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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 176 (Wednesday, September 11, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55691-55692]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-22117]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Proposed Agency Information Collection Extension

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice and request for OMB review and comment.

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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 submission seeks a three year extension to the original 
collection.

DATES: Comments regarding this proposed collection must be received on 
or before October 11, 2013. 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 
Office of Management and Budget (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
    Mark Westergard, U.S. Department of Energy, LPO-7-, Room 4B-160, 
1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585 or by fax at 202-
287-6949, or by email at LPO.PaperworkReductionAct.Comments@hq.doe.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to Mark Westergard, 
LPO.PaperworkReductionAct.Comments@hq.doe.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains: (1) Information Collection Request Title: 10 CFR Part 609--
Loan Guarantees for Projects that Employ Innovative Technologies; (2) 
Type of Request: Reinstatement (3) Purpose: This information collection 
package covers collection of information necessary to evaluate 
applications for loan guarantees submitted under Title XVII of the 
Energy Policy Act of 2005, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 16511-16516. 
Applications for loan guarantees submitted to DOE in response to a 
solicitation must contain certain information. This information will be 
used to analyze whether a project is eligible for a loan guarantee and 
to evaluate the application under criteria specified in 10 CFR Part 
609. The collection of this information is critical to ensure that the 
government has sufficient information to determine whether applicants 
meet the eligibility requirements to qualify for a DOE loan guarantee 
and to provide DOE with sufficient information to evaluate an

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applicant's project using the criteria specified in 10 CFR Part 609; 
(5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 100 Pre-Applications/10 
Full Applications; (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: It 
is estimated that the total number of annual responses will not exceed 
100; (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 13,000 hours, most of 
which is likely to be time committed by firms that seek debt and/or 
equity financing for their projects, regardless of their intent to 
apply for a DOE loan guarantee; (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and 
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: It is estimated that the annual estimated 
reporting and recordkeeping cost burden for applicants will not exceed 
$25,000 per annum.

    Authority: Title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 42 U.S.C. 
16511-16516.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on September 5, 2013.
David G. Frantz,
Acting Executive Director, Loan Programs Office.
[FR Doc. 2013-22117 Filed 9-10-13; 8:45 am]
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