# Information Collection Requirement; Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Part 216, Types of Contracts
**AGENCY:**
Defense Acquisition Regulations System, Department of Defense (DoD).
**ACTION:**
Notice.
**SUMMARY:**
The Defense Acquisition Regulations System has submitted to OMB for clearance, the following proposed extension of a collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.
**DATES:**
Consideration will be given to all comments received by March 25, 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:**
Tucker Lucas, 571-372-7574, or *[email protected].*
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
*Title and OMB Control Number:* Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) Part 216, Types of Contracts, and associated clauses at Part 252.216; OMB Control Number 0704-0259.
*Type of Request:* Extension of a currently approved collection.
*Affected Public:* Businesses or other for-profit and not-for profit institutions.
*Respondent's Obligation:* Required to obtain or retain benefits.
*Frequency:* On occasion.
*Number of Respondents:* 111.
*Responses per Respondent:* Approximately 5.46.
*Annual Responses:* 606.
*Average Burden per Response:* 4 hours.
*Annual Burden Hours:* 2,424.
*Needs and Uses:* The clauses at DFARS 252.216-7000, Economic Price Adjustment—Basic Steel, Aluminum, Brass, Bronze, or Copper Mill Products; DFARS 252.216-7001, Economic Price Adjustment—Nonstandard Steel Items; and DFARS 252.216-7003, Economic Price Adjustment—Wage Rates or Material Prices Controlled by a Foreign Government, require contractors with fixed-price economic price adjustment contracts to submit information to the contracting officer regarding changes in established material prices or wage rates. The contracting officer uses this information to make appropriate adjustments to contract prices.
DoD Clearance Officer: Mr. Tucker Lucas. Requests for copies of the information collection proposal should be sent to Mr. Lucas at *[email protected].*
Jennifer D. Johnson,
Editor/Publisher, Defense Acquisition Regulations System.