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[Federal Register: September 23, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 184)]
[Notices]               
[Page 57910-57911]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

 
Proposed Agency Information Collection

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 proposed collection will collect data on the status of 
Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP), State Energy Program (SEP) and 
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program 
activities under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to 
ensure that recipients are compliant with Section 106 of the National 
Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). 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 
October 7, 2010. Comments should be specific in nature and indicate as 
precisely as possible the applicable guidance documents. If you 
anticipate difficulty in submitting comments within that period, 
contact the person listed below as soon as possible. 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 contacted 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 Christine Platt Patrick, EE-2K, U.S. 
Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 
20585, Fax: (202) 586-1233, E-mail: Christine.Platt@ee.doe.gov 
(Preferred).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christine Platt Patrick, EE-2K, U.S. 
Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 
20585, Fax: (202) 586-1233, E-mail: Christine.Platt@ee.doe.gov.
    Draft reporting guidance concerning the Historic Preservation 
reporting requirement for EECBG, WAP, and SEP will be available for 
review at the following Web site: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/wip/recovery_act_guidance.html.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains: OMB No: New; (2) Information Collection Request Title: 
Historic Preservation for Office of Weatherization and 
Intergovernmental Programs; (3) Type of Request: Emergency; (4) 
Purpose: To collect data on the status of Weatherization Assistance 
Program (WAP), State Energy Program (SEP) and Energy Efficiency and 
Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program activities to ensure 
compliance with Section 106 of the NHPA. (5)

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Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,473; (6) Annual Estimated 
Number of Total Responses: 2,473 (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden 
Hours: 2,473; (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost 
Burden: 0. Statutory Authority: Section 106 of the National Historic 
Preservation Act (Pub. L. 89-665 106) and its implementing regulations.

    Issued in Washington, DC on September 16, 2010.
Cathy Zoi,
Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 2010-23796 Filed 9-22-10; 8:45 am]
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