Proposed Amendment of Agency Information Collection, 38021-38022 [2013-15126]
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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.
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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
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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, 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]
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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
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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.
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Dated: June 18, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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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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