related to this 
collection. Comments received generally will be posted without change 
to https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal and/or business 
confidential information provided. To confirm receipt of your 
comment(s), please check www.regulations.gov, approximately two to 
three days after submission to verify posting (except allow 30 days for 
posting of comments submitted by mail).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Zenaida Delgado, Procurement 
Analyst, at telephone 202-969-7207, or email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

    Government contracting officers may include Federal Acquisition 
Regulation (FAR) clause 52.222-32, Construction Wage Rate 
Requirements--Price Adjustment (Actual Method), in fixed-price 
solicitations and contracts subject to the Construction Wage Rate 
Requirements statute under certain conditions. The conditions are that 
the solicitation or contract contains option provisions to extend the 
term of the contract and the contracting officer determines that the 
most appropriate method to adjust the contract price at option exercise 
is to use a computation method based on the actual increase or decrease 
from a new or revised Department of Labor Construction Wage Rate 
Requirements statute wage determination.
    The clause requires that a contractor submit at the exercise of 
each option to extend the term of the contract, a statement of the 
amount claimed for incorporation of the most current wage determination 
by the Department of Labor, and any relevant supporting data, including 
payroll records, that the contracting officer may reasonably require. 
The information is used by Government contracting officers to establish 
the contract price adjustment for the construction requirements of a 
contract, generally if the contract requirements are predominantly 
services subject to the Service Contract Labor Standards statute.

B. Public Comment

    A 60 day notice was published in the Federal Register at 83 FR 
23278, on May 18, 2018. No comments were received.

C. Annual Reporting Burden

    The Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS) indicates that 5,309 
construction contractors in FY 2017 could potentially have had 
contracts with recurring options. However, we believe there are only 
approximately 10% of these that would contain the subject clause, since 
most would not have a price adjustment clause, and there are other FAR 
prescribed price adjustment clauses.
    The estimated total burden is as follows:
    Respondents: 531.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Total Annual Responses: 531.
    Hours per Response: 40.
    Total Burden Hours: 21,240.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit and not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Obtaining Copies: Requesters may obtain a copy of the information 
collection documents from the General Services Administration, 
Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW, Washington, 
DC 20405, telephone 202-501-4755. Please cite OMB Control No. 9000-
0154, Construction Wage Rate Requirements--Price Adjustment (Actual 
Method), in all correspondence.

William F. Clark,
Director, Office of Governmentwide Acquisition Policy, Office of 
Acquisition Policy, Office of Governmentwide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2018-16763 Filed 8-3-18; 8:45 am]
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