Agency Information Collection Extension, 2031-2032 [E6-220]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 8 / Thursday, January 12, 2006 / Notices Germantown Rd., EM–12/CLF, Germantown, MD 20874–1290, or by express mail to the U.S. Department of Energy, 19901 Germantown Rd., EM– 12/CLF, Germantown, MD. All claims should be addressed to the attention of Mr. David Mathes. Three copies of the claim should be included with each submission. Issued in Washington DC on this 30th of December, 2005. David E. Mathes, Office of Commercial Disposition Options, Office of Logistics and Waste Disposition Enhancements. [FR Doc. E6–218 Filed 1–11–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450–01–P FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Contact David Mathes at (301) 903–7222 of the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Environmental Management, Office of Commercial Disposition Options. Agency Information Collection Extension DOE published a final rule under 10 CFR part 765 in the Federal Register on May 23, 1994, (59 FR 26714) to carry out the requirements of Title X of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (sections 1001–1004 of Public Law 102–486, 42 U.S.C. 2296a et seq.) and to establish the procedures for eligible licensees to submit claims for reimbursement. DOE amended the final rule on June 3, 2003, (68 FR 32955) to adopt several technical and administrative amendments (e.g., statutory increases in the reimbursement ceilings). Title X requires DOE to reimburse eligible uranium and thorium licensees for certain costs of decontamination, decommissioning, reclamation, and other remedial action incurred by licensees at active uranium and thorium processing sites to remediate byproduct material generated as an incident of sales to the United States Government. To be reimbursable, costs of remedial action must be for work which is necessary to comply with applicable requirements of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 7901 et seq.) or, where appropriate, with requirements established by a State pursuant to a discontinuance agreement under section 274 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2021). Claims for reimbursement must be supported by reasonable documentation as determined by DOE in accordance with 10 CFR part 765. Funds for reimbursement will be provided from the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund established at the United States Department of Treasury pursuant to section 1801 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2297g). Payment or obligation of funds shall be subject to the requirements of the Anti-Deficiency Act (31 U.S.C. 1341). erjones on PROD1PC68 with NOTICES SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Authority: Section 1001–1004 of Public Law 102–486, 106 Stat. 2776 (42 U.S.C. 2296a et seq.). VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:02 Jan 11, 2006 Jkt 208001 U.S. Department of Energy. Notice and request for comments. AGENCY: ACTION: SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE), pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, intends to extend for three years the information collection packages listed at the end of this notice. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the extended information collections are necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information has practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden of the information collections, 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 information collections on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and included in the request for Office of Management and Budget review and approval of these information collections; they also will become a matter of public record. DATES: Comments regarding these proposed information collections must be received on or before March 13, 2006. If you anticipate difficulty in submitting comments within that period, contact the person listed below as soon as possible. Written comments may be sent to: Jeffrey Martus, IM–11/ Germantown Building, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20585–1290 or by fax at 301–903–9061 or by e-mail at Jeffrey.martus@hq.doe.gov. ADDRESSES: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should be directed to Jeffrey Martus at the address listed above in ADDRESSES. PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 2031 The information collection packages listed in this notice for public comment include the following: 1. (1) OMB No.: 1910–0300. (2) Package Title: Environment, Safety and Health. (3) Type of Review: Renewal. (4) Purpose: This information is required to ensure that environment, safety, and health resources and requirements are managed efficiently and effectively and to exercise management oversight of DOE contractors. (5) Respondents: 11,344. (6) Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 269,475. 2. (1) OMB No.: 1910–0500. (2) Package Title: Financial Management. (3) Type of Review: Renewal. (4) Purpose: This information is required by the Department to ensure that financial management resources and requirements are managed efficiently and effectively and to exercise management oversight of DOE contractors. (5) Respondents: 12,626. (6) Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 152,704. 3. (1) OMB No.: 1910–5101. (2) Package Title: U.S. Dept. of Energy: Annual Alternative Fuel Vehicle Acquisition Report for State Government & Alternative Fuel Provider Fleets. (3) Type of Review: Renewal. (4) Purpose: This collection is critical to ensure the Government has sufficient information to ensure that covered fleets are complying with annual reporting and acquisition requirements under the Alternative Fuel Transportation Program. (5) Respondents: 310. (6) Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 1,550. 4. (1) OMB No.: 1910–5102. (2) Package Title: Make-or-Buy Plans. (3) Type of Review: Renewal. (4) Purpose: This information is required by the Department to ensure the Department’s management and operations are subcontracting in the most cost-effective and efficient manner and to exercise management and oversight of DOE contractors. (5) Respondents: 36. (6) Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 5,350. 5. (1) OMB No.: 1910–5111. (2) Package Title: Purchasing by DOE Management and Operating Contractors from Contractor Affiliated Sources. (3) Type of Review: Renewal. (4) Purpose: This information is critical to ensure the Government has sufficient information to judge the degree to which awardees meet the terms of their agreement and ensure that improper organization conflicts are not created. (5) Respondents: 20. (6) Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 100. 6. (1) OMB No. 1910–5121. (2) Package Title: End-Use Certificate. (3) SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: E:\FR\FM\12JAN1.SGM 12JAN1 2032 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 8 / Thursday, January 12, 2006 / Notices Type of Review: Renewal. (4) Purpose: This information is required to ensure that respondents acquiring High Risk Property are responsible, not debarred bidders, Specially Designated Nationals or Blocked Persons, or have not violated U.S. export laws and to advise them of compliance with export laws and regulations. (5) Respondents: 5,000. (6) Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 1,650. Statutory Authority: Department of Energy Organization Act, Public Law 95–91. Issued in Washington, DC on December 30, 2005. Sharon A. Evelin, Director, Records Management Division, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. E6–220 Filed 1–11–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Fernald Department of Energy. Notice of open meeting. AGENCY: ACTION: SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EMSSAB), Fernald. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the Federal Register. DATES: Saturday, January 21, 2006, 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. ADDRESSES: Crosby Township Senior Center, 8910 Willey Road, Harrison, Ohio 45030. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doug Sarno, The Perspectives Group, Inc., 1055 North Fairfax Street, Suite 204, Alexandria, VA 22314, at (703) 837–1197, or e-mail: djsarno@theperspectivesgroup.com. erjones on PROD1PC68 with NOTICES SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of the Board: The purpose of the Board is to make recommendations to DOE in the areas of environmental restoration, waste management, and related activities. Tentative Agenda: 8:30 a.m. Call to Order 8:35 a.m. Updates and Announcements 8:45 a.m. Stewardship Needs and Responsibilities 10:00 a.m. Break 10:15 a.m. Friends of Fernald Group 10:45 a.m. Fernald History Activities 11:45 a.m. Fernald Citizens’ Advisory Board Calendar and 2006 Activities 12:15 a.m. Public Comment VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:02 Jan 11, 2006 Jkt 208001 12:30 p.m. Adjourn Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public. Written statements may be filed with the Board chair either before or after the meeting. Individuals who wish to make oral statements pertaining to agenda items should contact the Board chair at the address or telephone number listed below. Requests must be received five days prior to the meeting and reasonable provisions will be made to include the presentation in the agenda. The Deputy Designated Federal Officer is empowered to conduct the meeting in a fashion that will facilitate the orderly conduct of business. Individuals wishing to make public comment will be provided a maximum of five minutes to present their comments. This notice is being published less than 15 days before the date of the meeting due to programmatic issues. Minutes: The minutes of this meeting will be available for public review and copying at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Freedom of Information Public Reading Room, 1E–190, Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday–Friday, except Federal holidays. Minutes will also be available by writing to the Fernald Citizens’ Advisory Board, MS–76, Post Office Box 538704, Cincinnati, OH 43253–8704, or by calling the Advisory Board at (513) 648–6478. Issued at Washington, DC on January 5, 2006. Rachel Samuel, Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. E6–219 Filed 1–11–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Hydrogen Production Cost Independent Review Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy (DOE). ACTION: Request for information and notice of independent review. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) today gives notice of a request for information and an independent progress assessment by the DOE Hydrogen Program in meeting research and development (R&D) cost goals for production of hydrogen using distributed natural gas reforming technology. A review panel is being PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 assembled by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Hydrogen Program Systems Integrator to review the current state of distributed natural gas reforming technology and costs. Based on the findings of the panel, the Systems Integrator will submit a written report to DOE on or before April 1, 2006. Position papers regarding the cost of hydrogen production via distributed natural gas reforming will be accepted by the Systems Integrator for consideration by the review panel. In addition, the panel may hear presentations from submitters as part of the assessment. DATES: Written position papers for consideration by the review panel regarding this topic must be received by February 1, 2006. The NREL Systems Integrator must receive requests to speak before the review panel no later than February 15, 2006. Attendees at the review panel will be limited to the presenter(s), the independent review panel, NREL Systems Integrator, and DOE representatives. ADDRESSES: Written position papers regarding the topic and requests to speak before the review panel are welcomed. Please submit 2 hardcopies of the position paper to: NREL Systems Integrator, U.S. Department of Energy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Mail Stop 1732, Golden, CO 80401–3393, Attn: Dale Gardner. Requests to present before the panel should be sent to Mr. Gardner via e-mail to dale_gardner@nrel.gov or Phone (303) 275–3020. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Independent review panel and process questions—Mr. Dale Gardner, U.S. Department of Energy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Mail Stop 1732, Golden, CO 80401–3393, Attn: Dale Gardner, Phone (303) 275–3020, e-mail dale_gardner@nrel.gov. Distributed natural gas reforming technology questions—Mr. Pete Devlin, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Mail Station EE–2H, Attn: Pete Devlin, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585–0121, Phone: (202) 586–4905, e-mail peter.devlin@ee.doe.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The mission of DOE’s Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and Infrastructure Technologies Program is to research, develop and validate fuel cell and hydrogen production, delivery, and storage technologies such that hydrogen from diverse domestic resources will be used in a clean, safe, reliable and affordable manner in fuel cell vehicles; central E:\FR\FM\12JAN1.SGM 12JAN1

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[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 8 (Thursday, January 12, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2031-2032]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-220]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Agency Information Collection Extension

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice and 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 the 
information collection packages listed at the end of this notice. 
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the extended information 
collections are necessary for the proper performance of the functions 
of the agency, including whether the information has practical utility; 
(b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
information collections, 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 information collections on respondents, including through the 
use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and included in the request for Office of Management and Budget review 
and approval of these information collections; they also will become a 
matter of public record.

DATES: Comments regarding these proposed information collections must 
be received on or before March 13, 2006. 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: Jeffrey Martus, IM-11/
Germantown Building, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Ave., 
SW., Washington, DC 20585-1290 or by fax at 301-903-9061 or by e-mail 
at Jeffrey.martus@hq.doe.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to Jeffrey Martus at the address listed above in ADDRESSES.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The information collection packages listed 
in this notice for public comment include the following:
    1. (1) OMB No.: 1910-0300. (2) Package Title: Environment, Safety 
and Health. (3) Type of Review: Renewal. (4) Purpose: This information 
is required to ensure that environment, safety, and health resources 
and requirements are managed efficiently and effectively and to 
exercise management oversight of DOE contractors. (5) Respondents: 
11,344. (6) Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 269,475.
    2. (1) OMB No.: 1910-0500. (2) Package Title: Financial Management. 
(3) Type of Review: Renewal. (4) Purpose: This information is required 
by the Department to ensure that financial management resources and 
requirements are managed efficiently and effectively and to exercise 
management oversight of DOE contractors. (5) Respondents: 12,626. (6) 
Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 152,704.
    3. (1) OMB No.: 1910-5101. (2) Package Title: U.S. Dept. of Energy: 
Annual Alternative Fuel Vehicle Acquisition Report for State Government 
& Alternative Fuel Provider Fleets. (3) Type of Review: Renewal. (4) 
Purpose: This collection is critical to ensure the Government has 
sufficient information to ensure that covered fleets are complying with 
annual reporting and acquisition requirements under the Alternative 
Fuel Transportation Program. (5) Respondents: 310. (6) Estimated Number 
of Burden Hours: 1,550.
    4. (1) OMB No.: 1910-5102. (2) Package Title: Make-or-Buy Plans. 
(3) Type of Review: Renewal. (4) Purpose: This information is required 
by the Department to ensure the Department's management and operations 
are sub-contracting in the most cost-effective and efficient manner and 
to exercise management and oversight of DOE contractors. (5) 
Respondents: 36. (6) Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 5,350.
    5. (1) OMB No.: 1910-5111. (2) Package Title: Purchasing by DOE 
Management and Operating Contractors from Contractor Affiliated 
Sources. (3) Type of Review: Renewal. (4) Purpose: This information is 
critical to ensure the Government has sufficient information to judge 
the degree to which awardees meet the terms of their agreement and 
ensure that improper organization conflicts are not created. (5) 
Respondents: 20. (6) Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 100.
    6. (1) OMB No. 1910-5121. (2) Package Title: End-Use Certificate. 
(3)

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Type of Review: Renewal. (4) Purpose: This information is required to 
ensure that respondents acquiring High Risk Property are responsible, 
not debarred bidders, Specially Designated Nationals or Blocked 
Persons, or have not violated U.S. export laws and to advise them of 
compliance with export laws and regulations. (5) Respondents: 5,000. 
(6) Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 1,650.

    Statutory Authority: Department of Energy Organization Act, 
Public Law 95-91.

    Issued in Washington, DC on December 30, 2005.
Sharon A. Evelin,
Director, Records Management Division, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-220 Filed 1-11-06; 8:45 am]
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