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[Federal Register: September 9, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 174)]
[Notices]               
[Page 54859-54860]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

 
Agency Information Collection Extension

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.

ACTION: Submission for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review; 
comment request.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted an information 
collection request to the OMB for extension under the provisions of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection requests a 
three-year extension of its Contractor Legal Management Requirements, 
OMB Control Number 1910-5115. The proposed collection provides 
information necessary to aid contractors and DOE personnel in making 
determinations regarding the reasonableness of all outside legal costs, 
including the costs of litigation.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
October 12, 2010. If you anticipate that you will be submitting 
comments, but find it difficult to do so within the period of time 
allowed by this notice, please advise the OMB Desk Officer of your 
intention to make a submission as soon as possible. The Desk Officer 
may be telephoned at 202-395-4650.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to the DOE Desk Officer, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10102, 735 17th Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20503, and to Anne Broker, GC-12, U.S. Department 
of Energy, Office of Conflict Prevention and Resolution, 1000 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585 or by fax at 202-586-
4116 or by e-mail at anne.broker@hq.doe.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne Broker, GC-12, U.S. Department of 
Energy, Office of Conflict Prevention and Resolution, 1000 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585 or by fax at 202-586-4116 or by e-
mail at anne.broker@hq.doe.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains: (1) OMB No.: 1910-5115; (2) Information Collection Request 
Title: Contractor Legal Management Requirements; (3) Type of Request: 
Renewal; (4) Purpose: The collection of this information continues to 
be necessary to provide a basis for DOE decisions on requests, from 
applicable contractors, for reimbursement of litigation and other legal 
expenses; (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 36; (6) Annual 
Estimated Number of Total Responses: 36; (7) Annual Estimated Number of 
Burden Hours: 515; (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping 
Cost Burden: None. The costs incurred by the DOE contractors in 
providing the information collection in this package are recovered in 
their contract fees and payments.

    Statutory Authority: These requirements are promulgated under 
authority in section 161 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 42 U.S.C. 
2201; the Department of Energy Organization Act, 42 U.S.C. 7101, et 
seq., and the National Nuclear Security Administration Act, 50 
U.S.C. 2401, et seq.

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    Issued in Washington, DC on September 2, 2010.
Kathleen M. Binder,
Director, Office of Conflict Prevention and Resolution, Office of 
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2010-22509 Filed 9-8-10; 8:45 am]
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