3290 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 14 / Friday, January 21, 2022 / Notices 

ACTION: Notice of document availability. 

SUMMARY: Copies of the Bonneville 

Purchasing Instructions (BPI), which 

contain the policy and establish the 

procedures that BPA uses in the 

solicitation, award, and administration 

of its purchases of goods and services, 

including construction, are available in 

printed form or at the following internet 

address: https://www.bpa.gov/goto/BPI. 

Copies of the Bonneville Financial 

Assistance Instructions (BFAI), which 

contain the policy and establish the 

procedures that BPA uses in the 

solicitation, award, and administration 

of financial assistance instruments 

(principally grants and cooperative 

agreements), are available in printed 

form or available at the following 

internet address: https://www.bpa.gov/ 

goto/BFAI. 

ADDRESSES: Unbound copies of the BPI 

or BFAI may be obtained by sending a 

request to the Head of the Contracting 

Activity, Routing CP–7, Bonneville 

Power Administration, P.O. Box 3621, 

Portland, Oregon 97208–3621. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nicholas M. Jenkins, Head of the 

Contracting Activity; direct telephone 

(503) 230–5498; or email nmjenkins@

bpa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BPA was 

established in 1937 as a Federal Power 

Marketing Agency in the Pacific 

Northwest. BPA operations are financed 

from rate payer revenues rather than 

annual appropriations. BPA’s 

purchasing operations are conducted 

under 16 U.S.C. 832 et seq. and related 

statutes. Pursuant to these special 

authorities, the BPI is promulgated as a 

statement of purchasing policy and as a 

body of interpretative regulations 

governing the conduct of BPA 

purchasing activities, and reflects BPA’s 

private sector approach to purchasing 

the goods and services that it requires. 

BPA’s financial assistance operations 

are conducted under 16 U.S.C. 832 et 

seq. and 16 U.S.C. 839 et seq. The BFAI 

express BPA’s financial assistance 

policy. The BFAI also comprise BPA’s 

rules governing implementation of the 

principles set forth in 2 CFR part 200. 

BPA’s solicitations and contracts 

include notice of applicability and 

availability of the BPI and the BFAI, as 

appropriate, for offerors to obtain 

information on particular purchases or 

financial assistance transactions. 

Signing Authority: This document of 

the Department of Energy was signed on 

January 04, 2022, by Nicholas Jenkins, 

Head of the Contracting Activity, 

Bonneville Power Administration, 

pursuant to delegated authority from the 

Secretary of Energy. That document 

with the original signature and date is 

maintained by DOE. For administrative 

purposes only, and in compliance with 

requirements of the Office of the Federal 

Register, the undersigned DOE Federal 

Register Liaison Officer has been 

authorized to sign and submit the 

document in electronic format for 

publication, as an official document of 

the Department of Energy. This 

administrative process in no way alters 

the legal effect of this document upon 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on January 14, 

2022. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2022–01115 Filed 1–20–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection: Realty—Application for 

Proposed Use of Right-of-Way 

AGENCY: Bonneville Power 

Administration, Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE), Bonneville Power 

Administration (BPA), invites public 

comment on a collection of information 

that BPA is developing for submission 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) pursuant to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

proposed information collection must 

be received on or before March 14, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Attn: Theodore Rydmark, 

Privacy Program, by email at privacy@

bpa.gov, or by phone at 503–230–5253. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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. 

This information collection request 

contains: 

(1) OMB No.: New; 

(2) Information Collection Request 

Title: Realty—Application for Proposed 

Use of BPA Right-of-Way; 

(3) Type of Request: New; 

(4) Purpose: This information 

collection is associated with BPA’s 

management and oversight of 

applications for public use of BPA rightof-way. The general public completes 

the following form: BPA F 4300.03e; 

(5) Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 400; 

(6) Annual Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 400; 

(7) Annual Estimated Number of 

Burden Hours: 200; 

(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 5,376. 

Statutory Authority: 16 U.S.C. 832a(c). 

Signing Authority: This document of 

the Department of Energy was signed on 

January 14, 2022, by Candice D. Palen, 

Information Collection Clearance 

Manager, Bonneville Power 

Administration, pursuant to delegated 

authority from the Secretary of Energy. 

That document with the original 

signature and date is maintained by 

DOE. For administrative purposes only, 

and in compliance with requirements of 

the Office of the Federal Register, the 

undersigned DOE Federal Register 

Liaison Officer has been authorized to 

sign and submit the document in 

electronic format for publication, as an 

official document of the Department of 

Energy. This administrative process in 

no way alters the legal effect of this 

document upon publication in the 

Federal Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on January 18, 

2022. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2022–01142 Filed 1–20–22; 8:45 am] 

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