### 16783 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 63 / Friday, April 2, 2010 / Notices

**DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY**

**Proposed Agency Information Collection** 

**AGENCY :**  U.S. Department of Energy.

**ACTION :**  Notice and Request for OMB Review and Comment.

**SUMMARY :**  Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Department of Energy (DOE) invites public comment on a proposed emergency collection of information that DOE is developing to collect data on the status of activities, project progress, jobs created and retained, spend rates and performance metrics under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. 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 April 16, 2010. If you anticipate difficulty in submitting comments within that period, contact the person listed in **ADDRESSES** as soon as possible.

**ADDRESSES :**  Please send all comments electronically to: Raphael Tisch, raphael.tisch@ee.doe.gov.

Written comments may be sent in addition to electronic comments to: Raphael Tisch, Department of Energy,

1000 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20585. DOE Desk Officer, Office of Information

and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10102, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Requests for additional information or copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should be directed to Raphael Tisch at raphael.tisch@ee.doe.gov.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  This emergency information collection request contains: (1) OMB No: New; (2) Information Collection Request Title: Wind; (3) Type of Review: Emergency; (4) Purpose: To collect data on the status of activities, project progress, jobs created and retained, spend rates and performance metrics under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. This will ensure adequate information is available to support sound project management and to meet the transparency and accountability associated with the Recovery Act by requesting approval for monthly reporting. (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 2 (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 12 (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 320. (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $1,300–$2,300. (9) Type of Respondents: Recipients of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding.

An agency head or the Senior Official, or their designee, may request OMB to authorize emergency processing of submissions of collections of information.

(a) Any such request shall be accompanied by a written determination that:

(1) The collection of information: (i) Is needed prior to the expiration of time periods established under this Part; and

(ii) Is essential to the mission of the agency; and

(2) The agency cannot reasonably comply with the normal clearance procedures under this Part because:

(i) Public harm is reasonably likely to result if normal clearance procedures are followed;

(ii) An unanticipated event has occurred; or

(iii) The use of normal clearance procedures is reasonably likely to prevent or disrupt the collection of information or is reasonably likely to cause a statutory or court ordered deadline to be missed.

(b) The agency shall state the time period within which OMB should approve or disapprove the collection of information.

Statutory Authority: Title IV of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Pub. L. 111–5.

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 23,

2010. Megan McCluer, Program Manager, Wind, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 2010–7454 Filed 4–1–10; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 6450–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY** 

**Federal Energy Regulatory Commission** 

**Combined Notice of Filings #1**

March 26, 2010.

Take notice that the Commission received the following electric rate filings:

Docket Numbers: ER10–479–001. Applicants: California Independent System Operator Corporation.

Description: The California Independent System Operator Corporation submits the instant filing in compliance with FERC’s 3/3/10 Letter Order on Tariff Revisions.

Filed Date: 03/11/2010. Accession Number: 20100311–0025. Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, April 1, 2010.

Docket Numbers: ER10–911–000. Applicants: Wisconsin Electric Power Company.

Description: Wisconsin Electric Power Co submits the Wholesale Distribution Service Agreement.

Filed Date: 03/19/2010. Accession Number: 20100319–0218. Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, April 9, 2010.

Docket Numbers: ER10–926–000. Applicants: Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation.

Description: Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation submits a Second Revised Service Agreement 1154 with Project Orange Associates, LLC, etc under ER10–926.

Filed Date: 03/23/2010. Accession Number: 20100324–0210. Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, April 13, 2010.

Any person desiring to intervene or to protest in any of the above proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214) on or before 5 p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment date. It is not necessary to separately intervene again in a subdocket related to a compliance filing if you have previously intervened in the same docket. Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. In reference to filings initiating a new proceeding, interventions or protests submitted on or before the comment deadline need not be served on persons other than the Applicant.