17464 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 58 / Monday, March 26, 2012 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy, 

DOE. 

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 

proposed collection will be used to 

report the progress of participants in the 

DOE Better Buildings Challenge (BBC) 

program. The Better Buildings 

Challenge is a presidential leadership 

initiative intended to drive greater 

energy efficiency in the commercial and 

industrial marketplace to create cost 

savings and jobs. This will be 

accomplished by highlighting the ways 

participants overcome market barriers 

and persistent obstacles with replicable, 

marketplace solutions. The program will 

showcase real solutions and partner 

with industry leaders to better 

understand policy and technical 

opportunities. President Obama 

launched the Better Buildings Challenge 

on December 2, 2011. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

collection must be received on or before 

April 25, 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 DOE Desk Officer at 

OMB 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 Monica Neukomm, 202–586– 

8177, monica.neukomm@ee.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Monica Neukomm, 202–586–8177, 

monica.neukomm@ee.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

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

Collection Request Title: Department of 

Energy Better Buildings Challenge 

Information Collection Request; (3) 

Type of Request: New collection; (4) 

Purpose: The collected information will 

be used to report the progress of 

participants in the DOE Better Buildings 

Challenge (BBC) program; (5) Annual 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 130; 

(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total 

Responses: 1,714; (7) Annual Estimated 

Number of Burden Hours: 788; (8) 

Annual Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0. 

Statutory Authority: Section 421 of the 

Energy Independence and Security Act of 

2007 (42 U.S.C. 17081); Section 911 of the 

Energy Policy Act of 2005, as amended (42 

U.S.C. 16191). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 20, 

2012. 

Maria Tikoff Vargas, 

Energy Technology Specialist, Better 

Buildings Challenge, Office of Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7192 Filed 3–23–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

U.S. Energy Information 

Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Extension 

AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information 

Administration (EIA), Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Information Collection 

Extension; Notice and Request for 

Comments. 

SUMMARY: The EIA intends to extend for 

three years, Form EIA–851A ‘‘Domestic 

Uranium Production Report (Annual),’’ 

Form EIA–851Q ‘‘Domestic Uranium 

Production Report (Quarterly),’’ and 

Form EIA–858 ‘‘Uranium Marketing 

Annual Survey,’’ with 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 May 25, 2012. 

If you anticipate difficulty in submitting 

comments within that period, contact 

the person listed in ADDRESSES as soon 

as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Douglas 

Bonnar. The mailing address is 

Department of Energy, U.S. Energy 

Information Administration, Attn: 

Douglas Bonnar, EI–23, Forrestal 

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20585. To ensure 

receipt of the comments by the due date, 

submission by email 

(douglas.bonnar@eia.gov) is 

recommended. Alternatively, Douglas 

Bonnar may be contacted by telephone 

at 202–586–1085 or by fax at 202–586– 

3045. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the forms and instructions 

should be directed to Douglas Bonnar at 

the contact information given above. 

Forms and instructions are also 

available on the Internet at: http:// 

www.eia.gov/survey/#uranium. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No. 1905–0160; 

(2) Information Collection Request 

Title: Uranium Data Program; 

(3) Type of Request: Three-year 

extension; 

(4) Purpose: 

The Federal Energy Administration 

Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93–275, 15 U.S.C. 

761 et seq.) and the DOE Organization 

Act (Pub. L. 95–91, 42 U.S.C. 7101 et 

seq.) require the EIA to carry out a 

centralized, comprehensive, and unified 

energy information program. This 

program collects, evaluates, assembles, 

analyzes, and disseminates information 

on energy resource reserves, production, 

demand, technology, and related 

economic and statistical information. 

This information is used to assess the 

adequacy of energy resources to meet 

near and longer term domestic 

demands. 

The EIA, as part of its effort to comply 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, (Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 

3501 et seq.), provides the general 

public and other Federal agencies with 

opportunities to comment on collections 

of energy information conducted by or 

in conjunction with the EIA. Any 

comments received help the EIA to 

prepare data requests that maximize the 

utility of the information collected, and 

to assess the burden of collection 

requirements on the public. The EIA 

will later seek approval by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) under 

Section 3507(a) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

Form EIA–851A collects annual data 

from the U.S. uranium industry on 


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