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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 237 (Wednesday, December 10, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73284-73285]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-28917]

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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 enable DOE to administer the 
voluntary Superior Energy PerformanceTM (SEP) certification 
program for industrial facilities. This request for information 
consists of a voluntary data collection process for SEP participation: 
To enroll industrial facilities, manage and track certification cycles, 
and relay the costs and benefits of SEP certification to industry. DOE 
will use this information collection to recognize SEP-certified 
facilities for their accomplishments. In addition, DOE will use this 
information

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to evaluate the costs and benefits of SEP certification, which is 
consistent with the Executive Order--Accelerating Investment in 
Industrial Energy Efficiency (August 2012). This information will also 
help DOE identify strategies to reduce the cost of SEP participation.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
January 9, 2015. 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 202-395-4718.

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 Paul Scheihing, EE-5A/Forrestal Building, 
1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585, by fax at 202-586-
9234, or by email at paul.scheihing@ee.doe.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Paul Scheihing, EE-5A/Forrestal Building, 1000 
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585, by fax at 202-586-9234, 
or by email at paul.scheihing@ee.doe.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains: (1) OMB No. {``New''{time} ; (2) Information Collection 
Request Title: Superior Energy PerformanceTM Certification 
Program; (3) Type of Request: New collection; (4) Purpose: This request 
for information consists of a voluntary data collection process for SEP 
participation: to enroll industrial facilities, manage and track 
certification cycles, and relay the costs and benefits of SEP 
certification to industry. Typical respondents are expected to be 
energy managers that have experience with compiling energy use data, 
and the corresponding data burden is not expected to be substantial.; 
(5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 575; (6) Annual Estimated 
Number of Total Responses: 475; (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden 
Hours: 650; (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost 
Burden: $31,295 .

    Statutory Authority: President's Executive Order--Accelerating 
Investment in Industrial Energy Efficiency (August 2012)

    Issued in Washington, DC on December 4, 2014.
Paul Scheihing,
Technology Manager, Advanced Manufacturing Office.
[FR Doc. 2014-28917 Filed 12-9-14; 8:45 am]
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