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OEIS) as the preferred alternative. 

Implementation of the preferred 

alternative could begin immediately. 

Because of the Navy’s Title 10 

requirements to organize, train, equip, 

and maintain combat-ready forces, 

ongoing training and RDT&E activities 

within the SOCAL Range Complex will 

continue at current levels in the event 

that the preferred alternative is not 

implemented. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Record of Decision (ROD) has been 

distributed to all those individuals who 

requested a copy of the Final EIS/OEIS 

and agencies and organizations that 

received a copy of the Final EIS/OEIS. 

The full text of the Navy’s ROD is 

available for public viewing on the 

project Web site at http:// 

www.socalrangecomplexeis.com, along 

with copies of the Final EIS/OEIS and 

supporting documents. Single copies of 

the ROD will be made available upon 

request by contacting Mr. Kent Randall, 

Naval Facilities Engineering Command 

Southwest, Code OPME, 2730 McKean 

Street, Building 291, San Diego, CA 

92136–5198, Telephone: 619–556–2168. 

Dated: January 27, 2009. 

A. M. Vallandingham, 

Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate 

General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 

Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–2054 Filed 1–29–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice and request for OMB 

review and comment 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) has submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

clearance, a proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The 

Department of Energy is authorized to 

enter into voluntary agreements with 

U.S. industry under section 106 of the 

Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT). The 

proposed data collection will be used to 

evaluate the success of the voluntary 

agreements and to report results to 

Congress. EPACT requires DOE to report 

to Congress on the effectiveness of the 

voluntary commitments to reduce 

industrial energy intensity. The reports 

to Congress should include an 

evaluation of the success of the 

voluntary agreements to reduce 

participant energy intensity, and 

independent verification of a sample of 

energy savings estimates provided by 

participants. EPACT directs the reports 

to be submitted in 2012 and 2017. 

In order to reduce the level of 

respondent burden required by 

participants, DOE has designed a data 

collection instrument which relies 

primarily upon pre-existing utility and 

energy-use data. In addition to 

information on company contacts and 

identification of participating plants, 

DOE is asking for a breakout of energy 

use by fuel type (in million metric 

British Thermal Units) aggregated across 

all of the plants that are voluntarily 

participating. DOE is asking for the 

annual change in the participants’ 

aggregate energy intensity in units of 

percentage. Energy intensity may be 

calculated with existing organizational 

methods, or DOE’s baselining tool 

which will be offered as a calculator. 

The calculator is not considered to be a 

data collection instrument. Finally, 

participants are asked to describe energy 

savings projects in simple, narrative 

form allowing respondents to provide 

summary information rather than 

detailed responses. DOE intends to 

calculate energy savings using the 

energy-use data from the baseline and 

current year, along with the baseline 

adjustment factor. 

As a result of comments received 

during the 60 Day Federal Register 

Notice, DOE has increased the estimate 

of burden hours on respondent 

companies from 3 hours per plant to 10 

hours per plant. This reflects the 

estimate received from the public, as 

well as the burden estimate used by the 

Manufacturing Energy Consumption 

Survey (MECS). While MECS collects 

similar information, it does not require 

manufacturers to provide an energy 

intensity number which is required for 

EPACT 2005. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

collection must be received on or before 

March 2, 2009. 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: 

Desk Officer for the Department of 

Energy, 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 

Michaela Martin, Oak Ridge National 

Laboratory , PO Box 2008, MS–6070, 

Oak Ridge, TN 37831–6070, or by fax 

at 865–241–4152 or by e-mail at 

martinma@ornl.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Michaela Martin, Oak Ridge 

National Laboratory, PO Box 2008, MS– 

6070, Oak Ridge, TN 37831–6070, or by 

fax at 865–241–4152 or by e-mail at 

martinma@ornl.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No. {‘‘New’’}; (2) Information 

Collection Request Title: Save Energy 

Now Voluntary Pledge Report; (3) Type 

of Request: New; (4) Purpose: The 

Department of Energy is authorized to 

enter into voluntary agreements with 

U.S. industry under section 106 of the 

Energy Policy Act of 2005. Data will be 

collected from industry pledge 

participants, annually, on progress 

made towards the reduction of energy 

intensity goals established by the 

voluntary agreements. The data 

collected will be used to evaluate the 

success of the voluntary agreements and 

to report results to Congress; (5) Type of 

Respondents: Public; (6) Estimated 

Number of Respondents: 20 companies; 

(7) Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 

20 respondent companies with 

approximately 14 plants each averaging 

10 burden hours per plant for an 

estimated total of 2,800 burden hours; 

(8) Estimated Cost Burden: none. 

Statutory Authority: 42 U.S.C. 15811. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 26th, 

2009. 

Rita L. Wells, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Business Administration, Energy Efficiency 

and Renewable Energy. 

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AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–8590–1] 

Environmental Impact Statements and 

Regulations; Availability of EPA 

Comments 

Availability of EPA comments 

prepared pursuant to the Environmental 

Review Process (ERP), under section 

309 of the Clean Air Act and Section 

102(2)(c) of the National Environmental 

Policy Act as amended. Requests for 

copies of EPA comments can be directed 

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