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1See, e.g., 18 CFR 45.7 (2020) (requiring 

application for authority to hold interlocking 

positions to be verified under oath). 

2Supplemental Notice Waiving Regulations, 

Extension of Non-Statutory Deadlines, Docket No. 

AD20–11–000 (Jan. 22, 2021) (January 2021 Notice). 

3A Letter on the Continuation of the National 

Emergency Concerning the Coronavirus Disease 

2019 (COVID–19) Pandemic (Feb. 24, 2021), https:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statementsreleases/2021/02/24/a-letter-on-the-continuation-ofthe-national-emergency-concerning-thecoronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/. 

4The Commission concurrently is issuing an 

order in Docket No. EL20–37–000 granting blanket 

waiver of requirements to hold meetings in person 

and/or to provide or obtain notarized documents in 

open access transmission tariffs and other 

Commission-jurisdictional agreements through and 

including January 1, 2022. 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Agency Information Collection 

Extension 

AGENCY: Office of Small Business 

Innovation Research and Small Business 

Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR), 

Office of Science, Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Submission for Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) review; 

comment request. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) has submitted an information 

collection request to the OMB for 

extension under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The 

information collection requests a threeyear extension of its Small Business 

Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small 

Business Technology Transfer (STTR) 

Commercialization Survey, OMB 

Control Number 1910–5166. The 

proposed collection will satisfy the 

program requirements of the Small 

Business Act, including requirements 

established in the SBIR program 

reauthorization legislation. DOE will 

collect the survey data via web-enabled 

software and provide it to the Small 

Business Administration (SBA) to 

maintain information about the DOE 

SBIR/STTR awards issued through the 

two programs. This data will be 

provided by DOE based on information 

collected from SBIR/STTR awardees. 

This data will be used by DOE, SBA, 

and Congress to assess the commercial 

impact of these two programs. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

collection must be received on or before 

September 1, 2021. 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 OMB Desk Officer of 

your intention to make a submission as 

soon as possible. The Desk Officer may 

be telephoned at (202) 395–4718. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Claudia Cantoni, SBIR/STTR Programs 

Manager, U.S. Department of Energy, 

19901 Germantown Road, Germantown, 

MD 20874–1290. Phone: (240) 255– 

8590. Email: claudia.cantoni@

science.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No.: 1910–5166; (2) 

Information Collection Request Title: 

Small Business Innovation Research 

(SBIR) and Small Business Technology 

Transfer (STTR) Commercialization 

Survey; (3) Type of Request: Renewal; 

(4) Purpose: The DOE needs this 

information to satisfy the program 

requirements of the Small Business Act, 

including requirements established in 

the SBIR program reauthorization 

legislation, Public Law 106–554 and 

Public Law 107–50. This data will be 

collected by the DOE and provided to 

the Small Business Administration 

(SBA) to maintain information about 

SBIR/STTR awards issued through the 

two programs. This data will be 

provided by DOE based on information 

collected from SBIR/STTR awardees. 

This data will be used by DOE, SBA, 

and Congress to assess the commercial 

impact of these two programs; (5) 

Annual Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 1,000; (6) Annual 

Estimated Number of Total Responses: 

1,000; (7) Annual Estimated Number of 

Burden Hours: 1,000; (8) Annual 

Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Cost Burden: $83,000. 

Statutory Authority: Section 9 of the 

Small Business Act, as amended, 

codified at 15 U.S.C. 638(g). 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on July 27, 2021, by 

Manny Oliver, Director, Office of Small 

Business Innovation Research and Small 

Business Technology Transfer, 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 July 27, 

2021. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2021–16345 Filed 7–30–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. AD20–11–000] 

Extension of Non-Statutory Deadlines; 

Supplemental Notice Waiving 

Regulations 

On May 8, 2020, in response to 

emergency conditions caused by Novel 

Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19), the 

Secretary waived through September 1, 

2020, the Commission’s regulations that 

require that filings with the Commission 

be notarized or supported by sworn 

declarations.1 On January 22, 2021, the 

Secretary extended this waiver through 

July 30, 2021.2

The National Emergency continues.3

However, companies and individuals 

are returning to their workplaces or are 

determining how to permit a safe return 

to their workplaces in the coming 

months. Therefore, there is good cause 

to extend through and including January 

1, 2022, waiver of the Commission’s 

regulations that require that filings with 

the Commission be notarized or 

supported by sworn declarations as 

provided in the January 2021 Notice.4

Dated: July 26, 2021. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–16424 Filed 7–30–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ID–9224–000] 

Young, Theresa; Notice of Filing 

Take notice that on July 20, 2021, 

Theresa Young submitted for filing, 

application for authority to hold 

interlocking positions, pursuant to 


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