16022 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 53 / Monday, March 19, 2012 / Notices 

• Liaisons’ Comments 

• Presentations: 

Æ Portsmouth Future Vision, Greg 

Simonton, DOE Federal Coordinator 

Æ Development Planning, Fluor-B&W 

• Administrative Issues 

• Subcommittee Updates 

• Public Comments 

• Final Comments from the Board 

• Adjourn 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. The EM SSAB, 

Portsmouth, welcomes the attendance of 

the public at its advisory committee 

meetings and will make every effort to 

accommodate persons with physical 

disabilities or special needs. If you 

require special accommodations due to 

a disability, please contact Joel 

Bradburne at least seven days in 

advance of the meeting at the phone 

number listed above. Written statements 

may be filed with the Board either 

before or after the meeting. Individuals 

who wish to make oral statements 

pertaining to agenda items should 

contact Joel Bradburne at the address or 

telephone number listed above. 

Requests must be received five days 

prior to the meeting and reasonable 

provision will be made to include the 

presentation in the agenda. The Deputy 

Designated Federal Officer is 

empowered to conduct the meeting in a 

fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. Individuals 

wishing to make public comments will 

be provided a maximum of five minutes 

to present their comments. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

writing or calling Joel Bradburne at the 

address and phone number listed above. 

Minutes will also be available at the 

following Web site: http://www.portsssab.energy.gov/. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on March 14, 

2012. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Acting Deputy Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6549 Filed 3–16–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

Agency Information Collection 

Extension 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Submission for Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) review; 

comment request. 

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 threeyear extension of its Better Buildings, 

Better Plants Program Voluntary Pledge 

Program, OMB Control Number 1910– 

5141. The proposed collection will be 

used to evaluate the success of the 

voluntary agreements made through the 

DOE’s Better Buildings, Better Plants 

Program. The information to be 

collected from Partner plants includes: 

background data, including contact 

information, information on primary 

energy consumption and energy saving, 

high level descriptions of implemented 

energy projects, and annual and 

cumulative energy intensity progress. 

The results of the Better Buildings, 

Better Plants Voluntary Pledge Report 

will only be published in program 

evaluation and metrics documentation. 

Results will be published in aggregate to 

report the impact of the DOE program in 

a report that must be submitted to 

Congress in 2012 and 2017. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

collection must be received on or before 

April 18, 2012. 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 Andre de Fontaine, EE– 

2F/Forrestal Building, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 20585 or by 

fax at (202) 586–5234 or by email at 

andre.defontaine@EE.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Andre de Fontaine, EE–2F/ 

Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence 

Avenue SW., 20585 or by fax at (202) 

586–5234 or by email at 

andre.defontaine@EE.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No.: 1910–5141; 

(2) Information Collection Request 

Title: Better Buildings, Better Plants 

Program Voluntary Pledge Program; 

(3) Type of Review: Renewal; 

(4) Purpose: The information being 

collected is needed to evaluate the 

success of the voluntary agreements 

made through the Department of 

Energy’s (DOE) Better Buildings, Better 

Plants (BBBP) Program. The BBBP 

Program is a voluntary initiative, 

created to support congress’s Energy 

Policy Act of 2005, as amended, section 

106, for any company interested in 

reducing their energy intensity by 25 

percent or more in ten years. The 

program is specifically designed to 

encourage and recognize United States 

companies that are in the vanguard of 

energy efficiency and will lead all 

industrial facilities by establishing and 

achieving ambitious energy goals. All 

companies participating in the program 

will receive technical support from 

DOE, and companies achieving the 

program’s energy goals will also receive 

national recognition for their 

accomplishments. The information to be 

collected from Partner plants includes: 

background data, including contact 

information, information on primary 

energy consumption and energy saving, 

high level descriptions of implemented 

energy projects, and annual and 

cumulative energy intensity progress. 

The results of the Better Buildings, 

Better Plants Voluntary Pledge Report 

will only be published in program 

evaluation and metrics documentation. 

Results will be published in aggregate to 

report the impact of the DOE program in 

a report that must be submitted to 

Congress in 2012 and 2017. 

(5) Annual Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 175; 

(6) Annual Estimated Number of 

Total Responses: 175; 

(7) Annual Estimated Number of 

Burden Hours: 2,710; 

(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0. 

Statutory Authority: Section 106 of the 

Energy Policy Act of 2005, as amended, 

codified at 42 U.S.C. 15811. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 13, 

2012. 

Leo Christodoulou, 

Program Manager, Office of Advanced 

Manufacturing Program, Office of Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6546 Filed 3–16–12; 8:45 am] 

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