Federal Register: February 10, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 28)
DOCID: FR Doc 06-1235
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of request for public comments regarding an extension to an existing OMB clearance (90000147).
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
DATES: Submit comments on or before April 11, 2006.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a currently approved information collection requirement concerning pollution prevention and righttoknow information. This OMB clearance expires on June 30, 2006.
Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of functions of the FAR, 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; and ways in which we can minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, through the use of appropriate technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
SUMMARY:
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals,
DOCUMENT BODY 2:
[OMB Control No. 90000147]
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Information Collection; Pollution
Prevention and RighttoKnow Information
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
A. Purpose
Executive Order 12856 of August 3, 1993, ``Federal Compliance With
RighttoKnow Laws and Pollution Prevention Requirements,'' requires
that Federal facilities comply with the planning and reporting
requirements of the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 and the Emergency
Planning Community RighttoKnow Act of 1986. The executive order
requires that contracts to be performed on a Federal facility provide
for the contractor to supply to the Federal agency all information the
Federal agency deems necessary to comply with these reporting requirements.
B. Annual Reporting Burden
Number of Respondents: 14,500.
Responses Per Respondent: .921.
Annual Responses: 13,350.
Average Burden Per Response: .786.
Total Burden Hours: 10,500.