Proposed Amendment of Agency Information Collection, 38021-38022 [2013-15126]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 122 / Tuesday, June 25, 2013 / Notices Issued in Washington, DC, on June 18, 2013. Susan Richardson, Acting Executive Director, Loan Programs Office. [FR Doc. 2013–15123 Filed 6–24–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Proposed Amendment of Agency Information Collection Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy (DOE). ACTION: Submission for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review; comment request. AGENCY: The Department of Energy is proposing to merge two information collections into one more broad collection, one of which is approved and one of which was previously proposed pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The approved collection is being used to develop a scorecard that will assist DOE’s Clean Cities coalitions and stakeholders in assessing the level of readiness of their communities for plug-in electric vehicles (PEV). Information collected via the scorecard is intended to allow DOE to provide respondents with an objective assessment of their communities’ readiness for PEV adoption and an understanding of their commitment to successful deployment of PEVs, and is needed to ensure appropriate evaluation of progress in deploying PEVs. The other, previously proposed information collection would be used to develop information that will enable DOE to measure the impact and progress of DOE’s National Clean Fleets Partnership (Partnership). The Partnership is an initiative through which DOE provides large private-sector fleets with technical assistance and expertise to incorporate alternative fuels and fuel saving measures into their operations successfully. The initiative builds on the established success of DOE’s Clean Cities Program. The Partnership was developed with input from fleet managers, industry representatives, Clean Cities program staff, and Clean Cities coordinators. DOE is also proposing to amend the PEV Scorecard information collection request by expanding the number of entities estimated to participate in the voluntary PEV Scorecard information collection. mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:18 Jun 24, 2013 Jkt 229001 Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before July 25, 2013. 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: Desk Officer for the Department of Energy, 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 Mr. Dennis Smith, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE–2G), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585–0121, or by fax at 202–586–1600, or by email at Dennis.Smith@ee.doe.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Dennis Smith at the address listed above in ADDRESSES. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PEV Scorecard information collection was previously proposed and available for public comment. See 77 FR 19275 (March 30, 2012) and 77 FR 39690 (July 5, 2012) and has since been cleared for use under OMB No. 1910–5171. The Clean Fleets Partnership information collection request also was previously proposed and available for public comment. See 77 FR 65374 (October 26, 2012) and 78 FR 14519 (March 6, 2013). Because both requests were developed by and for the DOE Clean Cities Program, DOE is proposing to merge these two requests so that they would operate under the same OMB No. 1910– 5171. Merging the two information collections would not affect any of the management of the information collection requests themselves, or management of the information collected. DOE is also proposing to amend the estimated burden associated with the PEV Scorecard information collection request. Initially, DOE envisioned that only Clean Cities coordinators, of which there approximately 90 presently, would avail themselves of the PEV Scorecard and feedback it will provide. The PEV Scorecard has been received enthusiastically by communities beyond the Clean Cities coalitions. In the first month, the public was accessing the PEV Scorecard in numbers unanticipated, making it such that the approved limit, 100 respondents, will be DATES: PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 38021 reached before all Clean Cities coordinators have an opportunity to access the PEV Scorecard. To ensure all Clean Cities coordinators and leaders of other communities are able to access the PEV Scorecard, DOE is proposing to increase the total number of unduplicated responses, from 100 to 1,250. The number represents the possible number of participating communities, which in turn is based on the approximate number of ‘‘Principal Cities’’ within Core Based Statistical Areas (the U.S. Census Bureau defines there to be approximately 1,250) DOE wants to increase the number of potential respondents to ensure all Clean Cities coordinators are able to participate, and also to address the expression of interest on the part of Clean Cities coordinators to support multiple municipalities in completing the PEV Scorecard within their coalition. As merged, the amended information collection request contains: (1) OMB No. 1910–5171; (2) Information Collection Request Title: Clean Cities Vehicle Programs; (3) Type of Request: Amended collection; (4) Purpose: DOE’s Clean Cities initiative has developed two voluntary mechanisms by which communities and certain fleets can get a better understanding of their readiness to deploy alternative fuel vehicles and their progress in doing so. The voluntary PEV Scorecard is intended to assist its coalitions and stakeholders in assessing the level of readiness of their communities for plug-in electric vehicles. The principal objective of the scorecard is to provide respondents with an objective assessment and estimate of their respective community’s readiness for PEV deployment as well as understand the respective community’s commitment to deploying these vehicles successfully. DOE intends the scorecard to be completed by a city/county/ regional sustainability or energy coordinator. As the intended respondent may not be aware of every aspect of local or regional PEV readiness, coordination among local stakeholders to gather appropriate information may be necessary. See also 77 FR 19275 (March 30, 2012). For the PEV Scorecard information collection request, DOE now expects that many communities beyond simply the Clean Cities coalitions may want to avail themselves of the opportunity to assess their respective community’s PEV readiness. Therefore, DOE expects a total respondent population of approximately 1,250 respondents. Selecting the multiple choice answers in completing a scorecard questionnaire is expected to take under 30 minutes, E:\FR\FM\25JNN1.SGM 25JNN1 38022 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 122 / Tuesday, June 25, 2013 / Notices although additional time of no more than 20 hours may be needed to assemble information necessary to be able to answer the questions, leading to a total burden of approximately 25,625 hours. Assembling information to update questionnaire answers in the future on a voluntary basis would be expected to take less time, on the order of 10 hours, as much of any necessary time and effort needed to research information would have been completed previously; For the Clean Fleets Partnership information collection request, the Partnership is targeted at large, privatesector fleets that own or have contractual control over at least 50 percent of their vehicles and have vehicles operating in multiple States. DOE expects approximately 50 fleets to participate in the Partnership and, as a result, DOE expects a total respondent population of approximately 50 respondents. Providing initial baseline information for each participating fleet, which occurs only once, is expected to take 60 minutes. Follow-up questions and clarifications for the purpose of ensuring accurate analyses are expected to take up to 90 minutes. The total burden is expected to be 125 hours. The combined burden for the two information collections is 25,750 hours. (5) Type of Respondents: Public; (6) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents for both information collections: 1,300; (7) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 1,300; (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 25,750 (25,625 for PEV Scorecard, and 125 for Clean Fleets Partnership); and (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: There is no cost associated with reporting and recordkeeping. Authority: 42 U.S.C. 13233; 42 U.S.C. 13252 (a)–(b); 42 U.S.C. 13255. Issued in Washington, DC, on: June 12, 2013. Patrick B. Davis, Director, Vehicle Technologies Office, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. [FR Doc. 2013–15126 Filed 6–24–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450–01–P mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 349–000] Alabama Power Company; Notice of Authorization for Continued Project Operation On June 5, 2008, the Alabama Power Company, licensee for the Martin Dam VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:18 Jun 24, 2013 Jkt 229001 Hydroelectric Project, filed an Application for a New License pursuant to the Federal Power Act (FPA) and the Commission’s regulations thereunder. The Martin Dam Hydroelectric Project is located on Tallapoosa River, in Tallapoosa, Coosa, and Elmore counties. The license for Project No. 349 was issued for a period ending June 8, 2013. Section 15(a)(1) of the FPA, 16 U.S.C. 808(a)(1), requires the Commission, at the expiration of a license term, to issue from year-to-year an annual license to the then licensee under the terms and conditions of the prior license until a new license is issued, or the project is otherwise disposed of as provided in section 15 or any other applicable section of the FPA. If the project’s prior license waived the applicability of section 15 of the FPA, then, based on section 9(b) of the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 558(c), and as set forth at 18 CFR 16.21(a), if the licensee of such project has filed an application for a subsequent license, the licensee may continue to operate the project in accordance with the terms and conditions of the license after the minor or minor part license expires, until the Commission acts on its application. If the licensee of such a project has not filed an application for a subsequent license, then it may be required, pursuant to 18 CFR 16.21(b), to continue project operations until the Commission issues someone else a license for the project or otherwise orders disposition of the project. If the project is subject to section 15 of the FPA, notice is hereby given that an annual license for Project No. 349 is issued to the licensee for a period effective June 9, 2013 through June 8, 2014 or until the issuance of a new license for the project or other disposition under the FPA, whichever comes first. If issuance of a new license (or other disposition) does not take place on or before June 8, 2014, notice is hereby given that, pursuant to 18 CFR 16.18(c), an annual license under section 15(a)(1) of the FPA is renewed automatically without further order or notice by the Commission, unless the Commission orders otherwise. If the project is not subject to section 15 of the FPA, notice is hereby given that the licensee, Alabama Power Company, is authorized to continue operation of the Martin Dam Hydroelectric Project, until such time as the Commission acts on its application for a subsequent license. PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Dated: June 18, 2013. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2013–15069 Filed 6–24–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Combined Notice of Filings Take notice that the Commission has received the following Natural Gas Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: Filings Instituting Proceedings Docket Numbers: RP13–975–000. Applicants: Millennium Pipeline Company, LLC. Description: System Map Update to be effective 7/12/2013. Filed Date: 6/11/13. Accession Number: 20130611–5101. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/24/13. Docket Numbers: RP13–976–000. Applicants: Gulf Crossing Pipeline Company LLC. Description: Amendment to Neg Rate Agmt (Devon 10–9, 10) to be effective 6/ 13/2013. Filed Date: 6/12/13. Accession Number: 20130612–5059. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/24/13. Any person desiring to intervene or protest in any of the above proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission’s Regulations (18 CFR § 385.211 and § 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment date. Protests may be considered, but intervention is necessary to become a party to the proceeding. Filings in Existing Proceedings Docket Numbers: RP12–1006–000. Applicants: Colorado Interstate Gas Company LLC. Description: Compliance Report of Colorado Interstate Gas Company, L.L.C. Filed Date: 6/11/13. Accession Number: 20130611–5151. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/24/13. Docket Numbers: RP12–1100–000. Applicants: Wyoming Interstate Company, L.L.C. Description: Compliance Report of Wyoming Interstate Company, L.L.C. Filed Date: 6/11/13. Accession Number: 20130611–5152. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/24/13. Any person desiring to protest in any of the above proceedings must file in accordance with Rule 211 of the Commission’s Regulations (18 CFR § 385.211) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment date. E:\FR\FM\25JNN1.SGM 25JNN1

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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 122 (Tuesday, June 25, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38021-38022]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-15126]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy


Proposed Amendment of Agency Information Collection

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of 
Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Submission for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review; 
comment request.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy is proposing to merge two information 
collections into one more broad collection, one of which is approved 
and one of which was previously proposed pursuant to the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. The approved collection is being used to develop 
a scorecard that will assist DOE's Clean Cities coalitions and 
stakeholders in assessing the level of readiness of their communities 
for plug-in electric vehicles (PEV). Information collected via the 
scorecard is intended to allow DOE to provide respondents with an 
objective assessment of their communities' readiness for PEV adoption 
and an understanding of their commitment to successful deployment of 
PEVs, and is needed to ensure appropriate evaluation of progress in 
deploying PEVs. The other, previously proposed information collection 
would be used to develop information that will enable DOE to measure 
the impact and progress of DOE's National Clean Fleets Partnership 
(Partnership). The Partnership is an initiative through which DOE 
provides large private-sector fleets with technical assistance and 
expertise to incorporate alternative fuels and fuel saving measures 
into their operations successfully. The initiative builds on the 
established success of DOE's Clean Cities Program. The Partnership was 
developed with input from fleet managers, industry representatives, 
Clean Cities program staff, and Clean Cities coordinators. DOE is also 
proposing to amend the PEV Scorecard information collection request by 
expanding the number of entities estimated to participate in the 
voluntary PEV Scorecard information collection.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
July 25, 2013. 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:
    Desk Officer for the Department of Energy, 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
    Mr. Dennis Smith, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 
(EE-2G), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., 
Washington, DC 20585-0121, or by fax at 202-586-1600, or by email at 
Dennis.Smith@ee.doe.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Dennis Smith at the address listed 
above in ADDRESSES.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PEV Scorecard information collection was 
previously proposed and available for public comment. See 77 FR 19275 
(March 30, 2012) and 77 FR 39690 (July 5, 2012) and has since been 
cleared for use under OMB No. 1910-5171. The Clean Fleets Partnership 
information collection request also was previously proposed and 
available for public comment. See 77 FR 65374 (October 26, 2012) and 78 
FR 14519 (March 6, 2013). Because both requests were developed by and 
for the DOE Clean Cities Program, DOE is proposing to merge these two 
requests so that they would operate under the same OMB No. 1910-5171. 
Merging the two information collections would not affect any of the 
management of the information collection requests themselves, or 
management of the information collected.
    DOE is also proposing to amend the estimated burden associated with 
the PEV Scorecard information collection request. Initially, DOE 
envisioned that only Clean Cities coordinators, of which there 
approximately 90 presently, would avail themselves of the PEV Scorecard 
and feedback it will provide. The PEV Scorecard has been received 
enthusiastically by communities beyond the Clean Cities coalitions. In 
the first month, the public was accessing the PEV Scorecard in numbers 
unanticipated, making it such that the approved limit, 100 respondents, 
will be reached before all Clean Cities coordinators have an 
opportunity to access the PEV Scorecard. To ensure all Clean Cities 
coordinators and leaders of other communities are able to access the 
PEV Scorecard, DOE is proposing to increase the total number of 
unduplicated responses, from 100 to 1,250. The number represents the 
possible number of participating communities, which in turn is based on 
the approximate number of ``Principal Cities'' within Core Based 
Statistical Areas (the U.S. Census Bureau defines there to be 
approximately 1,250) DOE wants to increase the number of potential 
respondents to ensure all Clean Cities coordinators are able to 
participate, and also to address the expression of interest on the part 
of Clean Cities coordinators to support multiple municipalities in 
completing the PEV Scorecard within their coalition.
    As merged, the amended information collection request contains: (1) 
OMB No. 1910-5171; (2) Information Collection Request Title: Clean 
Cities Vehicle Programs; (3) Type of Request: Amended collection; (4) 
Purpose: DOE's Clean Cities initiative has developed two voluntary 
mechanisms by which communities and certain fleets can get a better 
understanding of their readiness to deploy alternative fuel vehicles 
and their progress in doing so. The voluntary PEV Scorecard is intended 
to assist its coalitions and stakeholders in assessing the level of 
readiness of their communities for plug-in electric vehicles. The 
principal objective of the scorecard is to provide respondents with an 
objective assessment and estimate of their respective community's 
readiness for PEV deployment as well as understand the respective 
community's commitment to deploying these vehicles successfully. DOE 
intends the scorecard to be completed by a city/county/regional 
sustainability or energy coordinator. As the intended respondent may 
not be aware of every aspect of local or regional PEV readiness, 
coordination among local stakeholders to gather appropriate information 
may be necessary. See also 77 FR 19275 (March 30, 2012).
    For the PEV Scorecard information collection request, DOE now 
expects that many communities beyond simply the Clean Cities coalitions 
may want to avail themselves of the opportunity to assess their 
respective community's PEV readiness. Therefore, DOE expects a total 
respondent population of approximately 1,250 respondents. Selecting the 
multiple choice answers in completing a scorecard questionnaire is 
expected to take under 30 minutes,

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although additional time of no more than 20 hours may be needed to 
assemble information necessary to be able to answer the questions, 
leading to a total burden of approximately 25,625 hours. Assembling 
information to update questionnaire answers in the future on a 
voluntary basis would be expected to take less time, on the order of 10 
hours, as much of any necessary time and effort needed to research 
information would have been completed previously;
    For the Clean Fleets Partnership information collection request, 
the Partnership is targeted at large, private-sector fleets that own or 
have contractual control over at least 50 percent of their vehicles and 
have vehicles operating in multiple States. DOE expects approximately 
50 fleets to participate in the Partnership and, as a result, DOE 
expects a total respondent population of approximately 50 respondents. 
Providing initial baseline information for each participating fleet, 
which occurs only once, is expected to take 60 minutes. Follow-up 
questions and clarifications for the purpose of ensuring accurate 
analyses are expected to take up to 90 minutes. The total burden is 
expected to be 125 hours.
    The combined burden for the two information collections is 25,750 
hours.
    (5) Type of Respondents: Public; (6) Annual Estimated Number of 
Respondents for both information collections: 1,300; (7) Annual 
Estimated Number of Total Responses: 1,300; (7) Annual Estimated Number 
of Burden Hours: 25,750 (25,625 for PEV Scorecard, and 125 for Clean 
Fleets Partnership); and (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and 
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: There is no cost associated with reporting 
and recordkeeping.

     Authority: 42 U.S.C. 13233; 42 U.S.C. 13252 (a)-(b); 42 U.S.C. 
13255.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on: June 12, 2013.
Patrick B. Davis,
Director, Vehicle Technologies Office, Energy Efficiency and Renewable 
Energy.
[FR Doc. 2013-15126 Filed 6-24-13; 8:45 am]
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