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ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

sent to: Sarah Lynch, Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Ave, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, or by e-mail at 

sarah.lynch@ee.doe.gov and 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 

guidance and/or collection instrument 

should be directed to Sarah Lynch at 

sarah.lynch@ee.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

emergency information collection 

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

Information Collection Request Title: 

Biomass; (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: 19. 

(6) Annual Estimated Number of 

Total Responses: 228. 

(7) Annual Estimated Number of 

Burden Hours: 6,175. 

(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $11,000. 

(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, H.R. 1 

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 

2009. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 23, 

2009. 

John Ferrell, 

Biomass Program Manager, Office of Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy-Biomass. 

[FR Doc. 2010–6876 Filed 3–26–10; 8:45 am] 

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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. 

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 12, 2010. 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: 

Drew Ronneberg, Department of Energy, 

1000 Independence Ave, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. 

Or by e-mail at 

drew.ronneberg@ee.doe.gov and 

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 Drew Ronneberg at 

drew.ronneberg@ee.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

emergency information collection 

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

Information Collection Request Title: 

Batteries; (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: 30; (6) Annual Estimated 

Number of Total Responses: 360; (7) 

Annual Estimated Number of Burden 

Hours: 3600; (8) Annual Estimated 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost 

Burden: $90,000–$129,000; (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 

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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, H.R. 1 

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 

2009. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 23, 

2010. 

Patrick Davis, 

Program Manager, Office of Vehicles 

Technology, Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2010–6877 Filed 3–26–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

Technical Evaluation Report for the 

Phase 1 Decommissioning Plan for the 

West Valley Demonstration Project, 

West Valley, NY 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) announces the availability 

of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) Technical 

Evaluation Report (TER) for the Phase 1 

Decommissioning Plan for the West 

Valley Demonstration Project, West 

Valley, NY. The Phase 1 

Decommissioning Plan describes the 

Phase 1 decommissioning actions for 

the West Valley Demonstration Project 

(WVDP) and is consistent with DOE’s 

preferred alternative in the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

Decommissioning and/or Long-Term 

Stewardship at the West Valley 

Demonstration Project and Western New 

York Nuclear Service Center (DOE/EIS– 

0226). 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission Technical 

Evaluation Report for the Phase 1 

Decommissioning Plan for the West 

Valley Demonstration Project are 

available for public inspection at the 

following locations: 

U.S. Department of Energy, FOIA 

Reading Room, Room 1G–033, Forrestal 

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20585–0001, (202) 

586–5955. 

Concord Public Library, DOE–WVDP 

Public Reading Room, 18 Chapel Street, 

Springville, NY 14141, 716–592–7742. 

Ashford Office Complex Public 

Reading Room, 9030 Route 219, West 

Valley, NY 14171–0191, (716) 942– 

4679. 

U.S. Department of Energy West 

Valley Demonstration Project Web site: 

http://www.wv.doe.gov. 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

Electronic Reading Room Web site: 

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ 

adams.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ms. Moira N. Maloney, 

Decommissioning Plan Project Manager, 

West Valley Demonstration Project, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 10282 Rock 

Springs Road, West Valley, New York 

14171–0191 or via electronic mail at 

Moira.N.Maloney@wv.doe.gov. 

Mr. Bryan C. Bower, Director, West 

Valley Demonstration Project, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 10282 Rock 

Springs Road, West Valley, New York 

14171–0191, or via electronic mail at 

Bryan.Bower@wv.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The West Valley Demonstration 

Project Act (the Act), Public Law 96–368 

of October 1, 1980, directed DOE to 

carry out a high-level radioactive waste 

management demonstration project at 

the Western New York Nuclear Service 

Center in West Valley, New York. The 

purpose of the project was to 

demonstrate the solidification of highlevel radioactive waste for disposal in a 

Federal repository for permanent 

disposal. The Act also requires the 

Department to decontaminate and 

decommission the underground waste 

storage tanks and other facilities where 

the solidified high-level radioactive 

waste was stored, the facilities used in 

the solidification of the waste, and any 

material and hardware used in 

connection with the project in 

accordance with such requirements as 

the NRC may prescribe. 

In accordance with the Act, DOE 

entered into an agreement with the NRC 

to establish arrangement for review and 

consultation by the NRC for the Project. 

The procedures for NRC review and 

consultation were established in the 

September 23, 1981, Memorandum of 

Understanding between DOE and NRC 

and section 2(c)(1) of the Act. The Act 

and Memorandum of Understanding 

require the DOE to submit to the NRC, 

for its review and comment, a Project 

Decommissioning Plan for the facilities 

that were used in solidifying the waste, 

which includes a description of 

engineering and operating activities to 

be performed. The plan was reviewed 

by the NRC and comments provided to 

DOE. DOE will review and consider the 

comments provided prior to the 

initiation of decontamination and 

decommissioning operations. 

The decommissioning activities 

described in the Phase 1 

Decommissioning Plan for the WVDP 

are consistent with the Phased 

Decisionmaking Alternative, the 

preferred alternative for project closure 

described in the Final Environmental 

Impact Statement for Decommissioning 

and/or Long-Term Stewardship at the 

West Valley Demonstration Project and 

Western New York Nuclear Service 

Center (DOE/EIS–0226). Under the 

Phased Decisionmaking Alternative, the 

decommissioning of the Project and 

Western New York Nuclear Service 

Center (WNYNSC) would be completed 

in two phases. Phase 1 

decommissioning activities within the 

project premises, which are described in 

the Phase 1 Decommissioning Plan, are 

near-term removal actions that include 

removal of the Main Plant Process 

Building, Vitrification Facility, source 

area of the North Plateau Groundwater 

Plume, wastewater treatment facility 

lagoons, and certain ancillary buildings, 

foundations, slabs, and pads on the 

WVDP project premises. The Phase 2 

decisions on the decommissioning of 

the remainder of the Project and 

WNYNSC, or its long-term management, 

would be made in the future and are not 

part of the Phase 1 Decommissioning 

Plan. 

The TER for the Phase 1 

Decommissioning Plan presents NRC’s 

technical evaluation and view of the 

Phase 1 decommissioning approach for 

the WVDP and is based on its technical 

review of both the Phase 1 

Decommissioning Plan and DOE 

responses to NRC. As prescribed in 

section 2(c)(1) of the West Valley 

Demonstration Project Act, Public Law 

96–368 of October 1, 1980, and the 

September 23, 1981, Memorandum of 

Understanding between DOE and NRC, 

the NRC review of the DOE’s Phase 1 

Decommissioning Plan is an informal 

process, as the NRC does not have a 

licensing role with regard to DOE’s 

involvement at WVDP and may not 

require formal procedures or actions. 

DOE submitted Revision 0 of the 

Phase 1 Decommissioning Plan to NRC 

for technical review on December 3, 

2008, and submitted Revision 1, which 

incorporated additional information, on 

March 16, 2009. NRC notified DOE on 

March 20, 2009, that it had finished its 

completeness review of the Phase 1 

Decommissioning Plan and that it was 

suitable for NRC technical review. After 

its technical review, NRC submitted a 

total of 44 requests for additional 

information (RAI) for the Phase 1 

Decommissioning Plan to the DOE on 

May 15, 2009. DOE responded to the 

NRC RAI in three separate submittals on 

August 13, 2009, September 16, 2009, 

and November 5, 2009. Revision 2 of the 

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