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1Public Law 109–58, title XVII (2005); 42 U.S.C. 

16511 et seq. 

2 42 U.S.C. 16513(a). 

3 42 U.S.C. 16515(b), (d). 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 760,351. 

Abstract: The National Center for 

Education Statistics (NCES) seeks 

authorization from OMB to make a 

change to the Integrated Postsecondary 

Education Data System (IPEDS) data 

collection. Current authorization expires 

August 31, 2022 (OMB# 1850–0582 

v.24–29). NCES is requesting a new 

clearance for the 2022–23, 2023–24, and 

2024–25 data collections to enable us to 

make changes to the IPEDS data 

collection components, clarify 

definitions and instructions throughout 

the components, and to continue the 

IPEDS collection of postsecondary data 

over the next three years. IPEDS is a 

web-based data collection system 

designed to collect basic data from all 

postsecondary institutions in the United 

States and the other jurisdictions. IPEDS 

enables NCES to report on key 

dimensions of postsecondary education 

such as enrollments, degrees and other 

awards earned, tuition and fees, average 

net price, student financial aid, 

graduation rates, student outcomes, 

revenues and expenditures, faculty 

salaries, and staff employed. The IPEDS 

web-based data collection system was 

implemented in 2000–01. In 2020–21, 

IPEDS collected data from 6,063 

postsecondary institutions in the United 

States and the other jurisdictions that 

are eligible to participate in Title IV 

Federal financial aid programs. All Title 

IV institutions are required to respond 

to IPEDS (Section 490 of the Higher 

Education Amendments of 1992 [Pub. L. 

102–325]). IPEDS allows other (non-title 

IV) institutions to participate on a 

voluntary basis; approximately 300 nontitle IV institutions elect to respond 

each year. Institution closures and 

mergers have led to a decrease in the 

number of institutions in the IPEDS 

universe over the past few years. Due to 

these fluctuations, combined with the 

addition of new institutions, NCES uses 

rounded estimates for the number of 

institutions in the respondent burden 

calculations for the upcoming years 

(estimated 6,100 Title IV institutions 

plus 300 non-title IV institutions for a 

total of 6,400 institutions estimated to 

submit IPEDS data during the 2022–23 

through 2024–25 IPEDS data 

collections). IPEDS data are available to 

the public through the College Navigator 

and IPEDS Data Center websites. This 

clearance package includes a number of 

proposed changes to the data collection. 

As part of the public comment period 

review, NCES requests that IPEDS data 

submitters and other stakeholders 

respond to the directed questions found 

in Appendix D of this submission. 

Dated: May 26, 2022. 

Juliana Pearson, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of 

Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

[FR Doc. 2022–11712 Filed 5–31–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Innovative Technologies Loan 

Guarantee Program 

AGENCY: Loan Programs Office, 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Request for information (‘‘RFI’’). 

SUMMARY: The Loan Programs Office 

(‘‘LPO’’) of the Department of Energy 

(‘‘DOE’’) is seeking information to 

understand how it could improve its 

Title XVII Innovative Technologies Loan 

Guarantee Program (the ‘‘Title XVII 

Loan Guarantee Program’’) and 

implement provisions of the Energy Act 

of 2020 and the Infrastructure 

Investment and Jobs Act (the ‘‘IIJA’’) 

that expand or modify the authorities 

applicable to the Title XVII Loan 

Guarantee Program. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before July 1, 2022. If you anticipate 

difficulty in submitting comments 

within that period, contact the person 

listed in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT as soon as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

encouraged to submit comments, 

identified by ‘‘Title XVII Loan 

Guarantee Program RFI,’’ by any of the 

following methods: 

Email: LPO.ProposedRuleComments@

hq.doe.gov. Include ‘‘Title XVII Loan 

Guarantee Program RFI’’ in the subject 

line of the message. Email attachments 

can be provided in PDF (preferred), 

Microsoft Word or Excel, WordPerfect, 

or text (ASCII) file format, prepared in 

accordance with the detailed 

instructions in section III of this 

document. 

Postal Mail: Loan Programs Office, 

Attn: LPO Legal Department, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20585–0121. Please submit one 

signed original paper copy. Due to 

potential delays in DOE’s receipt and 

processing of mail sent through the U.S. 

Postal Service, we encourage 

respondents to submit comments 

electronically to ensure timely receipt. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steven Westhoff, Attorney-Adviser, 

Loan Programs Office, email: 

LPO.ProposedRuleComments@

hq.doe.gov, or phone: (240) 220–4994. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Introduction 

A. Background 

B. Energy Act of 2020 

C. IIJA 

II. Request for Information 

A. Energy Act of 2020 

B. IIJA 

C. Title XVII Financing Structures 

D. Title XVII Loan Guarantee Program 

Improvements 

III. Submission of Comments 

I. Introduction 

A. Background 

LPO administers certain DOE lending 

programs, including under Title XVII of 

the Energy Policy Act of 2005, as 

amended (‘‘Title XVII’’).1 Title XVII 

authorizes the Secretary of Energy (the 

‘‘Secretary’’) to make loan guarantees for 

projects that ‘‘avoid, reduce, utilize, or 

sequester air pollutants or 

anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse 

gases’’ and ‘‘employ new or significantly 

improved technologies as compared to 

commercial technologies in service in 

the United States.’’ 2 LPO has 

administered the Title XVII Loan 

Guarantee Program pursuant to its 

regulations set forth at 10 CFR part 609 

(the ‘‘Title XVII Rule’’), as required by 

the authorizing statute.3 LPO provides 

additional guidance to applicants and 

establishes requirements in the 

solicitations for loan guarantee 

applications, which are issued and 

updated from time to time. 

The Title XVII Rule sets forth the 

policies and procedures that DOE uses 

for the application process, which 

includes receiving, evaluating, and 

approving applications for loan 

guarantees to support eligible projects 

under Title XVII. The rule establishes 

the process by which DOE issues 

solicitations for applications for loan 

guarantees for eligible projects. The rule 

applies to all applications, conditional 

commitments, and loan guarantee 

agreements under the Title XVII Loan 

Guarantee Program and provides 

specific guidance to program applicants 

regarding eligibility for the program, the 

loan guarantee application process and 

requirements, criteria for DOE’s 

evaluation of applications, and the 

process for negotiation and execution of 

a loan guarantee agreement term sheet, 

conditional commitment, and loan 

guarantee agreement. The Title XVII 


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4Public Law 116–260, Div. Z (2020). 

5Public Law 117–58 (2021). 

6 42 U.S.C. 16513(b)(13), as added by Public Law 

117–58, sec. 40401(a)(2)(A) (2021). Although 

projects that increase the domestically produced 

supply of critical minerals are eligible under Title 

XVII, additional congressional appropriation is 

required before DOE may provide loan guarantees 

for this category of projects. Public Law 117–58, 

sec. 40401(a)(2)(B)–(C) (2021). Domestic projects 

related to critical minerals may, however, also 

separately qualify under preexisting categories of 

eligible projects under Title XVII. See 10 CFR 

609.2(a). See also Executive Order 14017, 

‘‘America’s Supply Chains,’’ 86 FR 11849 (March 1, 

2021); DOE, America’s Strategy to Secure the 

Supply Chain for a Robust Clean Energy Transition 

(Feb. 24, 2022), available at https://

www.energy.gov/policy/articles/americas-strategysecure-supply-chain-robust-clean-energy-transition. 

7 42 U.S.C. 16512(a), as amended through Public 

Law 117–58, sec. 40401(c)(2)(A) (2021). 

8 42 U.S.C. 16512(h)(1), as amended by Public 

Law 116–260, sec. 9010(a)(3)(A) (2020). 

9 42 U.S.C. 16513(f), as added by Public Law 116– 

260, sec. 9010(b)(3) (2020). 

Rule also describes the terms applicable 

to the loan guarantee. DOE is in the 

process of evaluating how it can 

improve the Title XVII Rule, in line 

with its statutory authority, including 

recent amendments. 

B. Energy Act of 2020 

The Energy Act of 2020 was enacted 

in December 2020, as Division Z of the 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

2021.4 Section 9010 of the Energy Act of 

2020 is entitled ‘‘Loan Program Office 

Title XVII Reform’’ and sets forth 

several modifications to the Title XVII 

Loan Guarantee Program through 

amendments to Sections 1702, 1703, 

and 1704 of the Energy Policy Act of 

2005. The modifications include, but are 

not limited to, clarifying that the 

Secretary shall pay the cost of a 

guarantee, subject to availability of 

appropriations; specifying the time 

period for collection of fees for projects 

that reach financial closing; providing 

the Secretary the authority to reduce the 

fee for a guarantee; providing for certain 

interagency consultation requirements 

in connection with loan guarantees; 

requiring that the Secretary respond to 

certain applicant requests regarding the 

status of its applications under the 

program; and expanding and clarifying 

project eligibility under the program. 

C. IIJA 

The IIJA 5 was enacted in November 

2021, as a historic investment in the 

Nation’s infrastructure. The IIJA gives 

DOE express authority to support 

projects that increase the domestically 

produced supply of critical minerals 6

and to provide loan guarantees to 

projects receiving financial support or 

credit enhancements from a State energy 

financing institution.7

II. Request for Information 

The purpose of this RFI is to solicit 

feedback from project developers and 

sponsors, industry members, investors, 

developers, academia, research 

laboratories, government agencies, 

potentially impacted communities and 

other stakeholders on potential changes 

to DOE’s Title XVII Rule. Specifically, 

DOE is seeking input on how it could 

revise the Title XVII Rule to (i) improve 

its Title XVII Loan Guarantee Program 

and (ii) implement certain provisions of 

the Energy Act of 2020 and the IIJA that 

expand or modify the authorities 

applicable to the Title XVII Loan 

Guarantee Program. 

DOE seeks public input on the 

following questions regarding LPO’s 

administration of the Title XVII Loan 

Guarantee Program: 

A. Energy Act of 2020 

Section 9010(a)(3)(A) of the Energy 

Act of 2020 amended Section 1703(h) of 

the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require 

that the Secretary charge and collect a 

guarantee fee sufficient to cover 

applicable administrative expenses 

(including costs associated with thirdparty consultants) only on or after the 

transaction’s financial closing.8 This 

amendment to Title XVII changed the 

way that DOE engaged and contracted 

with applicants and third-party advisors 

to DOE. Prior to the Energy Act of 2020, 

DOE required applicants to the Title 

XVII Loan Guarantee Program to enter 

into a ‘‘Borrower Support Letter’’ with 

third-party advisors, requiring that 

applicants directly pay the costs and 

expenses of DOE’s third-party advisors 

on a monthly basis and as soon as 

advisors were engaged. DOE also 

charged an application fee for each of 

Part I and Part II of its application 

process and a portion of a ‘‘facility fee’’ 

upon execution of a Conditional 

Commitment. The borrower’s 

responsibility for these fees and costs 

resulted in the borrower bearing a 

portion of the costs of the significant 

resources required to evaluate an 

application to the Title XVII Loan 

Guarantee Program at earlier stages of 

the application process. The fee and 

cost structure mimicked those typical of 

private sector debt markets. 

Following the Energy Act of 2020, 

DOE modified its practices to eliminate 

application fees and to defer collection 

of the costs of DOE’s third-party 

advisors until financial closing of a loan 

guarantee. These modifications require 

DOE to obligate funds appropriated for 

the administration of the Title XVII 

Loan Guarantee Program to support the 

potential costs of DOE’s third-party 

advisors for each application. 

(A–1) With respect to costs incurred 

for DOE’s use of its third-party advisors, 

should DOE consider other applicant fee 

structures or arrangements not currently 

contemplated by the Title XVII Rule that 

are consistent with the provisions of the 

Energy Act of 2020? 

i. What fee structures should DOE 

consider to ensure both equitable access 

to the Title XVII Loan Guarantee 

Program and responsible use of agency 

resources, and enable LPO to retain 

sufficient funds to advance the purposes 

of Title XVII? 

ii. Should DOE consider entering into 

arrangements with applicants to require 

them to pay a fee to cover the costs of 

third-party advisors or otherwise require 

an applicant to reimburse DOE for its 

third-party costs and expenses if the 

applicant’s project does not result in 

financial closing of a loan guarantee? 

iii. Should DOE offer to enter into 

arrangements with applicants to allow 

them, solely at their discretion, to 

reimburse DOE’s third-party costs before 

financial closing? 

iv. What additional factors and 

criteria should DOE consider regarding 

recouping its costs incurred on 

applications that are denied, are 

withdrawn, or otherwise do not result in 

financial closing? 

Section 9010(b) of the Energy Act of 

2020 amends Section 1703 of the Energy 

Policy Act of 2005 to provide flexibility 

to the Secretary to, if regional variation 

significantly affects deployment, 

guarantee up to 6 projects deploying the 

same or similar technology as another 

project so long as no more than 2 

guaranteed projects that use the same or 

similar technology are located in the 

same region of the United States.9 The 

Energy Act of 2020 does not provide 

guidance to the Secretary regarding how 

to define ‘‘regions’’ or ‘‘regional 

variation’’ for the purposes of 

implementing this provision under Title 

XVII. 

(A–2) What criteria should the 

Secretary consider when identifying 

specific regions of the United States and 

the effect of regional variation on 

technology deployment for the purposes 

of implementing this provision of the 

Energy Act of 2020? 

i. Are there certain categories of 

projects or technologies that would not 

be eligible for the Title XVII Loan 

Guarantee Program unless DOE utilized 

particular criteria to evaluate ‘‘regions’’ 

or ‘‘regional variation’’ under this 

provision? If so, what criteria should 

LPO consider? Are there other examples 

from governmental programs with 


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10 42 U.S.C. 16513(a), as amended by Public Law 

116–260, sec. 9010(b)(1) (2020). 

11 42 U.S.C. 16512(a), as amended through Public 

Law 117–58, sec. 40401(c)(2)(A) (2021). Projects 

receiving financial support or credit enhancements 

from a State energy financing institution need not 

employ new or significantly improved technologies 

to be eligible, but additional congressional 

appropriation is required before DOE may provide 

loan guarantees for such projects. 42 U.S.C. 

16512(r), as added by Public Law 117–58, sec. 

40401(c)(2)(C). 

12 42 U.S.C. 16511, as amended through Public 

Law 117–58, sec. 40401(c)(1) (2021). 

13 Id.; 42 U.S.C. 6802. 

14 42 U.S.C. 16512(r)(2), as added by Public Law 

117–58, sec. 40401(c)(2)(C) (2021). 15 72 FR 60116 (October 23, 2007). 

region-based requirements or criteria 

that DOE should consider? 

ii. What additional factors and criteria 

should DOE consider when reviewing 

and evaluating multiple applications for 

projects that use the same or similar 

technology? 

Section 9010(b) of the Energy Act of 

2020 amends Section 1703 of the Energy 

Policy Act of 2005 to clarify that eligible 

projects under Title XVII may include 

‘‘projects that employ elements of 

commercial technologies in 

combination with new or significantly 

improved technologies.’’ 10

(A–3) How should DOE consider 

innovative software, information 

technology applications, or control 

system technology under Title XVII, 

including DOE’s determination of 

eligible project costs? 

B. IIJA 

Section 40401(c) of the IIJA amends 

Section 1702 of the Energy Policy Act of 

2005 to allow the Secretary to issue loan 

guarantees to projects receiving 

financial support or credit 

enhancements from a State energy 

financing institution.11 ‘‘State energy 

financing institution’’ is defined by the 

statute as: 

A quasi-independent entity or an entity 

within a State agency or financing authority 

established by a State: 

(i) To provide financing support or credit 

enhancements, including loan guarantees 

and loan loss reserves, for eligible projects; 

and 

(ii) to create liquid markets for eligible 

projects, including warehousing and 

securitization, or take other steps to reduce 

financial barriers to the deployment of 

existing and new eligible projects.12

‘‘State’’ is defined as any state, the 

District of Columbia, and any territory 

or possession of the United States.13

State energy financing institutions may 

enter into partnerships with private 

entities, Tribal entities, and Alaska 

Native corporations in carrying out a 

project receiving a loan guarantee under 

Title XVII.14

(B–1) What types of entities should be 

considered ‘‘State energy financing 

institutions’’ for the purposes of 

implementing these amendments to the 

Title XVII Loan Guarantee Program? 

i. What are some examples of ‘‘quasiindependent’’ entities? 

ii. Could a private entity formed for 

the above purposes be considered a 

‘‘State energy financing institution’’? If 

so, what other requirements should 

apply to such entities? 

iii. Should there be minimum 

ownership requirements or governance 

requirements for an entity to be 

considered an eligible State energy 

financing institution? 

(B–2) What types of financial support 

or credit enhancements from State 

energy financing institutions should 

DOE consider in evaluating projects 

under this authority? How can the loan 

or loan guarantee be applied in 

conjunction with the financial support 

or credit enhancements to most 

effectively achieve the objectives of the 

program? 

(B–3) How can DOE facilitate a 

nationwide program for partnering with 

State energy financing institutions? Is it 

feasible for DOE to establish a single 

program for State energy financing 

institutions, with uniform terms and 

requirements? 

C. Title XVII Financing Structures 

LPO is evaluating the types of 

financing structures that will best allow 

it to achieve its objective of utilizing its 

authorities to accelerate the deployment 

and commercialization of new and 

innovative technologies that are the key 

to achieving its greenhouse gas 

reduction goals. DOE wants to ensure 

that its Title XVII Rule facilitates 

applications for loan guarantees in 

support of each of the categories of 

eligible projects under Title XVII, 

including projects for critical minerals 

and supply chain projects. 

(C–1) Are there projects or financing 

structures, such as co-lending, funding 

a warehouse financing vehicle, or 

guaranteeing capital market 

instruments, that may be eligible under 

Title XVII but that are not contemplated 

by the existing Title XVII Rule? 

(C–2) For any such projects or 

structures proposed under C–1, how 

might DOE address or facilitate those 

projects or structures under a revised 

Title XVII Rule? 

(C–3) Should DOE enhance its 

support of eligible supply chain projects 

by allowing borrowers the ability to 

provide additional types of collateral 

security, such as security interests in 

purchase orders, and if so what types of 

collateral security should DOE 

consider? How should DOE evaluate 

such projects? 

(C–4) Should DOE enhance its 

support of eligible projects that employ 

innovative software, information 

technology applications, control system 

technology, or other such technologies 

by allowing the borrowers the ability to 

provide additional types of collateral 

security, such as security interests in or 

rights to future cash flows from 

intellectual property? How should DOE 

evaluate such projects? 

D. Title XVII Loan Guarantee Program 

Improvements 

The Title XVII Rule has been largely 

the same since its original issuance 

pursuant to DOE’s rulemaking at the 

onset of the program.15 LPO has 

received a significantly higher volume 

of applications to its Title XVII Loan 

Guarantee Program in the past twelve 

months than in recent years. 

Considering this increased volume of 

applications and its new authorities, 

DOE is seeking to ensure that the Title 

XVII Rule establishes clear requirements 

and procedures for potential applicants 

and implements its statutory authority 

under Title XVII as intended by 

Congress and in line with the 

Administration’s policies. 

(D–1) Should DOE consider 

alternatives to its current practice of 

issuing separate solicitations for 

applications for Title XVII loan 

guarantees based on particular 

eligibility or funding categories? For 

example, similar to other federal loan 

programs, should LPO issue an open 

solicitation for all applications for loan 

guarantees for eligible projects under 

Title XVII? If so, how should DOE use 

programmatic, technical, financial, and 

other factors to evaluate each 

application on a rolling basis? 

(D–2) Should the Title XVII Rule 

clarify what DOE considers a ‘‘project’’ 

for purposes of Title XVII applications? 

Should the rule provide criteria 

regarding the eligibility of distributed 

energy resources as a single project? If 

so, could DOE then improve the 

definition of ‘‘project cost’’? 

(D–3) Would applicants be prejudiced 

or disadvantaged if the application 

process were to not include the 

negotiation of a preliminary term sheet 

with DOE? 

(D–4) How else can DOE modify its 

application process or requirements in a 

manner that improves its 

implementation of the Title XVII Loan 

Guarantee Program? 


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III. Submission of Comments 

DOE invites all interested parties to 

submit in writing by July 1, 2022, 

comments and information on matters 

addressed in this RFI. 

Submitting comments via email or 

postal mail. If you do not want your 

personal contact information to be 

publicly viewable, do not include it in 

your comment or any accompanying 

documents. Instead, provide your 

contact information on a cover letter. 

Include your first and last names, email 

address, telephone number, and 

optional mailing address. The cover 

letter will not be publicly viewable as 

long as it does not include any 

comments. 

Include contact information each time 

you submit comments, data, documents, 

and other information to DOE. 

Comments, data, and other 

information submitted to DOE 

electronically should be provided in 

PDF (preferred), Microsoft Word or 

Excel, WordPerfect, or text (ASCII) file 

format. Provide documents that are not 

secured, that are written in English, and 

that are free of any defects or viruses. 

Documents should not contain special 

characters or any form of encryption 

and, if possible, they should carry the 

electronic signature of the author. 

Attachments should be limited to no 

more than 10 megabytes (MB) in size. 

Campaign form letters. Please submit 

campaign form letters by the originating 

organization in batches of between 50 to 

500 form letters per PDF or as one form 

letter with a list of supporters’ names 

compiled into one or more PDFs. This 

reduces comment processing and 

posting time. 

Confidential Business Information. 

According to 10 CFR 1004.11, any 

person submitting information that he 

or she believes to be confidential and 

exempt by law from public disclosure 

should submit via email two wellmarked copies: One copy of the 

document marked ‘‘confidential’’ 

including all the information believed to 

be confidential, and one copy of the 

document marked ‘‘non-confidential’’ 

with the information believed to be 

confidential deleted. Submit these 

documents via email. DOE will make its 

own determination about the 

confidential status of the information 

and treat it according to its 

determination. 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on May 26, 2022, by 

Dong Kim, Deputy Director, Loan 

Programs Office, 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 May 26, 

2022. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2022–11734 Filed 5–31–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Agency Information Collection 

Extension 

AGENCY: 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 Contractor Legal 

Management Requirements, OMB 

Control Number 1910–5115. The 

proposed collection will require covered 

DOE contractors and subcontractors to 

submit to DOE counsel a legal 

management plan within 60 days 

following execution of a contract or 

request of the contracting officer. 

Covered contractors must also submit an 

annual legal budget that includes cost 

projections for matters defined as 

significant matters. The budget detail 

will depend on the nature of the 

activities and complexity of the matters 

included in the budget. The regulation 

further requires covered contractors to 

submit staffing and resource plans 

addressing matters defined as 

significant matters in litigation. The 

regulation requires covered contractors 

to submit certain information related to 

litigation initiated against the contractor 

before initiating defensive litigation, 

offensive litigation, or entering into a 

settlement agreement. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

collection must be received on or before 

July 1, 2022. 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 202–881–8585. 

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: Eric 

Mulch, eric.mulch@hq.doe.gov, (202) 

287–5746. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No.: 1910–5115; (2) 

Information Collection Request Title: 

Contractor Legal Management 

Requirements; (3) Type of Review: 

extension; (4) Purpose: the information 

collection to be extended has been and 

will be used to form the basis for DOE 

actions on requests from the contractors 

for reimbursement of litigation and 

other legal expenses. The information 

collected related to annual legal budget, 

staffing and resource plans, and 

initiation or settlement of defensive or 

offensive litigation is and will be 

similarly used.; (5) Annual Estimated 

Number of Respondents: 45; (6) Annual 

Estimated Number of Total Responses: 

154; (7) Annual Estimated Number of 

Burden Hours: 1150; (8) Annual 

Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Cost Burden: 0. 

Statutory Authority: Section 161 of 

the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 42 

U.S.C. 2201, the Department of Energy 

Organization Act, 42 U.S.C 7101, et seq., 

and the National Nuclear Security 

Administration Act, 50 U.S.C. 2401, et 

seq. 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on May 26, 2022, by 

Brian J. Lally, Acting Deputy General 

Counsel for Transactions, Technology 

and Contractor Human Resources, 

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 


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