Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 122 / Friday, June 25, 2010 / Notices 36375 

ACTION: Notice of an altered system of 

records; correction. 

SUMMARY: On Monday, June 14, 2010, 

we published in the Federal Register 

(75 FR 33608) a notice of an altered 

system of records to revise the system of 

records notice for the Investigative Files 

of the Inspector General (18–10–01), 68 

FR 38154 (June 26, 2003). This 

document corrects errors in the June 14, 

2010 notice. 

On page 33609, in the first column, 

under DATES, correct the second 

paragraph to read: 

The Department filed a report 

describing the altered system of records 

covered by this notice with the Chair of 

the Senate Committee on Homeland 

Security and Governmental Affairs, the 

Chair of the House Committee on 

Oversight and Government Reform, and 

the Administrator of the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

OMB on June 9, 2010. This altered 

system of records will become effective 

at the later date of—(1) the expiration of 

the 40-day period for OMB review on 

July 19, 2010 unless OMB waives ten 

days of its 40-day review period in 

which case on July 9, 2010, or (2) July 

26, 2010, unless the system of records 

needs to be changed as a result of public 

comment or OMB review. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shelley Shepherd, Assistant Counsel to 

the Inspector General, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., PCP building, room 8166, 

Washington, DC 20202–1510. 

Telephone: (202) 245–7077. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 

1–800–877–8339. 

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print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 

on request to the contact person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

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Dated: June 22, 2010. 

Kathleen S. Tighe, 

Inspector General. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice and request for OMB 

review and comment. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Department 

of Energy (DOE) invites public comment 

on a proposed emergency collection of 

information that DOE is developing to 

collect data on the status of activities, 

project progress, spend rates and 

performance metrics under the 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act of 2009. 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 

collection must be received on or before 

July 9, 2010. Comments should be sent 

to the person listed in ADDRESSES below. 

All comments must be submitted 

electronically. If you anticipate 

difficulty in submitting comments 

within that period, contact the person 

listed in ADDRESSES as soon as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Matthew Dunne, 

Matthew.Dunne@hq.doe.gov, Advanced 

Research Projects Agency—Energy. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

guidance and/or collection instrument 

should be directed to Matthew Dunne at 

ARPA-E-Counsel@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

emergency information collection 

request contains: (1) OMB No.: New; (2) 

Information Collection Request Title: 

Advanced Research Projects Agency— 

Energy (ARPA–E); (3) Type of Review: 

Emergency; (4) Purpose: To collect data 

on the status of activities, project 

progress, jobs created and retained, 

spend rates and performance metrics 

under the American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act of 2009. This will 

ensure adequate information is available 

to support sound project management 

and to meet the transparency and 

accountability associated with the 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act. (5) Annual Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 100 (6) Annual Estimated 

Number of Total Responses: 1,200 (7) 

Annual Estimated Number of Burden 

Hours: 4,800. (8) Annual Estimated 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost 

Burden: $523,200. (9) Type of 

Respondents: Recipients of American 

Recovery and Reinvestment Act 

funding. 

An agency head or the Senior Official, 

or their designee, may request OMB to 

authorize emergency processing of 

submissions of collections of 

information. 

(a) Any such request shall be 

accompanied by a written determination 

that: 

(1) The collection of information: 

(i) Is needed prior to the expiration of 

time periods established under this Part; 

and 

(ii) is essential to the mission of the 

agency; and 

(2) The agency cannot reasonably 

comply with the normal clearance 

procedures under this Part because: 

(i) Public harm is reasonably likely to 

result if normal clearance procedures 

are followed; 

(ii) an unanticipated event has 

occurred; or 

(iii) the use of normal clearance 

procedures is reasonably likely to 

prevent or disrupt the collection of 

information or is reasonably likely to 

cause a statutory or court ordered 

deadline to be missed. 

(b) The agency shall state the time 

period within which OMB should 

approve or disapprove the collection of 

information. 

Statutory Authority: America COMPETES 

Act (Pub. L. 110–69) establishes the 

Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy 

(ARPA–E) under which DOE makes funds 

available to create transformational new 

energy technologies and systems through 

funding and managing research and 

development (R&D) efforts. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 18, 

2010. 

Arun Majumdar, 

Director of ARPA–E, Advanced Research 

Projects Agency—Energy (ARPA–E). 

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