[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 3, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26564-26565]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-10325]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000-0147; Docket 2016-0053; Sequence 17]
Information Collection; Pollution Prevention and Right-to-Know
Information
AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice of request for public comments regarding an extension to
an existing OMB clearance.
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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
concerning pollution prevention and right-to-know information.
DATES: Submit comments on or before July 5, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection 9000-
0147, Pollution Prevention and Right-to-Know Information by any of the
following methods:
Regulations.gov: http://www.regulations.gov.
Submit comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by searching the
OMB control number. Select the link ``Submit a Comment'' that
corresponds with ``Information Collection 9000-0147, Pollution
Prevention and Right-to-Know Information''. Follow the instructions
provided at the ``Submit a Comment'' screen. Please include your name,
company name (if any), and ``Information Collection 9000-0147,
Pollution Prevention and Right-to-Know Information'' on your attached
document.
Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory
Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405.
ATTN: Ms. Flowers/IC 9000-0147, Pollution Prevention and Right-to-Know
Information.
Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information
Collection 9000-0147, Pollution Prevention and Right-to-Know
Information, in all correspondence related to this collection. Comments
received generally will be posted without change to http://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: Mr. Charles Gray, Procurement Analyst,
Office of Acquisition Policy, GSA, 202-208-6726 or email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Purpose
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); and Executive Order 13693,
Planning for Federal Sustainability in the Next Decade, dated March 25,
2015, require that Federal facilities maintain reports on hazardous
materials and toxic chemicals and pollution prevention efforts. In
keeping with this mandate, Federal contractors performing at a Federal
facility must provide sufficient information to the Federal Government
to ensure that the facility is compliant with the E.O., PPA, and EPCRA.
This information collection is carried out by means of Federal
Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clause 52.223-5, Pollution Prevention and
Right-To-Know Information.
B. Annual Reporting Burden
Number of Respondents: 3,035.
Responses per Respondent: 1.6.
Total Annual Responses: 4,713.
Hours per Response: 3.7.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 17,498.
Needs and uses: This information collection supports the
Government's need to collect from contractors the information needed to
assure that Federal facilities are compliant with the Emergency
Planning and Community right-to-Know Act of 1985, (42 U.S.C. 11001-
11050), the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990, (42 U.S.C. 13101-13109),
and Executive Order 13693, Planning for Federal Sustainability in the
Next Decade, dated March 25, 2015.
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Affected Public: Businesses or other-for-profit entities and not-
for-profit institutions.
Frequency: On occasion.
C. Public Comments
Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
functions of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (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.
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 Number 9000-0147, Pollution Prevention and Right-to-Know
Information, in all correspondence.
Dated: April 28, 2016.
Lorin S. Curit,
Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of Governmentwide
Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of
Governmentwide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2016-10325 Filed 5-2-16; 8:45 am]
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