80_FR_77204 80 FR 76966 - Proposed Agency Information Collection

80 FR 76966 - Proposed Agency Information Collection

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 238 (December 11, 2015)

Page Range76966-76967
FR Document2015-31257

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.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 238 (Friday, December 11, 2015)
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 238 (Friday, December 11, 2015)]
[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 [email protected].

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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                                                  VIII. Other Information                                 information that enables DOE to                       successfully. DOE intends the scorecard
                                                     Accessible Format: Individuals with                  measure the impact and progress of                    to be completed by a city/county/
                                                  disabilities can obtain this document                   DOE’s National Clean Fleets Partnership               regional sustainability or energy
                                                  and a copy of the application package in                (Partnership). DOE is not proposing to                coordinator. As the intended respondent
                                                  an accessible format (e.g., braille, large              expand the scope of these information                 may not be aware of every aspect of
                                                  print, audiotape, or compact disc) on                   collection efforts.                                   local or regional PEV readiness,
                                                  request to the program contact person                   DATES: Comments regarding this                        coordination among local stakeholders
                                                  listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION                    proposed information collection must                  to gather appropriate information may
                                                  CONTACT in section VII of this notice.                  be received on or before January 11,                  be necessary.
                                                     Electronic Access to This Document:                  2016. If you anticipate difficulty in
                                                                                                          submitting comments within that                          DOE expects a total respondent
                                                  The official version of this document is                                                                      population of approximately 1,250
                                                  the document published in the Federal                   period, contact the person listed below
                                                                                                          as soon as possible.                                  respondents. Selecting the multiple
                                                  Register. Free Internet access to the                                                                         choice answers in completing a
                                                  official edition of the Federal Register                ADDRESSES: Written comments should
                                                                                                          be sent to:                                           scorecard questionnaire is expected to
                                                  and the Code of Federal Regulations is
                                                                                                             Desk Officer for the Department of                 take under 30 minutes, although
                                                  available via the Federal Digital System
                                                                                                          Energy, Office of Information and                     additional time of no more than 20
                                                  at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you
                                                                                                          Regulatory Affairs, Office of                         hours may be needed to assemble
                                                  can view this document, as well as all
                                                  other documents of this Department                      Management and Budget, New                            information necessary to be able to
                                                  published in the Federal Register, in                   Executive Office Building, Room 10102,                answer the questions, leading to a total
                                                  text or PDF. To use PDF you must have                   735 17th Street NW., Washington, DC                   burden of approximately 25,625 hours.
                                                  Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is                          20503. And to Mr. Dennis Smith, Office                Assembling information to update
                                                  available free at the site.                             of Energy Efficiency and Renewable                    questionnaire answers in the future on
                                                     You may also access documents of the                 Energy (EE–3V), U.S. Department of                    a voluntary basis would be expected to
                                                  Department published in the Federal                     Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue                      take less time, on the order of 10 hours,
                                                  Register by using the article search                    SW., Washington, DC 20585–0121, or by                 as much of any necessary time and
                                                  feature at: www.federalregister.gov.                    fax at 202–586–1600, or by email at                   effort needed to research information
                                                  Specifically, through the advanced                      Dennis.Smith@ee.doe.gov.                              would have been completed previously.
                                                  search feature at this site, you can limit              FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
                                                                                                                                                                   For the Clean Fleets Partnership
                                                  your search to documents published by                   Dennis Smith at the address listed above
                                                                                                                                                                information collection, the Partnership
                                                  the Department.                                         in ADDRESSES.
                                                                                                                                                                is targeted at large, private-sector fleets
                                                                                                          SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
                                                    Dated: December 8, 2015.                                                                                    that own or have contractual control
                                                                                                          approved collection is being used for
                                                  Libia S. Gil,                                                                                                 over at least 50 percent of their vehicles
                                                                                                          two Clean Cities programmatic efforts.
                                                  Assistant Deputy Secretary and Director for             The first is related to a scorecard that              and have vehicles operating in multiple
                                                  the Office of English Language Acquisition.                                                                   States. DOE expects approximately 50
                                                                                                          assists DOE’s Clean Cities coalitions and
                                                  [FR Doc. 2015–31290 Filed 12–10–15; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                          stakeholders in assessing the level of                fleets to participate in the Partnership
                                                  BILLING CODE 4000–01–P                                  readiness of their communities for plug-              and, as a result, DOE expects a total
                                                                                                          in electric vehicles (PEV). The second                respondent population of approximately
                                                                                                          effort is intended to develop                         50 respondents. Providing initial
                                                  DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                    information that enables DOE to                       baseline information for each
                                                                                                          measure the impact and progress of                    participating fleet, which occurs only
                                                  Office of Energy Efficiency and                         DOE’s National Clean Fleets Partnership               once, is expected to take 60 minutes.
                                                  Renewable Energy                                        (Partnership). DOE is not proposing to                Follow-up questions and clarifications
                                                  Proposed Agency Information                             expand the scope of these information                 for the purpose of ensuring accurate
                                                  Collection                                              collection efforts.                                   analyses are expected to take up to 90
                                                                                                             This information collection request                minutes. The total burden is expected to
                                                  AGENCY:  Office of Energy Efficiency and                contains: (1) OMB No.: 1910–5171; (2)                 be 125 hours.
                                                  Renewable Energy, Office of Vehicle                     Information Collection Request Title:
                                                                                                                                                                   The combined burden for the two
                                                  Technologies, U.S. Department of                        Clean Cities Vehicle Programs; (3) Type
                                                                                                                                                                information collections is 25,750 hours.
                                                  Energy (DOE).                                           of Review: renewal; (4) Purpose: DOE’s
                                                  ACTION: Submission for Office of                        Clean Cities initiative has developed                    (5) Type of Respondents: Public; (6)
                                                  Management and Budget (OMB) review;                     two voluntary mechanisms by which                     Annual Estimated Number of
                                                  comment request.                                        communities and certain fleets can get                Respondents for both information
                                                                                                          a better understanding of their readiness             collections: 1,300; (7) Annual Estimated
                                                  SUMMARY:   The Department of Energy has                 to deploy alternative fuel vehicles and               Number of Total Responses: 1,300; (7)
                                                  submitted to the OMB for clearance, a                   their progress in doing so. The                       Annual Estimated Number of Burden
                                                  proposal to extend for three years a                    voluntary PEV Scorecard is intended to                Hours: 25,750 (25,625 for PEV
                                                  collection of information pursuant to                   assist its coalitions and stakeholders in             Scorecard, and 125 for Clean Fleets
                                                  the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.                    assessing the level of readiness of their             Partnership); and (8) Annual Estimated
                                                  The approved collection is being used                   communities for plug-in electric
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                                                                                                                                                                Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost
                                                  for two Clean Cities programmatic                       vehicles. The principal objective of the              Burden: There is no cost associated with
                                                  efforts. The first is related to a scorecard            scorecard is to provide respondents                   reporting and recordkeeping.
                                                  that assists DOE’s Clean Cities coalitions              with an objective assessment and
                                                  and stakeholders in assessing the level                 estimate of their respective community’s                Statutory Authority: 42 U.S.C. 13233; 42
                                                  of readiness of their communities for                   readiness for PEV deployment as well as               U.S.C. 13252 (a)–(b); 42 U.S.C. 13255.
                                                  plug-in electric vehicles (PEV). The                    understand the respective community’s
                                                  second effort is intended to develop                    commitment to deploying these vehicles


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                                                                              Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 238 / Friday, December 11, 2015 / Notices                                                  76967

                                                    Issued in Washington, DC on: December 4,              on respondents, including through the                 impacts such as commercialization and
                                                  2015.                                                   use of automated collection techniques                other outcomes. The purpose of also
                                                  David Howell,                                           or other forms of information                         surveying small business firms that have
                                                  Acting Director, Vehicle Technologies Office,           technology.                                           completed similar work through the
                                                  Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.                                                                       existing CRADA process is to investigate
                                                                                                          DATES: Comments regarding this
                                                  [FR Doc. 2015–31257 Filed 12–10–15; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                          proposed information collection must                  similarities and differences in the two
                                                  BILLING CODE 6450–01–P                                  be received on or before February 9,                  small business engagement programs.
                                                                                                          2016. If you anticipate difficulty in                 The data collected in the year five
                                                                                                          submitting comments within that                       survey will also be used to perform a
                                                  DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                    period, contact the person listed in                  benefit-cost calculation and benchmark
                                                                                                          ADDRESSES as soon as possible.                        comparison of voucher firms to firms in
                                                  Office of Energy Efficiency and                                                                               the DOE Small Business Innovation
                                                  Renewable Energy                                        ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
                                                                                                                                                                Research (SBIR) program, based on
                                                                                                          emailed to: Jeff.Dowd@ee.doe.gov or
                                                                                                                                                                existing SBIR data. (5) Annual
                                                  Proposed Agency Information                             mailed to Jeff Dowd, U.S. Department of
                                                                                                                                                                Estimated Number of Respondents Year
                                                  Collection                                              Energy, EE–61P, 1000 Independence
                                                                                                                                                                1 Survey: 140; Year 5 Survey: 400; Year
                                                                                                          Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20585.
                                                  AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and                                                                       2, 3 and 4 Survey: 300. (6) Annual
                                                                                                          FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                  Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of                                                                          Estimated Number of Total Responses:
                                                  Energy.                                                 Requests for additional information or                Year 1 Survey: 140; Year 5 Survey: 400;
                                                                                                          copies of the information collection                  Year 2, 3 and 4 Survey: 300 (7) Annual
                                                  ACTION: Notice and request for
                                                                                                          instrument and instructions should be                 Estimated Number of Burden Hours
                                                  comments.                                               emailed to: Jeff.Dowd@ee.doe.gov.                     (Total): Year 1 Survey: 70; Year 5
                                                  SUMMARY:    The Department of Energy                    Requests may also be mailed to Jeff                   Survey: 200; Year 2, 3 and 4 Survey: 75
                                                  (DOE) invites public comment on a                       Dowd, U.S. Department of Energy, EE–                  (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and
                                                  proposed collection of information that                 61P, 1000 Independence Ave. SW.,                      Recordkeeping Cost Burden: Year 1
                                                  DOE is developing for submission to the                 Washington, DC 20585. Calls may be                    Survey: $0; Year 5 Survey: $0; Year 2,
                                                  Office of Management and Budget                         directed to Jeff Dowd at (202) 586–7258.              3 and 4 Survey: $0.
                                                  (OMB) pursuant to the Paperwork                         SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
                                                                                                                                                                  Statutory Authority: DOE Org Act (42
                                                  Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed                     information collection request contains:
                                                                                                                                                                U.S.C. 7101, et seq.) and 42 U.S.C. 16191
                                                  collection in support of the DOE’s Small                (1) OMB No. ‘‘New’’; (2) Information                  (AMO authority).
                                                  Business Vouchers (SBV) pilot will                      Collection Request Title: Web-survey of
                                                                                                          Participating and Nonparticipating                      Issued in Washington, DC.
                                                  gather quantitative estimates of the
                                                  pilot’s impacts as well as capture                      Small Businesses for DOE’s Small                      Joyce Yang,
                                                  implementation lessons learned. The                     Business Vouchers Pilot (3) Type of                   EERE National Laboratory Impact Director,
                                                  information is needed to assess the                     Request: New; (4) Purpose: To evaluate                Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable
                                                                                                          the effectiveness and impacts of DOE’s                Energy, Department of Energy.
                                                  impacts of the SBV Pilot, documenting
                                                                                                          Small Business Vouchers (SBV) pilot                   [FR Doc. 2015–31259 Filed 12–10–15; 8:45 am]
                                                  that the investment is producing the
                                                  expected results, and to determine ways                 program, to capture lessons learned, and              BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

                                                  to improve the pilot should it be                       make recommendations; the information
                                                  expanded in scope.                                      collection will be through a web based
                                                     The SBV Pilot is a funding                           survey, allowing participating SBV                    DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
                                                  mechanism structured to allow small                     firms and the comparison firms to
                                                                                                                                                                Federal Energy Regulatory
                                                  businesses engaged in the renewable                     answer questions at a time most
                                                                                                                                                                Commission
                                                  energy and energy efficiency sectors to                 convenient for them. The web survey
                                                  collaborate with researchers at the DOE                 will consist of two full-length surveys,              [Docket No. EL00–95–288]
                                                  National Laboratories and to take                       conducted once after the first year of
                                                  advantage of the resources at the Labs                  vouchers has been completed and once                  San Diego Gas & Electric Company v.
                                                  that assist small businesses in                         five years after the pilot began, and                 Sellers of Energy and Ancillary
                                                  proceeding through commercialization                    three abbreviated surveys in the interim              Services Into Markets Operated by the
                                                  challenges. Respondents will include                    years (years two, three and four). The                California Independent System
                                                  small businesses participating in the                   first full-length survey (30 minutes in               Operator Corporation and the
                                                  pilot as well a comparison group of                     length for about 70 SBV participants                  California Power Exchanges; Notice of
                                                  businesses with Cooperative Research                    and about 70 comparison firms) will                   Compliance Filing
                                                  and Development Agreements (CRADA)                      stress questions about the application,                 Take notice that on December 4, 2015,
                                                  outside of the SBV Pilot.                               selection, work agreement and                         Exelon Generation Company, LLC.
                                                     Comments are invited on: (a) Whether                 completion processes and also ask about               submitted its Opinion No. 536 Fuel Cost
                                                  the proposed collection of information                  commercialization progress and other                  Allowance Compliance Filing.1
                                                  is necessary for the proper performance                 outcomes. The survey in year five (30                   Any person desiring to intervene or to
                                                  of the functions of the agency, including               minutes in length) will ask about 300                 protest this filing must file in
                                                  whether the information shall have                      firms participating in SBV from Years                 accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of
                                                  practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the              1–4 and about 100 comparison firms                    the Commission’s Rules of Practice and
                                                  agency’s estimate of the burden of the                  about interest in continuing to engage
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                                                                                                                                                                Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214).
                                                  proposed collection of information,                     with the national Laboratories, but                   Protests will be considered by the
                                                  including the validity of the                           concentrate on commercialization and
                                                  methodology and assumptions used; (c)                   other outcomes and how much the DOE                     1 See San Diego Gas & Electric Company v. Sellers

                                                  ways to enhance the quality, utility, and               program contributed to the outcomes.                  of Energy and Ancillary Services into Markets
                                                                                                                                                                Operated by the California Independent System
                                                  clarity of the information to be                        The abbreviated, interim-year surveys                 Operator Corporation and the California Power
                                                  collected; and (d) ways to minimize the                 will be 15 minutes in length and will                 Exchange, Docket No. EL00–95–280 et al., 153
                                                  burden of the collection of information                 provide status updates on SBV pilot                   FERC ¶ 61,144 (2015).



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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionSubmission for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review; comment request.
DatesComments 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.
FR Citation80 FR 76966 

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