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ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

proposed information collection must 

be received on or before December 13, 

2011. If you anticipate difficulty in 

submitting comments within that 

period, contact the person listed in 

ADDRESSES as soon as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

sent to Chris O’Gwin or by fax at (301) 

903–5488, or by e-mail at 

chris.ogwin@science.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Chris O’Gwin or by fax at 

(301) 903–5488, or by e-mail at 

chris.ogwin@science.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No. New; (2) Information 

Collection Request Title: Small Business 

Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small 

Business Technology Transfer (STTR) 

Commercialization Survey; (3) Type of 

Request: New; (4) Purpose: The DOE 

needs this information to satisfy the 

program requirements of the Small 

Business Act, including requirements 

established in the SBIR program 

reauthorization legislation, Public Law 

106–554 and Public Law 107–50. This 

data will be collected by the DOE and 

provided to the Small Business 

Administration (SBA) to maintain 

information about SBIR/STTR awards 

issued through the two programs. This 

data will be provided by DOE based on 

information collected from SBIR/STTR 

awardees. This data will be used by 

DOE, SBA, and Congress to assess the 

commercial impact of these two 

programs; (5) Annual Estimated Number 

of Respondents: 2,500; (6) Annual 

Estimated Number of Total Responses: 

2,500; (7) Annual Estimated Number of 

Burden Hours: 2,500; (8) Annual 

Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Cost Burden: 0. 

Statutory Authority: Section 9 of the 

Small Business Act, as amended, codified at 

15 U.S.C. 638(g). 

Issued in Washington, DC on October 6, 

2011. 

Manny Oliver, 

SBIR/STTR Programs Director, Office of 

Science, U.S. Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2011–26509 Filed 10–13–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

Commercial Building Workforce Job/ 

Task Analyses 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) Office of Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy 

(EERE) announces the availability of a 

draft set of six Job/Task Analyses 

applicable to the commercial buildings 

credentialing sector and the commercial 

buildings workforce. Through this 

notice, DOE also requests comments on 

these documents. Job/Task Analyses 

were developed for the following six job 

classifications: Commercial Building 

Energy Auditor, Commercial Building 

Energy Modeler, Commissioning/RetroCommissioning Authority, Energy/ 

Sustainability Manager, Facility 

Manager, and Operating Engineer/ 

Building Technician. These documents 

are intended for voluntary use by 

federal, state, municipal and utility 

ratepayer-funded energy efficiency 

programs and private sector commercial 

building contractors, as well as any 

other organization, company, or 

individual involved or concerned with 

the training of persons in the 

commercial building space. 

DATES: Comments on the six Job/Task 

Analyses must be received by 5 p.m. 

Eastern Time on November 28, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Drafts of each of the six Job/ 

Task Analyses are available for review 

online at: http:// 

www.buildings.energy.gov/ 

workforce.html. 

You may submit comments by any of 

the following methods: 

• Internet: http:// 

www.buildings.energy.gov/ 

workforce.html. Follow the instructions 

for submitting comments. 

• E-mail: Buildings.Workforce.

Feedback@nrel.gov. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Search for docket 

# ID EERE–2011–BT–NOA–0063. 

Follow the instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Postal Mail: National Renewable 

Energy Laboratory, Attn: Buildings 

Workforce Feedback, Mail Stop: 

RSF202, 1617 Cole Blvd., Golden, CO 

80401–3305. 

For further information on how to 

submit comments, please see the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sonal Kemkar, Building Technologies 

Program, Mailstop EE–2J, Office of 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, 

1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. Phone number: 

(202) 287–1897. E-mail: 

sonal.kemkar@ee.doe.gov. 

For legal issues contact: Kavita K. 

Vaidyanathan, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of the General Counsel, 

Forrestal Building, GC–71, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. Phone number: 

(202) 586–0669. E-mail: 

kavita.vaidyanathan@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EERE has 

tasked the National Renewable Energy 

Laboratory (NREL) with developing a 

suite of six Job/Task Analyses for use by 

federal, state, municipal and utility 

ratepayer-funded energy efficiency 

programs as well as organizations and 

individuals involved with training and 

accrediting personnel who operate in 

the commercial building sector. Job/ 

Task Analyses identify and catalog all of 

the tasks a given worker typically 

performs. They include the minimum 

knowledge, skills, and abilities that a 

skilled worker should possess to 

perform work for the given occupation 

or job level. 

The Job/Task Analysis development 

process involved NREL convening a 

diverse group of public and privatesector industry practitioners. Each of 

these practitioners attended a 

psychometrician-facilitated workshop 

(psychometrics is the field of study 

concerned with psychological 

measurement, including the application 

of statistical and mathematical 

techniques to psychological and 

educational testing) and worked with 

fellow practitioners to create the Job/ 

Task Analysis specific to their job 

category. Workshops were held for each 

of the following job classifications: 

Commercial Building Energy Auditor, 

Commercial Building Energy Modeler, 

Commissioning/Retro-Commissioning 

Authority, Energy/Sustainability 

Manager, Facility Manager, and 

Operating Engineer/Building 

Technician. 

Each of the six Job/Task Analyses 

contains (1) A description of the job; (2) 

a proposed content blueprint; (3) tables 

delineating general and specialized 

knowledge areas required; (4) tables 

delineating required skills, abilities, and 

attributes; (5) tables listing the tools and 

resources required; and (6) a developing 


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a curriculum (DACUM) chart. The 

DACUM charts detail the duties, tasks, 

and steps performed by a practitioner in 

each occupation, and also include the 

minimum specialized knowledge, skills 

and abilities, and tools, equipment, and 

resources, required to perform each task. 

Once finalized, the Job/Task Analyses 

will: 

1. Assist training providers in 

developing course content and curricula 

consistent with an industry-recognized 

suite of Job/Task Analyses. 

2. Support increased workforce 

mobility up career ladders and across 

career lattices by establishing a clear set 

of knowledge, skills, and abilities upon 

which worker credentials should be 

based. 

3. Lay the foundation for more robust 

private sector training programs. 

Issues on Which DOE Seeks Comment 

DOE is particularly interested in 

receiving comments and views of 

interested parties on the following 

issues: 

• The tasks; minimum knowledge, 

skills and abilities; and tools, equipment 

and resources identified in the DACUM 

charts for each of the six job categories. 

DOE is also interested in receiving 

comments based on the individual 

experiences of the commenters. To the 

extent that commenters are providing 

information on individualized 

experiences, DOE requests that 

commenters provide background and 

context of the experience. DOE requests 

this information so that DOE better 

understands the reasoning and context 

behind each comment. Such a level of 

understanding will enable DOE to 

evaluate each submitted comment in a 

rapid and accurate manner and will also 

provide valuable information related to 

the state of the commercial building 

training and certification industry. DOE 

requests feedback on the following, as 

related to the commenter: 

• In order for DOE to follow up with 

commenters should there be questions 

regarding a comment, DOE requests that 

commenters identify themselves and 

provide contact information (name and 

e-mail address). 

• If the commenter is providing 

information as a representative of an 

organization, please ensure the 

organization is clearly identified. 

• If there are comments specific to a 

state or region in which the commenter 

practices, please identify the state or 

region. 

• If the commenter is providing 

information as a representative of an 

organization and there are comments 

that relate to the size of the organization 

(e.g., small or large business concerns), 

please ensure the size of the 

commenter’s organization is clearly 

identified. 

• If the commenter provides sector 

specific comments please identify the 

commenter’s sector (e.g., public or 

private). 

• In order for DOE to evaluate 

comments that may be temporally based 

(i.e., dependent upon when something 

was learned), please provide the 

commenter’s total years of experience in 

the commercial buildings industry. 

• If comments are provided that 

pertain to a specific industry field (e.g., 

commercial building energy auditor, 

commercial building energy modeler, 

commissioning/retro-commissioning 

authority, energy/sustainability 

manager, facility manager, and/or 

operating engineer/building technician), 

please provide (1) the number of years 

of experience that the commenter has in 

that and related industries and (2) the 

commenter’s current field of industry 

and position within that industry. 

• To help DOE better understand 

which comments are applicable across 

the commercial buildings sector and 

those that are industry specific, please 

provide industry credentials and 

professional society/organization 

memberships held. 

• To help DOE better understand at 

which point in the commenter’s career 

certain skills are obtained, please 

identify your highest level of education 

when responding. 

Submission of Comments 

DOE will accept comments, data, and 

information regarding the Job/Task 

Analyses no later than the date 

identified in the DATES section above. If 

submitting comments via internet, 

please follow all instructions on the web 

page. Basic information requested upon 

entering the comment website (name 

and email) is public record and may be 

published as part of the report on public 

comment. 

Comments, data, and information 

submitted to DOE’s email address and 

regular mail for this notice should be 

provided in WordPerfect, Microsoft 

Word, PDF, or text (ASCII) file format. 

Interested parties should avoid the use 

of special characters or any form of 

encryption, and wherever possible, 

comments should include the electronic 

signature of the author. Comments, data, 

and information submitted to DOE via email or regular mail should include one 

signed paper original. 

If you submit information that you 

believe to be exempt by law from public 

disclosure, you should submit one 

complete copy, as well as one copy from 

which the information claimed to be 

exempt by law from public disclosure 

has been deleted. DOE is responsible for 

the final determination with regard to 

disclosure or nondisclosure of the 

information and for treating it 

accordingly under the DOE Freedom of 

Information regulations at 10 CFR 

1004.11. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 5, 

2011. 

Kathleen B. Hogan, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy 

Efficiency, Office of Technology 

Development, Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2011–26645 Filed 10–13–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2305–036] 

Sabine River Authority of Texas and 

Sabine River Authority, State of 

Louisiana; Notice of Application 

Tendered for Filing With the 

Commission and Establishing 

Procedural Schedule for Licensing and 

Deadline for Submission of Final 

Amendments 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: New Major 

License. 

b. Project No.: 2305–036. 

c. Date Filed: September 30, 2011. 

d. Applicant: Sabine River Authority 

of Texas and Sabine River Authority, 

State of Louisiana (Sabine River 

Authorities). 

e. Name of Project: Toledo Bend 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: On the Sabine River, 

affecting lands and waters in Panola, 

Shelby, Sabine, and Newton Counties, 

Texas, and De Soto, Sabine, and Vernon 

Parishes, Louisiana. The project 

occupies about 3,600 acres of United 

States lands under the jurisdiction of 

the Forest Service. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: 

Mr. Melvin T. Swoboda, Licensing 

Manager, Toledo Bend Project Joint 

Operation, P.O. Box 579, Orange, 

Texas 77631–0579, 409–746–2192; 

mswoboda@sratx.org. 

Mr. Jerry L. Clark, General Manager, 

Sabine River Authority of Texas, P.O. 

Box 579, Orange, Texas 77631–0579. 

409–746–2192; jclark@sratx.org 


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