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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 146 (Monday, July 30, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44602-44603]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-18496]

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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 OMB for extension under the provisions of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection requests a 
three-year extension of its Labor Relations collection. The collection 
requests information from the Department of Energy Management and 
Operation and Facilities Management Contractors for contract 
administration, management oversight and cost control. The information 
collection will assist the Department in evaluating the implementation 
of the contractors' work force collective bargaining agreements, and 
apprise the Department of significant labor-management developments at 
DOE contractor sites. This information is used to ensure that 
Department contractors maintain good labor relations and retain a 
workforce in accordance with the terms of their contract and in 
compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements as identified by 
contract.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
August 29, 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: Eva M. Auman, Attorney-Advisor (Labor), 
GC-63, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., 
Washington, DC 20585, or by fax at 202-586-0971 or by email to 
eva.auman@hq.doe.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to: Eva M. Auman, Attorney-Advisor (Labor), GC-63, U.S. 
Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 
20585, or by fax at 202-586-0971 or by email to eva.auman@hq.doe.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains: (1) OMB No. 1910-5143; (2) Information Collection Request 
Title: This information collection was originally titled Legacy 
Management Labor Relations, but due to the transfer of this function 
from the Office of Legacy Management to the Office of General

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Counsel, the title has been shortened to Labor Relations; (3) Type of 
Request: Renewal; (4) Purpose: The proposed collection will request 
information from the Department of Energy Facilities Management 
Contractors for contract administration, management oversight and cost 
control. This information is used to ensure that Department contractors 
maintain good labor relations and retain a workforce in accordance with 
the terms of their contract and in compliance with statutory and 
regulatory requirements as identified by contract. The respondents are 
Department Management and Operations and Facility Management 
Contractors; (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 35; (6) Annual 
Estimated Number of Total Responses: 35; (7) Annual Estimated Number of 
Burden Hours: 1.84 per respondent for total of 64.4 per year; (8) 
Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $8,310.80.

    Statutory Authority:  42 U.S.C. 7254, 7256.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on: July 25, 2012.
Jean S. Stucky,
Assistant General Counsel for Labor and Pension Law, Office of the 
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2012-18496 Filed 7-27-12; 8:45 am]
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