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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 238 / Friday, December 11, 2015 / Notices
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Dated: December 8, 2015.
Libia S. Gil,
Assistant Deputy Secretary and Director for
the Office of English Language Acquisition.
[FR Doc. 2015–31290 Filed 12–10–15; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy
Proposed Agency Information
Collection
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, Office of Vehicle
Technologies, U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Submission for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) review;
comment request.
AGENCY:
The Department of Energy has
submitted to the OMB for clearance, a
proposal to extend for three years a
collection of information pursuant to
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
The approved collection is being used
for two Clean Cities programmatic
efforts. The first is related to a scorecard
that assists DOE’s Clean Cities coalitions
and stakeholders in assessing the level
of readiness of their communities for
plug-in electric vehicles (PEV). The
second effort is intended to develop
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information that enables DOE to
measure the impact and progress of
DOE’s National Clean Fleets Partnership
(Partnership). DOE is not proposing to
expand the scope of these information
collection efforts.
DATES: Comments regarding this
proposed information collection must
be received on or before January 11,
2016. If you anticipate difficulty in
submitting comments within that
period, contact the person listed below
as soon as possible.
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–3V), 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
approved collection is being used for
two Clean Cities programmatic efforts.
The first is related to a scorecard that
assists DOE’s Clean Cities coalitions and
stakeholders in assessing the level of
readiness of their communities for plugin electric vehicles (PEV). The second
effort is intended to develop
information that enables DOE to
measure the impact and progress of
DOE’s National Clean Fleets Partnership
(Partnership). DOE is not proposing to
expand the scope of these information
collection efforts.
This information collection request
contains: (1) OMB No.: 1910–5171; (2)
Information Collection Request Title:
Clean Cities Vehicle Programs; (3) Type
of Review: renewal; (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
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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.
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, 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, 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.
Statutory Authority: 42 U.S.C. 13233; 42
U.S.C. 13252 (a)–(b); 42 U.S.C. 13255.
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Issued in Washington, DC on: December 4,
2015.
David Howell,
Acting Director, Vehicle Technologies Office,
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 2015–31257 Filed 12–10–15; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy
Proposed Agency Information
Collection
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
The Department of Energy
(DOE) invites public comment on a
proposed collection of information that
DOE is developing for submission to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) pursuant to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed
collection in support of the DOE’s Small
Business Vouchers (SBV) pilot will
gather quantitative estimates of the
pilot’s impacts as well as capture
implementation lessons learned. The
information is needed to assess the
impacts of the SBV Pilot, documenting
that the investment is producing the
expected results, and to determine ways
to improve the pilot should it be
expanded in scope.
The SBV Pilot is a funding
mechanism structured to allow small
businesses engaged in the renewable
energy and energy efficiency sectors to
collaborate with researchers at the DOE
National Laboratories and to take
advantage of the resources at the Labs
that assist small businesses in
proceeding through commercialization
challenges. Respondents will include
small businesses participating in the
pilot as well a comparison group of
businesses with Cooperative Research
and Development Agreements (CRADA)
outside of the SBV Pilot.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed 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; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
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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 February 9,
2016. If you anticipate difficulty in
submitting comments within that
period, contact the person listed in
ADDRESSES as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
emailed to: Jeff.Dowd@ee.doe.gov or
mailed to Jeff Dowd, U.S. Department of
Energy, EE–61P, 1000 Independence
Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20585.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
emailed to: Jeff.Dowd@ee.doe.gov.
Requests may also be mailed to Jeff
Dowd, U.S. Department of Energy, EE–
61P, 1000 Independence Ave. SW.,
Washington, DC 20585. Calls may be
directed to Jeff Dowd at (202) 586–7258.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
information collection request contains:
(1) OMB No. ‘‘New’’; (2) Information
Collection Request Title: Web-survey of
Participating and Nonparticipating
Small Businesses for DOE’s Small
Business Vouchers Pilot (3) Type of
Request: New; (4) Purpose: To evaluate
the effectiveness and impacts of DOE’s
Small Business Vouchers (SBV) pilot
program, to capture lessons learned, and
make recommendations; the information
collection will be through a web based
survey, allowing participating SBV
firms and the comparison firms to
answer questions at a time most
convenient for them. The web survey
will consist of two full-length surveys,
conducted once after the first year of
vouchers has been completed and once
five years after the pilot began, and
three abbreviated surveys in the interim
years (years two, three and four). The
first full-length survey (30 minutes in
length for about 70 SBV participants
and about 70 comparison firms) will
stress questions about the application,
selection, work agreement and
completion processes and also ask about
commercialization progress and other
outcomes. The survey in year five (30
minutes in length) will ask about 300
firms participating in SBV from Years
1–4 and about 100 comparison firms
about interest in continuing to engage
with the national Laboratories, but
concentrate on commercialization and
other outcomes and how much the DOE
program contributed to the outcomes.
The abbreviated, interim-year surveys
will be 15 minutes in length and will
provide status updates on SBV pilot
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impacts such as commercialization and
other outcomes. The purpose of also
surveying small business firms that have
completed similar work through the
existing CRADA process is to investigate
similarities and differences in the two
small business engagement programs.
The data collected in the year five
survey will also be used to perform a
benefit-cost calculation and benchmark
comparison of voucher firms to firms in
the DOE Small Business Innovation
Research (SBIR) program, based on
existing SBIR data. (5) Annual
Estimated Number of Respondents Year
1 Survey: 140; Year 5 Survey: 400; Year
2, 3 and 4 Survey: 300. (6) Annual
Estimated Number of Total Responses:
Year 1 Survey: 140; Year 5 Survey: 400;
Year 2, 3 and 4 Survey: 300 (7) Annual
Estimated Number of Burden Hours
(Total): Year 1 Survey: 70; Year 5
Survey: 200; Year 2, 3 and 4 Survey: 75
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: Year 1
Survey: $0; Year 5 Survey: $0; Year 2,
3 and 4 Survey: $0.
Statutory Authority: DOE Org Act (42
U.S.C. 7101, et seq.) and 42 U.S.C. 16191
(AMO authority).
Issued in Washington, DC.
Joyce Yang,
EERE National Laboratory Impact Director,
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy, Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2015–31259 Filed 12–10–15; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. EL00–95–288]
San Diego Gas & Electric Company v.
Sellers of Energy and Ancillary
Services Into Markets Operated by the
California Independent System
Operator Corporation and the
California Power Exchanges; Notice of
Compliance Filing
Take notice that on December 4, 2015,
Exelon Generation Company, LLC.
submitted its Opinion No. 536 Fuel Cost
Allowance Compliance Filing.1
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest this filing must file in
accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of
the Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214).
Protests will be considered by the
1 See San Diego Gas & Electric Company v. Sellers
of Energy and Ancillary Services into Markets
Operated by the California Independent System
Operator Corporation and the California Power
Exchange, Docket No. EL00–95–280 et al., 153
FERC ¶ 61,144 (2015).
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[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2015-31257]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Proposed Agency Information Collection
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Office of
Vehicle Technologies, U.S. 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 has submitted to the OMB for
clearance, a proposal to extend for three years a collection of
information pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The
approved collection is being used for two Clean Cities programmatic
efforts. The first is related to a scorecard that assists DOE's Clean
Cities coalitions and stakeholders in assessing the level of readiness
of their communities for plug-in electric vehicles (PEV). The second
effort is intended to develop information that enables DOE to measure
the impact and progress of DOE's National Clean Fleets Partnership
(Partnership). DOE is not proposing to expand the scope of these
information collection efforts.
DATES: Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be
received on or before January 11, 2016. If you anticipate difficulty in
submitting comments within that period, contact the person listed below
as soon as possible.
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-3V), 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 approved collection is being used for
two Clean Cities programmatic efforts. The first is related to a
scorecard that assists DOE's Clean Cities coalitions and stakeholders
in assessing the level of readiness of their communities for plug-in
electric vehicles (PEV). The second effort is intended to develop
information that enables DOE to measure the impact and progress of
DOE's National Clean Fleets Partnership (Partnership). DOE is not
proposing to expand the scope of these information collection efforts.
This information collection request contains: (1) OMB No.: 1910-
5171; (2) Information Collection Request Title: Clean Cities Vehicle
Programs; (3) Type of Review: renewal; (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.
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, 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, 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.
Statutory Authority: 42 U.S.C. 13233; 42 U.S.C. 13252 (a)-(b);
42 U.S.C. 13255.
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Issued in Washington, DC on: December 4, 2015.
David Howell,
Acting Director, Vehicle Technologies Office, Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 2015-31257 Filed 12-10-15; 8:45 am]
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