Information Collection Requirements; Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Part 245, Government Property, 84308-84309 [2023-26626]

Download as PDF khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES 84308 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 232 / Tuesday, December 5, 2023 / Notices quota share owner survey, there are extensive instructions on handling these two topics, but reporting errors are extremely common. To facilitate accurate reporting of intercompany transfers, we will remove a column dedicated to transfer information from Question 19 and remove instructions about recording transfers in Question 20. Then, all of the transfer-related information will be moved to a separate question/table. This change will make the survey instructions easier to understand, allow companies that do not have intercompany transfers to skip the question entirely, and will make it easier to detect and remedy mistakes. Similarly, there are extensive instructions on how to record inventory in Question 20 on the existing form, but no dedicated field for inventory. Instead, participants are currently instructed to add inventory to the other sales categories. We propose adding a new line for each species group to record the inventory volume and value. Similar to the changes to transfers in Question 19 and 20, the new structure of Question 20 clarifies how to complete the form and facilitates identifying and resolving errors. Finally, this change will provide new important information about inventory volumes across years, providing better information about the status of the processing sector to the Pacific Fishery Management Council. A common performance metric for fisheries programs is hourly wage payments to processing workers. In the current form, we request the total number of workers and total hours worked for the week that includes the 12th of each month and total annual compensation payments. To calculate hourly wages, we must extrapolate to the total hours worked for the year. Through conversations with participants, it has become apparent that within-month employment can have high variability and our extrapolations are not always accurate. We propose requesting the equivalent compensation value for each of the oneweek windows to allow for a more accurate calculation of hourly wages. This additional field will also allow us to generate an estimate of within-month employment variability. Lastly, through conversations with first receivers and vessels, it is known that first receivers provide services to vessels such as bait, ice, loans, moorage, and storage. We plan to add a new category to capture whether those services are provided and whether the vessels are charged for those services. This information will help answer questions often posed by external reviewers when evaluating studies VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:35 Dec 04, 2023 Jkt 262001 conducted using the data collected in these surveys. There are two proposed changes to the Catcher Vessel survey form. The first is to remove two questions. In 2018, at the request of participants in the trawl catch share program, two additional questions were added, Question 17: ‘‘Do you track capitalized expenditures and expenses on fishing gear by type (e.g., midwater trawl gear, groundfish bottom trawl gear)?’’ and Question 18: ‘‘Provide the 2021 total capitalized expenditures and expenses associated with each type of fishing gear used in West Coast Fisheries (Washington, Oregon, and California).’’ Since the implementation of the questions in 2018, there has only been one ‘‘Yes’’ out nearly 700 total responses to Question 17 and therefore no further information about gearspecific costs have been collected. Therefore, there will be no information loss associated with removal of these two questions and there may be a small reduction in total burden hours. The second proposed change to the Catcher vessel survey form also applies to the Catcher Processor and Mothership forms. This change adds a four-part question about vessel financing. The questions are whether there were any loans on the vessel, how much was still owed at the end of the fiscal year, total amount paid to interest, and total amount paid to principal. The purpose of this new question is to collect the necessary information to comply with recent NOAA fisheries guidance on calculation of net returns of fishing businesses. Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; not-for-profit institutions. Frequency: Annually. Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. Legal Authority: 50 CFR 660.114. This information collection request may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of Commerce collections currently under review by OMB. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/ public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or by using the search function and PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 entering either the title of the collection or the OMB Control Number 0648–0618. Sheleen Dumas, Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Commerce Department. [FR Doc. 2023–26661 Filed 12–4–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Defense Acquisition Regulations System [Docket Number DARS–2023–0017; OMB Control Number 0704–0246] Information Collection Requirements; Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Part 245, Government Property Defense Acquisition Regulations System, Department of Defense (DoD). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Defense Acquisition Regulations System has submitted to OMB for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act. DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by January 4, 2024. ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to https://www.reginfo.gov/ public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or by using the search function. You may also submit comments, identified by docket number and title, by the following method: Federal eRulemaking Portal: https:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angela Duncan, 571–372–7574, or whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dd-dodinformation-collections@mail.mil. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title and OMB Number: Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) Part 245, Government Property, related clauses in DFARS 252, and related forms in DFARS 253; OMB Control Number 0704–0246. Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection. Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit and not-for-profit institutions. SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\05DEN1.SGM 05DEN1 khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 232 / Tuesday, December 5, 2023 / Notices Respondent’s Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits. Number of Respondents: 3,513. Annual Responses: 454,184. Annual Burden Hours: 47,659. Reporting Frequency: On Occasion. Needs and Uses: DoD has consolidated the information collection requirements for reporting Governmentfurnished property into a single clause at DFARS 252.245–70XX, Management and Reporting of Government Property. The clause implements an electronic process for the collection of required information for effective management and oversight of Government property. The consolidated clause does not impose any new information collection requirements; rather, it consolidates existing requirements in one location. As a result of the consolidation of Government-furnished property reporting requirements under DFARS 252.245–70XX, two associated OMB Control Numbers will be discontinued, as the reporting requirements are now included in this revision for OMB Control Number 0704–0246. The OMB Control Numbers to be discontinued are 0704–0398, DFARS Part 211, Describing Agency Needs and related clause at 252.211; and 0704–0557, DFARS Part 245, Use of the Government Property Clause for Repair of Governmentfurnished Property (GFP). The revised information collection includes the following: • DFARS clause 252.245–70XX, paragraph (b)(1), streamlines reporting of GFP requirements under the GFP module of the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) eBusiness platform. The paper form DD Form 1348–1A, Issue Release/Receipt Document, used when authorized by the plant clearance officer and outside the continental United States (OCONUS) for turn-ins to the Defense Logistics Agency disposal activities, is no longer necessary; the electronic equivalent data requirements are generated through the GFP Module of the PIEE. • DFARS clause 252.245–70XX, paragraph (k), provides procedures for disposal of scrap. The DD Form 1639, Scrap Warranty, is completed by individuals or firms that purchase Government property for its material content from a Government contractor. The DD Form 1639, addressed in 252.245–70XX, paragraph (k)(2), is used for the sole purpose of having the purchasers warrant that the property they have purchased will be used only as scrap. • DFARS 252.245–70XX, paragraph (l), provides procedures for sale of surplus contractor inventory. VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:35 Dec 04, 2023 Jkt 262001 • DFARS clause 252.245–7003, Contractor Property Management System Administration. This clause addresses the requirement for certain contractors to respond in writing to an initial or final determination from the administrative contracting officer that identifies deficiencies in the contractor’s property management system. This clause is not part of the 252.245–70XX consolidation; however it continues to be covered under the OMB Control Number for this information collection. DoD uses this information for management and oversight of Government-furnished property. DFARS clause 252.245–70XX strengthens the accountability and end-to-end traceability of Government property within DoD. DoD Clearance Officer: Ms. Angela Duncan. Requests for copies of the information collection proposal should be sent to Ms. Duncan at whs.mcalex.esd.mbx.dd-dod-informationcollections@mail.mil. Jennifer D. Johnson, Editor/Publisher, Defense Acquisition Regulations System. [FR Doc. 2023–26626 Filed 12–4–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6001–FR–P DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION [Docket No.: ED–2023–SCC–0203] Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Work Colleges Expenditure Report Federal Student Aid (FSA), Department of Education (ED). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing an extension without change of a currently approved information collection request (ICR). DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before February 5, 2024. ADDRESSES: To access and review all the documents related to the information collection listed in this notice, please use https://www.regulations.gov by searching the Docket ID number ED– 2023–SCC–0203. Comments submitted in response to this notice should be submitted electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https:// www.regulations.gov by selecting the Docket ID number or via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov site is not SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 84309 available to the public for any reason, the Department will temporarily accept comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please include the docket ID number and the title of the information collection request when requesting documents or submitting comments. Please note that comments submitted after the comment period will not be accepted. Written requests for information or comments submitted by postal mail or delivery should be addressed to the Manager of the Strategic Collections and Clearance Governance and Strategy Division, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 6W203, Washington, DC 20202–8240. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to collection activities, please contact Beth Grebeldinger, (202) 377–4018. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed, revised, and continuing collections of information. This helps the Department assess the impact of its information collection requirements and minimize the public’s reporting burden. It also helps the public understand the Department’s information collection requirements and provide the requested data in the desired format. The Department is soliciting comments on the proposed information collection request (ICR) that is described below. The Department is especially interested in public comment addressing the following issues: (1) is this collection necessary to the proper functions of the Department; (2) will this information be processed and used in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; (4) how might the Department enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (5) how might the Department minimize the burden of this collection on the respondents, including through the use of information technology. Please note that written comments received in response to this notice will be considered public records. Title of Collection: Work Colleges Expenditure Report. OMB Control Number: 1845–0152. Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved ICR. Respondents/Affected Public: Private Sector. Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 10. Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 20. E:\FR\FM\05DEN1.SGM 05DEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 232 (Tuesday, December 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84308-84309]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-26626]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Defense Acquisition Regulations System

[Docket Number DARS-2023-0017; OMB Control Number 0704-0246]


Information Collection Requirements; Defense Federal Acquisition 
Regulation Supplement; Part 245, Government Property

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition Regulations System, Department of Defense 
(DoD).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Defense Acquisition Regulations System has submitted to 
OMB for clearance the following proposal for collection of information 
under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by January 
4, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this 
particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day 
Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    You may also submit comments, identified by docket number and 
title, by the following method: Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angela Duncan, 571-372-7574, or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title and OMB Number: Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation 
Supplement (DFARS) Part 245, Government Property, related clauses in 
DFARS 252, and related forms in DFARS 253; OMB Control Number 0704-
0246.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit and not-for-profit 
institutions.

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    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Number of Respondents: 3,513.
    Annual Responses: 454,184.
    Annual Burden Hours: 47,659.
    Reporting Frequency: On Occasion.
    Needs and Uses: DoD has consolidated the information collection 
requirements for reporting Government-furnished property into a single 
clause at DFARS 252.245-70XX, Management and Reporting of Government 
Property. The clause implements an electronic process for the 
collection of required information for effective management and 
oversight of Government property. The consolidated clause does not 
impose any new information collection requirements; rather, it 
consolidates existing requirements in one location. As a result of the 
consolidation of Government-furnished property reporting requirements 
under DFARS 252.245-70XX, two associated OMB Control Numbers will be 
discontinued, as the reporting requirements are now included in this 
revision for OMB Control Number 0704-0246. The OMB Control Numbers to 
be discontinued are 0704-0398, DFARS Part 211, Describing Agency Needs 
and related clause at 252.211; and 0704-0557, DFARS Part 245, Use of 
the Government Property Clause for Repair of Government-furnished 
Property (GFP).
    The revised information collection includes the following:
     DFARS clause 252.245-70XX, paragraph (b)(1), streamlines 
reporting of GFP requirements under the GFP module of the Procurement 
Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) eBusiness platform. The paper 
form DD Form 1348-1A, Issue Release/Receipt Document, used when 
authorized by the plant clearance officer and outside the continental 
United States (OCONUS) for turn-ins to the Defense Logistics Agency 
disposal activities, is no longer necessary; the electronic equivalent 
data requirements are generated through the GFP Module of the PIEE.
     DFARS clause 252.245-70XX, paragraph (k), provides 
procedures for disposal of scrap. The DD Form 1639, Scrap Warranty, is 
completed by individuals or firms that purchase Government property for 
its material content from a Government contractor. The DD Form 1639, 
addressed in 252.245-70XX, paragraph (k)(2), is used for the sole 
purpose of having the purchasers warrant that the property they have 
purchased will be used only as scrap.
     DFARS 252.245-70XX, paragraph (l), provides procedures for 
sale of surplus contractor inventory.
     DFARS clause 252.245-7003, Contractor Property Management 
System Administration. This clause addresses the requirement for 
certain contractors to respond in writing to an initial or final 
determination from the administrative contracting officer that 
identifies deficiencies in the contractor's property management system. 
This clause is not part of the 252.245-70XX consolidation; however it 
continues to be covered under the OMB Control Number for this 
information collection.
    DoD uses this information for management and oversight of 
Government-furnished property. DFARS clause 252.245-70XX strengthens 
the accountability and end-to-end traceability of Government property 
within DoD.
    DoD Clearance Officer: Ms. Angela Duncan. Requests for copies of 
the information collection proposal should be sent to Ms. Duncan at 
[email protected].

Jennifer D. Johnson,
Editor/Publisher, Defense Acquisition Regulations System.
[FR Doc. 2023-26626 Filed 12-4-23; 8:45 am]
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