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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 7 (Monday, January 13, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 2677]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-00500]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Agency Information Collection

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) invites public comment on a 
proposed collection of information that DOE 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, 2025. If you anticipate any difficulty 
in submitting comments within that period, contact the person listed in 
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be sent to Colin Cunliff, Director, 
Strategic Analysis, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; 
1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585 or by email at 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colin Cunliff, Director, Strategic 
Analysis, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; 1000 
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585; 
[email protected]; (240) 255-8802.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the 
extended 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.: 1910-NEW;
    (2) Information Collection Request Title: Greenhouse Gas Emissions 
Value Analysis;
    (3) Type of Request: New collection;
    (4) Purpose: DOE seeks to collect information from electricity 
producers in order to provide such electricity producers with an 
emissions value that a qualifying facility may use to petition the 
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a Provisional Emissions Rate (PER) 
and claim the section 45Y or 48E tax credits. DOE will share relevant 
information collected with one or more National Laboratories as needed 
so those Laboratories can perform the required emissions analysis. 
Likely respondents include owners of electricity generating facilities 
or energy storage technology, as defined in 26 U.S.C. 45Y, 48E;
    (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 20;
    (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 20;
    (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 800;
    (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 
$77,368.
    Statutory Authority: 26 U.S.C. 45Y, 48E; 26 CFR 1.45Y, 1.48E

Signing Authority

    This document of the Department of Energy was signed on January 6, 
2025, by Francisco Moreno, Associate Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 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 7, 2025.
Jennifer Hartzell,
Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2025-00500 Filed 1-10-25; 8:45 am]
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