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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 94 (Thursday, May 15, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27867-27868]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-11196]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Proposed Agency Information Collection

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. 
Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice and Request for Comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) invites public comment on a 
proposed collection of information that DOE is developing for 
submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) pursuant to the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 
the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the 
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 
used; (c) 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 July 14, 2014. 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 Mr. Chris Early, U.S. 
Department of Energy, Building Technologies Office, Mail Stop EE-5B, 
Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585-
0121 or by fax at 202-586-4617 or by email at Chris.Early@ee.doe.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to Mr. Chris Early, U.S. Department of Energy, Building 
Technologies Office, Mail Stop EE-5B, Forrestal Building, 1000 
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121. 
Chris.Early@ee.doe.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains: (1) OMB No. New; (2) Information Collection Request Title: 
Programs for Improving Energy Efficiency in Residential Buildings (3) 
Type of Request: New; (4) Purpose: The proposed collection is for the 
activities of four Department of Energy programs: The Challenge Home 
Program, the Better Buildings Residential Network, the Building America 
Program, and Home Energy Score (HEScore). Through these programs DOE 
encourages and assists the people and organizations that volunteer to 
participate in them to build and renovate new and existing houses to 
use less energy. The program partners who voluntarily participate in 
the programs consist of most of the actors in the home building 
industry including home owners, home builders, home builder tradesman 
and associations, home design professionals, students in architecture 
and related building construction industries, home energy raters, home 
energy auditors, home inspectors, building consultants, manufacturers 
of building products, professional trainers, utility companies, home 
building and manufacturing industry associations, consumer and home 
building industry advocacy organizations, financial institutions, non-
profit organizations, educational institutions, energy program 
administrators and implementers, Home Performance with ENERGY STAR 
sponsors, and other organizations who believe peer sharing will help 
them improve their effectiveness in encouraging homeowners to complete 
energy upgrades. DOE proposes to collect information about the 
participants such as their names and addresses, their evaluations of 
training they received about the programs, descriptions of their 
qualifications to conduct training for the programs, their plans to get 
additional people to participate in the programs, their certifications 
describing how they can assess homes, estimates of how many homes they 
can get to participate in the programs, and information about the 
homes. The collected information will

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help DOE understand the participating partners' activities and progress 
toward achieving scheduled milestones enabling DOE to make decisions 
about the best way to run the programs and respond to partners' needs 
to improve their operations and actions to lower energy consumption. 
(5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 12,702. (6) Annual 
Estimated Number of Total Responses: 47,804. (7) Annual Estimated 
Number of Burden Hours: 22,332. (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and 
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: Zero dollars.

    Statutory Authority: The U.S. Code, Title 42, Chapter 149, 
Subchapter IX, Part A, Section 16191--Energy Efficiency.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 8, 2014.
Kathleen B. Hogan,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 2014-11196 Filed 5-14-14; 8:45 am]
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