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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 10 (Thursday, January 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 4731]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01054]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Agency Information Collection Extension

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE), pursuant to the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, intends to extend for three years an information 
collection request with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

DATES: Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be 
received on or before March 17, 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 Phillip Harmonick, Office of 
Hearings and Appeals, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence 
Avenue SW, 8G-090, Washington, DC 20585, or by email at 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Phillip Harmonick, Office of Hearings 
and Appeals, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, 
8G-090, Washington, DC 20585, (202) 287-1566, 
[email protected].

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.: 1910-5118.
    (2) Information Collection Request Titled: Technology Partnerships 
Ombudsmen Reporting Requirements;
    (3) Type of Review: Extension;
    (4) Purpose: DOE's Alternative Dispute Resolution Office is 
required to collect reports, pursuant to the Technology Transfer 
Commercialization Act of 2000, from technology partnership ombudsmen at 
each DOE national laboratory. These reports are intended to demonstrate 
the extent to which each national laboratory has incorporated 
alternative dispute resolution techniques into its respective 
technology transfer program.
    (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 17;
    (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 68;
    (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 23;
    (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 
$3,220.
    Statutory Authority: Section 11 of the Technology Transfer 
Commercialization Act of 2000, Public Law 106-404, codified at 42 
U.S.C. 7261c(c)(3)(C).

Signing Authority

    This document of the Department of Energy was signed on January 13, 
2025, by Policarpio A. Marmolejos, Director, Office of Hearings and 
Appeals, 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 13, 2025.
Jennifer Hartzell,
Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2025-01054 Filed 1-15-25; 8:45 am]
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