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Total Burden Hours: 3,575.
C. Public Comments
A 60-day notice published in the
Federal Register at 83 FR 15571 on
April 11, 2018. No comments were
received.
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. 9000–0043,
Delivery Schedules, in all
correspondence.
Dated: October 3, 2018.
Janet Fry,
Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division,
Office of Governmentwide Acquisition Policy,
Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of
Governmentwide Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000–0107; Docket No.
2018–0003; Sequence No. 22]
A. Overview of Information Collection
Information Collection; Federal
Acquisition Regulation Part 23
Requirements
Department of Defense (DOD),
General Services Administration (GSA),
and National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) regulations, the FAR Council
invites the public to comment upon a
renewal concerning FAR part 23
requirements.
SUMMARY:
Submit comments on or before
December 10, 2018.
ADDRESSES: The FAR Council invites
interested persons to submit comments
on this collection by either 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.
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• Mail: General Services
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat
Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW,
Washington, DC 20405. ATTN: Ms.
Mandell/IC 9000–0107, Federal
Acquisition Regulation Part 23
Requirements.
Instructions: All items submitted
must cite Information Collection 9000–
0107, Federal Acquisition Regulation
Part 23 Requirements. Comments
received in response to this docket will
be made available for public inspection
and posted without change, including
any personal information, at https://
www.regulations.gov. 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). 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.
Mahruba Uddowla, Procurement
Analyst, at telephone 703–605–2868, or
email mahruba.uddowla@gsa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description of the Information
Collection
1. Type of Information Collection:
Revision/Renewal of a currently
approved collection.
2. Title of the Collection—Federal
Acquisition Regulation Part 23
Requirements.
3. Agency form number, if any: —
None.
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
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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.
B. Purpose
This information collection
requirement, OMB Control No. 9000–
0107, currently titled ‘‘Notice of
Radioactive Materials,’’ is proposed to
be retitled ‘‘Federal Acquisition
Regulation Part 23 Requirements’’ due
to consolidation with currently
approved information collection
requirements OMB Control No. 9000–
0101, Drug-Free Workplace; 9000–0191,
High Global Warming Potential
Hydrofluorocarbons; 9000–0194, Public
Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
and Reduction Goals—Representation;
9000–0147, Pollution Prevention and
Right-to-Know Information; 9000–0134,
Environmentally Sound Products; and
9000–0180, Affirmative Procurement of
Biobased Products Under Service and
Construction Contracts.
This information collection
requirement pertains to information that
a contractor must submit in response to
a number of requirements from FAR
Part 23, which are as follows:
1. Notice of Radioactive Materials.
The Atomic Energy Act of 1954, (42
U.S.C. 2011), as amended, establishes
requirements for protecting radioactive
materials. The requirements of this Act
are implemented in the FAR at clause
52.223–7, Notice of Radioactive
Materials. This clause requires
contractors to notify the Government
prior to delivery of items containing
radioactive materials.
2. Drug-Free Workplace. As mandated
in Public Law 100–690, the Drug-Free
Workplace Act of 1988, and as enacted
in Public Law 111–350, which
recodifies Title 41—Public Contracts of
the United States Code: (1) Government
contractor employees are required to
notify their employer of any criminal
drug statute conviction for a violation
occurring in the workplace; and (2)
Government contractors, after receiving
notice of such conviction, must notify
the Government contracting officer. FAR
clause 52.223–6, Drug-Free Workplace,
implements the Act.
3. High Global Warming Potential
Hydrofluorocarbons. FAR clauses
52.223–11, Ozone-Depleting Substances,
and 52.223–12, Refrigeration Equipment
and Air Conditioners, address high
global warming potential (GWP)
hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). For
equipment and appliances that normally
contain 50 or more pounds of HFCs or
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HFC blends, the clauses include
requirements to track by type,
equipment/application, contract,
agency, and location, the amount in
pounds of HFCs or HFC blends—
i. Contained in such equipment and
appliances delivered to the Government;
or
ii. Added or taken out of such
equipment and appliances that will be
maintained, repaired, or disposed under
the contract.
The contractor is required to report
the HFC information annually to a
centralized Government website.
4. Public Disclosure of Greenhouse
Gas Emissions and Reduction Goals—
Representation. FAR provision 52.223–
22 contains an annual representation for
vendors to indicate if and where they
publicly disclose greenhouse gas
emissions and greenhouse gas reduction
goals or targets. Public disclosure of
greenhouse gas emission management is
increasingly becoming standard practice
in many industries, because an
inventory of this information provides
insight into operations, spurs
innovation, and helps identify
opportunities for efficiency and savings,
outcomes which can translate into both
environmental and financial benefits.
Executive Order (E.O.) 13693, Planning
for Federal Sustainability in the Next
Decade, March 25, 2015, serves as the
legal underpinning for this collection of
information, as it prescribes the
continuation of the Federal policy that
agencies shall increase their efficiency
and improve their environmental
performance, including the reduction of
greenhouse gas emissions across Federal
operations and the Federal supply chain
(e.g., Federal contractors).
5. Pollution Prevention and Right-toKnow Information. The Emergency
Planning and Community Right-toKnow Act of 1986 (EPCRA) (42 U.S.C.
11001–11050) and the Pollution
Prevention Act of 1990 (PPA) (42 U.S.C.
13101–13109), require that Federal
facilities maintain reports on hazardous
materials and toxic chemicals and
pollution prevention efforts. In keeping
with these mandates, FAR clause
52.223–5, Pollution Prevention and
Right-to-Know Information, requires
Federal contractors performing at a
Federal facility to provide sufficient
information to the Government to
ensure that the facility is compliant
with the PPA and EPCRA. This
information pertains to the Toxic
Release Inventory and PPA reports;
other reports required by the EPCRA;
implementation of Environmental
Management Systems; and completion
of Facility Compliance Audits.
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6. Environmentally Sound Products.
Section 6002 of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA),
Public Law 94–580, (42 U.S.C. 6962),
requires Federal agencies to develop
affirmative procurement programs to
ensure that items composed of
recovered materials will be purchased to
the maximum extent practicable. Each
agency’s affirmative procurement
program must provide 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. The minimum recovered
material content standards are
designated by the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA). These
standards are grouped into eight
categories—
(i) Construction products;
(ii) Landscaping products;
(iii) Non-paper paper office supplies;
(iv) Paper and paper products;
(v) Park and recreation products;
(vi) Transportation products;
(vii) Vehicular products; and
(viii) Miscellaneous products.
FAR clause 52.223–9, Estimate of
Percentage of Recovered Material
Content for EPA-Designated Items, was
created to assist agencies with
compliance with section 6002. Clause
52.223–9 requires a contractor, on
completion of the contract that is for or
specifies the use of EPA-designated
items containing recovered materials, to
(a) estimate the percentage of the total
recovered material content delivered or
used in performance of the contract,
including, if applicable, the percentage
of post-consumer material content and
(b) submit an estimate to the contracting
agency.
Although section 6002 requires that
agencies develop these estimates
whenever an acquisition sets forth
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
equivalent items in the preceding fiscal
year was $10,000 or more, the clause at
52.223–9 is only used in solicitations
and contracts exceeding $150,000.
Acquisitions of commercially available
off-the-shelf (COTS) items are excluded
from this requirement.
7. Affirmative Procurement of
Biobased Products Under Service and
Construction Contracts. FAR clause
52.223–2, Affirmative Procurement of
Biobased Products Under Service and
Construction Contracts, requires prime
contractors to report annually the
product types and dollar values of U.S.
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Department of Agriculture (USDA)—
designated biobased products
purchased. The information reported by
prime contractors enables Federal
agencies to report annually to the Office
of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP)
concerning actions taken to implement
and measure progress in carrying out
the preference for biobased products
required under section 9002 of the Farm
Security and Rural Investment Act of
2002, codified at 7 U.S.C. 8102.
C. Annual Reporting Burden
1. Notice of Radioactive Materials
Respondents: 500.
Responses per Respondent: 5.
Total Annual Responses: 2,500.
Hours per Response: 1.
Total Burden Hours: 2,500.
2. Drug-Free Workplace
Respondents: 205.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Total Annual Responses: 205.
Hours per Response: 0.5.
Total Burden Hours: 102.5.
3. High Global Warming Potential
Hydrofluorocarbons
Respondents: 2,337.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Total Annual Responses: 2,337.
Hours per Response: 8.
Total Burden Hours: 18,696.
4. Public Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas
Emissions and Reduction Goals—
Representation
Respondents: 7,740.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Total Annual Responses: 7,740.
Hours per Response: 0.25.
Total Burden Hours: 1,935.
5. Pollution Prevention and Right-toKnow Information
Respondents: 3,148.
Total Annual Responses: 4,713.
Hours per Response: 3.9622.
Total Burden Hours: 18,674.
6. Environmentally Sound Products
Respondents: 585.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Total Annual Responses: 585.
Hours per Response: 0.5.
Total Burden Hours: 292.5.
7. Affirmative Procurement of Biobased
Products Under Service and
Construction Contracts
Respondents: 29,612.
Responses per Respondent: 5.
Total Annual Responses: 148,060.
Hours per Response: 5.
Total Burden Hours: 740,300.
8. Summary
Respondents: 44,127.
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Total Annual Responses: 166,140.
Total Burden Hours: 782,520.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profit and not-for-profit institutions.
Frequency: Variable, depending on
the collection.
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. 9000–0107, Federal
Acquisition Regulation Part 23
Requirements, in all correspondence.
Dated: October 3, 2018.
Janet Fry,
Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division,
Office of Governmentwide Acquisition Policy,
Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of
Governmentwide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2018–22030 Filed 10–10–18; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA–2018–N–3343]
Advisory Committee; Dermatologic
and Ophthalmic Drugs Advisory
Committee, Renewal
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
Notice; renewal of advisory
committee.
ACTION:
The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) is announcing the
renewal of the Dermatologic and
Ophthalmic Drugs Advisory Committee
by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs
(the Commissioner). The Commissioner
has determined that it is in the public
interest to renew the Dermatologic and
Ophthalmic Drugs Advisory Committee
for an additional 2 years beyond the
charter expiration date. The new charter
will be in effect until October 7, 2020.
DATES: Authority for the Dermatologic
and Ophthalmic Drugs Advisory
Committee will expire on October 7,
2018, unless the Commissioner formally
determines that renewal is in the public
interest.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
LaToya Bonner, Center for Drug
Evaluation and Research, Food and
Drug Administration, 10903 New
Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 31, Rm. 2417,
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796–9001, email: DODAC@fda.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to 41 CFR 102–3.65 and approval by the
Department of Health and Human
Services pursuant to 45 CFR part 11 and
by the General Services Administration,
FDA is announcing the renewal of the
Dermatologic and Ophthalmic Drugs
Advisory Committee (the Committee).
The Committee is a discretionary
Federal advisory committee established
to provide advice to the Commissioner.
The Committee advises the
Commissioner or designee in
discharging responsibilities as they
relate to helping to ensure safe and
effective drugs for human use and, as
required, any other product for which
FDA has regulatory responsibility.
The Committee reviews and evaluates
available data concerning the safety and
effectiveness of marketed and
investigational human drug products for
use in the treatment of dermatologic and
ophthalmic disorders and makes
appropriate recommendations to the
Commissioner.
The Committee shall consist of a core
of nine voting members including two
Chairpersons. Members and the
Chairpersons are selected by the
Commissioner or designee from among
authorities knowledgeable in the fields
of dermatology, ophthalmology, internal
medicine, pathology, immunology,
epidemiology or statistics, and other
related professions. Members will be
invited to serve for overlapping terms of
up to 4 years. Almost all non-Federal
members of this committee serve as
Special Government Employees. The
core of voting members may include one
technically qualified member, selected
by the Commissioner or designee, who
is identified with consumer interests
and is recommended by either a
consortium of consumer-oriented
organizations or other interested
persons. In addition to the voting
members, the Committee may include
one non-voting member who is
identified with industry interests.
Further information regarding the
most recent charter and other
information can be found at https://
www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/
CommitteesMeetingMaterials/Drugs/
DermatologicandOphthalmic
DrugsAdvisoryCommittee/
ucm094782.htm or by contacting the
Designated Federal Officer (see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
In light of the fact that no change has
been made to the committee name or
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description of duties, no amendment
will be made to 21 CFR 14.100.
This document is issued under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5
U.S.C. app.). For general information
related to FDA advisory committees,
please check https://www.fda.gov/
AdvisoryCommittees/default.htm.
Dated: October 4, 2018.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket Nos. FDA–2018–N–0341; FDA–
2012–N–0115; FDA–2018–N–1011; FDA–
2010–N–0110; FDA–2012–N–0547; FDA–
2014–N–2347; FDA–2016–D–2285; FDA–
2016–D–1307; FDA–2016–D–4318; FDA–
2016–N–0407; and FDA–2018–N–0270]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Announcement of Office of
Management and Budget Approvals
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
ACTION:
Notice.
The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) is publishing a
list of information collections that have
been approved by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) under
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ila
S. Mizrachi, Office of Operations, Food
and Drug Administration, Three White
Flint North, 10A–12M, 11601
Landsdown St., North Bethesda, MD
20852, 301–796–7726, PRAStaff@
fda.hhs.gov.
SUMMARY:
The
following is a list of FDA information
collections recently approved by OMB
under section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507).
The OMB control number and
expiration date of OMB approval for
each information collection are shown
in table 1. Copies of the supporting
statements for the information
collections are available on the internet
at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. An Agency may not conduct
or sponsor, and a person is not required
to respond to, a collection of
information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000-0107; Docket No. 2018-0003; Sequence No. 22]
Information Collection; Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 23
Requirements
AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations, the FAR Council
invites the public to comment upon a renewal concerning FAR part 23
requirements.
DATES: Submit comments on or before December 10, 2018.
ADDRESSES: The FAR Council invites interested persons to submit
comments on this collection by either 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 9000-0107, Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 23
Requirements.
Instructions: All items submitted must cite Information Collection
9000-0107, Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 23 Requirements.
Comments received in response to this docket will be made available for
public inspection and posted without change, including any personal
information, at https://www.regulations.gov. 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). 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. Mahruba Uddowla, Procurement
Analyst, at telephone 703-605-2868, or email [email protected].
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--Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 23
Requirements.
3. Agency form number, if any: -- None.
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.
B. Purpose
This information collection requirement, OMB Control No. 9000-0107,
currently titled ``Notice of Radioactive Materials,'' is proposed to be
retitled ``Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 23 Requirements'' due to
consolidation with currently approved information collection
requirements OMB Control No. 9000-0101, Drug-Free Workplace; 9000-0191,
High Global Warming Potential Hydrofluorocarbons; 9000-0194, Public
Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Reduction Goals--
Representation; 9000-0147, Pollution Prevention and Right-to-Know
Information; 9000-0134, Environmentally Sound Products; and 9000-0180,
Affirmative Procurement of Biobased Products Under Service and
Construction Contracts.
This information collection requirement pertains to information
that a contractor must submit in response to a number of requirements
from FAR Part 23, which are as follows:
1. Notice of Radioactive Materials. The Atomic Energy Act of 1954,
(42 U.S.C. 2011), as amended, establishes requirements for protecting
radioactive materials. The requirements of this Act are implemented in
the FAR at clause 52.223-7, Notice of Radioactive Materials. This
clause requires contractors to notify the Government prior to delivery
of items containing radioactive materials.
2. Drug-Free Workplace. As mandated in Public Law 100-690, the
Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988, and as enacted in Public Law 111-350,
which recodifies Title 41--Public Contracts of the United States Code:
(1) Government contractor employees are required to notify their
employer of any criminal drug statute conviction for a violation
occurring in the workplace; and (2) Government contractors, after
receiving notice of such conviction, must notify the Government
contracting officer. FAR clause 52.223-6, Drug-Free Workplace,
implements the Act.
3. High Global Warming Potential Hydrofluorocarbons. FAR clauses
52.223-11, Ozone-Depleting Substances, and 52.223-12, Refrigeration
Equipment and Air Conditioners, address high global warming potential
(GWP) hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). For equipment and appliances that
normally contain 50 or more pounds of HFCs or
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HFC blends, the clauses include requirements to track by type,
equipment/application, contract, agency, and location, the amount in
pounds of HFCs or HFC blends--
i. Contained in such equipment and appliances delivered to the
Government; or
ii. Added or taken out of such equipment and appliances that will
be maintained, repaired, or disposed under the contract.
The contractor is required to report the HFC information annually
to a centralized Government website.
4. Public Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Reduction
Goals--Representation. FAR provision 52.223-22 contains an annual
representation for vendors to indicate if and where they publicly
disclose greenhouse gas emissions and greenhouse gas reduction goals or
targets. Public disclosure of greenhouse gas emission management is
increasingly becoming standard practice in many industries, because an
inventory of this information provides insight into operations, spurs
innovation, and helps identify opportunities for efficiency and
savings, outcomes which can translate into both environmental and
financial benefits. Executive Order (E.O.) 13693, Planning for Federal
Sustainability in the Next Decade, March 25, 2015, serves as the legal
underpinning for this collection of information, as it prescribes the
continuation of the Federal policy that agencies shall increase their
efficiency and improve their environmental performance, including the
reduction of greenhouse gas emissions across Federal operations and the
Federal supply chain (e.g., Federal contractors).
5. Pollution Prevention and Right-to-Know Information. The
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA) (42
U.S.C. 11001-11050) and the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 (PPA) (42
U.S.C. 13101-13109), require that Federal facilities maintain reports
on hazardous materials and toxic chemicals and pollution prevention
efforts. In keeping with these mandates, FAR clause 52.223-5, Pollution
Prevention and Right-to-Know Information, requires Federal contractors
performing at a Federal facility to provide sufficient information to
the Government to ensure that the facility is compliant with the PPA
and EPCRA. This information pertains to the Toxic Release Inventory and
PPA reports; other reports required by the EPCRA; implementation of
Environmental Management Systems; and completion of Facility Compliance
Audits.
6. Environmentally Sound Products. Section 6002 of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Public Law 94-580, (42 U.S.C.
6962), requires Federal agencies to develop affirmative procurement
programs to ensure that items composed of recovered materials will be
purchased to the maximum extent practicable. Each agency's affirmative
procurement program must provide 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. The minimum recovered material content standards
are designated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). These
standards are grouped into eight categories--
(i) Construction products;
(ii) Landscaping products;
(iii) Non-paper paper office supplies;
(iv) Paper and paper products;
(v) Park and recreation products;
(vi) Transportation products;
(vii) Vehicular products; and
(viii) Miscellaneous products.
FAR clause 52.223-9, Estimate of Percentage of Recovered Material
Content for EPA-Designated Items, was created to assist agencies with
compliance with section 6002. Clause 52.223-9 requires a contractor, on
completion of the contract that is for or specifies the use of EPA-
designated items containing recovered materials, to (a) estimate the
percentage of the total recovered material content delivered or used in
performance of the contract, including, if applicable, the percentage
of post-consumer material content and (b) submit an estimate to the
contracting agency.
Although section 6002 requires that agencies develop these
estimates whenever an acquisition sets forth 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 equivalent
items in the preceding fiscal year was $10,000 or more, the clause at
52.223-9 is only used in solicitations and contracts exceeding
$150,000. Acquisitions of commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS)
items are excluded from this requirement.
7. Affirmative Procurement of Biobased Products Under Service and
Construction Contracts. FAR clause 52.223-2, Affirmative Procurement of
Biobased Products Under Service and Construction Contracts, requires
prime contractors to report annually the product types and dollar
values of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)--designated biobased
products purchased. The information reported by prime contractors
enables Federal agencies to report annually to the Office of Federal
Procurement Policy (OFPP) concerning actions taken to implement and
measure progress in carrying out the preference for biobased products
required under section 9002 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment
Act of 2002, codified at 7 U.S.C. 8102.
C. Annual Reporting Burden
1. Notice of Radioactive Materials
Respondents: 500.
Responses per Respondent: 5.
Total Annual Responses: 2,500.
Hours per Response: 1.
Total Burden Hours: 2,500.
2. Drug-Free Workplace
Respondents: 205.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Total Annual Responses: 205.
Hours per Response: 0.5.
Total Burden Hours: 102.5.
3. High Global Warming Potential Hydrofluorocarbons
Respondents: 2,337.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Total Annual Responses: 2,337.
Hours per Response: 8.
Total Burden Hours: 18,696.
4. Public Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Reduction Goals--
Representation
Respondents: 7,740.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Total Annual Responses: 7,740.
Hours per Response: 0.25.
Total Burden Hours: 1,935.
5. Pollution Prevention and Right-to-Know Information
Respondents: 3,148.
Total Annual Responses: 4,713.
Hours per Response: 3.9622.
Total Burden Hours: 18,674.
6. Environmentally Sound Products
Respondents: 585.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Total Annual Responses: 585.
Hours per Response: 0.5.
Total Burden Hours: 292.5.
7. Affirmative Procurement of Biobased Products Under Service and
Construction Contracts
Respondents: 29,612.
Responses per Respondent: 5.
Total Annual Responses: 148,060.
Hours per Response: 5.
Total Burden Hours: 740,300.
8. Summary
Respondents: 44,127.
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Total Annual Responses: 166,140.
Total Burden Hours: 782,520.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit and not-for-profit
institutions.
Frequency: Variable, depending on the collection.
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-
0107, Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 23 Requirements, in all
correspondence.
Dated: October 3, 2018.
Janet Fry,
Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of Governmentwide
Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of
Governmentwide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2018-22030 Filed 10-10-18; 8:45 am]
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