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vehicles. Information collected would 

allow DOE to provide respondents with 

an objective assessment of their 

communities’ readiness for PEV 

adoption and an understanding of their 

commitment to successful deployment 

of PEVs, and is needed to ensure 

appropriate evaluation of progress in 

deploying PEVs. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

proposed information collection must 

be received on or before May 29, 2012. 

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 Ms. Linda Bluestein, Office of 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy (EE–2G), U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20585–0121, or by 

fax at 202–586–1600, or by email at 

Linda.Bluestein@ee.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Ms. Linda Bluestein, Office 

of Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy (EE–2G), U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20585–0121, (202) 

586–6116, Linda.Bluestein@ee.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No. New; (2) Information 

Collection Request Title: Clean Cities 

Plug-In Vehicle Community Readiness 

Scorecard; (3) Type of Request: New; (4) 

Purpose: DOE’s Clean Cities initiative 

has developed a voluntary scorecard to 

assist its coalitions and stakeholders in 

assessing the level of readiness of their 

communities for plug-in electric 

vehicles. The principal objective of the 

scorecard is to provide respondents 

with an objective assessment and 

estimate of their respective community’s 

readiness for PEV deployment as well as 

understand the respective community’s 

commitment to deploying these vehicles 

successfully. DOE intends the scorecard 

to be completed by a city/county/ 

regional sustainability or energy 

coordinator. As the intended respondent 

may not be aware of every aspect of 

local or regional PEV readiness, 

coordination among local stakeholders 

to gather appropriate information may 

be necessary. 

The scorecard assessment effort will 

rely on responses to questions the 

respondent chooses to answer. The 

multiple-choice questions address the 

following topic areas: (1) Electric 

vehicle supply equipment permitting 

and inspection process; (2) PEV and 

electric vehicle supply equipment 

availability and numbers; (3) laws, 

incentives, and financing; (4) education 

and outreach; (5) utility interaction; and 

(6) vehicle and infrastructure planning. 

Respondents will provide answers 

through a user-friendly online interface. 

The answers will then be translated 

through a simple algorithm that will 

establish appropriate quantitative 

criteria, translating the readiness 

measures across several weighted 

categories into numeric data. Using a 

numberless color spectrum, a 

community will be rated against itself, 

with the colored spectrum results made 

available only to the respondent 

community. The total rankings will be 

normalized into a ‘‘score’’, and 

communities will see their own rating 

and may be compared to other cities. 

The scorecard will use one 

information collection system, an online 

system. No other data collection system 

will be employed to support the 

scorecard. The online scorecard system 

DOE has developed provides several 

advantages. First, it avoids the need to 

download any forms or materials, 

though respondents may print out the 

full list of questions and answers, or a 

portion thereof if they wish. Second, 

avoiding downloads also limits 

potential security threats. Third, the 

designed system allows respondents to 

dynamically compare historical records, 

providing the opportunity to revisit the 

scorecard however often they like to 

track progress. Further, employing an 

online system also eliminates version 

control concerns, allowing for a single 

update to ensure that all scorecard users 

are using the current version. 

The voluntary scorecard may be 

completed at any time, and there is no 

date by which the scorecard questions 

must be completed. Calculation of 

outcomes will be undertaken on an 

ongoing basis, immediately following 

completion of the scorecard 

questionnaire. 

While there are approximately 90 

Clean Cities coalitions across the United 

States, DOE expects that other 

communities may want to avail 

themselves of the opportunity to assess 

their respective community’s PEV 

readiness. Therefore, DOE expects a 

total respondent population of 

approximately 100 respondents. 

Selecting the multiple choice answers in 

completing a scorecard questionnaire is 

expected to take under 30 minutes, 

although additional time of no more 

than 20 hours may be needed to 

assemble information necessary to be 

able to answer the questions, leading to 

a total burden of approximately 2,050 

hours in the first year. Assembling 

information to update questionnaire 

answers in future years on a voluntary 

basis would be expected to take less 

time, on the order of 10 hours, as much 

of any necessary time and effort needed 

to research information would have 

been completed previously; (5) Annual 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 100; 

(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total 

Responses: 100; (7) Annual Estimated 

Number of Burden Hours: 2,050; (8) 

Annual Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: There is no 

cost associated with reporting and 

recordkeeping. 

Statutory Authority: 42 U.S.C. Sec. 13233; 

42 U.S.C. Sec. 13252(a)–(b); 42 U.S.C. 13255; 

42 U.S.C. Sec. 7256. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 22, 

2012. 

Henry C. Kelly, 

Acting Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency 

and Renewable Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7663 Filed 3–29–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy, 

DOE. 

ACTION: Notice and request for public 

review and comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) has submitted the Electricity 

Sector Cybersecurity Risk Management 

Maturity Pilot 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 (Pub. 

L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) and 

5 CFR 1320.13. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

collection must be received on or before 

15 days from the date of publication. 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: Samara Moore, 

samara.moore@hq.doe.gov, Fax: 202– 

586–1472. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Samara Moore, 

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samara.moore@hq.doe.gov, Fax: 202– 

586–1472. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

proposed collection will be used by the 

Department and electric sector owners 

and operators to identify best practices 

and potential resource allocations for 

cybersecurity in terms of supply chain 

management, information sharing, asset, 

change and configuration management, 

and risk management, among others. It 

is imperative that the owners and 

operators of the nation’s electric 

utilities, as well as the government 

agencies supporting the sector, have the 

ability to understand what capabilities 

and competencies will allow the sector 

to defend itself, and how to prioritize 

necessary investments. This initiative 

supports strategies identified in the 

White House Cyberspace Policy Review 

2010 and the 2011 Roadmap to Achieve 

Energy Delivery Systems Cybersecurity. 

A maturity model approach was deemed 

to be a reasonable way to leverage 

existing efforts to implement key 

strategies designed to measure the 

sector’s cybersecurity posture and to 

enable utilities to make strategic 

investments that will increase 

cybersecurity throughout the electricity 

sector. The pilot process will request 

feedback from a limited set of 

participants on both the model’s and the 

assessment tool’s structure and 

application to the unique attributes of 

the sector. The model structure includes 

domains—logical groupings of 

cybersecurity risk management 

activities—and maturity indicator levels 

(MILs). The content within each domain 

includes characteristics, which are 

expressions of domain activities at each 

level of maturity. The model is 

developed as a common model that can 

be used by the various types of entities 

operating within the sector, including 

investor-owned, municipal, and 

cooperative utilities. It will also enable 

utilities to communicate cybersecurity 

capabilities in meaningful terms and 

prioritize their cybersecurity actions 

and investments. 

The OMB is particularly interested in 

comments that: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

• Evaluate 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; 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

This information collection request 

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

Information Collection Request Title: 

Electric Sector Cybersecurity Risk 

Management Maturity Initiative; (3) 

Type of Request: New; (4) Purpose: The 

Department of Energy, at the request of 

the White House, and in collaboration 

with DHS and industry experts, has 

developed a maturity model with 

owners, operators and subject matter 

experts to meet their request to identify 

and prioritize capabilities relative to 

risk and cost; (5) Annual Estimated 

Number of Respondents: 17; (6) Annual 

Estimated Number of Total Responses: 

17; (7) Annual Estimated Number of 

Burden Hours: 136; (8) Annual 

Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Cost Burden: $0. 

Statutory Authority: Section 301 of the 

Department of Energy Organization Act, 

codified at 42 U.S.C. 7151. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 26, 

2012. 

Patricia Hoffman, 

Assistant Secretary, Office of Electricity 

Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7666 Filed 3–29–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[12–06–LNG, 12–09–LNG, 12–10–LNG, et al.] 

Orders Granting Authority To Import 

and Export Natural Gas and Liquefied 

Natural Gas During February 2012 

FE Docket Nos. 

FREEPORT LNG EXPANSION, L.P. AND FLNG LIQUEFACTION, LLC ....................................................................................... 12–06–LNG 

EXCELERATE ENERGY L.P ........................................................................................................................................................... 12–09–LNG 

SHELL NA LNG LLC ........................................................................................................................................................................ 12–10–LNG 

QUICKSILVER RESOURCES INC ................................................................................................................................................... 12–12–NG 

UNITED ENERGY TRADING CANADA, ULC ................................................................................................................................. 12–13–NG 

ENCANA NATURAL GAS INC ......................................................................................................................................................... 11–163–NG 

ALCOA INC ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 12–11–NG 

JPMORGAN LNG CO ...................................................................................................................................................................... 12–15–LNG 

CNE GAS SUPPLY, LLC ................................................................................................................................................................. 12–17–NG 

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of orders. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy 

(FE) of the Department of Energy gives 

notice that during February 2012, it 

issued Orders granting authority to 

import and export natural gas and 

liquefied natural gas. These Orders are 

summarized in the attached appendix 

and may be found on the FE Web site 

at http://www.fossil.energy.gov/ 

programs/gasregulation/authorizations/ 

Orders-2012.html. They are also 

available for inspection and copying in 

the Office of Fossil Energy, Office of 

Natural Gas Regulatory Activities, 

Docket Room 3E–033, Forrestal 

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586– 

9478. The Docket Room is open between 

the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 22, 

2012. 

John A. Anderson, 

Manager, Natural Gas Regulatory Activities, 

Office of Oil and Gas Global Security and 

Supply, Office of Fossil Energy. 

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