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[Federal Register: May 25, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 100)]
[Notices]               
[Page 29333]
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 comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) invites public comment on DOE's 
intent to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to extend 
for three years the emergency Information Collection Request Title: OE 
Recovery Act Financial Assistance Grants, OMB Control No. 1910-5149 
that DOE is developing for submission to OMB pursuant to the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. 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 proposed information collection must be 
received on or before July 26, 2010. If you anticipate difficulty in 
submitting comments within that period, contact the person listed in 
ADDRESSES as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to:

Matthew Grosso, U.S. Department of Energy, OE/Forrestal Building, 1000 
Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20585, or by fax at 202-586-
5860, or by e-mail at matthew.grosso@hq.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 Matthew Grosso at matthew.grosso@hq.doe.gov, or http://www.oe.energy.gov/recovery/1285.htm.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains: (1) OMB No. 1910-5149; (2) Information Collection Request 
Title: OE Recovery Act Financial Assistance Grants; (3) Type of 
Request: Three-year extension of a prior emergency request; (4) 
Purpose: To collect information on the status of grantee activities, 
expenditures, and results, to ensure that program funds are being used 
appropriately, effectively and expeditiously (especially important for 
Recovery Act funds); (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 132; 
(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 1,656; (7) Annual 
Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 3,312; (8) Annual Estimated Reporting 
and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $621,000 for the first year, $138,000 
each subsequent year.

    Authority: Title V, Subtitle E of the Energy Independence and 
Security Act of 2007 (EISA; Pub. L. 110-140).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 19, 2010.
Terri T. Lee,
Chief Operating Officer, Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability.
[FR Doc. 2010-12518 Filed 5-24-10; 8:45 am]
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