54154 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 182 / Thursday, September 18, 2008 / Notices 

[FR Doc. E8–21800 Filed 9–17–08; 8:45 am] 

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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 ‘‘Technology 

Partnerships Ombudsmen Reporting 

Requirements’’, OMB Control Number 

1910–5188. This information collection 

request covers information necessary to 

implement a statutory requirement that 

the Technology Transfer Ombudsmen 

report quarterly on complaints they 

receive. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

collection must be received on or before 

October 20, 2008. 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 202–395–4650. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be sent to the: DOE Desk Officer, Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 10102, 

735 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20503; and to Kathleen M. Binder, GC– 

12, Director, Office of Conflict 

Prevention and Resolution, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathleen M. Binder at the address listed 

in ADDRESSES . 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No. 1910–5188; (2) Information 

Collection Request Title: Technology 

Partnerships Ombudsmen Reporting 

Requirements (3) Purpose: The 

information collected will be used to 

determine whether the Technology 

Partnerships Ombudsmen are properly 

helping to resolve complaints from 

outside organizations regarding 

laboratory policies and actions with 

respect to technology partnerships. (4) 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 22 

(5) Estimated Total Burden Hours: 50 (6) 

Number of Collections: The information 

collection request contains 6 

information and/or recordkeeping 

requirements. 

Statutory Authority: Public Law 106–404, 

Technology Transfer Commercialization Act 

of 2000. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 

12, 2008. 

Kathleen M. Binder, 

Director, Office of Conflict Prevention and 

Resolution, Office of General Counsel. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Agency Information Collection 

Extension 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

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) where 

Foreign Travel Management System 

(FTMS) has been identified as a DOE 

system that is part of OMB’s eGov 

initiative. 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; 

and (c) 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 60 days after 

date of publication in the Federal 

Register. If you anticipate difficulty in 

submitting comments within that 

period, contact the person listed below 

as soon as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

sent to Julie Squires by fax at (202) 586– 

0406 or by e-mail at 

julie.squires@hq.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Julie Squires at 

julie.squires@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No. 1910–1800; (2) Information 

Collection Request Title: Foreign Travel 

Management System (FTMS); (3) Type 

of Review: Renewal; (4) Purpose: FTMS 

is the Department of Energy’s (DOE) 

centralized web-based system which 

tracks, records, and secures approval of 

all travel conducted by DOE federal 

employees and contractors. The system 

allows DOE to have full accountability 

of all travel and in cases of emergency; 

the Department is able to quickly 

retrieve information as to who is 

traveling, where the individual is 

traveling, and the dates of travel. (5) 

Respondents: 2,465; (6) Estimated 

Number of Burden Hours: 5,000. 

Statutory Authority: DOE O 551.1C, 

‘‘Official Foreign Travel’’. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 24, 

2008. 

Julie Squires, 

Acting Director, Office of International Travel 

and Exchange Visitor Programs. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OECA–2008–0259; FRL–8717–2] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Application for Registration 

of Pesticide-Producing and DeviceProducing Establishments (EPA Form 

3540–8) and Pesticide Report for 

Pesticide-Producing and DeviceProducing Establishments (EPA Form 

3540–16); EPA ICR No. 0160.09, OMB 

Control No. 2070–0078 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document 

announces that an Information 

Collection Request (ICR) has been 

forwarded to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval. This is a request to renew an 

existing approved collection. The ICR, 

which is abstracted below, describes the 

nature of the information collection and 

its estimated burden and cost. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before October 20, 

2008. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 


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